NSBE Partnership Spans UL Enterprise

From Student Workshops to Recruiting Future Talent: NSBE Partnership Spans UL Enterprise

UL Research Institutes, UL Standards & Engagement, and UL Solutions are all working independently, and collectively, to create a safer world. Partnerships across all three organizations, like the one with the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), are one of the many ways the UL enterprise ignites change.

The NSBE partnership not only spans all three organizations in the UL enterprise but also spans the education continuum. With engagements ranging from student workshops to conferences and job fairs to recruit future talent, this partnership is bringing new voices into the enterprise’s conversation on safety science as students gain understanding of emerging public safety risks and challenges starting in middle school and learn the importance of safety science roles as they enter their professional careers.

Recruiting Future Talent

This spring, the Office of Research Experiences & Education (OREE) joined ULRI, ULSE, and UL Solutions at NSBE’s national convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Each organization met with talented students looking to learn about safety science internships and careers across the enterprise.

In October, the UL enterprise will join professionals from the Chicago chapters of NSBE, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) for a bi-annual career networking event in the area; and in 2025, the UL enterprise will once again join NSBE National for its 50th anniversary convention being held in Chicago.

Educating Future Safety Scientists Using Xplorlabs

OREE’s commitment to the partnership has continued throughout 2024 with safety science workshops for middle and high schoolers.

In June, students at the NSBE Chicago’s Engineering Explorers Camp were introduced to the world of safety science using Xplorlabs’ Science of Extraction to E-Waste pathway. Then, in August, high school students from an engineering camp hosted by NSBE Chicago learned about lithium-ion batteries and created battery enclosures to safely contain lithium-ion batteries using Xplorlabs’ Science of Thermal Runaway pathway.