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Faculty Career Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University; Lori L. Bakken, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Women in Engineering

, which will increase employee satisfaction of both sexes andenhance retention rates, with a focus on performance and sustainability.Theoretical FrameworkSocial Cognitive Theory10 and the extension of this theory to career development11 and worksatisfaction12,13 provide the underlying theory that informs the project. At the foundation of thistheoretical framework is the belief that a person is both an interpreter of contextually-boundexperiences and agent in changing those experiences. As such, one’s context or environmentplays a central role in moderating one’s career choices and goals, and ultimately, worksatisfaction. Bakken, et. al;14 proposed that research career development in the medical field bestudied from a social cognitive

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Faculty Career Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Penny M. Knoll, Montana State University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University

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Women in Engineering

Construction En- gineering Technology (CET) and master’s of construction engineering management (MCEM) in the De- partment of Civil Engineering at Montana State University. She received her B.S. in construction and a master’s in science in construction management from Arizona State University. Her professional con- struction career spans from 1988 to 2000, working for two commercial general contractors and owning her own design-build firm in Phoenix, Ariz. She joined the faculty at Montana State University in Jan. 2000 as an Adjunct Instructor in CET/MCEM and has risen through the ranks to a tenured professional practice track faculty member. Knoll has won three Teaching in Excellence awards during her tenure at MSU and

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Faculty Career Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

Students’ Perspectives on Faculty AdvisingGiven the value of graduate education to the nation’s economy and global standing, it isimperative for institutions of higher education to examine ways to improve the retention andadvancement of doctoral students and to diversify the professoriate in science and engineering.A 2010 report by the Council of Graduate Schools and Educational Testing Services called uponuniversities to improve completion rates, clarify career pathways for doctoral students, andprepare future faculty and professionals1. Presently, the ten-year completion rate for engineeringdoctoral students is only 63%, with 65% of men and 56% of women graduating2. In addition tothe gender disparity in completion probabilities, women are

Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Miraglia, Syracuse University ; Sharon W. Alestalo, Syracuse University; Shobha K. Bhatia, Syracuse University

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Women in Engineering

in Science and Engineering(WiSE) through a collaboration with the Graduate School and the Colleges of Engineering andComputer Science, and Arts and Sciences that seeks to redress these inequalities. WiSE-FPPoffers programming that confronts tensions surrounding the multiple and competing demandsmade on women’s lives. Through workshops, panels, programs and informal events, WiSEenlists the support of experienced women faculty to guide and mentor WiSE-FPP participants inthe subtleties of effectively practicing and engaging others with the professional andinterpersonal skills that are increasingly necessary for career success. This essay introduces thereader to WiSE-FPP and its programs, and then offers evaluative evidence of the need for

Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pamela S. Frinzi, Southern Polytechnic State University; Rebecca Hudson Rutherfoord, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Women in Engineering

Page 25.1485.4The number of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields aretraditionally at a much lower percentage than the number of men. In higher levels of STEMeducation, the percentage of women continues to decline – called the “leaky pipeline”. Thenumber of women in STEM academic careers has improved consistently, but slowly, and thereare many discrepancies in the numbers across the various disciplines. At any academic careerstage, men in the STEM fields are still more likely to hold a higher rank than women. In othercountries the problem also exists. For instance, in the United Kingdom 50% of biologygraduates have been women for the past 30 years, but women only hold 9% of ranked fullprofessors.7 In the

Conference Session

Potpouri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut

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Women in Engineering

AC 2012-3533: WOMEN ENGINEERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST FROM EN-ROLLMENT TO CAREER: A CASE STUDYDr. Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut Hoda Baytiyeh is a Computer Engineer. She has earned a Ph.D. in instructional technology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Education Department at the American University of Beirut. Her research interests include engineering education, ubiquitous computing using open source software, and online learning communities. Page 25.1482.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012

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Undergraduate Recruitment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia R. Backer, San Jose State University; Rona Tamiko Halualani, San Jose State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2012-3790: IMPACT OF SELF-EFFICACY ON INTEREST AND CHOICEIN ENGINEERING STUDY AND CAREERS FOR UNDERGRADUATE WOMENENGINEERING STUDENTSDr. Patricia R. Backer, San Jose State University Patricia Backer has been a faculty member at SJSU since 1990 and now serves as Director of General Engineering. In her current role, Backer is involved in developing and assessing outreach programs to increase the number of women and underrepresented students in engineering.Dr. Rona Tamiko Halualani, San Jose State University Rona T. Halualani is a Full Professor of diversity and intercultural communication in the Department of Communication Studies as San Jose State University

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Retention of Women Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane Yu Gu, University of California, Los Angeles

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Women in Engineering

, 2012 On the Fence: The Influence of Protégé-Mentor Relationships on Women Doctoral Students' Academic Career Aspirations in EngineeringStatement of Purpose According to a 2004 report from the Commission on Professionals in Science andTechnology, women in engineering and the physical, mathematical, and environmental sciencesmake up less than 6 percent of full professor positions.1 Two decades ago, researchers projectedthat occupational equity for females in science and engineering was just “a matter of time”—time for increasing the number of female Ph.D. students and moving them through the ranks ofacademia.2 However, the prediction that growing numbers of female Ph.D. students would leadto greater gender equity among the

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ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Chang Yan, College of New Jersey; Lisa Grega, College of New Jersey; Suriza VanderSandt, College of New Jersey; Diane C. Bates, College of New Jersey; Elizabeth Borland, College of New Jersey; Karen Elizabeth Clark, College of New Jersey; Amanda Norvell, College of New Jersey

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Women in Engineering

Page 25.1235.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 TCNJ ADVANCE Program (TAP): Assessment and Faculty Development Initiatives for Fostering Career Advancement Within a PUI EnvironmentAbstractThe scarcity of women at the full professor level of academia in STEM disciplines is a well-known problem experienced by colleges and universities nationwide. Primarily undergraduateinstitutions (PUI) like The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) are no exception to this trend.Furthermore, female faculty here face unique challenges including a short tenure clock (4 years),promotion to Associate Professor being a separate application process from tenure, and highteaching and

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Potpouri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Charles and Bradley are the first to conduct a robust study of gender segregation in avariety of fields across 44 countries, using their Gender Essentialist and Self-Expressive ValueSystems Framework.1 The study’s counter intuitive findings suggested that gender segregation infields traditionally regarded as ‘masculine’, such as engineering, is much more pronounced inadvanced industrialized countries like the US. They found that cultural beliefs in fundamentaland innate gender differences express themselves in curricular and career choice moreprevalently in economically developed countries where self-expression and individualism incurricular and career choice is highly valued, in contrast to less economically developedcountries where curricular

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Shapcott, Arizona State University; Katherine G. Nelson, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

Self-efficacy is a construct frequently used to examine an individual’s motivation toengage in particular tasks, including career choices.11-13 Naturally, engineering educationresearchers have focused on self-efficacy to address the low motivation and high attrition rate ofwomen in engineering programs.14-17 As defined by Bandura, 1986, self-efficacy is the belief onehas in one’s capability to perform specific tasks. Unlike global self-confidence, self-efficacy istask specific and can only be inferred for the task being examined.18 For example, an individualmay have high self-efficacy for repairing a computer, yet have low self-efficacy for composingmusic. Generally, a person is more motivated to engage in a task for which she has high self

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shweta Chopra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chad M. Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

AC 2012-3578: FINDING WHAT WOMEN WANT: DEVELOPING STRATE-GIES TO INCREASE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF WOMENMs. Shweta Chopra, Purdue University, West Lafayette Shweta Chopra is a second-year doctoral student in the Technology, Leadership, and Innovation program at Purdue University. Her research interests include technology and education, global supply chain man- agement, and lean manufacturing principles. A recipient of the 2011-2012 Bilsland Strategic Initiatives Fellowship, she is investigating ways to increase female participation in STEM education and careers. As a graduate instructor for the introductory course in lean manufacturing (IT-214), she has received Com- mittee for the Education of Teaching

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Retention of Women Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

climate and persistence with the intent of providing universitybenchmarks for improvement. The three surveys overlap on questions regarding perception ofprofessors (within the classroom and their personal treatment of students), perception oftreatment with respect to gender, the contacts and interactions with fellow students, and thestudents’ perceptions of the field of engineering. The three data sets were analyzed individuallyand collectively to determine what impacts student persistence (including factors such as major,gender, student-student and student-faculty interactions, and career opportunities). Our analysisrevealed agreement among the three surveys on topics related to persistence. We foundsignificant gender differences were not

Conference Session

Mentoring Millennial Women in Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Porush, MentorNet

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Women in Engineering

). Page 25.930.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Mentoring Millenial Women in Engineering What research tells mentors about navigating the gender and generation gapMentorNet will present its findings on new communication styles among female collegestudents who are millenials (those born after 1980) and the implications for their career-focused relationships formed over electronic media, especially with mentors.The basis for these changes, our research suggests, stem from radical shifts in cognitiveand expressive habits powered by electronic media, including the ubiquity and power ofsmartphones, the Internet, social media, online gaming, and the number of channels andlayers

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ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol E. Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Stefi Alison Baum, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

EFFORT@RIT project identified the following major barriers to the recruitmentand advancement of women STEM faculty at RIT; career navigation, climate, andflexibility/options for managing the work/life balance. To quote from Paper I [1]: “Issues related to career navigation could be caused by women’s self-agency and negotiation skills, coupled with a lack of “sponsorship” from more seasoned faculty and/or administration, hinder the success of female faculty in obtaining more advantageous starting packages, assignments, compensation, and promotion. Climate issues are exacerbated by women’s view of the workplace in personal terms, as opposed to a more male process-oriented view, meaning that issues of

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Retention of Women Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

. Department of Energy’s Early Career Principal Investigator award. His areas of expertise are in theory, modeling and simulation of multiphase flows (including sprays, particle-laden flows, colloids, and granular mixtures), turbulence, mixing, and reacting flows. His current research concerns hierarchical coarse-graining ap- proaches, mesoscale models of colloidal aggregation, and direct numerical simulation of gas-solid flows. Page 25.1483.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 WiME: a departmental effort to improve recruitment, retention and engagement of women

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Retention of Women Students II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi M. Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Women in Engineering

successful career in industry, of particularinterest is how contextualized, hands-on, collaborative learning contributes to their self-confidence and persistence in engineering. While research has indicated that active learningactivities and cooperative experiences foster deeper learning and have an impact on persistencein the engineering workforce, there is limited empirical evidence of women’s professionalpersistence and self-confidence as a result of this type of educational experience. Preliminaryfindings from a validated survey instrument, the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), theAcademic Self-Efficacy (ASE), and the Professional Self-Efficacy (PSE) are presented. Keyfindings of what these women learned and appreciated, insight into the

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ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Sue Guenter-Schlesinger, Western Washington University

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Women in Engineering

- portunity and Affirmative Action at Utah State University. She also held an adjunct position at USU in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology. After earning her B.A. and M.A. in English and her Ph.D. in higher education from the University of California, Los Angeles, Guenter-Schlesinger began her career with the University of Maryland’s European Division and the U.S. Army Research In- stitute. She then served as Director for the U.S. Army’s Equal Opportunity Program in the European Command, located in Heidelberg, Germany. In her current role, Guenter-Schlesinger is Chief Advisor to Western’s President and Provost on equal opportunity and employment diversity issues. Her current re- sponsibilities

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

on career opportunities, enhancing the transfer student experience, and diversity in engineering. Page 25.1398.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Understanding the Path of Engineering and Computer Science Upper Division Transfer Students To a Large UniversityAbstractThe community college is a critical source for growing the engineering and computer fields inthe United States. The encouragement, recruitment, transfer and acclimation process for thesestudents to a larger four-year school is very crucial in their successful

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

involvement, and specifically who is getting involved, is considered in thecurrent study in the specific context of engineering education.Lichtenstein and associates performed a study of senior engineering students at two institutionsto answer the research question “To what extent do students who complete undergraduateprograms in engineering intend to pursue engineering careers?”11 Their study consisted ofsurveys and interviews. They found that engineering students who completed an engineeringmajor are not necessarily committed to careers in engineering or even in STEM. They also foundthat, during their undergraduate experience, students’ career options could be disproportionatelyswayed positively or negatively by a single experience. Furthermore

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Potpouri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen B. Coletti, Northeastern University; Melinda Covert, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Lauren Gianino, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Women in Engineering

participation by women in engineering studies, including discrimination, unwelcominguniversity attitudes, and a lack of role models.4 Simply overcoming enrollment barriers isinsufficient, for a significant percent of women who do choose to enroll in these programs do notcomplete their degrees. Self-confidence has been shown to be an extremely important factor in Page 25.808.2enabling women to complete degrees in engineering.6 In 2010, 40% of females in chemicalengineering positions reported feeling discouraged at some point during their career, with UScolleges the primary place where discouragement is occurring.7 Fostering a supportiveengineering

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Attaining Academic Leadership Positions

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Chris S. Anderson, Michigan Technological University; Dianne Dorland, Rowan University; Sarah A. Rajala, Mississippi State University; Mary Roth, Lafayette College

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Women in Engineering

Anderson’s career began as a middle school science teacher and an instructor at the post-secondary level, which then led to program administration. She has extensive experience developing precollege academic programs and diversity, retention, and student support programs. Her current role involves es- tablishing and maintaining partnerships with secondary schools, community colleges, corporations, and state and national organizations that help strengthen the University’s outreach, recruitment, retention, and graduation of underrepresented student populations, as well as the recruitment and retention of diverse faculty and staff. Michigan Tech’s ongoing climate study is directed by Anderson. She advises and re- views unit

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ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia Gumpertz, North Carolina State University

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Women in Engineering

department changes the tone of department conversations and is key to hiring and retaining more women; and 2. Culture change happens person by person through formal discussions among faculty surrounding hiring, promotion and tenure decisions and informal interactions with peers in the department and university.Goals of the Developing Diverse Departments ProjectFrom the NSF ADVANCE at a Glance website5: The goal of the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program is to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, thereby developing a more diverse science and engineering workforce. The D3 project serves all academic colleges in the university and is not

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Retention of Women Students II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley; Farzana Ansari, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa A. Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Women in Engineering

of the comments from women indicated the usefulness of the skills and lessons taught inthe module. Several women spoke of the skills’ utility not only in school, but also in a career asa professional engineer and in their own personal lives. Only one noted that the module was notrelevant to engineering. Women’s comments on the usefulness and applicability of theprofessional and leadership skills include: “Lessons taught were very useful and applicable.” “I felt that this class taught me the fundamentals of being an engineer and how to be a leader.” “Engineering Leadership was a very informative and useful course. The material presented duringlectures was applicable and useful in our real and current lives

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Undergraduate Recruitment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Woods, Colorado State University; Kathleen Baumgardner, Colorado State University; Lahoma Jayne Howard, Colorado State University

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Women in Engineering

GenderThis information led us to redesign our website and recruiting materials to focus on factorsimportant to both men and women. We adjusted presentations and messaging during one-on-onevisits or large events to include information more appealing to women. We did not eliminatereferences that were important to men (such as outdoor recreation or design competitions), butinstead added information about areas that were highly ranked by women (such as helpingothers, the environment, or working on important global problems). We continued to provideinformation about career opportunities, our academic reputation, friendly campus, and careerplacement, but we added information about the size of our campus and opportunities for graduateeducation to reflect

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ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

University. She has a B.Eng. in chemical engineering from McGill University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering with a Ph.D. minor in women’s studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is Co-PI and Research Director of Purdue University’s AD- VANCE program, and PI on the Assessing Sustainability Knowledge project. She runs the Research in Feminist Engineering (RIFE) group, whose diverse projects and group members are described at the web- site http://feministengineering.org/. She is interested in creating new models for thinking about gender and race in the context of engineering education. She was awarded a CAREER grant in 2010 for the project, ”Learning from Small Numbers: Using