Dr. Behzad Esmaeili will discuss his hazard identification and risk management study, which offers a blueprint for more effective training designs by incorporating an AI-informed personalized safety training program with the potential to reduce workplace accidents in the construction environment.

Dr. Lindsay Sheedy will discuss the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and the Boren Fellowships as well as application timelines, other opportunities facilitated by NISO, and general tips for grant writing applications.

Dr. Stephanie Masta will focus on the relationship between settler colonialism and engineering education, and consider how Indigenous perspectives offer important insight into our work as scholars.

Purdue School of Engineering Education's Graduate Programs is hosting a two-day open house October 26-27, 2023, to bring together individuals from all walks of life, including undergraduate and graduate students from many disciplines as well as professional engineers ready to make a career change.

Every student deserves to thrive in an educational environment. The unjustified need for conformity in the current pre- and post-secondary education systems is causing significant damage to the mental health and self-efficacy of our non-traditional learners, specifically neurodiverse populations like those with ADHD, dyslexia, and autism, amongst others. Sadly, our education system follows the deficit-based paradigm used in the medical model, which stigmatizes neurodivergent learners and overlooks their unique potential for contributing to the technological advancement of the nation.

Dr. Redd will discuss how APLU, a higher education association with a membership of 244 public research universities, helps catalyze institutional transformation. She will provide lessons learned from her different projects that focus on improving undergraduate STEM education, diversifying the professoriate, building networks and partnerships, advancing open science, and broadening what counts for impactful work by faculty and staff.

As the need for engineers in society continues to increase, there remains a critical national priority to broaden participation in engineering. This research focuses on strategies to more effectively integrate engineering opportunities at home.