Board 85: Work in Progress: Asset-Driven Equitable Partnerships (ADEP in Practice)
- Conference
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Portland, Oregon
- Publication Date
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June 23, 2024
- Start Date
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June 23, 2024
- End Date
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July 12, 2024
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session
- Tagged Division
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)
- Tagged Topic
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Diversity
- Permanent URL
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https://strategy.asee.org/48385
Paper Authors
Kenneth A Connor
Inclusive Engineering Consortium & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
orcid.org/0000-0002-4216-763X
Kenneth Connor is Program Officer at the Inclusive Engineering Consortium (IEC), whose mission is to enable MSI ECE programs to produce more and better prepared graduates from groups that have been historically underrepresented in ECE careers. He is also an emeritus professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he taught courses on electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, plasma physics, electric power, and general engineering. His research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photonics, biomedical sensors, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. He learned problem solving from his father (who ran a gray iron foundry), his mother (a nurse) and grandparents (dairy farmers). He has had the great good fortune to always work with amazing people, most recently the members and leadership of the IEC from HBCU, HSI, and TCU ECE programs and the faculty, staff and students of the Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) ERC, where he was Education Director until his retirement in 2018. He was RPI ECSE Department Head from 2001 to 2008 and served on the board of the ECE Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) from 2003 to 2008. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE.
Mohamed F. Chouikha Prairie View A&M University
Dr. Mohamed Chouikha is a professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Howard University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado–Boulder. Dr. Chouikha’s research inte
John C. Kelly Jr. North Carolina A&T State University
Dr. John C. Kelly, Jr. is interim chair and associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina A and T State University. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware. Dr. Kelly's research includes engineering education and cyber-physical systems' security.
Pamela Leigh-Mack Virginia State University
Dr. Pamela Leigh-Mack is Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering at Virginia State University. She received the B.S. degree in Mathematics from Virginia Union University, B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering (EE) from Howard U
Barry J. Sullivan Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Assn
Barry J. Sullivan is Director of Program Development for the Inclusive Engineering Consortium. His 40-year career includes significant experience as a researcher, educator, and executive in industry, academia, and the non-profit sector. He has developed
Stephen M Goodnick Arizona State University
Miguel Velez-Reyes
University of Texas at El Paso
orcid.org/0000-0002-6983-7250
Dr. Miguel Velez-Reyes is the George W. Edwards/El Paso Electric Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Dr. Velez-Reyes is a first generation in college student who received the BSEE degree from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM), in 1985, and the MSEE, the Electrical Eng. D., and the PhD degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1988, 1988, and 1992 respectively. He is a leading researcher and educator in multi/hyperspectral remote sensing, and sensor and signal analytics for non-intrusive monitoring. His work is presented in over 160 publications in journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings, and has supervised over 55 post-doctoral, doctoral and master students. Dr. Velez-Reyes has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator in grants and contracts totaling over $25M. He chairs the SPIE Conference on Algorithms, Technologies and Applications for Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imaging. His technical achievements and service to the community have been recognized with the distinction of Fellow of SPIE (The International Society for Optics and Photonics) for his contributions to hyperspectral image processing, and Fellow of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico. In 1997, he was one of 60 recipients from across the United States and its territories of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the White House. He received the IEEE Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer Award in 1999. In addition to being ECE department chair, he is engaged in important leadership roles as UTEP Campus Coordinator for the NOAA Center for Earth Systems Science and Remote Sensing Technology led by City College of New York and was interim director of the UTEP Regional Cyber for Energy Security Center. He was a member of the faculty at the Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) from 1992 to 2012. He was the Founding Director of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) Institute for Research in Integrative Systems and Engineering (IRISE) and was Associate Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS) led by Northeastern University. He was also UPRM campus coordinator for the Center for Power Electronic Systems (CPES) a NSF ERC led by Virginia Tech. He was director of the UPRM Tropical Center for Earth and Space Studies (TCESS), a NASA University Research Center, and Director of the UPRM Laboratory for Applied Remote Sensing and Image Processing (LARSIP). Dr. Velez-Reyes is a strong advocate on promoting access to excellent higher education to all students particularly those from socioeconomically disadvantage backgrounds and underrepresented populations. He is a board member of the Inclusive Engineering Consortium and is actively engaged in initiatives that promote diversity equity and inclusion in engineering education. He has held faculty research-internship positions with Air Force Research Laboratories, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Furthermore, he is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. He is a life member of SHPE and SACNAS, and Senior Member of IEEE. He is a member of ASEE, and AGU.
Michelle Klein Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Heads Assoc.
Truong Nguyen
University of California, San Diego
orcid.org/0000-0002-5022-063X
Truong Nguyen is a Distinguished Professor at UCSD. His current research interests are video processing and machine learning algorithms with applications in health monitoring/diagnosis and 3D modeling. He received the IEEE Signal Processing Paper Award
Petru Andrei Florida A&M University; Florida State University
Dr. Petru Andrei is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Florida A&M University and Florida Stat University (FAMU-FSU) College of Engineering. He is the FSU campus education director for the NSF-ERC Future Renewable El
Shayla Sawyer
Esther T. Ososanya University of the District of Columbia
Dr. Esther T. Ososanya is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. During her career, Dr. Ososanya has worked for private industry as a circuit development engineer. Her expertise is in the areas of VLSI ASIC design and Embedded Systems design.
David Zubia University of Texas at El Paso
Milford Muskett
Abstract
The mission of the XXX is to enable MSI ECE programs to produce more and better prepared graduates from groups that have been historically underrepresented in ECE careers. We hypothesize that the key to achieving this goal is more fully engaging the students, staff and faculty at HBCUs, HSIs and TCUs in the broad ECE education and research enterprise by building partnerships with PWIs, industry, government labs, etc. These partnerships must be equitable with all voices being heard and all relevant assets identified and utilized. The equitable partnership concept came out of a series of XXX workshops in 2021 that addressed Anti-Racism Practices in Engineering. Since that time, we have been applying the ideas developed and collecting feedback, particularly on barriers to their effective use. Anti-Racism Practices in Engineering should apply to students, staff, and faculty in all activities in an ECE program. However, we have focused on research because it is THE activity that is the most underdeveloped at most MSIs and the primary reason why groups from PWIs usually contact MSIs. MSIs need investment to increase their research capacity and, thus, expand opportunities for their students. People at PWIs must engage with their counterparts at MSIs so they will learn how to more effectively mentor, teach, and guide students from MSIs. Both types of institutions must invest in each other to achieve maximum benefit from the diversity of ideas, cultures, resources, etc. found at such different institutions. Equitable partners must be able to identify and articulate their assets and understand the assets of other participants. Finally, partnerships only work if there is sufficient trust, which comes from knowledge of and engagement with one another. The model for such partnerships is what we call ADEP – Asset Driven Equitable Partnerships. Since the original workshops in 2021, we have been able to develop and apply ADEP principles through additional workshops and developing partnerships. The partnerships take a variety of forms but generally involve either a small subset or all of our core MSI members plus some PWIs, with occasional industry or national lab participation. We have also begun some joint efforts with other non-profits working to achieve similar goals. To guide these partnerships, we are continuing to develop the ADEP Rubric, which allows us to assess what is helping or hindering the success of these collaborations. New proposals are being prepared and new programs begun. At the same time, the workshops that bring together as many of our members as possible, both virtually and in person, continue. There remain too many barriers to be overcome, but the ever-evolving ADEP approach is working.
Connor, K. A., & Chouikha, M. F., & Kelly, J. C., & Leigh-Mack, P., & Sullivan, B. J., & Goodnick, S. M., & Velez-Reyes, M., & Klein, M., & Nguyen, T., & Andrei, P., & Sawyer, S., & Ososanya, E. T., & Zubia, D., & Muskett, M. (2024, June), Board 85: Work in Progress: Asset-Driven Equitable Partnerships (ADEP in Practice) Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://strategy.asee.org/48385
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