Florida ATE Awards

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Award Number	Title	Organization	Award Amount	Principal Investigator	PI Email Address	Focus Area	Estimated End Date
2000442	Advancing Strategies in Cybersecurity Education and Career Development	Miami Dade College	$410,000	Diego Tibaquira	dtibaqui@mdc.edu	Cybersecurity	08/31/2023
1801024	Dade Enterprise Cloud Computing Initiative	Miami-Dade Community College/InterAmerican Campus	$256,451	Elodie Billionniere	ebillion@mdc.edu	Cloud Computing	09/30/2022
1800955	Guitar, Robotics, and Rocketry Projects to Enhance Advanced Technological Education	Santa Fe College	$467,713	Cheryl Calhoun	cheryl.calhoun@sfcollege.edu	Robotics and Recruitment	06/30/2022
2018198	Broadening Institutional Participation in the NSF Advanced Technological Education Program	Indian River State College	$3,610,655	Kevin Cooper	kcooper@irsc.edu	Special Project - Mentoring	04/30/2025
1600558	Regional Center for Nuclear Education and Training (RCNET)	Indian River State College	$3,331,709	Kevin Cooper	kcooper@irsc.edu	Nuclear	09/30/2022
1902524	Meeting Industry Needs through a Two-Year Data Science Technician Education Program	Florida State College at Jacksonville	$566,953	David Singletary	david.singletary@fscj.edu	Data Science	09/30/2022
1700581	Assessing Educational Pathways for Manufacturing in Rural Communities: An Investigation of New and Existing Programs in Northwest Florida	Florida State University	$792,476	Marcia Mardis	mmardis@fsu.edu	Manufacturing	08/31/2022
2100113	Enhancing Aviation Maintenance Technician Training with Nondestructive Testing Skills	Florida State College at Jacksonville	$529,354	Robert Crognale	robert.crognale@fscj.edu	Aviation	04/30/2024
2054801	Improving Technician Training in Automation Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing	Florida State College at Jacksonville	$437,579	Kevin Beamish	kevin.beamish@fscj.edu	Manufacturing	03/31/2024
2055344	Emerging Cloud Hub Opportunities (ECHO)	Miami Dade College	$599,181	Lawrence Meyer	lmeyerjr@mdc.edu	Cloud Computing	04/30/2024
2000621	Improving Access and Success in Information Technology Programs Through Education-Industry Connections	Indian River State College Performing Institution (University of Florida awardee)	$600,000	Justin Ortagus	jortagus@coe.ufl.edu	Information Technology	03/31/2023
1800958	Cybersecurity Opportunities and Methods that Promote Access and Student Success	Miami Dade College	$259,310	Diego Tibaquira	dtibaqui@mdc.edu	Cybersecurity	10/31/2022
2000618	Educating Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Technicians	Florida State College at Jacksonville	$574,639	Paul Soar	psoar@fscj.edu	Automotive (including autonomous vehicles)	06/30/2023
1902093	Expanding Access to Cybersecurity Career Pathways for Rural Community College Students	Palm Beach State College	$592,630	Gloria McAllister	dktrzee@gmail.com	Cybersecurity	09/30/2022
1700352	Lasers and Fiber Optics Regional Center	Indian River State College	$3,070,743	Chrys Panayiotou	cpanayio@irsc.edu	Lasers and Fiber Optics	08/31/2022
1801140	Enhancing the Instrumentation and Control Technician Program: Instrumentation Acquisition	Florida State College at Jacksonville	$499,655	Alan Zube	alan.zube@fscj.edu	Instrumentation and Controls	09/30/2022
1601440	Developing a 21st Century Training Program in the Florida Keys for Renewable Alternative Energy Technology: Wind, Solar and Tidal Power	Florida Keys Community College	$894,321	Patrick Rice	Patrick.Rice@cfk.edu	Energy	07/31/2022
2000166	Resource Center for Laser, Photonics, and Fiber Optics Education, LASER-TEC	Indian River State College	$1,649,997	Chrys Panayiotou	cpanayio@irsc.edu	Lasers, Photonics, and Fiber Optics	08/31/2023
1723419	ATE Collaborative Outreach and Engagement Project	Hillsborough Community College	$629,663	Gregory Kepner	gregkepner1@gmail.com	Outreach and awareness of ATE awards and resources	04/30/2022
2000799	Collaborative Research: Identifying and Investigating Pathways and Critical Junctures in Two-Year Information Technology Programs	Florida State University	$536,095	Marcia Mardis	mmardis@fsu.edu	Information Technology	07/31/2023
2000583	Collaborative Research: Identifying and Investigating Pathways and Critical Junctures in Two-Year Information Technology Programs	Tallahassee Community College	$262,347	Stephen Dunnivant	Dunnivas@tcc.fl.edu	Information Technology	07/31/2023
1939173	Conference to Explore the Impact of Future of Work Issues on Technician Education in Florida	FLORIDAMAKES, INC.	$50,000	Philip Centonze	phil.centonze@floridamakes.com	Future of Work	03/31/2022
1801163	PathTech LISTEN: Mixed Methods Longitudinal Investigations of Students in Technician Education	University of South Florida	$1,117,688	William Tyson	wtyson@usf.edu	Research Study	09/30/2022
2000595	Multiple Academic Pathways for Mechatronics Technicians	Lake-Sumter State College	$529,073	Amy Albee-Levine	albeelea@lssc.edu	Mechatronics	05/31/2023
1801086	Engineering Technology Supply Chain Automation	Valencia Community College	$224,999	Nasser Hedayat	nhedayat@valenciacollege.edu	Logistics/ Supply Chain	01/31/2022
1902431	Industry 4.0 Technicians in Advanced Manufacturing	Florida State College at Jacksonville	$555,507	Alan Zube	alan.zube@fscj.edu	Manufacturing	06/30/2023
2055074	Increasing the Inclusion of Women in the Information Technology and Cybersecurity Skilled Technical Workforce	Miami Dade College	$592,566.00	Nelly Delessy	ndelessy@mdc.edu	Information Technology and Cybersecurity	04/30/2024
2055061	Hybrid Curriculum for Upskilling Photonics Technicians in Advanced Optics and Quantum Research Enabled Technologies	Indian River State College	$485,842	Moamer Hasanovic	mhasanov@irsc.edu	Photonics	05/31/2024
2000242	Improving the Biotechnology Internship Experience to Better Prepare Student Technicians for the Modern Workforce	Valencia Community College	$293,976.00	Susan Ingersoll	singersoll@valenciacollege.edu	Biotechnology	09/30/2023
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ATE Active Awards in Florida