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

小行星9612589 Absher是NSF新兴心血管技术工程研究中心（ERC）的项目主任，并指导和管理涉及研究生，本科生，高中和小学学生的教育和推广计划，包括专注于少数民族，妇女和残疾人的计划。Absher的成就包括： I. 对残疾学生的良好指导; 二. 与听力障碍学生一起工作的荣誉; 三.在实验室提供高质量的研究经验， 与来自六个国家的学生建立指导关系 大学，包括五所历史上的黑人学院， 大学（HBCUs）;以及 四. 令人印象深刻的学生成果-在64个ERC奖学金中 42名研究员完成了 本科学位，其中63%在研究生院 在中小企业领域，29%在工业，4%在医学院， 4%的人在教书。 在这42人中，19人是残疾人， 他们还有其他机会。

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.