Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); DeLois Kijana Crawford, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wendy A. Dannels, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID)

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

Technology. She is a co-PI for RIT’s ADVANCE grant, where her focus is on structural changes that can improve the climate for women faculty in STEM.Prof. Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology Professor Sharon Mason is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Tech- nology at RIT where she has served on the faculty since 1997. Sharon has been involved in computing security education at RIT since its inception. She is the PI of for the Department of Defense (DoD) In- formation Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) awards to RIT. These scholarships enable students to study and do research in graduate programs in security, forensics and information assurance. To date

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology; Huaizhong Shao, Zhejiang University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

“university-industry cooperativeeducation” model4. All of these have proven that the involvement of industries andenterprises is an important part of cultivation of engineering workers. From theperspective of international engineering education experience, enterprises play animportant role in fostering students’ innovative, practical, and problem-solving abilitiesthrough participating in the development of training programs, curriculum and teaching,internships, graduation, and other areas. With the development of China's marketeconomy, the concept of training industry-oriented skills is recognized by universitiesand the community. Engineering skills training in colleges and universities alsoincreasingly relies on private enterprises. Thus, in recent