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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1 - Women in Computing

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amanda Ross, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sara Hooshangi, The George Washington University

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mastery experiences are not enough to build general computing self-concept. Sincea lack of computing confidence in women can cause negative attitudes towards the field ofcomputer science, future work should focus on ways in which this confidence can be increasedso as to try and minimize the number of women avoiding or leaving the field of computerscience.1. IntroductionThe gender gap in computer science is not a new problem. For over two and a half decades,women have earned less than 25% of bachelors degrees in computer science [1]. Diversityinequities such as this are a problem because they lead to computer science based innovationsthat are biased, like voice recognition software that cannot recognize female voices [2]. Theyalso take power away

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1 - Women in Computing

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ilknur Aydin, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Mary V Villani, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Lisa Cullington, Sacred Heart University

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AbstractFarmingdale State College (FSC) has taken a multi-faceted approach to tackle the issue of thelow number of women students enrolled in its computing degree programs. FSC has only 8-16%women enrolled in its computing degree programs over the past decade despite doublingenrollment in these programs during the same time. Recognizing the gender disparity incomputing is well-documented as a global and national issue, the three women in computinginitiatives (support programs) instigated at FSC from 2020 are as follows: 1) maintaining awomen in computing student club, 2) hosting summer orientation programs for womencomputing students, and 3) attending women in computing conferences. This study utilizes endof semester surveys as a quantitative tool and aims

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1 - Women in Computing

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Mary V Villani, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Ilknur Aydin, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Lisa Cullington, Sacred Heart University

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impacted women students’ SoB and ASC.1. Introduction and BackgroundGender imbalance in computing programs is a persisting issue not only at Farmingdale StateCollege (FSC), but also at the national and international level. The authors have taken a multi-faceted approach to balance the gender gap by running multiple support programs at FSC moreconsistently since fall 2019 [1]. This paper focuses on the intervention of providing womenstudents with an opportunity to attend an overnight, women in computing conference. Preliminaryresults from the first in-person overnight mixed-gender field trip in spring 2022 were positive [2].This paper evaluates the impact of the second in-person overnight trip, that was limited to womenonly in spring 2023.Enrollment

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1 - Women in Computing

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Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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, aiming for a UTA-to-student ratio of 1 to 20 in CS1, where students experience faculty lectures followed by practicalexercises.The authors of this paper created a study to determine if UTAs would be a critical componentthat increases the quality and inclusiveness of education for CS students. This study wasconducted at a public research institution and Hispanic serving institution (HSI) in theSoutheastern US region. The study included hiring UTAs and recruiting faculty to participate inthe project. During this process, the faculty and coordinator were focused on UTAs beingapproachable, patient, and willing to engage in a diverse learning community. The long-termobjective is to address the crucial need for computer science classes that maintain

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5 - Careers and Professional Identity

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Macdonald-Roach, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Andrea Chan, University of Toronto; Dimpho Radebe, University of Toronto; Saskia van Beers, University of Toronto; Sasha-Ann Eleanor Nixon, University of Toronto

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engineers face when trying to earn their professional engineering license. Her MASc research focuses on understanding how Canadian engineers reflect on the impact that their social location has had on their career.Sasha-Ann Eleanor Nixon, University of Toronto ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Are Hardhats Required for Engineering Identity Construction? Gendered and Racialized Patterns in Canadian Engineering Graduates’ Professional IdentitiesAbstractDespite ongoing efforts to increase diversity in engineering, women continue to beunderrepresented in the field, making up only 15% of licensed professional engineers in Canada[1]. This persistent

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5 - Careers and Professional Identity

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Andrea Chan, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Dimpho Radebe, University of Toronto; Emily Macdonald-Roach, University of Toronto

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career path trajectories. The often-obscured implications of career paths on professionaloutcomes, and in particular the ways in which race and gender can be associated with career pathstreaming, serve as the rationale for our current study. Our guiding research question is simple:How do race and gender intersectionally influence the career path trajectory, and by extensionthe sense of professional belonging and identity, of engineering graduates in Canada?Ample research has documented workplace marginalization, exclusion, discrimination, andmisogyny experienced by women in engineering [1], [2], [3]. Robust theoretical work, groundedin empirical findings, has demonstrated the way societal gender norms are entrenched in the wayengineering, a

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa K Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Jeff R. Brown, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Joseph Roland Keebler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Jenna Korentsides, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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solutions to the problemsposed to the industry [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] . However, to ensure the team can work togethereffectively, each team member must feel safe, included, and valued by the team [6]. It is this“psychological safety” as discussed by Edmondson, and the pursuit to mentor students on itsimportance and how they might contribute to it that served as motivation for the intervention ofthis study. The intention of the authors was to increase student awareness regarding genderharassment, inequity and the bystanders that watch it happen, through discussions centered oncompassion for those who experience harassment or inequities. This was attempted throughfacilitating classroom discussions focused on clips from the documentary film Picture a

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Devora, University of Georgia; David Emory Stooksbury, University of Georgia; Sonia J Garcia, University of Georgia

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and SlavicStudies developed a successful Five-Year Engineering plus German dual degree program in2012.In recent years, undergraduate engineering students requested the college's leadership for asimilar program in Engineering plus Spanish. To gauge the interest in a dual degree program inEngineering plus Spanish, we searched the university database for engineering students majoringor minoring in Spanish. In Spring 2023, 29 engineering students were minoring in Spanish.There were no engineering students with a Spanish major. Interestingly, 60 percent of thestudents majoring in engineering and minoring in Spanish are females (Figure 1).The University of Georgia’s College of Engineering is committed to increasing the number ofunderrepresented

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahjah Marie Johnson, University of Cincinnati; Samieh Askarian Khanamani, University of Cincinnati; Mark Okoth Onyango, University of Cincinnati; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati

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Dr. Gaskins is the Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement in the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science, the only African-American female currently teaching in the faculty of the College of Engineering ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Faculty Perception on STEM Culture at a Women’s UniversityAbstractIn higher education, women's universities have notoriously provided a utopia for women collegestudents to thrive [1]. Specifically, women students feel at liberty to exercise their intelligencealongside their female counterparts [2]. Even more so, women undergraduate students have oftenregarded their academic programs to be

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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Savanna Dautle, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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(PSVT:R) and self-reported gender, we performedmultiple structural equation model (SEM) analyses based on a previously developed model. The aim ofthis work was to examine any differences that may exist between groups of test-takers, best representedby multi-group SEM; however, in spite of numerous efforts, insights into the proposed research questionscould not be gained.IntroductionIn engineering education, there have been uncertainties about the effect of spatial skills on undergraduatestudent performance, whether it be causal or simply correlational [1], [2], [3]. Furthermore, there has beenargument about whether there is a gender difference present in tests of spatial skills, with some claimingthat it is a true difference in skill, whereas

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vianney Lara-Prieto, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Marcela Paola Bentin; Maria Haydée Peralta, National University; Laura Romero, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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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

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2 - Personal Situations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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authors hope that by sharing this work/life story, more considerationsare made to acknowledge the multiple hats and caretaking roles of faculty parents working underthe expectations and rigor of academic universities and institutions of higher education.Introduction Motherhood in academia has in the literature and over the decades pointed to the multipleobstacles that women face in their professional paths e.g., [1-7]. Its impact has become evenmore pronounced since the COVID-19 pandemic [8-12]. The normative regimes of academiaand their metrics of performance push individuals to be their most productive at the cost of highlevels of anxiety, stress, and exhaustion [13]. The gendered nature of academia [14] also createssystems that

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 4 - Hands-on Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego; Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego

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, thereby contributing to a more gender-balanced representation in STEM-related fields. Prior studies by the authors of this paper[Delson et. al 2023] described a controlled trail to evaluate the benefit of increased sketchtraining in a in a freshman introduction to mechanical design class. This publication evaluates thedata from this study to discern the impact by gender. This paper explores the benefit of sketchingin in a freshman introduction to mechanical design class and explores the following researchquestions as it impacts male and female students: 1. Does adding additional sketching instruction to a class with CAD and hands-on design have measurable benefits? 2. Do the benefits of sketch training extend beyond improving

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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Janne Mishanne Hall, Morgan State University; Temberlenn Donald Ashton Hall, Northwestern Oklahoma State University

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engineering years ago [1].According to Pew Research Center, employment statistics for STEM job clusters (definedSTEM jobs specific to the applicable industry), Caucasians, Asians, Blacks, and Hispanicsrepresent 67%, 13%, 9%, and 8% respectively of STEM jobs—Caucasians and Asians areoverrepresented in engineering and architect jobs at 71% and 13%, respectively—Blacks andHispanics are underrepresented at 5%, and 9% respectively [2]. The increase of women inengineering academia or the workplace has been slow to non-existent over decades. In a surveyposted by the U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census 1970-2000 and American CommunitySurvey public use microdata 2010 & 2021 reported a slow incline of female representation inengineering in the workplace

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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Laura J. Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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, equity, inclusion, and belonging at NC State College ofEngineering takes many forms. As stated before, the programmatic efforts are the most visible,but they are not the bulk of the work. The model described in this paper take the form of a three-dimensional coordinate system. This approach was selected to illustrate three sliding scales withopposing aspects. The axes are shown orthogonal to one another, but that is not actually intendedto be a part of the model. The angle between axes is not intended to imply any relationship.There are three axes of activity associated with the work:1-Strategic versus tactical2-Relational versus performative3-Systemic versus individual Relational

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 6 - Institutional Contexts

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebeca Petean, Society of Women Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers

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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

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3 - Belongingness and Community

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruby ElKharboutly, Quinnipiac University

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: Fostering a Sense of Belonging for Women in Computing through Community Service (WIP)1. Introduction and Motivation Having a sense of belonging and involvement are critical indicators of student’s success and retention in general but more specifically for female students in computing disciplines [1, 2, 3, 4]. Females are underrepresented in STEM majors, including computer science and software engineering. Female students’ enrollment and retention in computing fields is low compared to males as depicted in [5]. Only 20% of computer science and 22% of engineering undergraduate degrees are earned by women in the US. In 2020, women made up only 19% of computer science graduates. Universities have been aware of

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 6 - Institutional Contexts

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Camila Zapata-Casabon, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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level. To address these objectives, a self-administered questionnaire was employed, adapted, and validated for the context of engineeringstudents in Chile. The questionnaire covers the perception of incorporating gender perspectivesin a higher education institution across three dimensions: (1) Institutional sensitivity to genderperspectives, (2) Integration of gender perspectives into the curriculum, and (3) Awareness ofgender inequalities in the classroom. The results allow for the characterization of the sample'sperception regarding incorporating gender perspectives into their engineering educationprograms. Furthermore, it is worth noting that statistically significant differences exist betweenthe perceptions of men and women concerning the

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8: Leadership and Persistence

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Michelle Delahanty, National Science Foundation

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fromundergraduate engineering majors that included 197 women and 211 men revealed that (1) for all students, as bothGPA and CSE increased, Growth Creative Mindset (GCM) or the belief that creativity can be cultivated increased. (2)women were less likely than the men to have a Fixed Creative Mindset (FCM), or the belief that creativity cannot beimproved, (3) CSE had no effect on FCM for women, but for men, as CSE increased the belief that creativity cannotbe improved also increased, (4) for women, progression in the engineering major, and for both groups, succeeding tothe senior year contributed to the increased belief that engineering is a creative field.IntroductionCreativity within engineering is integral to the profession and diversity is crucial to

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8: Leadership and Persistence

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Andrew Pierce, Purdue University; Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University

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integrated, and both provide opportunities for individual skill development byconducting Professional Development sessions across a variety of professional and technicaltopics. This study employs both a quantitative analysis of the utilization of professionaldevelopment and a thematic analysis of student focus groups to investigate differences acrossgenders. This study has implications for a wide range of engineering programs looking to createequitable opportunities for students.IntroductionEPICS and VIP Program HistoryThe EPICS program was founded in 1995 at Purdue University in response to a need forengineering students to gain more practical, hands-on design experience before transitioning intotheir professional careers [1]. EPICS connects teams

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5 - Careers and Professional Identity

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebeca Petean, Society of Women Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers; Rachel Porcelli, Society of Women Engineers

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Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Planning from UT Austin.Rachel Porcelli, Society of Women Engineers ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Multifaceted Examination of ALWE's Influence on Personal Growth and Leadership in Engineering Academia Introduction Research shows that we need more than a multifaceted approach to achieve gender equity inengineering – we need tailored and personalized responses to tackle specific challenges faced inmale-driven and dominated fields. Numerous research studies suggest that effectiveinterventions highlight the importance of programs that go beyond improving individual skilldevelopment to tackle systemic and institutional barriers [1].Such

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2 - Personal Situations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niloufar Bayati, North Carolina State University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3 - Belongingness and Community

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Katlin Hart Rowley, California State University, Fresno; Kimberly Stillmaker PE, California State University, Fresno; Aaron Stillmaker, California State University, Fresno; Hayley Garza; Edgar Zuniga; Lalita G Oka, California State University, Fresno

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State University, Fresno,a Hispanic Serving Institution. Differences in perceptions of gender-based suitability and levelsof belongingness were observed between ethnic groups. A relationship between perceivingwomen to be less suitable for engineering and perceptions of increased difficulty for women inengineering was also observed.Introduction and BackgroundAlthough the number of engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded to women in the United Statesincreased noticeably in the 2010s [1] after decades of lackluster growth, women, especiallyBlack and American Indian / Alaska Native women, remain under-represented in engineeringrelative to their proportion of the US population. To improve the representation of women inengineering from under

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5 - Careers and Professional Identity

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Kristin L Schaefer P.E., University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston

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underrepresented students of all ages, STEM mentors, and their motivations and/or persistence. The first part of her career was spent designing residential split system HVAC equipment and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) unitsfor Trane in Tyler, TX. Kristin has taught about design, engineering, and manufacturing to students of all ages in various places including to preschoolers via Schaefer Engineering’s STEM outreach, to senior mechanical engineering undergraduates at TAMU, to eighth graders in KatyISD at Beckendorff Junior High, and to freshmen mixed major undergraduates at UH and at TAMU. Kristin is also the mom of one smart teenage boy whose journey through learning differences and Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) has enabled her to connect

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 6 - Institutional Contexts

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Regina Werum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Patricia Wonch Hill, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Joseph C Jochman, University of North Dakota; Andrea Johnson; Lance C. Perez, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Stephen Cooper, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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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

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University

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provide programs and spaces where minority studentscan foster higher self-confidence and positivity towards engineering.IntroductionReducing the gender gap in educational outcomes requires better recognizing the systemicbarriers that exist in higher education. Individual, group, institutional, and societal factors playan essential role in maintaining the gap in women's college attainment, particularly inengineering. According to the National Girls Collaborative Project [1], young women havesimilar abilities in mathematics and sciences but differ in their confidence, interest, andbelongingness to science-related fields, compared to young men. Historically, engineering hasbeen framed and perceived as a male-dominated discipline, emphasizing traits

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 4 - Hands-on Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Foss, Weber State University; Mark Baugh, Weber State University; Yucheng Liu P.E., South Dakota State University

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has shown there is overwhelming evidence that women are underrepresented inengineering and technology [1]. Ample research has been done over the past several decades tounderstand this reality as well as the progress that has been made. In 1954, women made up lessthan 1% of the engineering B.S. degrees compared to 23% in 2020 [2]. This data is encouragingand matches research for degree intentions of freshman students. 2.6% of freshmen women hadintentions to major in Engineering compared to 13.7% for men in 2007 and by 2014, thepercentage of freshmen women intentions increased to 5.8% and freshmen men intentionsincreased to 19.1% [3 -6]. These increases are likely be attributed to many factors. Primary andsecondary education has increased a

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2 - Personal Situations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enas Aref, Western Michigan University; Dina Idriss-Wheeler, University of Ottawa; Julia Hajjar, University of Ottawa

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Education, 2024 Navigating Grief in Academia: Prioritizing supports for women scholars through informed approaches1. IntroductionWithin the context of academia, the imperative to address grief is particularly salient for womenscholars They often navigate a complex web of responsibilities balancing research, teaching,mentorship, structural inequities and caregiving roles [1], [2], [3], [4]. The experience of griefcan further compound these challenges, affecting the ability to meet professional demands whilecoping with personal loss. Moreover, societal norms and the culture of overwork in the UnitedStates [5] is demanding of productivity, and detrimental to individuals having to manageemotions and uphold productivity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8: Leadership and Persistence

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sumudu Lewis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; nadia sahila, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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goals andinterests for the future. Details of the program design and outcomes have been reported inprevious work [1-4].During the academic year, RAMP directors work with students on their individual needs,connecting students electing to participate in research with faculty mentors and findingopportunities for community engagement for those interested in volunteering and outreachactivities. Informal meetings, interviews, and cohort get-togethers are also organized. Theseevents have helped inform students' progress, their experiences, accomplishments, andchallenges. A key component of RAMP has been the engagement of students in focus groupsusing the framework of participatory action research [2]. In Fall 2023, a group of seven RAMPstudents from

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 4 - Hands-on Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudia Paz Gwynn, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Carolina Elizabeth Jerez, Universidad de Chile

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, a secure space for thedevelopment of all individuals. This methodology allowed for the co-construction of knowledgewith students and faculties, illuminating the proposal for institutional actions that ensure theeffective incorporation of gender equality. It is intended to expand this work by organizingworkshops involving students and faculty members from all school campuses.Keywords: gender, institutional sensitivity, gender stereotypes, Lego Serious PlayIntroduction and FrameworkWomen are underrepresented in science and technology, particularly in leadership positions andspecialized, higher-paying roles. The representation of women in these fields is notably low, atmost 20% in OECD countries [1]. While participation rates may vary between