Dr. Lelanie Smith is the project representative of the 2022 GEDC Diversity Award winner. She is a full-time senior lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and IT (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa. Currently her main responsibilities are coordinating the Community Engagement Projects for the Faculty as well as the Vertically Integrated Projects. In addition, she is the principle investigator on the cross institutional project “Bringing life to our Engineering Curricula” (iecurricula.co.za) in South Africa as well as the Chair for the Development Committee in EBIT. She is also co-founder and director of the Engineering Education Research Network Africa. Read more here.