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Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Michelle Shafer, Mt Notre Dame High School; Brian Lien, Princeton High School; Carolyn Rost, Mother of Mercy High School

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-919: FROM 0 TO 60 IN 1 YEAREugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati Eugene is an Academic Director in the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He is the project leader of a collaboration to develop and deliver pre-eengineering to high schools. Eugene also manages the college's accelerated engineering degree programs.Michelle Shafer, Mt Notre Dame High School Michelle is a degreed Biomedical Engineer who now teaches science at Mt Notre Dame High School near Cincinnati.Brian Lien, Princeton High School Brian Lien teaches technology education classes at Princeton High School near Cincinnati.Carolyn Rost, Mother of Mercy High School Carolyn teaches science and serves

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K-12 Programs for Girls and Young Women

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Burkett, University of Arkansas; Claire Small, Springdale High School; Charles Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas

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Women in Engineering

means to interact with students and parents, opened their minds on Page 13.29.2females’ opportunities when pursuing challenging STEM fields, instilled confidence in the girlsand provided a continuing information resource to them.The problem addressed by this project is the critical need for a more diverse work force inscience and engineering fields and a declining number of students entering the technical workforce, an aim that many are striving for today.10 The UA-SHS day camp goal was to provideawareness and generate enthusiasm for technical fields in northwest Arkansas, a diverse regiongeographically close to the university. Springdale has a

Conference Session

At The Institutional Level

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Didion, Association for Women in Science; Karen Peterman, Goodman Research Group, Inc.

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Women in Engineering

Force Inaugural Environmental Civic Leaders Tour (1996); and Certificate of Commendation and Distinguished Service, Embassy of the United States of America (1989).Karen Peterman, Goodman Research Group, Inc. Karen Peterman, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Associate at Goodman Research Group, Inc. Dr. Peterman manages multiple projects, ranging from a needs assessment for an upcoming television series to summative evaluations of several national outreach initiatives. She has experience designing and carrying out evaluations for a variety of funding agencies including US Department of Education, National Cancer Institute and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Peterman is currently

Conference Session

Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nina Dahlmann, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Maria Elsner, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Nicole Natho, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Christian Schroeder, Technische Universitaet Berlin

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-1444: ATTRACTIVE SCIENCES - RECRUITING AND RETENTIONACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN IN ACADEMIC CSET EDUCATIONNina Dahlmann, Technische Universitaet Berlin Nina Dahlmann has been working on several eLearning projects at the Berlin University of Technology since 2001. She began as a student member of the Mumie team where she was involved in the design, the development process as well as the implementation of the eLearning platform Mumie, a platform using new pedagogical concepts to support teaching of mathematics for mathematicians, engineers and natural scientists. Further on, she assisted the project management of the Mumie project in its future orientation and development. In the past year

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; C. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.

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recruiting faculty andstudents, as well as decision support systems. Corporate diversity officers, human resourcespecialists and university relations officers will benefit from information on recruitment,outreach, and trends; foundations, corporations, and associations interested in collaborating onsolutions to the issues associated with the success of women in engineering, as well as directorsof engineering education programs interested in improving programs and performance.Collaborating with WEPAN on this project are a variety of other national organizations,including the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, the American Societyfor Engineering Education, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science’sCenter for

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thea Sahr, WGBH Educational Foundation; Natalie Hebshie, WGBH Educational Foundation

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-1213: ENGINEER YOUR LIFE: TALKING TO HIGH SCHOOL GIRLSABOUT ENGINEERINGThea Sahr, WGBH Educational Foundation Focusing on science and engineering projects such as Design Squad, ZOOM, Building Big, and Pathways to Technology, Ms. Sahr has extensive experience conceptualizing national outreach initiatives and working with project teams to develop multimedia educational materials (e.g., activity guides, curricula for after-school providers, online training resources for professionals, web sites, etc.) Building relationships with national partners representing teachers, museums, engineers, scientists, and after-school providers, has resulted in tens of thousands of children exploring

Conference Session

Mentoring

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terri Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Marsha Rolle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Susan Zhou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Women in Engineering

was their first researchexperience of any kind. We had a positive impact on influencing the career path of the REUparticipants, according to their self-reported plans. The mentoring program has been verysuccessful, as indicated by the number of return attendees and alumni of the Bio-Discoveryprogram, who recommend their younger sisters or friends to the program. According to ourassessment data, the Bio-Discovery Program has been the most rewarding part of the programfor several of the REU participants, even though it also presented a challenge, as it limits theamount of time REU students can dedicate exclusively to their research projects. With ourrecommendations for improvement, this program can be adopted by other faculty who wish

Conference Session

The Pipeline

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Women in Engineering

participated in the lecture. This sparked the Board of Directors at the museum, inthe summer of 2004, to consult with one of the University of Maryland, Baltimore Countyprofessors (and co-author of this paper) who presented in the 2003 program regarding thepossibility of revising the program to incorporate active learning and project-based lectures.The general format of the restructured YESS program now includes weekly guest speakersfollowed by an episode of Who Wants to Be an Engineer (a game developed by Professor DavidSilverstein2 from the University of Kentucky, Paducah) and a weekly hands-on activity. Thisyear the program was designed to instruct the high school students on how to move frombrainstorming a problem to designing, building, and

Conference Session

The Impact of Engineering Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Malady, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Whitney Bopp, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alexa Jones, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brittany McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kim Norris, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amy Bell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Women in Engineering

University of Colorado atBoulder, stated that half of the students involved in EWB projects are women. Also, VirginiaTech engineering enrolls only 14.8% women, so it is compelling to note that 50% of the VirginiaTech engineering students who spent their 2006 spring break helping with Hurricane Katrinarelief efforts were women. Unfortunately, the typical undergraduate engineering educationexperience does not illustrate how engineers impact society. For example, consider afundamentally important insight from the American Association of University Women’s 2000Tech-Savvy report in which girls emphatically state “We can, but I don’t want to” 22[22]. The 70middle and high school girls in this study indicated that they feel confident and capable ofsolving

Conference Session

The Impact of Engineering Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-232: ENGINEERING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS: EXAMININGDIFFERENCES BY GENDER AND DEPARTMENTSRose Marra, University of Missouri ROSE M. MARRA is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri. She is PI of the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) and Assessing Women In Student Environments (AWISE) projects. Her research interests include gender equity issues, the epistemological development of college students, and promoting meaningful learning in web-based environments.Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University BARBARA BOGUE is Co-PI of AWE and AWISE and Associate Professor of Engineering Science and

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Trends in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynette Osborne, The George Washington University

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Women in Engineering

education?” Of particular importance to this project is the perceptionsstudents have about perceived treatment of women students by peers in the male-dominatedmajor of engineering. Since our behaviors are a result of our perceptions of reality, women’s and Page 13.971.2 2men’s assessment of peers in the engineering major should be an important factor related towomen’s treatment. The objective of this project is two-fold: 1) to empirically contribute to thebodies of literature on gender and student experiences in engineering education; 2) to

Conference Session

The Academic Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Constant, Iowa State University; Sharon Bird, Iowa State University; Florence Hamrick, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

Liberal Arts and Sciencesand Agriculture and Life Sciences.) There are also graduate students, undergraduate students andexternal advisors who contribute to varying degrees.The primary goals of the project are to91. Overcome known barriers to women’s advancement across ISU STEM fields by improvingperceived levels of departmental transparency, reducing isolation from colleagues, improvingquality and quantity of mentoring, and institutionalizing career flexibility.2. Overcome department-specific barriers to women’s advancement in STEM by working withdepartment chairs and faculty to improve departmental and university climates for women andhistorically underrepresented groups and to implement best practices guidelines.3. Institutionalize positive

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bevlee Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Catherine Didion, Association for Women in Science; Patricia Paddock, NYC Department of Education; Suzanne Jenniches, Northrop Grumman; Annette Gildea, Gildea Media Group; Katie Gramling, Diamax; Greta Zornes, Tulane University

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Women in Engineering

websites that achieve project and organization objectives.Greta Zornes, Tulane University© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Greta Zornes recently completed her PhD in Environmental Health Sciences at Tulane University in New Orleans. She is active in Engineers Without Borders and is currently involved in a project in the community of Amayo, Nicaragua. Currently a fellow at the National Academy of Engineering, Greta is working with the Diversity in the Engineering Workforce (DEW) program supporting the Engineer Girl and Engineer Your Life projects. Greta is employed as an engineering consultant with CH2M HILL

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Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Julie Olney, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

Conference Session

At The Institutional Level

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy Loveless-Morris, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan; Robert Embrey, Highline Community College; Kali Kuwada, Seattle Central Community College; Marisela Mendoza, Columbia Basin College; Robert Olsen, Washington State University; Eve Riskin, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

Community College Robert Embrey is the Project Manager for the NW Engineering Talent Expansion Partnership at Highline Community College.Kali Kuwada, Seattle Central Community College Kali Kuwada is a Counselor for engineering at Seattle Central Community College.Marisela Mendoza, Columbia Basin College Marisela Mendoza is the NW Engineering Talent Expansion Site Coordinator at Columbia Basin College.Robert Olsen, Washington State University Dr. Robert Olsen is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Student Services and Boeing Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering within the College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University. He is a principal

Conference Session

Mentoring

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Beth Holloway, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

engineering graduate students, several successful outcomes are achieved: more studentsare being reached, students are choosing to participate in the type of program that best suits theirneeds, and students who need more frequent mentoring take the opportunity to interact withother members a minimum of once each week.References[1] Walthall, L.M., Holloway, B.M., and Reklaitis, J.K. (2006). Bridging into Graduate Studies: Purdue University’sWomen in Engineering Graduate Mentoring Program. Proceedings of the WEPAN Conference, June 11-14,Pittsburgh, PA[2] Hall, R.M. and Sandler, B.R. (1982). The classroom climate: A chilly one for Women? Project on the Status andEducation of Women, Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC.[3] Sandler, B.R. and

Conference Session

The Pipeline

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Mary Ann Sheline, Grand Valley State University; Margo Dill, Grand Valley State University; Jessica Noble, Grand Valley State University

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Women in Engineering

. Page 13.488.2The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted total employment is projected to increaseby 10 percent by 2016. The projected increase in total employment will add 8.1 millionjobs in professional and business services, health care, social assistance and industrysectors showing the largest employment growth. Employment increased 12 percentduring the last decade (1996-2006). 1 While global competition and demand areincreasing, the pipeline of new science and engineering talent is not growing fast enoughto keep up with the retirement of the experienced baby boomer generation. Educationand training for these job openings varies, but overall the proportion of occupationsrequiring a college degree will increase between 2006 and 2016. In

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Girls and Young Women

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington; Tracie L. Brockhoff, Penn State University - New Kensington

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Women in Engineering

encourage and guide them in preparation for matriculation into engineering, engineeringtechnology, or science.The fifteenth annual FIRSTE Program was held on May 15-16, 2007. Students were exposed tointensive hands-on workshops designed to stimulate interest and provide a realistic view ofengineering and science-related careers. The young women had an opportunity to work on acomputer-aided design project, perform practical laboratory applications, and participate inscientific exploration – skills essential to engineering practice.The River Voyager provided a unique opportunity for the students to experience practical usageson modern technology as related to the world around them. Crew specialists met with the groupto demonstrate how trusses, dams

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Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Cleary, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Harriet Hartman, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-642: ANALYSIS OF APPLICANT DATA TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENTOF FEMALE AND UNDERREPRESENTED ENGINEERING STUDENTSDouglas Cleary, Rowan University Douglas Cleary is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University. His research interests are in structural engineering and education. He is a member of ACI Committees 408 and E802. In addition, his is the Affiliate Director for Project Lead the Way in New Jersey.William Riddell, Rowan University William Riddell is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University. His research and teaching interests include design, structural mechanics

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Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Porche, Wellesley Center for Women; Jennifer Grossman, Wellesley Center for Women; Anne Noonan, Salem State College; Peter Wong, Tufts University

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Women in Engineering

education. These systems operate within the more distalmacro-system of societal cultural beliefs and practices; in this case, cultural beliefs about femalesin science, beliefs about minorities in science, and beliefs about achievement, success, andeconomic mobility.Research questions and hypotheses This paper presents initial findings from an ongoing longitudinal project taking place infive high schools within a large urban school district in the Northeast. A total of 1093 boys andgirls participated in the first year of data collection; for this investigation we limit our analyticsample to the survey data collected from female participants (n = 549), in order to examinecorrelates of girls’ interest in pursuing college coursework in

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Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

“forging stronger ties between communitycolleges and four-year institutions.”7However, the existence of articulation agreements is not enough. Most literature also includesdescriptions of the challenges encountered when institutions such as these work together.Funded projects to increase the number of underserved individuals completing a degree to enterengineering must also seek to remove barriers and integrate program curricula as a bridge withthe Community College.8 The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and theMilwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) jointly addressed the enrollment difficulties ofWTCS students to MSOE through the development and implementation of statewide transferagreements in Electrical Engineering Technology (EET).9

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Potpourri II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betsy Homsher, Kettering University; Janet Brelin-Fornari, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

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Women in Engineering

Safety Facts, 1999.5. Transport Canada, Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics, 1999.6. Goodman, Irene F., et al. Final Report of the Women’s Experiences in College Engineering (WECE) Project. Goodman Research Group, Inc. April 2002. See p. 14 ff. Page 13.692.7

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The Academic Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Young, Syracuse University; John Tillotson, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

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Women in Engineering

Page 13.924.7undergraduate professors as work-study students or on independent study projects; theyconsidered these interactions to be key factors in their decision to enter graduate school. Onefemale faculty member said: I didn’t even really understand anything about grad school when I got here, and then after a couple of years people were encouraging me to think about grad school. I’m sure the research experience was why I continued to go to grad school.A male faculty member indicated similar positive mentoring based on his undergraduate researchexperience when he described his mentor’s suggestion to understand his own unique strengthsand position himself to capitalize on these unique strengths.Positive mentoring from

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Trends in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Ashley Babcock, University of Georgia; David Gattie, University of Georgia-Athens

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Women in Engineering

individual faculty can change the learning environment in theirclassrooms. The following intervention approaches can be used in a single classroom, adepartment, or even the larger engineering community:1. Provide a supportive educational environment23Educators can encourage a supportive educational environment for the students by incorporatingcohorts or networks among peers and near peers in individual courses, across multiple courses, inundergraduate research projects, and across disciplines. Additionally, students can initiatecohorts through extracurricular activities related to engineering. By encouraging and supportingstudents in developing and maintaining peer cohorts, a more complex learning environment willeasily be realized. One way to

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Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Brake, Eastern Michigan University; Kaninka Bhatnagar, Eastern Michigan University

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Women in Engineering

towardsengineering and the physical sciences but there have been very few studies that have examinedwhat young people think about “technology”. One of the largest research projects to addressstudents’ technology perceptions was the 1986 Netherlands study conducted by the EindhovenInstitute of Technology: Pupils’ Attitude Towards Technology, PATT.7 Even though it is 20years old it is relevant to this study because, like this study, it specifically dealt with ‘technology’as opposed to science, engineering or math. Also, the scope of the PATT study was large as itwas initially offered to 2,600 thirteen year old students in the Netherlands. This was expanded toinclude 11 countries. This study found the following attitude and impressions of studentsregarding

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Focus on Under-Represented Women

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia; Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia

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Women in Engineering

literature: that persistence is more likelywhen female students receive the support to which they’re accustomed from high school fromkey mentors who provide examples and strategies for survival in a male-dominated profession;when the peer group is well represented, lessening the chance of isolation; and when programshave features that fit well with preferred learning environments for female undergraduates, suchas interdisciplinary studies with a stress on the inclusion of liberal arts courses, flexibility, lowstudent-faculty ratio, no pigeon-holing or stereotyping by faculty and fellow students, project andteam-based learning, emphasis on design projects (including service learning), and support ofinnovation and entrepreneurship in both faculty and

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Trends in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joye Jepson, Antioch University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-1061: GENERAL TRENDS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION SUPPORTTHE PARTICIPATION OF WOMENJoye Jepson, Antioch University At the time this paper was written, Letha Joye Jepson was a student in Antioch University's Ph.D. Program in Leadership and Change. The research reported herein contributed to one of two required Individualized Learning Area projects. Joye is a computer engineer with The Boeing Company.Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering Norman Fortenberry is the founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering. CASEE is a collaborative effort dedicated to achieving excellence in

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Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra Lasich, Colorado School of Mines; Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines

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Women in Engineering

presenter in the areas of leadership, communication, professional development, and gender issues.Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines Candace Sulzbach earned her B.S. degree in Mineral Engineering (civil specialty) at Colorado School of Mines (CSM) in 1981. She worked as a Project Engineer for Exxon Co., USA until 1983 when she returned to Mines to teach in the Division of Engineering where she is currently a Lecturer. Candace is a Center for Engineering Education faculty representative, serves on the CSM Alumni Association Board of Directors, and is the Faculty Advisor for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Tau Beta Pi, and the

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Focus on Under-Represented Women

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cleopatria Martinez, Phoenix College

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Women in Engineering

. Our most important goal, however, is to urge the engineering and scientificcommunity to engage in an honest and substantive discussion of what is truly necessary if we areto level the playing field in higher education and harness all the potential in our young students.IntroductionThe Adelante! Project originated as a focused effort in 2003 from a group of dedicated veteranChicana Scientists and within the context of the annual meeting of Mujeres Activas en Letras yCambio Social (Women Active in Literature and Social Change -MALCS). This initial effortresulted in a book describing the career paths of nine Chicanas in STEM fields; the book wastitled Flor y Ciencia: Chicanas in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering. The 2006 publicationof this

Conference Session

The Academic Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

% Othera 12% 2% 36%Q15: 522 Full-time 94% 98% 82%Appointment Part-time 6% 2% 18%a Includes research scientist, research professor, adjunct faculty, project manager, and administratorTable 3 reveals that the majority of the time is spent on teaching (42%), with research andadministration relatively similar at 22% and 18%. It is interesting to note the similarity of thisworkload distribution for tenure-track and non-tenure track respondents, also shown in Table 3:Tenured and tenure-track respondents report spending 43