Originally Aired - Friday, March 22 • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
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Location: 305
Session Code: SEI11
Title: New Build or Retrofit – educating (and education) of the structural engineering profession about JEDI
Type: Panel
Description:
Justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion are major societal issues within the US today; however, these issues do not stop at the walls of our structural engineering firms or academic institutions. Rather, we are watching how these issues are permeating through our profession either in the types of projects firms are considering, interactions with clients, understanding how large civil infrastructure impacts societies, or through retention of structural engineers within firms, academic institutions, or within the profession as a whole. At the 2023 Structures Congress, two panels were convened in a session to discuss the challenges early career professionals (industry and academia) face as it pertains to JEDI and the challenges institutional decision makers face in their firms on continual education and decisions with respect to clients and donors. Audience members engaged in an active conversation for over 45 minutes after the panel on discrimination within the workplace, solutions for addressing JEDI within the SE profession, and additional challenges SEs are facing with respect to JEDI. The goal of this session is to continue the conversation from the last to spotlight this topic and provide space for SEI members to openly discuss this very critical issue within our community. This is a multi-faceted topic that touches upon educating new engineers on the importance of JEDI within structural engineering and educating existing engineers on how to work with people of varying identities and backgrounds. Therefore, this session with acknowledge the other sessions on education to thread a common theme through these groups of sessions.
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