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Research
The
Institute for Diversity in Engineering and Society fosters collaborative
research on projects that add to both the knowledge base and understanding
of diversity effects in engineering and society.
- Act
as catalyst for cross-disciplinary research
- Establish
research partnerships with professional, civic and cultural organizations
- Develop
a research repository for databases, papers and reports
Currect
Projects
Evaluation
of Team Performance. The assessment and performance of design
teams is monitored, video taped, and evaluated to determine a correlation
of performance with diversity characteristics including gender,
ethnicity, personality, and others. The study includes design teams
with participants from K-12, the university, and engineers in the
profession.
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Career
Selection. First year engineering student data is collected.
The selection of career major by first year engineering students
is monitored to determine the effect of diversity and other characteristics
on career selection.
Future
Activities
- Support
graduate research projects on diversity and engineering
- Develop
a metric for evaluation of diversity effects on team performance
- Determine
effects of diversity on multinational design efforts separated
by a distance
- Develop
a consortium of universities to work on projects that emphasize
the interdisciplinary and humanitarian aspects of designing
products for individuals with disabilities.
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