Stacia McCoy
Positions
Program Developer for WISE Planet
Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering
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Background
Educational Background
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering/Engineering and Public Policy (joint degree), Carnegie Mellon University, 2008
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2006
B.S.E. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2003
Biography
Stacia is the Program Developer for WISE Planet (Women in Science and Engineering for a Diverse and Sustainable Planet) where she develops and delivers content, focusing on public policy and environmental sustainability, for the program’s Change Leadership Training. Prior to working with WISE Planet, she worked for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural organization) developing policy recommendations to address socioeconomic, cultural, and educational barriers for women engineers.
Stacia works on challenging interdisciplinary problems at the intersection of engineering and public policy. She has extensive experience in environmental microbial laboratory research and formal training in environmental engineering and public policy. Past projects in which she has been involved include microbial ecology of drinking water distribution systems, bioremediation of PCBs bound to river sediments, water reuse classification, and life cycle assessment of new technologies. Stacia recently received the SSE Excellence Award in Teaching & Research Support (2024).
Projects
WISE Planet's vision is to create a diverse, inclusive, equitable and just society by giving historically underrepresented groups in STEM the power to make change happen.
WISE Planet delivers one-year change leadership training to early career participants through:
- Four Online Learning Modules
- Personal Leadership
- Systems and Cultures
- Design for Disruptions
- Sustainable and Regenerative Design
- Experiential learning through self-defined Leadership Equity Action Plan (LEAP) projects to advance recruitment, retention or innovation in their organizations
- Networking opportunities and project support through the WISE Planet network and Learning Communities
To learn more about WISE Planet, click here.
Awards
- Excellence in Teaching & Research Support, Schulich School of Engineering. 2024
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