Cooper Union's Leadership Initiative for Undergraduate Engineers: Leadership in Engineering Advancing the Profession (LEAP)

Information

• NSF Award
• 9950388

Owner

• Cooper Union

• Award Id

  9950388

• Award Effective Date

  8/1/1999 - 25 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  7/31/2002 - 22 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 75,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

Cooper Union's School of Engineering Leadership in Engineering Advancing the Profession (LEAP),addresses the issue of leadership in engineering today and cultivates the so-called "soft skills" encouraged by ABET 2000 criteria. In a series of innovative, learner-centered LEAP workshops, recommended courses, and selected experiences, undergraduates are provided a structured, yet flexible, "menu" of participatory leadership opportunities in six key areas: diversity and gender, communication, experiential learning, professional and global experiences, arts and humanities perspectives, teaching and service. Culminating in a LEAP Certificate or experienced through a LEAP Passport, LEAP focuses on interactive experiential workshop approaches to learning. In addition to the exemplary educational products of the LEAP menu, Certificate, Passport, and workshops, LEAP is documented digitally on videotape to use for review, instruction, curriculum integration, and dissemination. Six workshop video modules, an informational videotape, a handbook (combining worksheets, readings, improvisations, film and literature modules, role-playing scenarios, physical challenges, problem-solving initiatives, case studies, and evaluation tools), and a downloadable website are planned to provide short- and long-term electronic and hard copy portfolios for students and faculty, program evaluation, dissemination and learner assessment. Substantial curriculum integration has already taken place and is planned for the future, with unanimous faculty and administration support. Overseen by an Advisory Panel, LEAP collaborates with Outward Bound7, NACME, FIPSE, NCIIA, Con Edison, NSF's Gateway Coalition, and the Engineering Information Foundation.

• Program Officer

  Russell L. Pimmel

• Min Amd Letter Date

  7/12/1999 - 25 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  7/12/1999 - 25 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Cooper Union

• City

  New York

• State

  NY

• Country

  United States

• Address

  Albert Nerken School of Engrg

• Postal Code

  100037120

• Phone Number

  2123534307

• First Name

  Andrea

• Last Name

  Newmark

• Email Address

  newmark@cooper.edu

• Start Date

  7/12/1999 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Richard

• Last Name

  Stock

• Email Address

  stock@cooper.edu

• Start Date

  7/12/1999 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Judith

• Last Name

  Lyczko

• Email Address

  lyczko@cooper.edu

• Start Date

  7/12/1999 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Vincent

• Last Name

  Gallogly

• Email Address

  frang@aol.com

• Start Date

  7/12/1999 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99