Research

As a research institute, IDEA supports scholarly research, including evaluation and assessment, to investigate challenges, explore new ideas, and implement effective solutions. We collaborate with the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3) on research that integrates engineering, education, and diversity; bring thought leaders to campus through a Dean’s Distinguished Lectureship series; support faculty in proposing and implementing successful broader impacts / broadening participation activities for grant proposals; attract new large-scale funding for scholarly research (e.g., NSF ADVANCE, LSAMP, INCLUDES, AGEP); and disseminate best practices. We expect that the Institute will become a unique, highly visible, leading program on engineering diversity in the country.