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    1. Education & Training

    Embry-Riddle Team Wins $2 Million NSF Grant to Turn More Students into Engineers

    Aug. 27, 2019
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers plan to help more aspiring engineers bridge the gap between their introductory and capstone courses.

    By Ginger Pinholster

    Source Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

    Related To: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    David Massey/Embry-Riddle
    A new Embry-Riddle project, funded by the NSF, will seek to improve U.S. engineering education so that more students can succeed

    The U.S. engineering field, which currently provides some 1.6 million jobs, will add 135,000 more positions by 2026, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has reported. Many of those jobs will remain unfilled unless universities can turn more students into engineers, according to a recent study that looked at manufacturing needs versus the workforce.

    Read more: https://news.erau.edu/headlines/embry-riddle-team-wins-2-million-nsf-grant-to-turn-more-students-into-engineers