Presidential Awards For Excellence In Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

9612589 Absher Absher是美国国家科学基金会新兴心血管技术工程研究中心的项目主任，曾指导和管理涉及研究生、本科生、高中生和小学生的教育和外展项目，包括关注少数族裔、女性和残疾人的项目。S教授的成就包括：1.对残疾学生进行了出色的指导；2.在听障学生方面获得了荣誉；3.在实验室提供了高质量的研究经验，并与6所大学的学生发展了指导关系，其中包括5所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)；和IV.令人印象深刻的学生成绩--在外展项目颁发的企业研究中心奖学金中，42名研究员已完成本科学位，其中63%在中小企业领域的研究生院，29%在工业，4%在医学院，4%在教学。在这42人中，有19人是残疾人，他们不存在其他这样的机会。

9612589 Absher Absher is Program Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies and has directed and administered educational and outreach programs involving graduate, undergraduate, high school, and grade school students, including programs focusing on minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Absher s accomplishments include: I. Excellent mentoring of students with disabilities; II. Honors for work with hearing impaired students; III. Providing quality research experience in the labs and developing mentoring relationships with students from six universities, including five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); and IV. Impressive student outcomes -- of the 64 ERC fellowships awarded in the outreach program, 42 fellows have completed undergraduate degrees and 63% of them are in graduate school in SME fields, 29% are in industry, 4% in medical school, and 4% are teaching. Of those 42, 19 were disabled, and no such other opportunities existed for them.