Paper ID #41460Promoting Diversity in Welding Engineering Technology through the Mediumof ArtDr. Mary Foss, Weber State University Dr. Mary Foss is an Associate Professor in the Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering. With a background in industry, she saw a disconnect between classroom learning and the real-world experience she needed once joining the workforce in the Aerospace Engineering industry. As a result of her industry experience she incorporates project-based learning throughout her curriculum and service and scholarship interests as a means of developing skills in problem solving, engagement, and
Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Planning from UT Austin. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Role of STEM Society Scholarships in Supporting the Retention and Persistence of Women in Engineering and Computer ScienceIntroductionProgress and innovation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fieldsrely heavily on their ability to promote gender equality in all aspects of society [1]. Althoughstrides have been made toward achieving gender equality, there remains a noticeable gap when itcomes to the representation of genders in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics) fields – women constitute less than 30% of the graduates in these fields [2
Paper ID #41617Breaking Barriers: Empowering Girls in STEM with Hands-On LearningDr. Federica Aveta, Wentworth Institute of Technology Federica Aveta received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronic Engineering from La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, in 2012 and 2016, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Oklahoma (OU), Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2020. Before joining Wentworth Institute of Technology, Federica has worked as an Optical Engineer where she designed, built, and tested optical fiber lasers for medical applications. She is currently an Assistant Professor in
Jessica L. Degol (2017). “Gender Gap in Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics (STEM): Current Knowledge, Implications for Practice, Policy, and FutureDirections.” Educ. Psychol Rev. Vol. 29, No. 1: 119-140.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28458499/.Wilson, Denise and Jennifer VanAntwerp (2021). “Left Out: A Review of Women’s Struggle toDevelop a Sense of Belonging in Engineering.” Sage Open, 25 August 2021.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21582440211040791
Paper ID #44011Identifying the Parenting Approaches of Parents of Women in EngineeringNiloufar Bayati, North Carolina State UniversityDr. Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University Cameron Denson is an associate professor of Technology and Engineering Design Education (TDE) in the Dept. of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education at N.C. State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 1Identifying Parenting Approaches used by Parents of Women in Engineering
framework considers how multiple characteristics—in thisresearch, race and gender affect an individual socially in contrast to separating the characteristicsfor individual examination. Minorities, specifically Black females, continue to contributesignificantly to the underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) inacademia and in the workforce, particularly electrical engineering. The barriers indicated in thisrepresentation often lean toward interest, gender biases, preparedness, and the invisibility of self-identification in mentors. Using mixed methods including literature reviews and questionnaires,this paper examined those methods and compared them to existing social and balanced identitytheories and interventions to
-Champaign with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Career Communications Group with a Black Engineer of the Year Award for college-level promotion of engineering education and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2023 to advance his work that centers engineering identities of Black men in engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Illuminating Growth Among Women in Engineering: A Retrospective on ASEE Data1 Introduction and Purpose The U.S. education community has fixated on Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) content, including computer science, in PreK-20 levels
Paper ID #41995Are Hardhats Required for Engineering Identity Construction? Genderedand Racialized Patterns in Canadian Engineering Graduates’ ProfessionalIdentitiesMs. Emily Macdonald-Roach, University of Toronto Emily Macdonald-Roach is an MASc student in Engineering Education at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include engineering identity formation, engineering culture, and equity, diversity, and inclusion in engineering career paths.Dr. Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto Cindy Rottmann is the Associate Director of Research at the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University
the promotion of gender equality, and ensuring womenparticipation in leadership roles and decision-making positions in political, economic, andpublic life. [1]These gaps are significant depending on the sectors that can be analyzed: by geographicregion, by culture, by education, by place where one lives (city or country), by field of study,by type of work, etc. This research addresses this gap in STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics) environments in Latin America.UNESCO shows the gap by reporting that in the world 35% of those pursuing highereducation in STEM areas are women. When analyzing LATAM countries, it is observed, forexample, that "in Mexico, for every 100 men enrolled in engineering, there are 45 women",while in
Science at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He earned his Master’s degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology’s School of Electronics and Information Engineering in Harbin, China and holds a Bachelor of Education (Electrical Technology) from Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya. I am extremely passionate about teaching and public information dissemination. Creating a safe, friendly and productive environment for my target audience to learn is my top priority. With a strong background in electrical engineering, I am a meticulous python programming-based data analyst with vast experience working with a variety of synthetic aperture radar datasets, arising from my two years
) objects or shapes in space. Improving SVskills has been shown to increase graduation rates and academic accomplishment [Sorby 2012].Research has indicated that women on average have lower spatial visualization scores, possiblydue to lower level of building activity at a young age, but that this skill is teachable andespecially beneficial for female students as highlighted in the report “Why so few? Women inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics” [Hill et al. 2010] which lists SV training as away to level the playing field between male and female STEM students. Reilly et al. [2017]underscore the significance of spatial ability in STEM education and the potential for targetedinterventions to mitigate gender disparities in this area
Experiential Learning, a 150th Anniversary Professor, Director of the EPICS Program, Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and a registered professional engineer. He is one of the founding faculty in the School of Engineering Education having courtesy appointments in Mechanical, Environmental and Ecological Engineering and Curriculum and Instruction. He was the first engineer to receive the U.S. Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning and a co-recipient of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. He is a fellow of NSPE and ASEE and elected to the ASEE Hall of Fame. ©American
. 2022.[18] D. M. Sparks and K. Pole. "“Do we teach subjects or students?” Analyzing science and mathematics teacher conversations about issues of equity in the classroom." School Science and Mathematics 119, no. 7 (2019): 405-416.[19] C. Rottmann and D. Reeve. "Equity as rebar: Bridging the micro/macro divide in engineering ethics education." Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education 20 (2020): 146-165.[20] A. H. Mehdiabadi and R. Atadero. "How are Issues of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Reflected in Engineering Societies’ Written Communications? A Review." In 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2022.[21] American Society of Civil Engineers. Code of Ethics. 26 October 2020
to computing and computer science, like theNational Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), Tapia, Grace Hopper. Andthere are venues that align directly with issues related to diverse engineers and computerscientists, like the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the American Indian Science andEngineering Society (AISES), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), theNational Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and others. In addition, there is work atdepartment head conferences, like the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department HeadsAssociation (ECEDHA) and similar. The overlap, duplication, and disconnection in diversitywork among these many bodies is unavoidable. It represents dichotomies between academia
. Straza, "To be smart, the digital revolution will need to be inclusive: excerpt from the UNESCO science report," UNESCO, Paris, 2021.[5] World Economic Forum, "Global Gender Gap Report, 2023," World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland, 2023.[6] G. Stoet and D. C. Geary, "The Gender-Equality Paradox in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education," Psychological Science, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 581- 593, 2018.[7] S. Jiang, K. Schenke, J. S. Eccles, D. Xu and M. Warschauer, "Cross-national comparison of gender differences in the enrollment in and completion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics Massive Open Online Courses," PLOS ONE, vol. 13, no. 9, 2018.[8] G. Hofstede, Culture's Consequences
was an NSF ATE Mentor Connect Mentor Fellow in 2022. She is an Emeritus Professor of Engineering and Physics at Bucks County Community College where she was the Principal Investigator of two NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grants, focusing on workforce readiness, and creating pathways from non-credit into credit programs. She also taught at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in the School of Engineering for 15 years. With funding from these ATE grants she created two technician education programs, and enhanced the engineering major at her community college. Dr. Delahanty established technical, college level, programs of study for modernized classroom and laboratory including six online course platforms
Paper ID #41439Building shared visions on gender in an Engineering School with Lego® SeriousPlay®: a pilot studyProf. Claudia Paz Gwynn, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile Doctorate student in Psychology with a research line in innovation, Master in Entrepreneurial Development for Innovation and Master in Coaching. National Coordinator of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the School of Engineering, UniversidProf. Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile Mar´ıa Elena Truyol, Ph.D., is full professor and researcher of the Universidad Andr´es Bello (UNAB). She graduated as physics teacher (for middle
analyzed dimensions. These findingshighlight the importance and the necessity of implementing actions that promote high-qualityeducation free from gender biases.Keywords: gender equity, engineering education, HEIIntroductionAccording to UNESCO, gender equality contributes to economic, social, cultural, and politicaldevelopment [1]. Currently, there are areas in which women are underrepresented, necessitatingspecific actions to reduce gender gaps. The STEM fields, Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics, are most affected by these gaps. For instance, IT (Information Technology)companies seek to hire women, but there remains a significant gap in their participation in thesecareers [2], making the hiring process more challenging. Furthermore
]. Role StrainTheory has been studied to elucidate the complexities of the roles of faculty with invisibledisabilities [66] and the roles of parents of children diagnosed with SLD [67]. Like other organizations, institutions of higher learning reflect and normalize disconnectsbetween the presumed role expectations of faculty members depending on their social culturalidentity [68, 69]. The presumed role expectations and measures of adequacy are often inequitableand oppositional to challenging or transforming the paradigms that exacerbate the role strains ofwomen and in particular intersectional women [31, 68, 69] who are in disciplines within science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).Research Questions For this paper, the
research.IntroductionDespite decades of efforts to broaden participation in science, technology, engineering andmath (STEM) fields, most professionals in these generally high-paying, high-statusoccupations continue to be white men. In the United States, the STEM job-growth rateoverall is more than twice the average rate for the total workforce [1, p. 201], with most jobopenings in computer science and engineering (CS&E) [2]. The limited representation ofwomen in these fields is apparent: Women comprise just 28 percent of workers in science andengineering fields overall, and even less in CS&E fields [3].These labor-force dynamics also reflect trends in U.S. higher education: Although women’spostsecondary attainment rates exceed men’s, women remain
’ perceived value of course content. She has five years of industry experience working as an Electrical Design Engineer. She holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering and has an active professional engineering license in the state of Louisiana.Dr. Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Mary Caldorera-Moore is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering and Nanosystems Engineering, director of Women Influencing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (WiSTEM) outreach organization, and the co-organizer of the New Frontiers in ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Building Community and Increasing Confidence Among First- Year Female
. She also collaborates with the local Community College to improve graduation and transfer rates. Lastly, she is currently the Principal Investigator of the Research-Oriented Learning Experiences Engineering program and the Latinidad STEM Mentoring Program, both funded by the National Science Foundation.Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University Luis Rodolfo GARCIA CARRILLO received the PhD. degree in Control Systems from the University of Technology of Compi`egne, France. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center of Control, Dynamical systems and Computation at UC Santa Barbara, USA. He currently holds an Assistant Professor position with the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
interests are in computational and data-driven modeling of physical systems in acoustics and communication networks, model-based systems engineering, user-centric design of emerging technology and engineering education.Dr. Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Dr. Susan Thomson Tripathy is a social science research consultant specializing in qualitative research methodology, including ethnography and participatory action research.Dr. Sumudu Lewis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Sumudu Lewis is an Associate Clinical Professor at the School of Education at UMass Lowell and also the Director of the STEM teacher preparation program called UTeach.nadia sahila, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
and A. Kaminsky, ""Multiple factors converge to influence women's persistence in computing: A qualitative analysis of persisters and nonpersisters," in 2016 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), Atlanta, GA, 2016. [2] N. Veilleux, R. Bates, D. Jones and C. Allendoerfer, "The role of belonging in engagement, retention," in In Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’12). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, 2012. [3] K. Soria, J. Troisi and M. Stebleton, "Reaching out, connecting within: Community service and sense of belonging among college students," Higher Education in Review, vol. 9
Paper ID #42081”I Always Feel Dumb in Those Classes”: A Narrative Analysis of Women’sComputing ConfidenceAmanda Ross, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Amanda Ross is a graduate student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.Dr. Sara Hooshangi, The George Washington University Dr. Hooshangi is an assistant professor and program director at the College of Professional Studies at The George Washington University. In her role she oversees the operation of an undergraduate degree completion
International University Stephen is an Assistant Professor Engineering and Computing Education at Florida International University. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught a number of courses on design, sociotechnical contexts, education, and learning. He conducts research on equity and culture in engineering education and supports undergraduate and graduate student researchers through the Equity Research Group. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Student engagement with undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) in an introductory computer programming courseAbstractDespite
United States Department of Education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Experience of Women Undergraduates Attending a Trip to a Regional Women in Computing Celebration Mary Villani Ilknur Aydin Lisa M. Cullington Computer Systems Computer Systems Provost’s Office Farmingdale State College Farmingdale State College Sacred Heart University Farmingdale, NY USA Farmingdale, NY USA Fairfield, CT USA villanmv@farmingdale.edu aydini@farmingdale.edu cullingtonl@sacredheart.eduABSTRACTInstitutions, nationally and internationally
the Relationship between StudentInvolvement and First-to-second Year Retention at Four-year Postsecondary Institutions”, MidWestern Educational Researcher, 2020, 33(3).[13] L. Jacob, A. Lachner, K. Scheiter, “Do school students’ academic self-concept and priorknowledge constrain the effectiveness of generating technology-mediated explanations?”Computers and Education, 2022, 182, 104469–. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2022.104469[14] A. Rittmayer, M. Beier, Overview: Self-Efficacy in STEM, 2008.[15] Mary Villani and Ilknur Aydin, “Learning from the Journey: A Decade of SupportingWomen in Computing at a Commuter State College”, in 2021 IEEE Research on Equity andSustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT