Engineering Program Recognized by the National Academy of Engineering

The Engineering Career Awareness Program, known as ECAP, has been selected by the National Academy of Engineering for inclusion in its Real World Engineering Education publication. ECAP is among 29 undergraduate engineering programs that, according to the NAE, “have successfully infused real world experiences into engineering or engineering technology undergraduate education.”

NAE, along with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. plans to widely disseminate information about these programs as examples of best practices in engineering education.

The Engineering Career Awareness Program, which was initiated by College of Engineering alumnus Troy Alley in 2007, is designed to recruit underrepresented engineering students with financial need, and to give these students the support they need to graduate and begin their careers. ECAP provides financial assistance, a summer bridge program and a network of academic and social support opportunities.

In January, ECAP received the 2012 NAMEPA Outstanding Pre-College/Community Organization Award from the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates.

“I am very pleased with this recognition, and I am grateful for all the hard work the ECAP staff has contributed,” said Ashok Saxena, dean of the College of Engineering. “ECAP has been extremely beneficial for the college, and we hope that our experience can help other engineering schools achieve similar success.”