1. American Society for Engineering Education
Diversity Initiatives
AAES Diversity Summit
September 17, 2003
Sherra Kerns
ASEE President-Elect

2. American Society for Engineering Education
The American Society for Engineering Education is committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology.
Founded in 1893
12,000 individual members
500 institutional members
A history of shaping engineering education
with ideas that chart new directions in the field

3. ASEE Diversity Initiatives
across all engineering disciplines
pre-college through life-long learning
multiple implementation channels
strong focus on K-12 and filling the pipeline

4. Collaborations across Disciplines
Engineering education leaders
Engineering Deans Council
316 member schools give 98% of U.S. B.S.’s in ENG
Annual Public Policy Colloquium, Engineering Deans Institute connect deans with government & industry representatives
Engineering Technology Council
Leadership organization for Engineering Technology schools
Annual Engineering Technology Leadership Institute

5. ASEE EngineeringK12 Center
an initiative to understand and communicate how outreach programs run by ASEE member institutions, academic and corporate, boost the quality and number of engineering students and professionals by advancing K-12 science and math education

6. ASEE EngineeringK12 Center’s Goals:
To coordinate assessments of K-12 science and math education outreach programs and stimulate:
Research-based analysis of what works and why
Portability to allow program operators to perform self-studies and continues self-improvement

7. Additional K-12 ASEE Initiatives
K-12 ASEE Division
University researchers and K-12 practitioners
in collaboration
New Workshop at Annual Conference site
Presentations and networking to celebrate and exchange best practices

8. Post-College Educational Opportunities
Large-scale education projects for engineering students and faculty:
$30 million annually in graduate fellowships
Faculty summer residencies with NASA, the Office of Naval Research, and the Army Research Laboratory
Graduate doctoral support for under-represented minorities

9. Learnon.org ASEE’s continuing engineering education web-site:
Searchable with ASEE-developed software
Over 7,000 courses
100,000 jobs listed
Users from 50 Fortune 500 companies
100,000 “hits” a month

10. Learnon screen shot

11. ASEE Diversity Initiatives
across all engineering disciplines
pre-college through life-long learning
multiple implementation channels
strong focus on K-12 and filling the pipeline

12. American Society for Engineering Education