{"title":"Hispanic excellence in chemical engineering: Practical examples for the classroom","authors":"Diego A. Pliego , Joseph C. Bloxham","doi":"10.1016/j.ece.2023.01.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>STEM programs and companies continue to struggle to find and retain talent from underrepresented minorities. This is often due to difficulty retaining these students in university programs, despite similar initial enrollment rates. Students of Hispanic descent are the fastest growing group of students in the United States education system. As more Hispanic students begin to study STEM and more universities become Hispanic-serving institutions, STEM curricula should adapt to better serve this group. In this article, we discuss how prominently including the work of minority scientists and engineers in the classroom can bolster students of color. Next, we re-introduce the work of noted Hispanic scientists Luis Miramontes and Mario Molina and technology from ancient Mesoamerican cultures. Finally, we show how educators can easily use these scientists’ work to increase representation in coursework without drastically changing their lecture notes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48509,"journal":{"name":"Education for Chemical Engineers","volume":"42 ","pages":"Pages 61-67"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Education for Chemical Engineers","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1749772823000015","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
STEM programs and companies continue to struggle to find and retain talent from underrepresented minorities. This is often due to difficulty retaining these students in university programs, despite similar initial enrollment rates. Students of Hispanic descent are the fastest growing group of students in the United States education system. As more Hispanic students begin to study STEM and more universities become Hispanic-serving institutions, STEM curricula should adapt to better serve this group. In this article, we discuss how prominently including the work of minority scientists and engineers in the classroom can bolster students of color. Next, we re-introduce the work of noted Hispanic scientists Luis Miramontes and Mario Molina and technology from ancient Mesoamerican cultures. Finally, we show how educators can easily use these scientists’ work to increase representation in coursework without drastically changing their lecture notes.
期刊介绍:
Education for Chemical Engineers was launched in 2006 with a remit to publisheducation research papers, resource reviews and teaching and learning notes. ECE is targeted at chemical engineering academics and educators, discussing the ongoingchanges and development in chemical engineering education. This international title publishes papers from around the world, creating a global network of chemical engineering academics. Papers demonstrating how educational research results can be applied to chemical engineering education are particularly welcome, as are the accounts of research work that brings new perspectives to established principles, highlighting unsolved problems or indicating direction for future research relevant to chemical engineering education. Core topic areas: -Assessment- Accreditation- Curriculum development and transformation- Design- Diversity- Distance education-- E-learning Entrepreneurship programs- Industry-academic linkages- Benchmarking- Lifelong learning- Multidisciplinary programs- Outreach from kindergarten to high school programs- Student recruitment and retention and transition programs- New technology- Problem-based learning- Social responsibility and professionalism- Teamwork- Web-based learning