Michigan Tech Professor Adrienne Minerick was recently inducted into the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Hall of Fame, one of its highest honors.

PI Minerick participated in 2022 panel

PI Minerick participated in a panel on  Gender and Racial Equity in Engineering: Perspectives from Academia at the EMD conference in 2022.

Adrienne Minerick works at the forefront of culture change in engineering education. Her impact as a national leader, campus advocate and student mentor has been recognized with the 2022 Michigan Technological University Diversity Award.

Dr. Minerick is the 2022 recipient of the AES Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given for exceptional career contributions to the fields of Electrophoresis, Electrokinetics, and related areas. 

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I just wanted to be a scientist, not a trailblazer. But in my field, people like me are anomalies - and we face constant scrutiny for our race and gender.

Mentoring plans allow departments to articulate how new faculty members will receive the mentoring and support that they need to be successful. 

This downloadable pdf includes advice on faculty mentoring collected by the ADVANCE program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Citation: Joya Misra. 2019. Faculty Mentoring: Best Practices. University of Massachusetts Amherst ADVANCE Program.

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Reared in the Rockies, a once-aspiring military officer found her calling in engineering education as a warrior for equity, inclusion, and student success.

Dr. Adrienne Minerick, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University and MTU's PI of the ADVANCE Midwest Partnership Award, was elected President of the American Society for Engineering Education at their annual conference, July 26-29, 2021.

As colleges continue to diversify their students at a faster rate than their faculty members, some professors will mentor students from radically different backgrounds. If you want this relationship to be successful, here's some advice: Listen first, and don't make assumptions. Katie Mangan offers more tips from longtime mentors.