AMIE

Corporate/Academic Partnerships AMIE seeks out and fosters the establishment of working alliances between corporate sponsors and HBCU engineering departments. These alliances enhance the engineering curriculum, improve academic facilities, and maximize resources at each institution, while providing fresh insight into the engineering needs of corporate America. Student internship opportunities, faculty fellowships, scholarship programs, and campus relations are a few ways in which AMIE participants work together to add value to American institutions and industries. Corporate/academic partnerships also help to identify ways to increase graduation rates and implement programs to expand opportunities for summer; co-op, and part-time jobs for undergraduate engineering students. These relationships as well as R&D arrangements and student organization sponsorships-also enhance corporate recruiting efforts at the participating HBCUs. If you are interested in finding out more about AMIE partnership opportunities, contact the AMIE office at 410-319-3077 or visit our Web site at http://www.eng.morgan.edu/~amie.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) AMIE's focus on the following nine HBCUs is strategic because, through their ABET accredited engineering programs, the universities graduate nearly 30 percent of all African-American engineers in the U.S. For more information on the HBCUs, visit their Web sites through a link from AMIE's Web site at http://www.eng.morgan.edu/~amie. Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, Hampton University, Howard University, Morgan State University, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University, Southern University System, Tennessee State University and Tuskegee University Board of Directors Leading AMIE is a board of directors made up of corporate, government, and academic representatives. Its mission is to define the objectives and priorities that will direct AMIE's efforts, while maintaining the vital links between federal, state, and local education activities; HBCUs, and the participating Fortune 500 companies. The board also advises the HBCUs on the most effective ways to market and strengthen their engineering programs. Additionally, the board is charged with developing the systems for measuring the progress of various AMIE initiatives. A full-time executive director serves as the primary liaison between the HBCU engineering schools and the AMIE Board of Directors.