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How to use the NAE Grand Challenges to Change the Diversity in the ME Discipline?

How to use the NAE Grand Challenges to Change the Diversity in the ME Discipline?. Alice M. Agogino Mechanical Engineering University of California at Berkeley. % B.S. Engineering Degrees to Women. 35%. 30%. 25%. 20%. 15%. 10%. NSF 2008. 1997. 2006.

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How to use the NAE Grand Challenges to Change the Diversity in the ME Discipline?

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  1. How to use the NAE Grand Challenges to Change the Diversity in the ME Discipline? Alice M. Agogino Mechanical Engineering University of California at Berkeley

  2. % B.S. Engineering Degrees to Women 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% NSF 2008 1997 2006

  3. % B.S. Engineering Degrees to UR Minorities 18% 14% 10% 6% Mechanical Engineering African American 54% Hispanic 6% Native American 1% NSF 2008 1997 2006

  4. UC Berkeley: 46% of undergraduate environmental engineering science and 51% of graduate students in environmental engineering are women. D-Lab (MIT): Women are 70% of applicants (Led by Amy Smith in Mechanical Engineering). ESW Students: Women are over 70% of Students in Engineers for a Sustainable World. Parity in Sustainable Engineering

  5. 2007-2008 38% of undergraduate and 40% of graduate students at UC Berkeley are women. Bio-/Biomedical Engineering 2001 5

  6. Engineer 2020: Themes from Feminist Focus Group • A change in the culture of engineering (practice) • Less unrewardingly competition, more collaboration • Changes in the types of problems we decide to solve • Diversity and quality are seen as correlated • Greater value placed on family issues • Engineers genuinely pursue inclusiveness • Strategies to get there • Radical change in the power structure (as it relates to who decides what problems are important) • Decision-makers represent a more diverse group • Coalitions between public/private sector

  7. Engineer 2020: Themes from Minority Focus Group • Changes in culture and better equity is desired • More emphasis on problems that address social and/or humanistic issues • More equitable access to engineering careers • Diversity is valued • Strategies for getting there • Include more diverse voices in decision-making process • Positive images in the television media • Strong and visible action by national political leadership • New strategies for assessment; more equitable K-12 preparation; allow alternative paths into the profession

  8. Grand Challenges of Engineering Grand Challenges

  9. Americans’ Attitudes Toward Engineering - National Survey Results • Americans have high expectations of the 21st century’s technological advancements and of America’s leadership in meeting future technological challenges. • An alarming disparity exists between Americans’ views of the challenges ahead and the role that engineers will play in addressing them. Hart Research Associates, Presented at Grand Challenges Symposium, February 2009

  10. Interest and Importance Americans Assign to Engineering

  11. Do Women Perceive that they can contribute to these challenges?

  12. Freshman Confidence – UC Berkeley

  13. Freshman HS Experience – UC Berkeley

  14. Human-Centered Sustainable Product Design (Lower Division) • Smart Lighting • Bicycle Transportation • Powering Portable Electronic Devices • Food Storage and Preservation • Sustainable Dorm Room Furniture Design • Hesse Hall as an Undergraduate Social Space? • Seguro Pesticide Protection • Pomo Nation – Sustainable and Culturally-Sensitive Energy & Housing

  15. Freshman Project Preference – UC Berkeley Community – Centered Design Projects Out of 8 Options

  16. Vision 2030 -- Mechanical Engineering Vision vs. Current Courses • U.S. Competitiveness, Innovation, Global Economy • Energy • Environment • Human Health • Computational Power • Multiscale Systems • Security and Risk • Urban Infrastructure • Clean Water • Analysis & Programming • Materials • Dynamics • Thermodynamics • Heat Transfer • Fluids • Solid Mechanics • Manufacturing • Machine Design • Experimentation

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