Dear IEC Community,
First, I would like to wish all of you a belated Happy New Year and my very best wishes for 2022. I hope that your spring semester is off to a great start.
It is probably safe to say that we had all envisioned starting this new year without the persistent specter of COVID. Alas, Omicron had other plans, and thus we must continue to operate under changing guidelines, unpleasant constraints, and the likes. On the bright side, a positive byproduct of teaching under these challenging environments is the fact that, over the past two years, we have become better educators by learning new teaching tools and devising innovative strategies to actively engage our students.
Mandoye Ndoye
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Tuskegee University
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March 25-28, 2022
IEC @ ECEDHA
New Orleans, LA
June 21 & 23, 2022
EquiTECH 2022
Summer Virtual Program
Details coming soon
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Kenneth A. Connor
Professor Emeritus, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Member, Board of Directors, Inclusive Engineering Consortium
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IEC lens: A Perspective on how IEC can work for you |
A common theme in problem solving these days – especially in business – is trying different ways of looking at problems. Some people build on the idea of mindset while others emphasize lenses. Some do both. Here, I would like to suggest that a good way to look at how IEC can work for you is to consider the IEC lens. Often, we are overwhelmed by many problems that clearly require more resources to address than are available locally. We know we would like to do a full update on a key undergraduate or we would like to offer a new course in a hot topic like AI or we have a technical research idea but no facilities or colleagues to work on it. What IEC offers is the opportunity to address problems-issues-opportunities by joining forces with colleagues from similar Minority Serving Institutions, practicing engineers from industry, and now, thanks to the addition of several very strong research universities, who have joined us as affiliate IEC members, new potential colleagues from Predominantly White Institutions. That is the IEC lens which has us look at a new enterprise and start thinking about what kind of a team we need to make it happen.
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EquiTECH 2022: Winter Keynote
Now available on-demand!
In January, the IEC gathered for its inaugural EquiTECH program focusing on much-needed conversations about diversity and inclusion in Tech. EquiTECH brought together industry leaders, historically-minority serving institutions (MSIs), and research-intensive institutions to build professional connections, expand collaborations, and engage in thought-provoking discussions.
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Dr. Lance Collins
Vice President and Executive Director
Virginia Tech Innovation Campus
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June 21 & 23, 2022
Summer Virtual Program
EquiTECH will return again on June 21 & 23, 2022. Be sure to mark your calendars for this important industry program!
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Tektronix Expands University Partnership Programs and Supports the Inclusive Engineering Consortium (IEC) to Reach the Engineers of Tomorrow |
As an industry leader, Tektronix has long believed in the power of partnering with universities to recruit top-tier talent and tackle large technological challenges through cutting edge research. Tektronix engineers have spent decades working with top-rated engineering programs at universities across the country to offer support in the form of industry advice, internship programs, and equipment donations. However, as the company has continued to lean deeper into our commitments around diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), we recognize that there is more to be done in accessing and lifting up a new generation of engineers from diverse backgrounds. This particularly holds true for engineers from under-considered communities. This is what led to the expansion of Tektronix’s university partnership program to include Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) like Morgan State University, which the National Trust for Historic Preservation named a National Treasure. These relationships are integral to the work Tektronix is doing to diversify the engineering field.
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Esther T. Osasanya
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of the District of Columbia
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It is a great honor to shine the spotlight on the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program at the University of the District of Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) by featuring representative senior design projects by students and faculty research. The ECE department is one of the four vibrant SEAS departments of the Civil Engineering (CE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), and Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT) departments. Through its programs UDC SEAS offers Bachelor of Science degrees and Master’s degrees, and a PhD degree in Computer Science and Engineering. All our Bachelor degree programs are fully ABET-accredited, and we are very proud of the new Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering Program that has been initiated by the ME department.
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Improving Solar Power on the Navajo Reservation through a Novel IEC Collaboration |
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By Henry Louie, Peter Romine, and Darrick Lee |
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Access to the power grid has remained out of reach for tens of thousands of homes on Native American reservations. This form of energy poverty is associated with a wide range of negative health, economic, and educational outcomes. Recently, small-scale solar-powered off-grid electrical systems have been installed in homes on reservations, providing modest but meaningful access to electricity. A recent three-year, $540,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to Navajo Technical University (NTU) and Seattle University (SU) aims to better understand how these solar systems are used and gain insight into how their designs can be improved.
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Want to get involved? Participate, speak, sponsor! Opportunities are available.
Contact Tymia Wilson at twilson@iec.org
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