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Building a Network Between Civil Engineers and Science Museums

October 1, 2005 - March 31, 2008 | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
The Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE), in collaboration with the Museum of Science, Boston, is organizing the first steps toward developing a nation-wide effort to bring together science museum professionals and civil engineers with the purpose of forming a long-term collaborative network. The network's purpose would be to facilitate a mutual understanding of each other's perspective and knowledge base with the intention of creating collaborative projects that would develop deliverables for the public understanding of engineering and engineering research in particular. This 18-month effort includes two workshop sessions along with background fact-finding surveys, interviews, museum site visits and data collection about previous and extant informal science education activities and products in this area. This endeavor is being positioned as a model for other similar collaborations.

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0529213
Funding Amount: 232655

TEAM MEMBERS

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    Principal Investigator
    Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering
  • Peter Wong
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Museum of Science
  • Discipline: Engineering
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists
    Environment Type: Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Professional Development and Workshops | Resource Centers and Networks

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