Launched in September 2014, AccessEngineering works to increase the participation of persons with disabilities in engineering education and workforce in order to both increase and diversify the engineering workforce. This is achieved through engaging faculty and students nationwide in efforts to make engineering content accessible to all students, including students with disabilities.
AccessEngineering has two primary objectives:
- Promote and support individuals with disabilities in pursuing careers in engineering
- Integrate universal design and accessibility into the engineering curriculum
AccessEngineering has a strong community of partners at other universities around the U.S. Each spring we hosts a 2.5 day Capacity Building Institute involving students with disabilities, faculty, staff, and other community members to build best practices, develop resources, and discuss issues that need to be addressed to increase accessibility and improve engineering education.
Recent News
Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Zaino on earning her Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering! Dr. Zaino’s PhD thesis dissertation was titled Walking ...
Congratulations to Dr. Megan Ebers on earning her Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering! Dr. Eber's PhD thesis dissertation was titled Machine ...
Nicole was selected from a extremely competitive application pool to become a 2022 Gatzert Child Welfare Fellow. This fellowship will ...
A second NSF Convergence Accelerator focused on increasing access and inclusion. The LIBERATE workshop is focused on Living Better through ...
The NSF Convergence Accelerator on Accelerating Disability Inclusion in Workplaces through Technology starts on May 20th. The goals for this ...
We are proud to announce that Dr. Katherine M. Steele was selected as one of the 2020 DO-IT Trailblazers for ...
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During Microsoft's annual Ability Summit, they announced a new partnership with the University of Washington to establish the Center for ...
Dr. Kat Steele and lab alumni, Dr. Heather Feldner, were on the The Accessible Technologies & Inclusive Design Panel at ...
Journal article in International Journal for Designs for Learning Abstract: The purpose of makerspaces is to increase access to “making” among the ...
Funding
- National Science Foundation #EEC-1444961
