This will be a moderator-led discussion where students and professionals, who identify with DORIC, share personal stories of how they seek inclusion in the Chemical Engineering profession. Participants will understand IDEAL to embrace its grassroot meaning in their daily personal and professional lives. The aim will be for audience members to develop ideas for taking back to their home institutions and carry forward into their graduate school or professional careers. Breakouts will allow participants to share their personal stories with one another to gain perspective on the challenges they face as rising engineers. The open discussion portion of the workshop will be structured to allow students to get into small groups to come up with ideas for promoting inclusivity at their universities and within the community. In the end, the primary goal will be for participants to leave the session with a firmer grounding on AIChE’s IDEAL statement and how to apply its principles in the near and long terms.
