DEADLINE: December 19, 2022

The CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity) Conference Planning Committee invites nominations for 2 awards that recognize individuals, groups and organizations for their commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in engineering and computer science. These awards will be given out at the 2023 conference. Information about both awards is given below. To nominate a program or individual, please visit https://forms.gle/apDQN6CBrC3CzAZ78.   (self-nominations are permitted)

Program of the Year Award

This award honors the development and/or implementation of a service activity that has significantly enhanced the participation of students from diverse populations that are historically underserved in engineering and computing, while enriching the students’ learning experience in engineering and computer science.

The Program of the Year Award recipient will be chosen on the following criteria:

• Program impact
• Participant satisfaction
• Evidence of using evaluation data to improve the program

Rising Star in Diversity Award

The Rising Star in Diversity award recognizes an individual in their profession for less than 10 years who has actively worked to enhance diversity and inclusion by mentoring, supporting and/or advocating for the success of historically underserved individuals in engineering or computer science, or for climate and culture change that supports such success.

The Rising Star in Diversity Award recipient will be chosen on the following criteria:

• Fostering community to promote networks that provide professional support for students from diverse populations that are historically underserved in engineering and computer science
• Mentoring or leadership development
• Recruiting, retaining, or advancing underserved individuals in engineering and/or computer science
• Engaging in professional development opportunities focused on diversity and inclusion
• Promoting awareness of issues affecting underserved individuals

Deadline: December 19, 2022

The CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity) Conference Planning Committee invites nominations for 2 awards that recognize individuals, groups and organizations for their commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in engineering and computer science. These awards will be given out at the 2023 conference.

Information about both awards is given below. To nominate a program or individual, please visit

https://forms.gle/apDQN6CBrC3CzAZ78.   (self-nominations are permitted)

Program of the Year Award:

This award honors the development and/or implementation of a service activity that has significantly enhanced the participation of students from diverse populations that are historically underserved in engineering and computing, while enriching the students’ learning experience in engineering and computer science.

The Program of the Year Award recipient will be chosen on the following criteria:

• Program impact
• Participant satisfaction
• Evidence of using evaluation data to improve the program

Rising Star in Diversity Award:

The Rising Star in Diversity award recognizes an individual in their profession for less than 10 years who has actively worked to enhance diversity and inclusion by mentoring, supporting and/or advocating for the success of historically underserved individuals in engineering or computer science, or for climate and culture change that supports such success.

The Rising Star in Diversity Award recipient will be chosen on the following criteria:

• Fostering community to promote networks that provide professional support for students from  diverse populations that are historically underserved in engineering and computer science
• Mentoring or leadership development
• Recruiting, retaining, or advancing underserved individuals in engineering and/or computer science
• Engaging in professional development opportunities focused on diversity and inclusion
• Promoting awareness of issues affecting underserved individuals

Deadline: December 19, 2022

The 2023 CoNECD conference is scheduled for February 26-28, 2023 in New Orleans.

We are seeking submissions for

1. Sunday Pre-conference Workshops
2. Tuesday sessions focused on engineering leaders.

Preconference Workshops

We are seeking individuals or groups who would like to present a workshop on Sunday Afternoon, February 26. We are open to a broad spectrum of workshop content that would be relevant to CoNECD conference attendees. If you are interested in submitting a request to lead a 1-4 hour workshop, please use the link provided to submit your request before November 7, 2022. CoNECD will provide a response to your request not later than November 18, 2022.

https://forms.gle/4SkRRmaynJxJzx3a6

Leadership Development Sessions

We are seeking individuals or groups who would like to present a conference session (~40 minutes) focused on professional development for engineering leaders (deans, department heads/chairs, directors, etc.). Tuesday, February 28 is Dean’s Day, with the ASEE Diversity Recognition Program awards being recognized at the evening banquet, and we hope to have high attendance of college leaders at all levels.  We are seeking content that would educate engineering leaders around broadening participation. These submissions may be research or practice in their focus. If you are interested in submitting a request to lead a ~40 minute session, please use the link provided to submit your request before November 7, 2022. CoNECD will provide a response to your request not later than November 18, 2022.

https://forms.gle/sR2XT2hrdW6s2nJn9

The vision of the CoNECD (pronounced, “connected”) Conference is to provide a forum for exploring current research and practices to enhance diversity and inclusion of all underrepresented populations in the engineering and computing professions including gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity, disability, veterans, LGBTQ+, 1st generation and socio-economic status.

The 2023 CoNECD conference is scheduled for February 26-28, 2023 in New Orleans. We are seeking individuals or groups who would like to present a workshop on Sunday Afternoon, February 26.  We are open to a broad spectrum of workshop content that would be relevant to CoNECD conference attendees. If you are interested in submitting a request to lead a 1-3 hour workshop, please use the link provided to submit your request before November 1, 2023. CoNECD will provide a response to your request later than November 11, 2022.

https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_79QkaUfAIZKHzHE

The vision of the CoNECD (pronounced, “connected”) Conference is to provide a forum for exploring current research and practices to enhance diversity and inclusion of all underrepresented populations in the engineering and computing professions including gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity, disability, veterans, LGBTQ+, 1st generation and socio-economic status.

Early Bird Registration ends OCTOBER 1!  Register now for the lowest rate – and the ASEE member discount makes it even better!

Registration is now open for the 2023 The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

February 26 – 28, 2023

New Orleans Marriott Convention Center

Registration Link

The only conference dedicated to all the diverse groups that comprise our engineering and computing workforce. The vision of the CoNECD (pronounced, “connected”) Conference is to provide a forum for exploring current research and practices to enhance diversity and inclusion of all underrepresented populations in the engineering and computing professions including gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity, disability, veterans, LGBTQ+, 1st generation and socio-economic status.

5^th Annual Conference of CoNECD
Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
Feb 26-Mar 1, 2023
New Orleans, LA
Call for Abstracts

We invite you to submit an abstract to the 5^th Annual Conference of CoNECD: Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity which will be held from Feb 26 to Mar 1, 2023 in New Orleans, LA.  Authors should submit an extended abstract between 300 and 500 words on their paper/presentation topic by August 15, 2022.

The vision of the CoNECD (pronounced, “connected”) Conference is to provide a forum for exploring current research and practices to enhance diversity and inclusion of all underrepresented groups in the engineering and computing professions. We believe that a transformation of our engineering workforce will not be the result of a singular focus. CoNECD will encompass the many diverse groups that comprise our engineering and computing workforce including groups based on gender (including gender identity and gender expression), race and ethnicity, disability, veterans, LGBTQ+, 1st generation and socio-economic status.

CoNECD will accept both papers and presentations as final submissions. Submit presentations in PDF format as with NOTES pages of your slides.  For your full draft submission, the NOTES for each slide must have sufficient detail to explain the content on the PowerPoint slide. This will ensure that the reviewers have enough context to allow appropriate review of your presentation submission. See here for how to add notes to your slides.

CoNECD is seeking both evidenced based research and practice abstracts for presentations at the 5^th Annual Conference of CoNECD: Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity which will be held from Feb 26 to Mar 1, 2023. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Outreach, mentoring and recruitment of diverse K-12 students
• Mentoring, innovative recruitment and retention programs, and assessment of diverse groups of undergraduate and graduate students
• Mentoring, recruitment, retention, leadership and professional development activities for diverse faculty, administrators and professionals in the engineering/computing workforce (including work/life balance and dual-career issues, listening and negotiation, workplace climate, and innovative programs supporting diversity and inclusion)
• Company/university programs, policies or reviews that impact particular diverse groups (e.g. Title IX, transgender policies, veteran integration into academic institutions) including, for example, military experience to academic recognition
• Transformative research that informs the development of impactful and forward-thinking programs and policies on issues such as intersectionality of race and gender
• Integration of social justice into curricular and co-curricular activities
• Innovative curricular issues including inclusive pedagogies
• Managing identity across a global landscape in K-12 outreach, recruitment, retention, and academic success strategies
• The importance of cultural relevance and history in expanding the curriculum, pedagogy, classroom design, and worker spaces in academia and corporate settings
• Understanding inclusion, equity, access, and diversity in an effort to broaden participation, transform institutional leadership and promote student-centered success strategies in academia
• Unleashing the invisible factors of human potential to innovate, explore the unknown and develop community centered solutions to address diversity, inclusion, and access in industry and academia

CoNECD aims to include both researchers seeking peer-reviewed conference papers as well as practitioners who wish to submit a presentation (e.g. PowerPoint) associated with a successful practice. CoNECD will present a balance of basic research and development in the diversity and inclusion space as well as presentations that focus on promising practices successfully implemented in both academic and workplace environments. Authors may submit (individual or panel) papers or presentations based on accepted abstracts.

Authors should submit an extended abstract between 300 and 500 words on their paper/presentation topic. Authors of accepted abstracts must submit a full paper OR presentation for review, acceptance and publication in order to present at the conference.  Abstracts are due August 15, 2022.

To submit an abstract,

• Click this link
• You will be directed to a login page.
• If you are a member of ASEE, please login to access the abstract submission page.
• If you are not an ASEE member, please create a login to access the abstract submission page. You do not need to become an ASEE member to submit an abstract. 
• Posters are not accepted. Do not check “I would like this to be presented as a poster”

Each abstract is being submitted to one track or group.  For each abstract submitted, you must identify keywords describing the topic you are presenting.  This will enable CoNECD to group your presentation appropriately.  Please select from this list of keywords (no more than 4 keywords can be provided).  The Keywords should be included in the first line of your Abstract Text, separated from the Abstract Title.

• Pre-college
• Undergraduate
• Transfer
• Graduate
• Faculty
• Professional
  Race/Ethnicity
• Gender
• Disability
• 1st Generation
• LGBTQIA+
• Veterans
• Socio-economic status
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Engineering Technology
• Information Technology
• 2 Year Institution

5^th Annual Conference of CoNECD
Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
Feb 26-Mar 1, 2023
New Orleans, LA
Call for Abstracts

We invite you to submit an abstract to the 5^th Annual Conference of CoNECD: Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity which will be held from Feb 26 to Mar 1, 2023 in New Orleans, LA.  Authors should submit an extended abstract between 300 and 500 words on their paper/presentation topic by August 8, 2022.

The vision of the CoNECD (pronounced, “connected”) Conference is to provide a forum for exploring current research and practices to enhance diversity and inclusion of all underrepresented groups in the engineering and computing professions. We believe that a transformation of our engineering workforce will not be the result of a singular focus. CoNECD will encompass the many diverse groups that comprise our engineering and computing workforce including groups based on gender (including gender identity and gender expression), race and ethnicity, disability, veterans, LGBTQ+, 1st generation and socio-economic status.

CoNECD will accept both papers and presentations as final submissions. Submit presentations in PDF format as with NOTES pages of your slides.  For your full draft submission, the NOTES for each slide must have sufficient detail to explain the content on the PowerPoint slide. This will ensure that the reviewers have enough context to allow appropriate review of your presentation submission. See here for how to add notes to your slides.

CoNECD is seeking both evidenced based research and practice abstracts for presentations at the 5^th Annual Conference of CoNECD: Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity which will be held from Feb 26 to Mar 1, 2023. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Outreach, mentoring and recruitment of diverse K-12 students
• Mentoring, innovative recruitment and retention programs, and assessment of diverse groups of undergraduate and graduate students
• Mentoring, recruitment, retention, leadership and professional development activities for diverse faculty, administrators and professionals in the engineering/computing workforce (including work/life balance and dual-career issues, listening and negotiation, workplace climate, and innovative programs supporting diversity and inclusion)
• Company/university programs, policies or reviews that impact particular diverse groups (e.g. Title IX, transgender policies, veteran integration into academic institutions) including, for example, military experience to academic recognition
• Transformative research that informs the development of impactful and forward-thinking programs and policies on issues such as intersectionality of race and gender
• Integration of social justice into curricular and co-curricular activities
• Innovative curricular issues including inclusive pedagogies
• Managing identity across a global landscape in K-12 outreach, recruitment, retention, and academic success strategies
• The importance of cultural relevance and history in expanding the curriculum, pedagogy, classroom design, and worker spaces in academia and corporate settings
• Understanding inclusion, equity, access, and diversity in an effort to broaden participation, transform institutional leadership and promote student-centered success strategies in academia
• Unleashing the invisible factors of human potential to innovate, explore the unknown and develop community centered solutions to address diversity, inclusion, and access in industry and academia

CoNECD aims to include both researchers seeking peer-reviewed conference papers as well as practitioners who wish to submit a presentation (e.g. PowerPoint) associated with a successful practice. CoNECD will present a balance of basic research and development in the diversity and inclusion space as well as presentations that focus on promising practices successfully implemented in both academic and workplace environments. Authors may submit (individual or panel) papers or presentations based on accepted abstracts.

Authors should submit an extended abstract between 300 and 500 words on their paper/presentation topic. Authors of accepted abstracts must submit a full paper OR presentation for review, acceptance and publication in order to present at the conference.  Abstracts are due August 8, 2022.

To submit an abstract,

• Click this link
• You will be directed to a login page.
• If you are a member of ASEE, please login to access the abstract submission page.
• If you are not an ASEE member, please create a login to access the abstract submission page. You do not need to become an ASEE member to submit an abstract. 
• Posters are not accepted. Do not check “I would like this to be presented as a poster”

Each abstract is being submitted to one track or group.  For each abstract submitted, you must identify keywords describing the topic you are presenting.  This will enable CoNECD to group your presentation appropriately.  Please select from this list of keywords (no more than 4 keywords can be provided).  The Keywords should be included in the first line of your Abstract Text, separated from the Abstract Title.

• Pre-college
• Undergraduate
• Transfer
• Graduate
• Faculty
• Professional
  Race/Ethnicity
• Gender
• Disability
• 1st Generation
• LGBTQIA+
• Veterans
• Socio-economic status
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Engineering Technology
• Information Technology
• 2 Year Institution

On behalf of the Women in Engineering Division (WIED) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), it is with great pleasure that we announce the winner of the 2022 Mara H. Wasburn Early Engineering Educator Grant.  All applicants had impressive contributions to engineering education, a demonstrated commitment to increasing access, retention and/or advancement of women in engineering, and a strong overall record of achievement.  The ASEE WIED review committee commends each applicant for dedication to engineering education and to the advancement of women in engineering and technology.

In the category of Faculty, the Mara H. Wasburn Early Engineering Educator Grant goes to Dr. Holly Golecki, Teaching Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).  Dr. Golecki was nominated by Dr. Karin Jensen.  She believes that “…supporting students’ technical skills development as well as their mental health and wellness is a responsibility we hold as faculty.  I find that my students are eager to put engineering within a social justice context.”  Her research is focused around the question: How do projects with embedded agency beliefs provide opportunities for students to develop STEM identities?

From Dr. Golecki’s teaching statement, “I have built my career to date on my mission of inspiring the next generation of innovators, engineers, and roboticists, and I look forward to broadening my teaching impact as my career develops.  I also see my teaching as an opportunity to create inclusive spaces on campus to create a positive impact that spreads beyond my classroom walls.  I aim to train engineers to design solutions for our biggest challenges with empathy and inclusivity.”