IEC Program Initiatives
Overview
IEC Catalyst Workshop
The IEC Catalyst Workshop acts as a space where HBCUs, H/MSIs, PWIs and industry can begin to establish partnerships, share research opportunities, and discuss strategies for increasing DEI in engineering.
IEC Annual EquiTECH Conference
EquiTECH brings together corporate diversity executives, tech experts, professors and researchers for a two-day event full of programming and networking to collaborate efforts to build racial equity in the tech ecosystem.
iRedefine Program
The iRedefine program was plotted by the National Science Foundation and works to prepare underrepresented minorities and women in PhD programs to pursue faculty positions at universities across the world. By building up minority leaders and women to take on faculty positions, the program expands and improves academia and creates role models for tomorrow’s engineers.
IEC Anti-Racism Practice in Engineering Workshops
The IEC’s Anti-Racist Practice in Engineering Workshops lead the discussion on how racist practices in engineering impact education and how educators can overcome barriers to transform the engineering sector. These workshops challenge the scholars to generate ideas about anti-racism practices and implement them in the field. The organizations hope to build
on the success of these workshops to become the leader in training for anti-racism as it applies specifically to engineering.
IEC Member Programs
∙ Anti-Racism and Social Justice Workshops
∙ Workshops focusing on the COVID-19 Emergency
∙ Programs designed to increase minority participation in the
engineering workforce
∙ IEC member programs focusing on HBCUs and MSIs
∙ Backbone support for multi-institutional programs
∙ Collaborative programs with IEC Partners to support
diversity initiatives