The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society Presents: IN THE MINERALS, METALS, AND MATERIALS PROFESSIONS (DMMM2) July 25-26, 2016 Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA FINAL PROGRAM www.tms.org/Diversity2016 Learn about a career in mining Visit us at www.newmont.com/careers 2 The 2nd Summit on Diversity in the Minerals,Connect Metals, with and Materialsus! Professions TABLE OF CONTENTS AND SUMMIT SCHEDULE TABLE OF CONTENTS Summit Schedule . 3 About the Venue . 9 About the Honoree . 12 Welcome Messages . 4 Map of Area . 9 2016 Award Recipients . 13 Stanley M . Howard . 4 Summit Event Information . 10 Summit Program . 14 Amy Clarke . 5 About the Summit . 10 Monday Morning . 14 Summit Organizers . 4 Registration Hours . 10 Monday Afternoon . 17 Sponsor Descriptions . 6 Networking Reception . 10 Tuesday Morning . 25 Sponsoring Organizations . 6 Items of Note . 10 Tuesday Afternoon . 30 Sponsors . 8 Meeting Policies . 11 Notes . 34 Summit Venue . 9 Awards Presentation . 12 University Floorplan . Back Cover SUMMIT SCHEDULE Date Function Time Welcome and Opening Remarks - Amy Clarke, Colorado School of Mines and Los Alamos National 8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Laboratory; Daniel Linzer, Northwestern University Opening Plenary: “A Perspective from the First Summit on Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials 8:50 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Professions” - Elizabeth Holm, Carnegie Mellon University “Re-Writing Diversity” - Christopher Yates, Caterpillar 9:20 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. “Increasing Diversity in the STEM Professoriate and Workforce” - Dina Stroud, Vanderbilt University 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. “Advancing Diversity at the National Science Foundation” - Lynnette Madsen, National Science Foundation 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. “Highlights from the Transforming the Diversity Landscape Symposium: The Importance of Empathy on the 11:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Individual and Program Level” Awards Presentation 11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Monday, July 25 July Monday, Lunch 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions on Pipeline I, Recruitment I, and Retention I 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions on Pipeline II, Recruitment II, and Retention II 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Networking Reception in Heritage Ballroom at Hilton Hotel Orrington 5:45 p.m. –7:00 p.m. “Strategies for Increasing Underrepresented Minority (URM) Engagement in the STEM Professions” - Tresa 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Pollock, University of California, Santa Barbara “Best Practices for Building a Welcoming and Inclusive Workplace Culture” - Michelle Buchanan, Oak Ridge 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. National Laboratory “Addressing Factors Behind the Self-Induced Glass Ceiling and Supporting New Pathways to Career 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Fulfillment” - Susan Kiehl, Lockheed Martin Panel Discussion with Plenary Speakers 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Breakout Sessions on Early Career, Executive I, and Professional Development Training 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Talia Fox, KUSI Training) Tuesday, July 26 July Tuesday, Lunch 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions on Mid-Career, Executive II, and Professional Development Training 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Nicholas Pearce, The Vocati Group) Break 3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Wrap-Up & Summary 3:50 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. www.tms.org/Diversity2016 3 WELCOME FROM STANLEY M. HOWARD Dear attendees, On behalf of the leadership of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), I welcome you to SUMMIT ORGANIZERS the Second Summit on Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions (DMMM2) . Chair: Amy Clarke, Colorado School By now we all know that creating of Mines and Los Alamos National a more diverse and inclusive Laboratory workplace benefits everyone— individual scientists and Keith J. Bowman, San Francisco State engineers, entire organizations, and the materials University science and engineering profession . This is why TMS has assumed a leadership role in advancing diversity Ann Carpenter, Remote Energy and inclusion in the minerals, metals, and materials Solutions professions through its 2018 Strategic Goals . The Benjamin Cordani, Caterpillar DMMM2 summit is a key element in our goals . It is a place where we share the practices, and resources Elizabeth Holm, Carnegie Mellon that will make us a more informed and effective University professional community trained and empowered to promote and create diversity Beth Lewis, Wyman-Gordon Forgings Building on the success of the inaugural event held Jonathan Madison, Sandia National in 2014, this summit is intended to give attendees Laboratories the skills and strategies to build a more diverse and inclusive professional community, starting with their own workplaces and career experiences . Over the next two days, we will continue the progress we made at DMMM1 by addressing pipeline, recruitment, and retention issues as well as other key topics such as underrepresented minority engagement, workplace culture, and pathways to career fulfillment . I hope the summit will enable you to expand your network of colleagues . Let us share our varied and valued experiences and perspectives . The challenges are many but so are the opportunities to make a difference . I look forward to a very successful and exciting Second Summit on Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions . Warmest regards, Stanley M. Howard 2016 TMS President 4 The 2nd Summit on Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions WELCOME FROM AMY CLARKE Dear attendees, Welcome to the 2nd Summit on develop a clear and measurable understanding of the Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, lost innovation, creativity, and productivity resulting and Materials Professions from a lack of diversity and inclusion in the workplace . (DMMM2), July 25–26, 2016 at During DMMM2, we will strive to examine not just Northwestern University in why, but how to advance diversity and inclusion in the Evanston, Illinois . Thank you for workplace .You will take home skills and strategies taking the time to lead by to effect change in your own career and institution example and attend this two-day and network with colleagues who share a similar summit focused on diversity and commitment . DMMM2 will not only include case inclusion in the workplace . We studies and best practices aimed at measuring appreciate your willingness to join, advocate for, and our progress in diversity and inclusion, but also further the discussion of the challenges and plenary talks and panel discussions, and interactive opportunities that face us today and tomorrow, while breakout sessions focused on pipeline, recruitment, remembering and being inspired by our collective and retention in the minerals, metals, and materials past . professions and early-, mid-, and executive DMMM2 is organized in honor of Frank Crossley, a career strategies across academia, industry, and member of TMS and the American Institute of Mining, government . Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) since The support of TMS, co-sponsorship by AIME, the 1947 and the first African American to earn a Ph .D . Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, and in Metallurgical Engineering in 1950 . The inaugural the National Science Foundation, and partnership Frank Crossley Diversity award will be presented at from Newmont, the Center for Hierarchical Materials DMMM2, along with the third Ellen Swallow Richards Design (CHiMaD) and Materials Research Science Diversity Award, to honor the achievements of these and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Northwestern pioneers in the minerals, metals, and materials University, and Los Alamos National Laboratory is professions and recognize the people continuing greatly appreciated . The time and energy spent by their legacies . the organizing committee, TMS staff, and invited DMMM2’s solutions-driven programming will examine presenters is invaluable, making it possible for this three themes identified through the work of DMMM1 summit to provide solutions-driven programming to in 2014, including: impact your own career and workplace . • Strategies for increasing underrepresented Again, I thank you for participating in DMMM2 . I minority (URM) engagement in the science, encourage open and honest dialogue during this technology, engineering, and mathematics program and beyond, as we strive to raise the level of (STEM) professions; awareness and advocacy for diversity and inclusion • Best practices for building a welcoming and in the minerals, metals, and materials professions . inclusive workplace culture; and • Addressing factors behind the self-induced Sincerely, glass ceiling and supporting new pathways Amy Clarke to career fulfillment . DMMM2 Organizing Committee Chair The question becomes—how do we measure Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines progress and missed opportunities by not being a Guest Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory more diverse and inclusive profession? In the words 1 L . Robinson, “Frank Crossley: A Man of Mettle,” JOM, of Frank Crossley, “When I first embarked on the road July 2016 . to becoming an engineer, I did not know any black 2 “Missile Scientist on Target,” Ebony, September 1975, engineers . But I decided that if I could not get a job, it pp . 158–161 . would be the United States’ loss because I was going to Canada or Mexico ”. 1, 2 It remains difficult today to www.tms.org/Diversity2016 5 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS THE MINERALS, METALS & AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, MATERIALS SOCIETY (TMS) METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM TMS is a professional society