Founding Partner Sponsors

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  National Science Foundation

  An independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense….” With an annual budget of $7.3 billion (FY 2015), NSF is the funding source for approximately 24% of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. http://www.nsf.gov

Partner Sponsors

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  Micron

  Micron Technology, Inc., is a global leader in advanced semiconductor systems. Micron’s broad portfolio of high-performance memory technologies—including DRAM, NAND and NOR Flash—is the basis for solid state drives, modules, multichip packages and other system solutions. Backed by more than 35 years of technology leadership, Micron’s memory solutions enable the world’s most innovative computing, consumer, enterprise storage, networking, mobile, embedded and automotive applications. https://www.micron.com/

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  Murray Slater Foundation

  The Murray Slater Foundation is dedicated to helping mankind through engineering. Murray Slater worked as an engineer in multiple disciplines, including transportation, nuclear, and chemical engineering. He also briefly taught in the engineering department at California State University, Northridge. Murray loved his work as an engineer that helped society and wished to pass this passion on through creating this foundation. The Foundation plans to help mankind in many ways, whether it be through funding engineering education, public engineering projects, or engineering focused charities. https://murrayslaterfoundation.org/

Institutional Support

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  Berkeley Engineering

  Ranked among the top three engineering schools in the world, the University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering offers a dynamic, interdisciplinary, hands-on education; challenges conventional thinking; values creativity and imagination; and engages students and faculty who are driven by social commitment and a desire to change the world. In the classroom, the research lab, or the design studio, the Berkeley Engineering community is both welcoming and tightly knit. Whether pursuing groundbreaking research or teaching students, our faculty members are engaged and accessible. We’re a village of entrepreneurs and collaborators within the big city of a renowned public university. http://engineering.berkeley.edu

GiE would also like to acknowledge all of our past sponsors and field trip hosts