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The Center for Excellence and Equity in Education (CEEE) seeks to promote greater participation of underrepresented groups in the sciences, and to encourage academic excellence for all.

Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference 2009

April 1-4, 2009 – Portland, Oregon
The Tapia Conference provides a welcoming and supportive setting for all participants and particularly for students and faculty from under-represented groups. It is aimed at providing a supportive networking environment for under-represented groups across the broad range of computing and information technology, from science to business to the arts to infrastructure.

Scholarships are now available for first-time attendees. The Empowering Leadership Alliance is supporting students to attend. Don't miss this exciting conference where students network with colleagues and leaders in their field from across the country. Scholarships will cover travel, hotel, conference registration, and meals. Priority will be given to students who have not previously attended the conference. Apply here by Feb 28.  




 

CEEE Presented "Engineering Speed" for Student Day Activities at the 2009 Houston AutoRama

Engineering Speed is a three-part program that was presented at the Houston Autorama 2008, for middle and high school students, showing the connection between technology, cars, math and real life.

One segment of the presentation is taken from Richard Tapia's “Math Is Cool,” a five-component video program which demonstrates how math can be used to meet challenges in competitive sports and showing cars. This segment shows how a psychedelic video (about Dr. Tapia’s award winning 1970 Chevelle show car) was developed using mathematics and numerical computation. “Math Is Cool” has been presented to students and teachers across the country to enthusiastic response.

To find out more about Engineering Speed at the 2009 Houston Autorama, click here

http://ceee.rice.edu/autorama/


Dr. Tapia's Award-Winning show car, Heavy Metal
(see it at the Autorama Show)

For more about Dr. Tapia, visit his CEEE homepage at http://www.caam.rice.edu/~rat/.


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Updated: January 13, 2010
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