Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

technology parks tolure back native talent and produce world-class companies. South Korea graduates nearly thesame number of engineers as the US though it has 1/6th the population and 1/20th the GDP. Ifthis continues the percentage of foreign doctoral recipients who stay in the U.S. may return to thelower 50% level that existed until 1992.Recognizing the needs identified above, the U.S. NSF established the Research Experiences forUndergraduates (REU), to fund both summer and academic-year REU Sites. A REU Site isdesigned for engineering, science, and mathematics undergraduates who are U.S. citizens orpermanent residents. This paper documents REU Site programs implemented by the author asthe Project Director (PD) from 1992 to 2008 at two different