Support and Funding

We thank all of the faculty and students who have participated in WAES and the associated research. We also gratefully acknowledge Laura Hahn, whose vision, ability to bring people together, and leadership at the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education provided fertile ground for this work.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2013443. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

We gratefully acknowledge financial support from:

  • Strategic Instructional Innovations Program, Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education, the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program

We also gratefully acknowledge in-kind support from:

  • Center for Writing Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign