Presented By: Aerospace Engineering
Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering
Sara A. Pozzi
Professor
University of Michigan
To build a great College of Engineering, we must improve diversity, equity, and inclusion among our students, faculty, and staff. One of the ways to measure a College of Engineering’s impact is by our ability to develop future engineering and science leaders prepared to thrive in an environment that is clearly becoming more diverse and more global. Research and experience have shown time and again that diverse and inclusive teams provide the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives that result in better, more comprehensive solutions to the complex problems that we tackle in engineering and in society at large.
We recognize that historically, engineering is a field that lacks diversity, for example, along gender and race/ethnicity identities, and that women and underrepresented minorities in this field report experiencing the workplace climate more negatively than members of the majority. In this talk, I will discuss the forces that hold us back when attempting to build a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable College of Engineering. I will also discuss strategies that have been proven to be effective in counteracting these negative forces. I will conclude by discussing ways in which you can be a positive force for change as we work towards a great College of Engineering for all.
About the speaker...
Professor Sara Pozzi is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences and a Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include the development of new methods for nuclear materials detection, identification, and characterization for nuclear nonproliferation, safeguards, and national security programs. Her publication record includes over 400 papers in journals and international conference proceedings. She was invited to give over 100 seminars, both nationally and internationally. She has graduated 24 Ph. D. students who went on to develop successful careers at the national laboratories, academia, and industry.
Professor Pozzi is the founding Director of the Consortium for Verification Technology (CVT) 2014-2019 and the Consortium for Monitoring, Technology, and Verification (MTV) 2019-2024, two large consortia of multiple universities and national laboratories working together to develop new technologies needed for nuclear treaty verification. In 2018, Professor Pozzi was named the inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for the UM College of Engineering. In this capacity, she heads the DEI implementation committee and works to ensure that the students, faculty, and staff are increasingly diverse, everyone is treated equitably, and everyone is included. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, the American Nuclear Society, and the IEEE.
Professor
University of Michigan
To build a great College of Engineering, we must improve diversity, equity, and inclusion among our students, faculty, and staff. One of the ways to measure a College of Engineering’s impact is by our ability to develop future engineering and science leaders prepared to thrive in an environment that is clearly becoming more diverse and more global. Research and experience have shown time and again that diverse and inclusive teams provide the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives that result in better, more comprehensive solutions to the complex problems that we tackle in engineering and in society at large.
We recognize that historically, engineering is a field that lacks diversity, for example, along gender and race/ethnicity identities, and that women and underrepresented minorities in this field report experiencing the workplace climate more negatively than members of the majority. In this talk, I will discuss the forces that hold us back when attempting to build a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable College of Engineering. I will also discuss strategies that have been proven to be effective in counteracting these negative forces. I will conclude by discussing ways in which you can be a positive force for change as we work towards a great College of Engineering for all.
About the speaker...
Professor Sara Pozzi is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences and a Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include the development of new methods for nuclear materials detection, identification, and characterization for nuclear nonproliferation, safeguards, and national security programs. Her publication record includes over 400 papers in journals and international conference proceedings. She was invited to give over 100 seminars, both nationally and internationally. She has graduated 24 Ph. D. students who went on to develop successful careers at the national laboratories, academia, and industry.
Professor Pozzi is the founding Director of the Consortium for Verification Technology (CVT) 2014-2019 and the Consortium for Monitoring, Technology, and Verification (MTV) 2019-2024, two large consortia of multiple universities and national laboratories working together to develop new technologies needed for nuclear treaty verification. In 2018, Professor Pozzi was named the inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for the UM College of Engineering. In this capacity, she heads the DEI implementation committee and works to ensure that the students, faculty, and staff are increasingly diverse, everyone is treated equitably, and everyone is included. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, the American Nuclear Society, and the IEEE.
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