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2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Leslie Hopkinson, West Virginia University

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Paper ID #40429Development of a ”Gender in Engineering and Technology Careers” courseDr. Leslie Hopkinson, West Virginia University Dr. Leslie Hopkinson is an Associate Professor in the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environ- mental Engineering in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, specializing in water resources. She received her B.S. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Louisiana State University and her Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her research is related to hydrology, reclamation, ecological engineering, and engineering education

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2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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requirement.While the current program extends from summer through the fall term, students have manyopportunities throughout their first year for interactions with other students, faculty, andengineering professionals through a variety of co-curricular experiences related to theirdevelopment as an engineering professional, some of which are required. Students also havemany opportunities for career exploration as well as significant academic and student successsupport. Opportunities are provided for upper-level AcES students to interact with each year’snew cohort.Funding was provided by the WVU Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources from2012 through 2016 and by NSF from 2016 – 2019 (with scholarship funding for previous AcESstudents continuing

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2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Xinyu Zhang, West Virginia University; Jeremy G. Roberts; Amanda Parrish

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onsafety and public welfare and the need on environmental protection by incorporating carbonfootprint reduction in future designs used in the oil and gas industry. This will need collaborationfrom petroleum and natural gas engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering,environmental engineering, and many other engineering disciplines. Challenging today’s first-year engineers to create safe, cost-efficient, and environmentally friendly oil derricks is not onlya way to introduce students to a task they may face in their future engineering careers, but alsoan opportunity for them to think about alternative solutions as future leaders. Therefore, it isnecessary for multidisciplinary collaboration amongst engineering, business, local