In April 2000, the Mathematics and Physics Department at Wake Technical Community College received a National Science Foundation grant titled, "Making Math Meaningful Through Workplace Research."  The grant provides funds for four workshops over two years.

These grant workshops give teachers a chance to perform workplace research and find out how math is used in industry.  Based on the workplace research, the teachers write "mathematical snapshots" of workplace applications.  The applications will be used by teachers in the classroom.

The Summer 2000 Workshop Snapshots can be accessed by following the above links to participating industries.

Participating Educators (Summer 2000):

Participant	School
Deborah S. Benton	Wake Technical Community College
Allison Crowder	Southeast Raleigh High School
Phyllis Daniel	Cary High School
Tate Gould	East Wake High School
Susan Holley	Martin Middle School
Jay Martin	Wake Technical Community College
Branson Prosser	Enloe High School
Eleanor Pusey	Wake Forest-Rolesville High School
Colleen Sullivan	Apex High School
JaNel Thomas	Cary High School
Sherry Van Wie	Millbrook High School
Lorrie G. Williford	Wake Technical Community College
Benny H. Wood, Jr. (Ben)	Cary High School

Grant Facilitators:

Chuckie Hairston	Wake Technical Community College Math Instructor.
Rob Kimball	Wake Technical Community College Math & Physics Dept. Head.
Cyrus McCarter	Wake Technical Community College Math & Physics Instructor.
Frank Pettinelli	Wake Technical Community College Civil Engineering Instructor.
Jesse Williford	Wake Technical Community College Math Instructor.