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.

Our iUSE project is the culmination of several projects that we desired to bring to a larger university community. In Psychology, Project Knowledge (PK) was an intensive near-peer mentoring program that identified student academic skills and behaviors needed for academic success.

The Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) reflects our academic community as it fulfills its mission is to cultivate, disseminate and archive scholarly research in engineering education. Scholarly research is shaped in large part through peer review; peer reviewers are liaisons between a journal and members of its professional community and are thus crucial for creating an equitable and inclusive experience for authors. However, there is little preparation or training for peer reviewers in critiquing manuscripts or writing thorough and constructive reviews.

In this seminar, I plan to discuss the importance of incorporating the voices of our students in our teaching practices.

Every year, newly graduated engineers enter the workforce to begin their engineering careers. During the school to workplace transition, significant learning occurs even for well-trained new engineers. New employees must socialize to the workplace, a critically important developmental task.