Diversity Pathways to Engineering Enterprise/Workforce Omnia El-Hakim, Ph.D. Director of Diversity and Outreach NSF Directorate for Engineering June 2011.

Diversity Pathways to Engineering Enterprise/Workforce

Diversity Pathways to Engineering Enterprise/Workforce

Omnia El-Hakim, Ph.D.Director of Diversity and Outreach

NSF Directorate for EngineeringJune 2011

Omnia El-Hakim, Ph.D.Director of Diversity and Outreach

NSF Directorate for EngineeringJune 2011

NSF ENG Organization

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation

(EFRI)Sohi Rastegar

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation

(EFRI)Sohi Rastegar

Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental, and Transport

Systems(CBET)

John McGrath

Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental, and Transport

Systems(CBET)

John McGrath

Civil, Mechanical, and

ManufacturingInnovation

(CMMI)Steven McKnight

Civil, Mechanical, and

ManufacturingInnovation

(CMMI)Steven McKnight

Electrical, Communications,

and Cyber Systems(ECCS)

Robert Trew

Electrical, Communications,

and Cyber Systems(ECCS)

Robert Trew

EngineeringEducation and

Centers(EEC)

Theresa Maldonado

EngineeringEducation and

Centers(EEC)

Theresa Maldonado

IndustrialInnovation andPartnerships

(IIP)Kesh Narayanan

IndustrialInnovation andPartnerships

(IIP)Kesh Narayanan

Office of the Assistant DirectorThomas Peterson, Assistant Director

Cheryl Albus, Acting Deputy Assistant Director

Office of the Assistant DirectorThomas Peterson, Assistant Director

Cheryl Albus, Acting Deputy Assistant Director Program Director for Diversity

Omnia El-Hakim

Program Director for Diversity

Omnia El-Hakim

Senior Advisor forNanotechnology

Mihail Roco

Senior Advisor forNanotechnology

Mihail Roco

Directorate for Engineering 4

Broadening Participation at NSF

NSF committed to B.P. strategic plan via:

1. Prepared a diverse globally engaged STEM workforce.

2. Expanding efforts to B.P. from underrepresented groups and diverse institutions in all NSF activities.

3. Integrating research with education, and building capacity.

4. Improving processes to recruit and select highly qualified panels’ reviewers.


U.S. Demographic DataENG BS Degrees Granted 1997-

2009

Data: NSF Science & Engineering Indicators; DoEd National Center for Education Statistics

10

17

18

22

20

Average Participation in the Engineering Career Pipeline (2001-2007)

(percentages)

90

83 (4.9X Greater)

82 (4.5X Greater)

78 (3.5X Greater)

80 (4X Greater)

Females Males

B.S.

Masters

PhD

Post Doctoral Work

Faculty

6

7

9

11

Average Participation in the Engineering Career Pipeline (2000-2009)

(percentages)

91

90 (~13X Greater)

77 (8.5X Greater)

80 (~7X Greater)

African-Americans, American Indians, Hispanics Asians and White, Non-Hispanic Persons

B.S.

Masters

PhD

Faculty

Source: ASEE Profiles


Census Data

Year


What Do Underrepresented groups, Women and Persons with

Disabilities Bring?

Talents and skills Unique experiences Invaluable research approaches Creativity and innovation Excellence in diversity Why we do not have enough women/

URM/PWD in ENG? (lack of role model, welcoming environment, mentoring, leadership, promotion and tenure, fear of unknown, lack of family and community support, K-12 culture)

ENG focused strategies for Broadening Participation:


Create earlier diverse pipe line engaged with ENG in the Middle Schools and High Schools to provide the support needed to pursue engineering activities.

Expanding efforts to promote leadership position for faculty in their early and mid career positions.

Support graduate students and Postdoc opportunities to increase the pool of diverse faculty from underrepresented groups, women, persons with disability and veterans.

Integrating international research experiences.


Opportunities: Broadening Participation in Engineering

Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE)

Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities (RAPD) CAREER and REU ERC Diversity Plan ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement

of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers Graduate Research Fellowships for Women Graduate Research Diversity Supplements (GRDS) Diversity Workshops (various topics of interest to focus on

Broadening Participation and reaching out women, underrepresented groups, Veterans; and persons with disabilities)

Programs for Native Americans

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Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering

(BRIGE)

Opportunity to increase the diversity of researchers through research support early in their careers

Encourages support of under-represented groups, engineers at minority-serving institutions, and persons with disabilities

BRIGE awardee Stephanie Luster-Teasley (L) and NC A&T students Desiree Gordon and Patrick Onochie discuss preliminary research for the development of controlled-release polymers for environmental remediation.

Credit: North Carolina A&T State University.


BRIGE Program

For undertaking exploratory investigations, acquiring preliminary data, and/or developing collaborations.

Include a plan showing how the proposed activities will increase:› Participation of engineers from underrepresented

groups, and› The number of such individuals that serve as role

models for the scientific workforce Funding for two years up to $175K Success rate is 25% for 2008, 31% for 2009, and

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BRIGE Eligibility Requirements

Must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident Hold a doctoral degree in an ENG supported

discipline Do not currently hold a post-doctoral

appointment Have held an active full time tenure-track

faculty position or equivalent research appointment for less than three years

Have not previously served as PI or co-PI on research grants totaling more than $50K

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NM

CO

WY

MT

UT

AZ

NV

CA

OR

DC

TX

IA

MN

ND

SD

NE

MO

OKAR

LA

FL

MS AL

TN

KY

OH INIL

MI

WINY

GA

SC

NC

VAWV

ME

HI

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PR

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BRIGE Awards

PA

MA

Awardees

13 8

7 6

4 3

2 1

None




Graduate Research Diversity Supplement

(GRDS) Supplement to ENG ongoing awards. Submitted by PI of an existing ENG award. Only one new Ph.D. student to be supported

under each grant. Funding for 2010 $2.25 M, 41k/fellow for 60

fellows. Dear Colleague Letter and FAQs available on web

site (DCL NSF 11 -13; and FAQ NSF 11-14). This year submission date was January 20th 2011.

Mentoring Plan is required.

Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship

Program 50 Fellowships One year duration Fellow performs research in a small

business (current NSF S.B.I.R.Phase II awardee)

Fellow receives $65,000 from NSF/ENG/IIP funds and $10,000 from the small business

ASEE matches applications with businesses and manages the application process

Website: http://nsfsbir.asee.org/


Global Collaboration(via NSF Office of International Science

and Engineering)

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 (Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Turkey, Barcelona) to identify common priorities and approaches for collaboration on specific, well-defined research areas.

www.wires.gatech.eduwiresnetwork.org

WIRES1June 2009, Barcelona, Spain

WIRES2March 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA

WIRES3Athens, Greece 2012

We are looking for participants and sponsors!

International research proposals WRITTEN

Research PAPERS submitted

International research proposals FUNDED

WIRES 2009 International Success measured 1 year after event

With more success to come in WIRES3 Summer, 2012International Partnerships: Engineering sustainable systems to deliver

Energy WaterHealthcare


Resources

Directorate of Engineering:

http://www.nsf.gov/eng Funding Opportunities:

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/ Broadening participation Portfolio:

http://www.nsf.gov/od/broadeningparticipation/framework-evaluating-impacts-broadening-participation-projects_1101.pdf

Omnia El-Hakim Ph.D, [email protected]

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Diversity Pathways to Engineering Enterprise/Workforce Omnia El-Hakim, Ph.D. Director of Diversity and Outreach NSF Directorate for Engineering June 2011.

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