Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center
Eastern Iowa Community College District
Eastern Iowa Community College District (EICCD) is a public, two-year community college district that
includes Muscatine Community College, Clinton Community College and Scott Community College
whose mission is to “provide accessible, quality educational programs and services which anticipate and
respond to personal and community needs and expectations, with an active commitment to excellence,
lifelong learning, and cooperation with all segments of the community.” EICCD offers 41 A.A. and 37
A.A.S. transfer degree programs as well as career technology certificate and diploma programs. EICCD
serves six counties in eastern Iowa with a total population of 280,000. EICCD is the only public higher
education institution in its six-county service area and enrolls over 11,200 students in the colleges’
credit programs and over 55,000 in continuing education programs.
EICCD operates the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC) which was
established in 1994 as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Center of Excellence whose mission is to
advance environmental and energy technology education through curriculum development,
professional development, and program improvement in the nation’s community colleges and
secondary schools. ATEEC’s virtual electronic Environmental Resource Library (eERL) is a juried,
interactive digital library resulting from an NSF National Science Digital Library (NSDL) grant which
partnered ATEEC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Laboratory for Energy and the
Environment (LFEE) to provide a collection of environmental resources for community college students,
instructors, and technicians. Two of the lead areas in the digital library are energy efficiency/renewable
energy and sustainable/green building practices. ATEEC has also worked closely with the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the U.S. Department of Energy’s laboratory for renewable energy
research, development and deployment, and a leading laboratory for energy efficiency, on several
national grants.
The activities of the Center are driven by the following goals.
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Strengthen science, math, and technical curriculum and instructional materials supporting
environmental and energy technology education;
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Strengthen the nation's environmental and energy technician programs by providing
professional development opportunities for faculty of community colleges and high schools;
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Strengthen advanced technology environmental and energy education by developing national
reports on workforce needs to facilitate program improvement.
Mission Statement
The advancement of environmental and energy technology education through curriculum, professional,
and program development and improvement.
Quality Vision
Foster a network of educational communities, supported through public and private partnerships, that
ensures human health, safety and global sustainability.
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