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WIED: Pre-College Student Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Volcy, Spelman College

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Women in Engineering

  not   change   their   minds,   3   of   the   20  covered   by   this   study   did.     Two   who   were   initially   intent   on   majoring   in   engineering  decided   not   to   pursue   an   engineering   major   while   one   who   was   initially   not   intent   on  majoring  in  engineering  switched  to  engineering.    This  was  not  an  entirely  unexpected  outcome   as   students   gained   greater   understanding   of   what   possibilities   engineering  provides   and   greater   understanding   of   the   level   and   nature   of   the   effort   required   to  succeed  in  the  discipline.  In   an   attempt   to   evaluate   the   efficacy   of   the   ECIE   approach,   the   2012   students   were  asked  the

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Interactive Panel on Advocacy Tips: an Initiative to Provide Individuals the Tools to Advocate for Women and Underrepresented Minorities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Kristen P. Constant, Iowa State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sandra D. Eksioglu, Mississippi State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University

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Women in Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Interactive  Panel     on   Advocacy  Tips:  an  Initiative  to  Provide  Individuals  the  Tools  to  Advocate  for  Women   and  Underrepresented  Minorities    Abstract:    Research  and  recommendations  have  shown  that  advancements  within  a  minority  group  benefit  greatly  from  majority  group  involvement.    With  this  philosophy  in  mind,  the  Women  in  Engineering  Division  (WIED)  has  facilitated  and  sponsored  the  development  of  a  website  (http://wied.asee.org/AdvTips.html)  with  the  content

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

this as mymajor when I was in Cambodia and Thailand junior year of high school. It became so clear tome that I want to help these kinds of people and their communities rather than anything else.[The guest speaker] really inspired me and made my dream more realistic in my mind. He reallyhas done wonderful things with his degree and that’s what I strive to do. My other courses havemade me change my mind throughout the semester just by frustration. My Calculus 2 exam twokilled me and really had me down on myself but my last midterm was spectacular so I believethis semester has taught me to just stay strong and not let one grade get me down and thateventually I will have the privilege of calling myself an Environmental Engineer. There are

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WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raquel Perez-Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Priya Radhi Santhanam, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

leadership in industry. Page 24.1129.4The agenda of the mentoring program was developed keeping in mind that students as well asmentors have a busy schedule during the academic year. Hence, each group was given thefreedom to choose when and how they wanted to interact with each other. To help keep theteams engaged with the program a monthly newsletter was sent to all the participants comprisinginformational items on professional development and mentoring such as career-building articlesand workshops and talks on campus. The Society of Women Engineers, both in campus andnationally through webinars, provided a solid and diverse agenda of

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WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Stefi Alison Baum, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

, Ph.D., P.E. is the Principal Investigator (PI) for the Rochester Institute of Tech- nology’s NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant, Connect@RIT. The goal of this large-scale university-level organizational transformation effort is to increase the representation and advancement of women STEM faculty. At the university level, Dr. Bailey serves as Faculty Associate to the Provost for Female Faculty and she co-chairs the President’s Commission on Women. Dr. Bailey is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. Dr. Bailey teaches courses and conducts research related to Thermodynamics, engineering and public policy, engineering education, and gender in engineering and

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WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University; Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame; Catherine F. Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #9215How Students’ Informal Experiences Shape their Views of Engineering andAffect their Plans for Professional PersistenceDr. Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University Dr. Kerry Meyers is in her second year as the Director of the STEM College’s First-Year Engineering Program at Youngstown State University. Her career is focused on the development of common, project based First-Year Engineering experiences, beginning at the University of Notre Dame where she was also the Director of the First-Year Engineering Program from 2005-2012. Further, her research interests relate to Engineering Educational issues in the

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WIED: Pre-College Student Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Andrews, Aston University; Robin Clark P.E., Aston University

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #9208What do schoolgirls think of engineering? A critique of conversations from aparticipatory research approachDr. Jane Andrews, Aston University Dr Jane Andrews is Programme Director of a suite of Engineering Management Master’s Programmes at the School of Engineering & Applied Science, Aston University, UK. Her research interests include all aspects of engineering education with a particular focus on elementary level engineering education and gender issues within engineering.Dr. Robin Clark, Aston University

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WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #8553Creating a Sustainable Model for an NSF ADVANCE ProjectDr. Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, Wayne and Juanita Spinks Professor, Director of the Office for Women in Science and Engineering, College of Engineering and Science, Louisiana Tech University Page 24.329.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Creating a Sustainable Model for an NSF ADVANCE ProjectFive years ago, Louisiana Tech University’s ADVANCE project began

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WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Morgan Irvin, Washington University in St. Louis; Elizabeth Hiteshue, University of Pennsylvania; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Sheldon Hochheiser, IEEE History Center; Michael Geselowitz, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #8538Oral Histories of Distinguished Female Leaders: Inspiring the Next Genera-tion of Young People in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM)Ms. Kelsey Morgan Irvin Kelsey Irvin is currently an undergraduate sophomore at Washington University in St. Louis. She is ma- joring in the Cognitive Neuroscience Track of Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology and hopes to pursue a career in social work or a related psychological field. She is currently working in a Cognition and Development Lab at Washington University in St. Louis studying child preferences.Ms. Elizabeth Hiteshue, University of Pennsylvania

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WIED: Medley

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #10322When, Why, How, Who – Recruitment Lessons from First Year EngineeringStudents in the Millennial GenerationDr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University Jane Lehr is Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies at California Polytech- nic State University. She is also Faculty Director of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) in STEM Program at Cal Poly and Co-Director of the Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies Program. She previously served as elected co-chair of the Science & Technology Taskforce of the Na- tional Women’s Studies Association