Conference Session

Panel: Forming an Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Mills, University of South Australia; Judith Gill, University of South Australia; Suzanne Franzway, University of South Australia; Rhonda Sharp, University of South Australia

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

approaches and the collaborative relationships that underpin it. TheBritish educational sociologist Reay [18, p.20] concludes that the forces of mutualinstrumentalism on one hand, and individual competitive self interest in academia on the otherhand, ‘lacks any intrinsic ethic of care’. While, in the main, we were confronted with materialconditions that did not support our collaboration, as feminist researchers we sought to payattention to an ethic of care which was essential to building the trust necessary to engage acrossparadigms and disciplines.The difficult material conditions were also exacerbated by our location in four differentdepartments and on several campuses, even though they were all in the same city. The lack ofpriority given by the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Moore, Petroleum Institute; lana El Chaar, Petroleum Institute; Lisa Lamont, Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

understanding principles of project management. ≠ Demonstrate skills in effective teamwork. ≠ Demonstrate ability to gather, analyze, and interpret data. ≠ Demonstrate ability to self learn, research and use information ≠ Gain awareness of ethical, social, global and economical influence of engineering design.Another key component of the STEPS program is its requirement that projects utilize‘real-life’ problems from industry. By teaming up with industry and by introducingstudents to real clients, students are given the opportunity to have real world experiencebefore graduation. While this is interesting for both male and female students, it has moresignificance for the prospective Emirati female engineers. This will be an early

Conference Session

Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Nations. July 28 - August 1. Blacksburg, VA.21. Bauer, E.H., B. Moskal, J. Gosink, J. Lucena, D. Munoz. 2007. Faculty and Students Attitudes Toward Community Service: A Comparative Analysis. Journal of Engineering Education. 96(2), 129-140.22. “Fred Cuny (1944-1995)-Disaster Relief Innovator" Online Ethics Center for Engineering 6/6/2006, National Academy of Engineering. Accessed 2/4/2009; www.onlineethics.org/CMS/profpractice/exempindex/cunyintro.aspx23. Barrington, L. and J. Duffy. 2007. Attracting under-represented groups to engineering with service-learning. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. AC 2007- 2871