2018 journal article
Another Grand Challenge: Diversity in Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering Science, 35(6), 568–572.
As efforts to address grand challenges in engineering move forward, one important challenge has been conspicuously absent—improving diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math fields. Previous research has shown that diverse teams perform better in a range of output measures and are better equipped to objectively and creatively evaluate problems. Here, we make the case for including diversity as a critical component of our ability to enable transformative solutions to the grand challenges in environmental engineering.