Conference Session

ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisol Mercado Santiago, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2012-4065: ACCESS AND DEFINITION: EXPLORING HOW STEMFACULTY, DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND UNIVERSITY POLICY ADMIN-ISTRATORS NAVIGATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARENTAL LEAVEPOLICYMr. Corey Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette Corey Schimpf is a Ph.D. student in engineering education with interests in leveraging virtual environ- ments for learning and using sociological thinking for human centered design.Ms. Marisol Mercado Santiago, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University Alice L. Pawley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program and the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineer- ing at Purdue

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

AC 2012-3203: ENGINEERING STUDENT INVOLVEMENTDr. Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame Kerry L. Meyers is a professional faculty member in the College of Engineering at Notre Dame and an instructor and coordinator in the First-year Engineering program, and she is also involved with students at a variety of levels, including a graduate student teaching apprentice program, an undergraduate peer men- toring program, and STEM outreach (Expanding Your Horizon’s program). She has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, M.S. in mechanical engineering from Oakland University, and com- pleted her Ph.D. in engineering education at Purdue University. Meyers has several years of industrial experience in

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Kaitlyn J. Bunker; Nilufer Onder, Michigan Technological University; Raven Rachaun Rebb; Laura E. Brown, Michigan Technological University; Leonard J. Bohmann, Michigan Technological University

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Women in Engineering

career, the opportunities and advancementsprovided by the field to the society, and the society’s perception of the field. Climate andexperiential effects involve personal experiences such as stereotypes and the universityenvironment. In the following sections, we briefly review samples of research in each of thethree groups.II.a. Academic ResourcesUniversities strive to provide an excellent education by providing a wide variety of academicresources that are accessible to all of their students. A prior study showed that students whopersist in engineering have more awareness of support services such as academic advisors,engineering student organizations, faculty, and tutors than those who switch majors. Studentswho persist are also more likely to

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; Theodore J. Heindel, Iowa State University; Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Iowa State University; Shankar Subramaniam, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

significantly less thancorresponding numbers in mathematics, statistics and various science degrees.2 Consequently,studies focusing on identifying the factors contributing to the lack of women at the degreeprogram level1,4 and in the engineering workforce5, 20 have been invaluable in suggesting bestpractices6-8 to address this critical issue. For example, peer-peer interactions and faculty-studentinteractions that promote respect and encouragement9 as well as learner-centered approaches topedagogy10-13 have been shown to have a positive impact on the college experience of womenstudents as well as on their decision to pursue an engineering career. These studies and otherssuggest that creating environments that emphasize care and respect for students as

Conference Session

Potpouri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nehal I. Abu-lail, Washington State University; Fatin Aliah Phang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET; Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Robert G. Olsen, Washington State University; Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET; Azizan Zainal Abidin, Universiti Teknologi Petronas

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Women in Engineering

level to increase the number of technical professionals are common in botheconomically developed and developing countries, particularly in engineering and computerscience.1According to a 2009 study of engineering faculty and students at the Universiti TeknologiPetronas (UTP), 90% of Malaysian women students (74% of the respondents to this survey wereMuslim Malays) believed that engineering is an appropriate career for women.7 Yet, only 20% ofthe male engineering students at UTP agreed that professional engineering is an appropriatecareer for women. The 587 study participants were primarily final year students; out of the 217female participants, the number of female participants who would give up engineering professionwas almost as many as those