ENGINEERING DIVERSITY
Black/African American and Latinx prime-age adults are roughly a third (33 percent) of the adult population, but just 15 percent of engineers. They continue to lag in terms of admissions to engineering programs, completion of degrees, occupational penetration, and tenure in engineering jobs.
Women are also underrepresented and underpaid in engineering. Women represent a little less than half of the employed prime-age population, but they only represent 16 percent of engineers. Women’s representation in engineering occupations has been improving, but barely.
Black/African American and Latinx engineers have lower levels of educational attainment than other engineers, but even when they have equal education, they are paid less.
FEATURED VIDEOS
For more videos from award-winning, diverse Biomedical Engineers, CLICK HERE.
- Regenerative Engineering | Guillermo Ameer | Northwestern Engineering
- The Limit of Human Performance | Cynthia Bir | Chicago Ideas
- A Temporary Tattoo that Brings Hospital Care to the Home | Todd Coleman | TEDMED
- Targeting Disease with Nanoparticles | Omolola Eniola-Adefeso | Michigan Engineering
- Dr Ranu Jung Interview on Neural Enabled Prostheses | Ranu Jung | CBS 4 Miami
- Learning How to Learn | Barbara Oakley | TEDxOaklandUniversity
- The Future of Medicine is Personal | Molly Shoichet | TEDxToronto
- Behind the Scenes | Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic | Columbia Engineering Magazine
- EPSCoR 2010 Annual Conference | Larry Walker | OSU Bioenergy
African Americans make up 2.1% of tenured/tenure-track faculty in biomedical engineering (2018).
8% of university presidents are Black/African American.
New MRI technique lights up ‘zombie cells’ that contribute to arthritis
Heike Daldrup-Link | May 5, 2025
Ruth Nussinov elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Ruth Nussinov | April 29, 2025
National Academy of Sciences elects Lydia Kavraki as a member
Lydia Kavraki | April 30, 2025
Heather Maynard elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Heather Maynard | April 29, 2025
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St. Lucia
Cato Laurencin | March 26, 2025