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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder; JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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small numbers, already face heavier service loads than their majority, men peers. So,in this study we asked, “What differences have these programs made in the hiring outcomeswithin our college?”This case study describes some of the recent interventions implemented at the University ofColorado Boulder (CU Boulder) College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), apredominantly White, very high research activity doctoral institution [1]. We present thedemographic history of the college’s tenured/tenure-track faculty compared to national averagesin the United States, a discussion of changes incorporated into the tenured/tenure-track facultysearch processes over the past five years, the hiring results over the past decade, and insights

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Kimberly Stillmaker P.E., California State University, Fresno; Lalita G Oka, California State University, Fresno; Jesus Gutierrez Plascencia; Cindy Charlott Schwartz-Doyle, California State University, Fresno; Katherine Lor, California State University, Fresno

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. The data presented in this paper underscores the importanceof women faculty and mentors for the success of female engineering students.BackgroundUnderrepresentation of women in engineering, despite performing well academically, is a well-established fact and has been the focus of many researchers and policy makers. While lack ofrole models is considered one of the important factors, the gender of mentoring faculty hasrecently received some attention [1] and [2]. Because of a lack of introductory courses at thehigh school level, engineering faculty have the added responsibility of not only teaching thesubject but also introducing the profession and mentoring students and developing a sense ofbelonging [3]. The effect of virtually invisible

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Managing Dual Careers

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Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Shannon Bartelt-Hunt P.E., University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Janet Callahan, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer, Faculty Development Division, Women in Engineering

unit/college administrator. With panelistsfrom four different universities, all in different stages in their careers, an engaged audience thatincludes instructional faculty at all levels, academic leaders and those considering an academiccareer will learn from this panel.Introduction and BackgroundA study by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford [1] reported that a majorchallenge facing many academic institutions is attracting high quality individuals who have adual-career partner, to join their faculty. For the purposes of this discussion, a dual-career partneris a member of the dual-career couple, who also seeks an academic faculty position. Althoughthe proportion of dual-career academic couples has not changed in 4-year

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Jocelyn LaChelle Jackson, University of Michigan; Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Stephanie G. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas

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shortage of scientists and engineers [14] and thePresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology [10] projected that the United States willneed to produce 1 million more STEM professionals to maintain our STEM preeminence in a globalenvironment. Students in STEM majors have traditionally come from non-Hispanic White or Asianpopulations and are also typically male [12]. However, U.S. demographics are shifting, and with thiscomes an increased need for attracting and retaining students with non-traditional backgrounds. In theU.S., among the students enrolled in undergraduate STEM programs in 2016, approximately 35.5% werewomen, 6.5% were African American/African American, 10.1% were Hispanic, and less than 0.4% wereNative American/Native

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Victor Ofori-Boadu, Penuel Consult Inc.; Jacob Randall Vanderpool, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Dongyang Deng, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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professionalenvironment impact the evolution and progression of an individual’s professional identity(Cruess et al., 2015).Researchers have examined how students view themselves as participants in various STEMprograms and how various constructs interact to contribute to students’ PID (Capobianco, 2006;Ofori-Boadu, 2018b). The professional identities of students enrolled in specific STEMprograms is constantly evolving as a result of students’ multiple self-identities that interact withacademic and professional environments (Capobianco, 2006). Gee (2001) highlights the fourperspectives of identity to include: (1) nature identity; (2) institution identity; (3) discourseidentity; and (4) affinity-identity. Gee’s model guides investigations on how students

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Yang Yang, Kansas State University; Bette Grauer PE, Kansas State University; Jennifer Renee Thornburg, Kansas State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University

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, retaining engineering students in the first two years of college is acritical issue when the attrition rate has been persistently high. 1, 2 In this study, we looked at onetool that has been widely used to help first year students and sophomores succeed in challengingcourses in universities, i.e., supplemental instruction and peer tutoring. 3-5In an earlier study we examined the effectiveness of a peer tutoring and supplemental instructionprogram in the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, a large Midwestern land grantresearch institution. This free tutoring program called Scholars Assisting Scholars, SAS, wascreated to increase the retention rates of first and second year engineering students. SAS wasimplemented as a part of an NSF

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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Courtney Green P.E.

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9 million jobs between2014 and 2022 [1]. In fact, various computer and biomedical engineering fields are projected tohave more than four times the job growth by 2024 compared to the average growth for alloccupations [2]. The necessity for the United States to have a highly qualified STEM work forcehas created national educational initiatives, both secondary and post-secondary, to address theneed to increase the participation of underrepresented people in STEM-related fields. In fact, theU.S. Department of Education [3] outlined specific goals to increase the quality of education andsuccess of undergraduate students. These efforts have included strengthening secondary Careerand Technical Education (CTE) programs and preparing students to

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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questions.Demographic questions included academic standing, age, earnings, and college expenses.Questions referring to education and career choices are detailed in Table 1. In 2019, the researchersadded to the survey a set of exploratory questions around gender bias and stereotyping (refer toTable 2).Data CollectionThe 1935 and 2019 data were examined and compared by the research team. The first datacollection was in 1935 by Amelia Earhart at Purdue University, and the second data collection wasat the same institution in 2019 by the Women in Engineering Program (WIEP). The 1935 data werecollected using paper copies of the questionnaire and the 2019 data collected via Qualtrics, anon-line surveying tool.ParticipantsThe Earhart data set was collected in 1935

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Kimberly Ren, University of Toronto; Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto

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fromtheir instructors were less likely to persist in engineering and that discrimination from peers wasmore prevalent for women than for men. Focusing on those predictors of Intentional Persistence,our study calls for efforts to correct the under-representation of women in ML/AI.Introduction Machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) technology has enormous potentialto impact the world around us. The creators of ML/AI technology wield the power to influencethe resulting effects on the users, either positively or negatively and they are in greater demand,now more than ever [1]. In ML/AI solutions, there is a seemingly intelligent agent between thedeveloper and the end user that makes decisions affecting the output. This model

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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contribute andsucceed in the global competitive economic environment. As a result, this requires qualityscience, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. However, insufficientnumbers of American students pursue education and training in the STEM fields. After noticingthis challenge, STEM has become a great effort by many to increase STEM-related activities,which have the potential to promote collaborative learning and inquiry as well as to contribute tothe development of the 21st century skills [1]. The US government initiated the “Educate toInnovate” program to increase student participation in all STEM-related activities. The long-termobjective of these activities is to encourage more young women to choose an education in theSTEM

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University

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engineering, biology, and physics.It is known that at research-focused universities, a STEM faculty member’s gender is predictiveof time spent on different duties. Generally, female faculty members spend more time engagedwith students and involved with service than male counterparts [1], [2]. However, it is critical toacknowledge that it is a faculty member’s research achievement and leadership record that countmost when promotion and tenure decisions are made [3]. Therefore, dedicating disproportionatetime to teaching, advising, and little acknowledged service, can be harmful to a career [4], [5].What is unknown is the degree to which this disproportionate workload is moderated byvariables of guidance from other faculty members, student pressures

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Alexa N. Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; Christina Remucal, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University; MEERC

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conducted. Additional ways students feeltheir faculty advisor could help them was also addressed. The data was analyzed to identify keyfactors that faculty advisors should consider while serving in these roles within student sections.The findings were then compared to the results of the self-assessment of the faculty advisors.IntroductionA good faculty advisor is a critical part of a vital student organization [1, 2], and serving as suchan advisor is often part of a faculty member’s service commitment to their university and to theprofession. The critical role faculty advisors have is recognized by many organizations, boththrough the guidance they provide to faculty advisors and through the existence of awards forOutstanding Advisors. SWE, for one

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University; Steven Nozaki, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

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numbersAt X university in 2018, women constituted 23.4% of the overall engineering student population. Thisnumber varied significantly depending on the engineering major. Figure 1 shows the variation across 15engineering majors between 2012 and 2017. In addition, the total percent for engineering and for theHumanitarian Engineering Scholars program is also shown. Figure1 shows that majors with aboveaverage female enrollment percentages are Environmental, Industrial Systems, Material Science andBiomedical Engineering. The Humanitarian Engineering Scholars (HES) program is centered around thetheme of humanitarian engineering, shows consistent higher than average female participation, with over50% in 2016. The majors of Computer Science, Electrical

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary; Bob Brennan P.Eng., University of Calgary

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described here.Discourse AnalysisDiscourse analysis is a qualitative method that allows for systematic analysis of textualdocuments. Discourse refers to “certain ways of using language, acting, interacting, behaving,believing, using tools, sign systems, and so forth, which characterize a particular community”(Allie et al., 2009, p.361). It can be defined simply as “language in use to do something” (Jones,2012), where the meaning is derived from the social practices in which the discourse isembedded (Gee, 2004). Discourse conveys thought in a way that is “somehow prior and moreessential than language” (Lerman, 2009, p.1). Gee says that “words have histories” (2004, p.54),and their meaning in the present is an artifact of the past, an outcome of past

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Computing -- Increasing Participation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities

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Laura K. Dillon, Michigan State University; Maureen Doyle, Northern Kentucky University; Linda Ott, Michigan Technological University; Wendy Powley, Queen's University; Andrea E Johnson, Spelman College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Pre-College Engineering Education, Women in Engineering

Environment,” co-authored with Dr. Karl Ottenstein. The paper was published in SDE 1, Proceedings of the First ACM SIGSOFT/SIGPLAN Symposium on Practical Software Development Environments, April 23-25, 1984. In addition to teaching at Michigan Tech, Dr. Ott taught advanced software engineering at Siberian State Aerospace University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia as a Fulbright scholar. She also taught Ethical and Social Aspects of Computing at Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai in Zhuhai, China. Dr. Ott is currently Michigan Tech’s lead person in the efforts to increase the number of female undergraduates in computing as a member of NCWIT’s Pacesetters program.Prof. Wendy PowleyDr. Andrea E Johnson, Spelman College Research is

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Busting a Career Move? When and Why or Why Not?

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Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Cindy Waters, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

started at four differentacademic institutions, but each followed unique pathways to achieve career goals. The contentof this paper was generated by collecting the individual responses of each panelist to a set ofprompts including: 1. Did you encounter a period in your career where you experienced reduced satisfaction with your work situation? What were the strategies you employed to move beyond this period and self-author the next phase of your career? 2. If you decided that a transition was needed, what resources did you seek to aid in your decision? 3. What other work/life factors affected your thought process and decision? 4. Did you decide to move from your institution? Why or why not? 5. How much of your

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Sinéad C Mac Namara, Syracuse University; Anne E Rauh, Syracuse University; Michelle M Blum, Syracuse University; Natalie Russo, Syracuse University; Melissa A Green, Syracuse University; Shikha Nangia, Syracuse University

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group of female junior faculty and professional staff affiliated with STEM fields atSyracuse University attended an honorary lecture by Mimi Koehl, UC Berkeley, which coveredboth academic topics and a description of a peer mentoring group which she had been part of formany years. The attendees were inspired to convene a peer mentoring group as Koehl describedand as outlined in the book Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from SuccessfulWomen Scientists by Ellen Daniell[1].The group has a stable membership of ten women in the fields of aerospace engineering,architecture, biology, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, library science,mechanical engineering, physics, and psychology. At the outset, the group’s members

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Robin O. Andreasen, University of Delaware; Shawna Vican, University of Delaware; Yvette A Jackson, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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Synthetic Organic Chemistry, recently retired from the University of the West Indies where she was Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Studies, with responsibility for graduate education across all campuses of the university. Professor Jackson joined the UD ADVANCE institute at UD in September 2017. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Points of Departure: Understanding Gender Differences in Faculty Turnover at University of XI. IntroductionCareer disparities by gender in the STEM fields are well documented.1 Women are under-represented at most levels in mathematics, the physical sciences, and most fields of engineering[13], [23]. Even in fields where women are

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Anne M Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Liza Ann Russell, Purdue University ; Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University; Shelly Tan

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corporatetraining.Advanced DegreesProfessional development can come in the form of advanced degrees. A Masters or a Ph.D. canprovide specialized knowledge that can be of value in the workforce, either in technicalknowledge for a field or in management knowledge. The percentages of women earning upper-level degrees in engineering are low when compared to their male counterparts, leading tounderrepresentation in professor positions [1]. This may be because women finishing theirgraduate studies report feeling that women cannot get ahead and that they are overwhelmed bythe pressure of work [2]. However, obtaining an upper-level degree in engineering can lead tosalary increases and more compelling work [1]. An MBA specifically is important for careeradvancement and

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Lisa R. Volpatti, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kara Rodby, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gurleen Kaur Singh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bianca Kaushal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Kelley Marie Adams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Paula T. Hammond, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sarah Rankin

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Prevention Specialist with the Violence Prevention & Response team.Bianca Kaushal, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyKelley Marie Adams, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyProf. Paula T. Hammond, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMs. Sarah Rankin c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Promoting an Inclusive Lab Culture through Custom In-Person Trainings within an Engineering DepartmentCreating diverse, inclusive, and respectful environments is the #1 recommendation of the 2018National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on “Sexual Harassment ofWomen” [1]. To accomplish this goal, the report suggests that academic

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Mary Kay Camarillo P.E., University of the Pacific; Eileen Kogl Camfield, University of California at Merced

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” group, led by the secondauthor. The group provided a forum for brainstorming ideas and the course provided a platformfor testing these strategies. Four recommendations evolved from this effort: 1.) Education onteam function and bias in team dynamics is helpful. 2.) Teamwork skills and strategies forcollaboration and conflict resolution need to be taught. 3.) Mentoring and engaging withstudents is an important aspect of the process and can be enhanced to better serve women. 4.)Reflection and self-assessment exercises can be integrated to build self-efficacy and confidencein students. Assessment was done using data collected from mid-term evaluations, peerevaluations, self-assessment exercises, input from industry judges, and teaching evaluations

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Amrita Dhakal Ghimire, Mississippi State University; Litany H Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University

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curriculum to enable students to recognize content applicability earlier in their collegepathway.1. IntroductionStudents who enter college with prior exposure to computer programming are shown to have aself-efficacy advantage [1]. While computer science initiatives have increased formal educationopportunities throughout 47% of public schools in the state [2], students in poorer districts, andthose in the most rural areas, have less access to that formal education in CS or informal activitiesthat encourage computing and provide CS role models. Students with little or no access to CS inK-12 are less likely to identify with and pursue pathways to computer science education [3,4].Experiences in early CS courses can influence the development of self

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Weihui Li, Biomedical Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology

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[1]. The US government also realized the shortage of STEM workforces. Itinitiated the “Educate to Innovate” program to increase student participation in all STEM-relatedactivities. The ultimate objective of these activities is to encourage more students to choose aneducation in the STEM fields and pursue a STEM-related career in the future [2].Attracting more female students into the STEM fields is a challenge. Statistical data show thatthere is a big gender gap in the STEM fields in workplaces. It has been found that women makealmost 50% of the workforce but hold only 28% of jobs in STEM fields [3]. Many institutions andorganizations have realized this challenge and provided various activities to promote femalestudents into the STEM fields

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

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Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Israel Zamora-Hernandez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Jorge A. Gonzalez-Mendivil, Tecnológico de Monterrey; J. Asuncion Zarate-Garcia, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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place in countries like Mexico to encourage more women into careersthat once were considered even by their own families, as men's careers. In this paper we interviewed asample of two hundred women that are currently students or have studied at our university in twodifferent campuses located in the South of Mexico so that we get information that could be applied tomodify our attraction campaigns and events that take place in different cities. Southern Mexico showsthe lowest ranking in the human development index (HDI) and the lowest numbers of womenparticipating in higher education [1].Our university is a multicampus university with twenty-six campuses across the country. The youngestcampus was designed to serve as the main campus in Southern

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Astrid K Northrup P.E., Northwest College, Powell WY; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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real-world practices.Burrows’ many publica- tions appear in leading journals.She is the Co-Editor ofCITE-Journal Science(www.citejournal.org). She is active and presents in several organizations such as AERA, ASEE, ASTE, NSTA, and SITE.Before beginning her work in higher education, she taught secondary school science for 12 years in Florida and Virginia (USA). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 “I’m not good at math,” she said: Gender and Engineering Majors Astrid K. Northrup1,2 and Andrea C. Burrows2 Northwest College1, Powell, WY and University of Wyoming2, Laramie, WY May 1, 2020

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

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Huma Shoaib, Purdue University ; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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women to balance the engineering work is being heavilyunderused.Literature Review (Related Work)A study on the marketing of toys based on gender segregation was conducted by [1]where they reported that the popular Disney store website does there marketing based ongender segregation. This research gave some generic conclusions: there were a limitednumber of toys on the website which were unisex, however the marketing was done toattract girl child to buy those toys too which were unisex. The study provides a goodreference point on how certain toys are targeted to market based on child gender, despitehaving only raw data of pictures collected from the Disney website as their primary data.There is a conflict between the market tactics of selling

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Issues of Diversity

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Mariga, Purdue University; Alka Harriger, Purdue University

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areasthreatens the economic strength, national security, and well-being of Americans.1 The near-termimpact in the IT arena is a serious shortage of IT expertise. This pervasive problem requires amulti-pronged solution to yield a positive, long-term result.Faculty in the Computer and Information Technology (CIT) Department at Purdue University areemploying a number of initiatives across all levels of the university to address this problem.Within the department, two female faculty are leading two separate, but complimentaryinitiatives. One faculty member is attending national meetings and conferences to gather ideas tobring back to Computer and Information Technology and network with other diversity leaders toensure that Computer and Information

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Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Sheridan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Eve Fine, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jessica Winchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Christine Pribbenow, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Molly Carnes, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jo Handelsman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Hawkes, WiSE / University of Southern California; Jean Morrison, University of Southern California; Cauligi Raghavendra, University of Southern California

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Viterbi School in thatperiod are distributed rather evenly over 6 departments: 3 in Computer Science, 2 in Industrialand Systems Engineering, and 1 each in Electrical, Biomedical, Civil and Environmental, andAerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Women faculty now represent 7% of the 170 T/TTengineering faculty, which is just below the national average of ~10%.2The Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics & Astronomy,Mathematics and Kinesiology comprise the WiSE-eligible areas of the USC College of Letters,Arts and Sciences. In 2000, there were 12 women T/TT faculty members in these departments.Since the inception of WiSE, 13 new faculty were hired in College, 10 of which joined thedepartment of Biological

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Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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C. Diane Matt, WEPAN

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first 12 years are measurable as there are now more than 85 Womenin Engineering Programs in colleges and universities in the United States working to increase therepresentation of women of all ethnicities in engineering. Through the extended WEPANnetwork of mentoring and training activities, institutional change has taken place with thousandsof women students benefiting. Page 12.1604.2 1 of 8WEPAN’s accomplishments from 1990-2002 were concentrated in four areas of focus andimpact: 1) Providing education, training and mentoring for Women in Engineering/Science Program Directors from engineering