Press Release 05-070
Community Service Engineers Receive 2005 Gordon Prize

NSF's EPICS program honored

The Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. Credit and Larger Version

April 25, 2005

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has awarded the prestigious Bernard M. Gordon Prize to the founders of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program at Purdue University. The $500,000 award is given annually to recognize innovation in engineering and technology education.

Since 1995, Edward Coyle, Leah Jamieson and William Oakes have matched engineering undergraduates with nonprofit organizations to solve problems. Ranging from wetlands restoration to the design of toys for children with disabilities, their efforts have sent more than 3,500 students to the aid of their communities.

NSF has been supporting the EPICS program for almost a decade through grants from the Division of Undergraduate Education in the Education and Human Resources Directorate and the Division of Engineering Education and Centers in the Engineering Directorate. A full listing of NSF awards is below.

For the full NAE press release, see: http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/02222005?OpenDocument

For more images, see http://www.nae.edu/NAE/awardscom.nsf/weblinks/LRAO-69LMKV?OpenDocument

For more information on the Gordon Prize, see: http://www.nae.edu/nae/awardscom.nsf/weblinks/DWHT-4UJPVA?OpenDocument

NSF grants supporting EPICS include:

• 9903195 http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=9903195
• 0123884 http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0123884 (NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars (DTS) awarded to Leah Jamieson)
• 9851200 http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=9851200
• 9650771 http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=9650771
• 0231361 http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0231361

-NSF-

Media Contacts
Joshua A. Chamot, NSF (703) 292-7730 jchamot@nsf.gov
Randy Atkins, National Academy of Engineering (202) 334-1508 atkins@nae.edu

Program Contacts
Rosemary R Haggett, NSF rhaggett@nsf.gov
Susan C. Kemnitzer, NSF (703) 292-5347 skemnitz@nsf.gov

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering, with an annual budget of $6.06 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to over 1,900 universities and institutions. Each year, NSF receives about 45,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes over 11,500 new funding awards. NSF also awards over $400 million in professional and service contracts yearly.

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