Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carroll Suzanne Seron, University of California, Irvine; Erin A. Cech, University of California, San Diego; Susan S. Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Brian Rubineau, Cornell University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

about essentialism, meritocracy, individualism,and exceptionalism trump the opportunity to take a feminist critique to its logical conclusion.We end by exploring the irony of their simultaneous adherence to and rejection of feministcritiques of engineering.IntroductionAt each career stage, engineering is persistently white and male.1 Whether in the classroom2,3 orthe workplace,4,5 research continues to show that women confront a “chilly climate”6,7 wherethey experience token status.8 At the stage of credential acquisition, where engineers encounterprofessional socialization for the first time and earn their degree, research has also shown thatthis climate has consequences for women‟s career plans, whether measured by the likelihood oftheir

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

. According to the U.S. Bureau Labor Statistics (2017), that nationalaverage of STEM related occupations was $87,500 which is nearly double the average nationalwage of non-STEM occupations. The national commitment to promoting STEM excellence isevidenced by the State-Federal STEM Education Summit that was hosted last summer. The STEMEducation Summit convened a wide range of STEM leaders from all 50 states, five territories, andseveral tribes. The goal of the summit was to outline and develop a national STEM education planthat “will to help inform the development of the upcoming Federal 5-Year STEM EducationStrategic Plan” (p.3). To help support the initiative to enhance STEM education, the prioritizationof improving STEM education U.S. Department of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Breigh Nonte Roszelle, University of Denver; Ronald R. DeLyser, University of Denver; Goncalo Martins, University of Denver; Christina Paguyo, University of Denver

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

experience included surveying thestudents about their feelings on diversity and engineering both before and after the activity, anin-class activity focused on design and diversity of teams, and a reflection and discussion periodabout the students’ experiences. A discussion of the successes and opportunities forimprovement within the activities is included, along with changes planned for the second trialduring the current academic year.MethodsFor the pilot run of the activities, the professors each developed an in-class project that tookplace during one class period. Each activity contained a technical aspect, a design aspect, and areflection period. Both projects chose a product to design that had an aspect which wasinfluenced by the background of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Piyush Pradhananga; Arif Mohaimin Sadri, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

students relate to each course's learning outcomes. Theinstructors must dedicate time to planning the logistics, aligning the syllabi, and homeworkprojects. Any overlap between courses reflects real life, so faculty must embrace how thoseoverlaps can be utilized to correlate Social Media homework for the benefit of the students. Amajor concern was that one student was registered for two of the courses at the same time, yetthe faculty decided to ask the student to conduct each course's deliverable separately.Integrating such innovative technological tools that are engaging to learners not only creates asense of appreciation and belonging but also provide real connections to the world. Minoritystudents who are less aware of issues in the U.S

Conference Session

Impact Student Success

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Frempong, State University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

(ASS)15 Meteorological Satellite Service (MSS)16 Space Operation Service (SOS)17 Space Research Service (SRS)18 Earth Exploration Satellite Service (EESS) Frequency Allocations for Satellite Services: Allocating frequencies to satellite services is a complicated process, which requires international coordination and planning. This is carried out under the auspices of the International Telecommunications Union. To facilitate frequency planning, the world is divided into three regions: Region 1: Europe, Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia. Region 2: North and South America and Greenland. Region 3: Asia (excluding Region 1 areas), Australia, and the southwest Pacific. 15 Other satellite

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Minorities in Engineering

, August 28-Sept 1,2002.12 Peppas, Nicholas A., “Student Preparation for Graduate School through Undergraduate Research,” ChemicalEngineering Education, v. 15, n. 3, p. 135-137, Summer 1981.13 Tinto, Vincent, “Reconstructing the First Year of College,” Planning for Higher Education, Volume 25, Fall 1996,p. 1-6.14 Tinto, Vincent, “Principles of Effective Retention,” Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1990, p. 35-48.15 Elkins, Susan A., John M. Braxton and Glenn W. James, “Tinto’s Separation Stage and its Influence on Firstsemester College Student Persistence,” Research in Higher Education, vol. 41, No. 2, 2000, p. 251-267.16 Highsmith, R. J., R. Denes and M. M. Pierre, “Mentoring Matters,” NACME Research Letter, 8(1), New

Conference Session

Impact Student Success

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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Minorities in Engineering

grant from the James Irvine Foundation.Now, the MCC has been put directly under the Provost Office for more visibility and oversight.Also, there is an advising center (Drahmann Center) where all students can go for advising on anyissue (academic, psychological, relational, etc) including tutoring, etc.Major ObjectivesThe Problem is “Why are there so few of these students?” There are many possible answers to thisquestion. However, our goal is to propose some solutions.Our main objective is to implement a comprehensive program including some or all of the followingbest practices for advising, mentoring minority graduate electrical engineering students.We plan to implement some of the ideas and goals from our paper [2]. Our objectivesinclude new

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Maria Jackson Hittle, UNCF SP; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Robert Singleterry, NASA; Victor Obot, Texas Southern University; Premkumar Saganti, Prairie View A&M University; Marc Mendez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Jianping Yue, Essex County College; Jack Esparza, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Kenneth Fernandez; Pamela Denkins

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Minorities in Engineering

freshmen [10]. Many of them Page 11.949.7will continue their education at four-year universities and become future engineers and scientists.NASA has recognized the importance of community college students and included them inNASA’s education pipeline [11]. NASA’s mission is “to understand and protect our planet, toexplore the universe and search for life, to inspire the next generation of explorers …as onlyNASA can.” We should inspire students at all levels of education to be interested in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), so that they will carry on NASA’s missionin the future.The research project was well planned and

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kathryn B.H. Clancy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ruby Mendenhall, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Princess Imoukhuede, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Regional Planning, So- cial Work and Gender and Women’s Studies.. She is currently a faculty member at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and a faculty affiliate at the Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Women and Gender in Global Perspective, and Gender and the Cline Center for Democracy. She is the recipient of the Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar for outstanding achievements in research and leadership on campus. She is also a Grand Challenge Learning Teaching Fellow in the Health Track. Mendenhall’s research focuses on racial microaggressions in higher educa- tion. She examines how living in racially segregated neighborhoods with high levels of violence

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisha B. Diggs, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Robert D, Scott, University of Michigan - College of Engineering

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

community committed to developing engineers who are innovative leaders in a global society. The Center broadens participation, increases academic performance and provides personal support for diverse students from all backgrounds. Mr. Scott is a former business executive, retired from the Procter & Gamble Company after over 32 years of service. His background includes demonstrated leadership in strategic planning and analysis, IT management, product distribution, and global learning systems. In addition to his current role at the University of Michigan, Mr. Scott is a member of the IT Senior Management forum, a national organization dedicated exclusively to fostering upper-level executive talent among African

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reyna M. Flores, University of Texas, Austin; Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas, Austin

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

the increase, including reserving rooms large enough to fit thegroup size. Though more counselors were hired, the MITE participant group was difficultto manage and navigate throughout campus. Another challenge was eating at the dininghalls on campus. The MITE Enrichment Program has decided that fifty students for eachweek is an ideal size.Until 2016, the MITE Enrichment Program had always been two consecutive weeks.MITE counselors, current engineering students, voiced their concern with having a breakin between the two weeks. MITE is an intense week for participants and more of a burdenfor counselors who stay up late and wake up earlier. For the summer of 2016, the EOEprogram decided to plan a one-week break in between the two MITE sessions

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole D. Jackson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kaitlin I. Tyler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yanfen Li, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Wan-Ting Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Chaoyang Liu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Minorities in Engineering

limited to these three surveys. When we began planning forour third year, we felt that we needed more data to better understand how participants were reacting to ourprogramming, especially when taking into account the significant changes we were proposing. More specif-ically, our prior survey framework was limiting our understanding of whether or not we were truly helpingparticipants improve their familiarity and preparedness to become competitive in the faculty job market. Inother words, we wondered if individual sessions were beneficial to participants in terms of enhancing theirpreparation of faculty materials and contributed to their overall familiarity.In this paper, we expand our program evaluation significantly in the third year by

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan C. Morales P.E., Universidad del Turabo

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

from the outcomes assessment plan that he helped devise and implement as ABET Coordinator. Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad del Turabo, PO Box 3030, Gurabo, Puerto Rico, 00778. Tel. 787-743-7979 x 4182 E-mail: jcmorales@suagm.edu c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Language or problem-formulation difficulties? An FE Exam experiment in a Hispanic Setting Juan C. Morales, Ph.D., P.E. Universidad del TuraboAbstractThis paper describes and discusses the results of an experiment that was conducted by the authorin a course that trains mechanical engineering

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

advisorThe second segment of the administered survey targeted the implementation of the IBIEE modelcomponents to recruit students. In this regard, two open-ended questions were utilized to inquireabout the disposition from the faculty advisor to proactively identify and recruit engineeringstudents into the research group. The questions posed on the survey were the following: 1. Prior to receiving an invitation to participate in research, did you have a good relationship with the instructor? 2. Did at any point prior to receiving an invitation to participate in research, did the instructor ask you about your short or long-term plans?In the process of performing undergraduate research, the faculty member serves as

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lola Brown, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York; Rawlins Beharry, City College of the City University of New York

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

class continues toperform better, space in courses at the upper-level of the curriculum are more likely to befilled with students who started a freshman and who are progressing in the curriculum.The freshman class at the school of engineering has significantly increased in numberswithin the past couple of years; the infrastructure and focus on essential services that canbetter serve the current undergraduate population at the school of engineering is of primeimportance.Students with Academic DifficultiesIt is important that students who are having academic difficulties with their coursework atpartner institutions have a plan of action towards their future in these programs both atthe community college (short term) and at school of engineering

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Brathwaite, City College of the City University of New York; Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

researchexperiences in England, Sweden, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, France, theNetherlands, Japan, China, Singapore, Australia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Honduras, Colombia,Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts, Ethiopia, Togo,Ghana, South Africa and Morocco [6].IR SITE PROGRAMS A summary of research sites with universities can be seen in Table 1, below. Previouspublications on IR for underrepresented minority students in Sweden, the Netherlands, andAustria provide a detail description of the university sites research facilities and activities [5,6].In the last six years, 25 students were hosted at TU Graz/U Graz and 12 were the recipients ofthe Marshall Plan scholarship. From 2008 to present, 32

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Brian J Wisner, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

outset,students were introduced to key library professionals and digital search tools which they employedto review literature relevant to their research foci, forming a basis for research proposals. By weekfour, students presented their research plans before a panel of faculty and student judges. To enrichindividual research experiences, weekly seminars with guest lectures and discussions on moderndrivers of STEM research were integrated in this summer research program. In order to completethe program, each student produced three final deliverables - an oral presentation, a technicalposter and a final paper. In addition, students were exposed to an industrial R&D setting througha visit to a multinational corporation known for its innovation

Conference Session

Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Page 24.1381.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 An Examination of the Numbers: African American Female Faculty in EngineeringAbstractIn December 1975, a group of underrepresented minority women pursuing careers in science,engineering, medicine, and dentistry convened under the auspices of

Conference Session

Cultivating Engineering Scholarship and Research Mindsets Among URM Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Shelby Gilbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; Tony Anthony Barringer, Florida Gulf Coast University; Anthony M. Hyatt; J. Web Horton; David Hinds

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Scientific Olympics). Mr. David Hinds along with the other executivemembers of the NAACP of Collier County worked closely with FGCU and raised more than halfof the funds for the 2014 STEM summer program. Plans are on the way to continue thisinteraction for the next five (5) years. Although a large number of people think the organizationis just about civil rights, it actually has a strong educational mission as well.Program Structure and ResultsProgram DemographicsThe 2014 FGCU/NAACP Pre-Collegiate summer camp was initiated by the NAACP of CollierCounty along with the Office of Outreach Program at FGCU. The Associate Provost at FGCU,Dr. Tony Barringer, and Associate Professor at FGCU, Dr. Claude Villiers joined this effort withthe mission to improve

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Northern, Prairie View A&M University; John Fuller, Prairie View A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

/training.html defines Rapid Prototyping asin a design process where early development of a small-scale prototype is used to test out certainkey features of the design [2]. Traditionally, students have designed logic circuits in a linear Page 12.1193.5fashion based on defined needs goals. These steps are shown in Table 1. Increased developmenttime, costly mistakes, and less communication, has been a result when designing more complexand challenging systems [3]. In Whitten, Bentley, and Barlow, system designers at very earlystages of planning of large-scale systems, a small-prototype is built to exhibit key features of theintended system [4]. The prototype

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

and theywere mixed in the same classroom. The focus of the Camp has been to strengthen collegepreparedness by offering hands-on experiences in STEM. At the same time a highlypersonalized tutoring in Math was offered to the students with a 5 to 1 student-instructor ratio.The hands-on experiences were in the form of a four-week project either in ComputerProgramming, Biology and Environmental Sciences. The camp concluded with a written reportand an oral presentation of the project.With the exception of the first STEM Summer Camp where students just took a traditional“lecture-based” math session, on the rest of the Camps the students were given a pre-test onMath that was used to develop a study plan for each student. The software used to prepare

Conference Session

Preparing Minority Students for Undergraduate and Graduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadir Yilmaz P.E., New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Francisco Martin Vigil, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Miquela Trujillo, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Isabella Acevedo-Rodriguez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Ricardo B. Jacquez, New Mexico State University

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Minorities in Engineering

fields. Dr. Yilmaz is an active member of SAE, ASME, ASEE, NSPE, and currently is serving as the editor-in-chief for the SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lu- bricants, along with being a committee member on the SAE ABET Board. He has received New Mexico ”Young Engineer of the Year” Award (2013), NMT University Distinguished Teaching Award (2013), ASEE Section Outstanding Teaching Award (2013), SAE Faculty Advisor Award (2013) and SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (2011).Mr. Francisco Martin Vigil, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology Francisco Vigil is from Espa˜nola, NM. He graduated from NMT in December 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and is planning to pursue a

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Kelly A. Rusch P.E., Louisiana State University; Del H. Dugas, ExxonMobil

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Minorities in Engineering

financial support from the program due to low GPA or major change. During thetwo years of Phase 2, 13 scholars participated with seven chosen as second semester freshmenand six chosen as second semester sophomores.The one-on-one mentoring element of the program was directed by the ExxonMobil liaison whoselected ExxonMobil engineers and matched them with an LSU ExxonMobil scholar.Additionally, the liaison coordinated workshops with the mentors and protégés, and these eventswere utilized to communicate expectations, roles and responsibilities of each person. Thementors helped the scholars with professional development and career planning. Feedback forthis part of the program was obtained through discussions during Phase 1, and a formal survey

Conference Session

Engaging Minority Pre-College and Transfer Students in Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quincy Brown, Bowie State University; Jamika D. Burge, Information Systems Worldwide

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Minorities in Engineering

using the software tools and working in 3-dimension space, figure 3.5.2 E-TextilesDuring our planning, we recognized that the girls would need to receive instruction on basiccircuitry. Our focus was on developing a short, easy to understand lesson that would help thegirls sketch a basic circuit. We relied on program staff (who were near-peer AA universitystudents) to assist them with extending their basic ideas to create more complex circuits whenneeded. Though we planned for their lack of circuit knowledge, we did not anticipate thefollowing issues. Many students cannot sew. We anticipated providing support to assist students with circuit design; however we did not consider that students would not be able to sew by hand. For example

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

tracked. This program has proven to be successful in the ECE department forimproving female and minority enrollment and it would serve as a great model for the institute tomeet its diversity goals. Therefore, the primary purpose of this action plan is to grow the highlysuccessful ROSE-BUD program into an institution-wide ROSE-BUD MAPS program. As part of the professional development program, students will be taught professionalskills, including communication, teamwork, understanding ethics and professionalism. Theseactivities will provide an additional benefit for female and URM students because they can beginto develop social networks as soon as they arrive on campus. Some of the key activities willinvolve one of the three annual career

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L. Groh, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

for a personaldevelopment plan; development programs for women leaders, framing said leadershipdevelopment as identity work9; emphasis on factors which contribute to work engagement (e.g.,opportunity for ongoing challenges, novel experiences and continuous learning as well as workmatched to women’s interests and background); and supporting relationships (e.g., mentors andsponsors).Fewer programs and studies appear to be available which specifically address how to preparefemale engineering students for the transition beyond the bachelor’s degree with regard to thepsychological and systemic barriers they will face. Such studies and programs for thispreparation to enter either the workforce or engineering-related graduate programs comprise

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Deanna Christine Easley Sinex, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Wendy Carter-Veale, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Drew G. Yohe, University of Pittsburgh; Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

results of UMBC’s programs are morethan just a result of coincidence, but a willingness to acknowledge the need for change, and thestrategic actuation of that change.The first step was identifying challenges within the existing culture. Thus, the campus cultureneeded to be defined prior to setting plans for change. This was done through severalconversations, meetings, and focus groups with all parties in order to develop a foundation ofunderstanding and acceptance. It should be noted that many of these conversations wereuncomfortable, but necessary for identifying root challenges within the institution. In thisexample, it was shown that on the surface, the challenge was that students were not performingwell in their engineering classes at UMBC

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haley Margaret Gardner

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

section of the survey and the initial validity tests. Though, more validity of the instrumentincluding psychometric statistical analyses, correlation matrices of theoretically related items forconstruct validity, and empirically testing the factor structure using maximum likelihood exploratoryfactor analysis are planned in the coming months. The paper ends with future research steps includingvalidation and distribution across universities in the United States. As mentioned earlier, the hope is thatothers are able to use and adapt the survey instrument and its supportive literature. While, our goal isspecific to measure senior engineer students, the survey could be adapted for recently graduated studentsearly in their professional

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Te Kipa Kepa Brian Morgan CPEng, The University of Auckland; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

singled out for being virtually absent from all statistical measures in relation toMāori and Pasifika diversity, and the first objective of the Equal Educational OpportunitiesAction Plan was to develop standardized performance indicators for the postsecondary sectorthat all Faculties and Departments would be measured against.5 Government funding support hassince been introduced in 2003. The support is designed to enhance Māori and Pasifika studentparticipation in all postsecondary programs and is weighted specifically towards STEM-basedacademic disciplines.Literature on underrepresented minorities in engineering education has also noted persistentchallenges to increasing diversity. In the U.S. context, for instance, the aforementionedNAE/ASEE

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Pamela Petrease Felder, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Shawnisha Hester LGSW, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Denise Nicole Williams, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Amanda Lo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erika T. Aparaka, University of Maryland College Park; Patricia Ordonez, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Academic faculty members in your department on research/programmatic experiences projects that align you’re your research/career interests. They should participate in professional activities that are common for people who have completed their doctorate. - For example, do some peer reviewing, give conference talks, contribute chapters to books, demos, write or assist your advisor in writing grant proposals; take charge in planning a seminar, meeting, workshop within the department or outside; teach some classes in a course.3) Access to Mentors Some graduate