Research & Trends

Engineering Professoriate

The nation is approximately 25% African-American, Hispanic/Latino/Latina and Native-American. However, in the engineering professorate
• Only 9% of the tenured and tenured-track faculty in engineering are Women
• Only 3% of the tenured and tenured-track faculty in engineering are African American or Hispanic
• Full Professors
– 1.3% African American
– 2.2% Hispanic
– 0.1% (14 of the over 10,285) Native Americans

Source: Gibbons, M. T., “Engineering on the Rise”, American Society for Engineering Education, 2003.

Ph.D. Student Candidate : T. Akim Nilausen
Born and raised in Iowa City, IA I made the easy decision to stay close to home and attend the University of Iowa. After receiving my B.S. in chemical engineering I decided to stay around for further studies in the graduate program. I am doing research on the feasibility of using extremophilic organisms to convert agricultural wastes into usable chemicals and environmentally friendly products. I have benefited from the Ethnic Inclusion Effort by having the opportunity to interact with students from different backgrounds with the same issues as me.

 

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