COVID-19's Impact on on ECE Communities Served by Minority Serving Institutions

Board 84: The 2TO4 Project - Facilitated Transition from 2-Year to 4-Year Engineering Studies (WIP)

“…This workshop was cancelled due to COVID and was replaced by a series of mini-workshops offered online between May 2020 and February 2021. [8] In addition to these funded workshops, IEC also received NSF RAPID Grant funding (NSF Award # 2031717) to study the impact of COVID-19 on the Minority Serving Institutions it serves. [9] This grant was funded through IEC's partner organization ECEDHA.…”

Supporting Students with Minoritized Gender Identities in Research: the Design and Assessment of an Initiative in Electrical and Computer Engineering

“…Given HUG students' challenges when pursuing engineering degrees, we must implement pragmatic solutions for a more inclusive and supportive environment in engineering departments. Panel discussions on career-related topics can provide resources and opportunities that were not accessible to HUG students individually and clarify the myths they may have about research careers [28,29]. Explicit discussions on the challenges and previous gender-bias experiences HUGs face are influential in increasing HUG students' engineering identities [6].…”

Board 78: ADEP: Asset-Driven Equitable Partnerships (WIP)

“…The ECP network was formed through a series of in-person and online workshops and informational meetings, and the same approach was planned for the IEC. However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the organization to change its plans, resulting in a series of mini workshops throughout 2020 [2]. The purpose of these workshops was to explore policies, ideas, training, infrastructure, and other topics that would support effective partnerships, and to address COVIDrelated issues as well.…”