ENGINEERING CHANGE

Send us Fan Mail Six years ago, ENGINEERING CH∆NGE® started with a simple idea: create the kind of conversation you might have over coffee with a colleague about the challenges—and opportunities—facing engineering and other STEM organizations. In this season finale, my co-producer Quincy joins me behind the mic as we look back on six seasons of the podcast, the lessons  learned along the way, and...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of ENGINEERING CH∆NGE®, I take a systems-centered look at one of the biggest conversations happening across engineering organizations and society right now: AI. While many organizations are focused on AI models, tools, productivity, and technical readiness, this episode explores a deeper question: What happens when AI is introduced into systems that already struggl...

Send us Fan Mail Is engineering really a meritocracy? We’re taught that hard work, strong performance, and clear metrics determine who advances. But what if the system isn’t as objective as it seems? In this episode of ENGINEERING CH∆NGE® , I break down how “merit” is often interpreted, or even manufactured, not measured and how the systems we trust to evaluate performance can actully distort it....

Send us Fan Mail Engineering outcomes don’t happen in isolation—and understanding how engineering systems and organizational systems shape those outcomes is critical for effective engineering leadership . In this episode of ENGINEERING CH∆NGE® , I challenge one of the most persistent, misleading and, quite frankly, aggravating phrases in engineering: “soft skills.” There is nothing soft about team...

Send us Fan Mail What happens to engineering systems when fear shapes the conditions under which people work, or are allowed to work? In this episode of ENGINEERING CH∆NGE® , I examine how fear-driven decisions inside organizational systems can reshape their capacity to produce research, education, and societal outcomes, and not for the better. Drawing from lived experience and patterns emerging a...

Send us Fan Mail ENGINEERING CH∆NGE® is Back! If you checked out the reboot trailer, you know this season is more focused, more structured, and more intentional. This episode is a reminder of the foundational framework for ENGINEERING CH∆NGE®...  REDEFINE . REDEFINE helps us examine the dimensions of engineering work that shape outcomes: RE-image who we see as engineers and what we see as engineer...

Send us Fan Mail We're gearing up for the launch of Season 5 on Wednesday, February 25. We have a new format that builds more strongly than ever on our REDEFINE℠ framework and centers people-centered change in organizational systems. Check out this trailer to discover what we have in store! Visit the ENGINEERING CHΔNGE® podcast website to learn more and to download a free copy of my new brief...

Send us Fan Mail  This is a continuation of our conversation from Episode 27, where we introduced  current and past participants in conversations about the National Science Foundation's Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program. In this episode, we discussed the importance of institutional change and the scholars shared their advice for program officers and project...

Send us Fan Mail The National Science Foundation’s (NSF's) Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program funds teams of institutions that work together to identify, mitigate, and ultimately eradicate, systemic barriers to success for STEM faculty from racially and ethnically minoritized identities while studying, disseminating, and reproducing those strategies to produ...

Send us Fan Mail There are a lot of misconceptions about ABET, and this "Soapbox" episode sets out to correct some of them. In particular, we talk about opportunities to innovate in engineering curricula in a way that meets ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) criteria requirements and advances justice, equity, diversity and inclusion by teaching students to be more equitable...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a conversation with Dr. Marcus Huggans, Executive Director of Client Relations for the National GEM Consortium. We speak about GEM's rich history in increasing the numbers of scholars from traditionally marginalized racial and ethnic identities earning degrees in STEM, the importance of mentoring and social capital, and the benefits of being part of the GEM fa...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a conversation with Kathy Renzetti, Executive Director of DiscoverE. Just in time for Engineers Week 2022, we speak about the need to remove barriers so ALL students have the opportunity to engage in engineering, the impacts of having STEM professionals engage in K-12 outreach, and flipping the script on the questions we ask regarding student success. When you list...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a while but we're back! We're gearing up for the launch of Season 4 on Wednesday, February 23. Check out this trailer to discover what we have in store! Visit our Engineering Change Podcast Website to learn more! Support the show ENGINEERING CHΔNGE® is a registered trademark held by Dr. Yvette E. Pearson for producing and providing podcasts.

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a conversation with Dr. Terri W. Jackson, author of  "The Madness Within: The Journey of a Future Doctor" (as Terri L. Whitley) and her newest release, "Chocolate Covered Nut: The Journey Continues." We talk about her journey navigating STEM education at the undergraduate and graduate levels as a student with bipolar disorder; reconsidering how...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a conversation with Dr. Kimberly Douglas of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Clif Morgan of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Dr. Kathy DeerInWater of The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), and Dr. Roberta Rincon of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). We discuss their goal of graduating 50,000 diverse engi...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a conversation with Dr. Joel Ducoste, President of the Association for Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP). We cover a range of topics on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in STEM education and professional societies, including accountability for DEI in teaching, research, promotion, and tenure. When you listen, please do these three (3) t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we take a journey through Seasons 1 and 2, revisiting some of the many amazing moments we had with guests during our first year.   We went back to Episode 6 in Season 1 where we talked with undergraduate mechanical engineering student, Javian Pierson about our responsibility to support, mentor, and champion others. From Season 2, we revisited Episode 13 with Dr. A...

Send us Fan Mail It's hard to believe we've wrapped up our first year of Engineering Change Podcast! We're gearing up for the launch of Season 3 on Wednesday, June 16. Check out this trailer to discover what we have in store! Visit our Engineering Change Podcast Website to learn more! Support the show ENGINEERING CHΔNGE® is a registered trademark held by Dr. Yvette E. Pearson for pr...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is lagniappe (a little something extra) from Episode 12. In this conversation, Dr. Carlotta Berry, Dr. Audrey Bowden, and Dr. Cullen Bowie share insights from their experiences navigating the research funding and publication landscape as early career faculty. If you have ever wondered how folks get a foot in the door to get their first grants and how they amass public...

Send us Fan Mail Why get an engineering Ph. D.? You'll get some ideas from this episode! It is a continuation of our Season 1, Episode 4 conversation with Dr. Monica F. Cox. This time we dive into her book, Demystifying the Engineering Ph. D. , to learn about people's motivations for and experiences in pursuing a Ph. D. in engineering, how this varies depending on work sector (industry v...

Send us Fan Mail Quincy and I are back for another Q&A episode in which we answer your questions! In this episode, we tackle questions about innovating to address diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering curricula while pointing to faculty and programs that are exemplars and the connections to ABET requirements. One thing we did not emphasize in our discussion of equitable and communica...

Send us Fan Mail Why do many diversity efforts fail? Because they are DIVERSITY efforts. Like medications that deal only with symptoms, diversity efforts only address things at the surface and don't get at the roots to deal with the diseases that cause the inequities we see in engineering education and practice.  Join me for this first "Soapbox" episode in which my co-producer and I...

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to be hypervisible yet invisible? And how does that impact engineering education and the outcomes of engineering planning and design? In this episode, I speak with Dr. James Holly, Jr., Assistant Professor of Urban STEM Education at Wayne State University, and Chanel Beebe, Ph. D. Candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and we answe...

Send us Fan Mail What does social justice have to do with engineering? This is one of the most disheartening questions I have ever heard. It would be bad enough if it came from someone in the general public; what made it terrifying is that it came from an engineer - a civil engineer. For all who are wondering, tune in for the answer. In this episode, I speak with Dr. Donna Riley, the Kamyar Haghig...

Send us Fan Mail People with disabilities are often left out of conversations and initiatives that support diversity, equity, and inclusion. With a sizeable fraction of the US population having some type of disability, it is unfathomable and unfortunate that people often count us out when it comes to degrees and careers in engineering and other STEM fields.  There is an urgent need to RE-IMAGE who...