Title: UBelong! Stories as a Promising Intervention to Address Equity Gaps in First-Year Engineering Abstract This talk describes an ongoing multi-institutional project focused on developing and implementing an ecological belonging intervention in engineering using stories developed through focus groups with students who previously took a first-year engineering programming course. The ecological belonging intervention is a […]

Title: Illuminating the Sociotechnical in Engineering Education and Practice   Abstract I was trained as a technically-focused electrical engineer working on control of wind energy systems. Although I enjoyed that work (and still practice in that area), I began to realize that the world’s wicked problems, including climate change – a big motivator for me – […]

Headshot Credit: Leise Jones Established in 2018, the Fred Kan Distinguished Lecture Series in Engineering Ethics invites thought leaders to share research and insights that challenge us to think differently about ethical issues in engineering. Thanks to a generous donation from alumnus, Mr. Fred Kan, the lecture brings together undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, faculty, […]