Broadening Participation Update and Performance

Broadening Participation
in Engineering
Dr. Omnia EL-Hakim, Ph.D.
Director of Diversity and Outreach
NSF Directorate for Engineering
Advisory Committee Meeting
April 22, 2009
Credit: iStockphoto
Who Am I?
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Former Assistant Dean and
Executive Director for Diversity,
Recruitment and Retention at Colorado State University
(CSU) since 2003.
Former Principal Investigator and Director of the StateWide LSCO-AMP (Louis Stokes Colorado Alliance for
Minority Participation) since 1996.
Department Chair of Physics and Engineering, Fort Lewis
College, Durango, CO, 1993-1996.
Professor of Civil Engineering, joint appointment at CSU
and Ft. Lewis since 1984.
Who Am I?
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Civil Engineering /
Hydraulics and Irrigation,
CSU, Doctor of Philosophy, 1984.
€ PI and Co-PI on several NSF projects
(~$30M).
€ Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt; lived in
many cultures and places.
€ Very passionate about diversity and
broadening participation.
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What Do Underrepresented
Groups Bring?
Talents and skills
€ Unique experiences
€ Invaluable research approaches
€ Creativity and innovation
€ Excellence in diversity
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Challenges
Awareness
€ Confidence and trust
€ Cultural understanding
€ Environment
€ Facilities
€ Opportunities
€ Support
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My Role
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Provide vision for activities that increase the number of
women, persons with disabilities, and minorities.
Collaborate on outreach activities with professional
organizations and industry.
Visit colleges and universities in U.S. and abroad.
Create and participate in Broadening Participation
Workshops and Conferences.
Collaborate with ENG and others (OISE and EHR) on
activities that promote cultural and global diversity.
Implement the current diversity programs.
My Role: Outreach
Outreach activities at the annual meetings of engineering
societies and schedule highly visible “NSF Sessions” that
include solicitation information, panel content, career fair,
and proposal writing.
› National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
› Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
› American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
› Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
› Society of Mexican American Engineers
› Society for Advancement of Chicanos
and Native Americans in Science
(SACNAS)
› Hispanic Associations of Colleges and
Universities (HACU)
€ Workshops (see future activities)
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NSF Broadening Participation
Plan
Prepare a diverse globally engaged
STEM workforce.
€ Expand efforts to broaden participation
from underrepresented groups and
diverse institutions in all NSF activities.
€ Integrate research with education, and
building capacity.
€ Improve processes to recruit and select
highly qualified panel reviewers.
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AdCom Recommendations
October 2008
1. Faculty Research Advancement Program for
individuals not eligible for BRIGE. (We are
exploring.)
2. Establish workshop series.
3. Outreach Activities with the National
Professional Societies.
4. Research Initiation Grants for Post-Docs. (We
are exploring.)
5. Continue the GRS.
6. Expand the RET and REU. (We are exploring.)
7. Expand the Tribal College Initiative.
Opportunities: Broadening
Participation in Engineering
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Broadening Participation Research Initiation
Grants in Engineering (BRIGE)
Graduate Research Supplements (GRS)
Broadening Participation Workshops
Tribal College Initiative
Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities (RAPD)
ERC Diversity Plan
CAREER and REU
ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and
Advancement of Women in Academic
Science and Engineering Careers
Graduate Research Fellowships for Women
Demographic Data
ENG BS Degrees Granted 1997-2007
African American
Asian American
Hispanic
Native American
White, Non-Hispanic
Foreign National & Other
50,000
45,000
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
Data: NSF Science & Engineering Indicators; DoEd National Center for Education Statistics
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07
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
02
20
01
20
00
19
99
19
98
19
97
0
Degrees Granted (Gender)
Degrees Granted (Females) 1997-2007
African American
Asian American
Hispanic
Native American
White, Non-Hispanic
Foreign National & Other
07
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
02
20
01
20
00
20
99
19
98
19
19
97
10,000
7,500
5,000
2,500
0
Degrees Granted (Males) 1997-2007
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
7
20
0
6
20
0
5
20
0
4
20
0
3
20
0
2
20
0
1
20
0
0
20
0
9
19
9
8
19
9
19
9
7
0
Recent Activities
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BRIGE: 130 proposals received; 5 returned without
review.
› 125 in the review process until mid-May 2009.
› Grant by July 2009.
› Under ARRA: Hoping to award more grants (last year
awarded 28.)
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GRS: Issued Dear Colleague Letter to increase the
level of support from $1.20 M last year to $1.95 M
this year (45-50 awards).
Workshops: Increasing the number of workshops to
reach out to more diverse communities and
impact more women and underrepresented
groups.
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BRIGE Proposals in 2008
WA
3
ME
MT
ND
2
1
OR
MN
SD
ID
3
5
4
KS
NM
1
1
1
3
AR
1
TX
WV VA
7
KY
1
4
MS
1
PA
2
OH
7
TN
AL
10
IN
MO
OK
AZ
IL
CO
2
CA
2
GA
NC
2
SC
3
6
LA
AK
FL
7
HI
PR
3
MA 7
13
4
IA
NE
UT
NY
MI
1
WY
NV
WI
No Submissions
NJ 1
RI 1
MD 1
DC 2
2008 BRIGE Awards
WA
ME
ND
MT
OR
MN
ID
WI
SD
WY
NV
IA
NE
UT
CA
AZ
PA
IL
CO
KS
OK
NM
IN
OH
WV
MO
KY
AR
TX
VA
NC
TN
SC
AL
MS
Awardees
GA
5
LA
AK
NY
MI
FL
4
2
1
None
HI
PR
Workshops
WIRES: Women’s
International Research
Engineering Summit (Georgia Tech)
€ Venue: Barcelona, Spain. June 2-4, 2009
€ Theme: Enable sustainable research
exchanges among female
engineers in the world!
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Tribal College Initiative
Goal: To expand the
engineering and preengineering capacities of
tribal colleges and
universities (TCUs) through
curriculum development
and partnerships.
€ Approach: Develop a
3-year pre-engineering curriculum
based on success-oriented student cohorts,
distance education, relevant coursework
and projects, and mainstream university
participation.
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Tribal College Initiative (cont.)
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Accomplishments:
› Developed conceptual
pre-engineering curriculum.
› Visited tribal colleges and
mainstream universities in AZ, MT, ND, NM, and SD.
› Held workshop (Feb. 2009) to identify successful
partnering, involving 11 universities and 12 tribal
colleges.
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Next Steps:
› Phase I project report.
› Phase II: concept papers and a regional
demonstration.
Future Workshops
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Mentoring workshop for undergraduates who are from
underrepresented groups or have a disability, Fall 2009.
Recruitment and Transition of Community College Students to
Four Year Institutions, Fall 2009.
Creating Partnerships and Pathways among Faculty and the
Hispanic Community, UTEP, El-Paso, January 2010.
Nanotechnology and Gender Issues: Addressing under
representation of women and women minorities in
nanoscience fields, Spring 2010.
International Workshop on Water Quality, Desalination,
Climate Change, and Impacts on the Environment, Spring
2010.
Broadening Participation: Mechanisms, impacts and sharing
best practices, Summer 2010.
Global Collaboration via OISE
Explore global activities and international
workshops to involve women and minorities.
€ Inform current PIs about opportunities for
supplements to support international activities.
€ International Planning Visits: travel to plan
collaborative research with prospective foreign
partners.
€ International Workshops: hold meetings to
identify common priorities and approaches for
collaboration on specific, well-defined
research areas.
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Trip to Egypt and Turkey
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In Egypt: met with the Cairo University president, V.P.,
deans of Engineering, Agriculture, and Science, as well
as the Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Higher
Education.
Discussed Partnership opportunities with U.S. universities.
Discussed Collaborative research with U.S. universities.
› Water resources, climate change, renewable energy,
alternative energy and sustainable energy.
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Discussed Workshops on topics of interest to both
countries to include women and minorities.
Discussed Research training opportunities.
Trip to Egypt and Turkey
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The Science and Technology Development Fund
(STDF) in Egypt is willing to contribute funds towards
the potential partnerships with U.S. universities.
In Turkey: Met with the President and Vice
President of Ozyegin University, as well as the
director of the international office and the
director of the Center of
Entrepreneurship to explore
opportunities.
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CAREER and LSAMP Evaluation Process
(External Evaluators)
Response to AdCom request from October 08
CAREER Impact on:
Research and Education Productivity
¾ The Department
¾ Faculty Engagement and Outreach
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LSAMP Focus:
Understanding effective Broadening Participation and
Constraints.
¾ Progress of participating students in science and engineering
pipeline.
¾ Post BS studies and employment.
¾ Impact on the participating institutions.
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Directorate for Engineering
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Suggested Assessment for
BRIGE
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Melding the CAREER and LSAMP approaches.
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Impact on Awardees:
¾ Research and education productivity.
¾ Time to tenure.
¾ Outreach and Mentoring activities.
~ Impact on Departments/College:
¾ Recognition.
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Impact on Students:
¾ Progression through the S&E pipeline.
We look forward for your input!
¾Assessment, BRIGE, cultural and global
diversity, other programs and workshops.