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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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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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Women in Engineering

workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University Dr. Karinna Vernaza joined Gannon University in 2003, and she is the Dean of the College of Engineering and Business and a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Her B.S. is in Marine Systems Engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. She was awarded the 2012 ASEE NCS Outstanding Teacher Award, 2013 Gannon University Distinguished Faculty Award and 2013-2014 Gannon University Faculty

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll, Boise State University

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Women in Engineering

, Technology, Engineering and MathematicsEducation: No Longer an Overlooked Application of the Law.” Journal of College and University Law. Vol. 31, No.2, pp. 291-350.[6] Hollenshead, Carol S., Stacy A. Wenzel, Barbara B. Lazarus, and Indira Nair. (1996) “The Graduate Experiencesin the Sciences and Engineering: Rethinking a Gendered Institution.” In The Equity Equation; Fostering theAdvancement of Women in the Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. pp.122-162.[7] Valian, Virginia and Vita Rabinowitz. (2004) Benchmarks. How? Which? Who? Why? A presentation of theGender Equity Project. May 10, 2004. Hunter College of the City University of New York. Downloaded July 20,2005 from http://www.advance.gatech.edu

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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dawn Farver, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas

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Women in Engineering

://www.asee.org/about/publications/profiles/upload/2004ProfileIntro2.pdf) Accessed 03/08/2006. 2. National Science Foundation. 2004. National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Science and Engineering Degrees: 1966-2001, NSF 04-311, Project Officers, Susan T. Hill and Jean M. Johnson, Arlington, VA. 3. Wadsworth, E.M. 2002. Giving Much/Gaining More: Mentoring for Success. Purdue Press, West Lafayette, Indiana. 4. Steele, J., J.B. James and R.C. Barnett. 2002. Learning in a man’s world: Examining the perceptions of undergraduate women in male-dominated academic areas. Psychology of Women Quarterly 26: 46-50. 5. Campbell, A. and G. Skoog. 2004. Preparing undergrad women for science

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Potpourri Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

that begin to diverge as early as elementary and middleschool, to the absence of women faculty, mentors, and fellow students in college and universityclassrooms that create a “chilly climate for women” in these areas.2,5A 2003 United States National Science Foundation publication6 described 211 ongoing projectsin the country designed to attract and retain women and in STEM courses. More than $90 Page 12.338.2million had already been poured into these projects. Given the proliferation of such efforts,some measurable effect on the entry and persistence of women in these professions should beexpected. However, studies indicate no substantial gains

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WIED Olio

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Chester J. Van Tyne, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryne Van Tyne, University of Chicago

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Women in Engineering

Schultz18 in organizing student teams for a semester-long engineering projectreveals a number of factors that affect team performance: abilities, attitudes, and personalities.For example, a team of high-performing, serious students tended to be individualistic and did notwork well together. Conversely, one highly successful team in Schultz’s course consisted ofaverage students who never argued and showed a strong willingness to work diligently on theproject. It seems that a balance of personalities, interest in the project, and attitudes towardworking as a team can result in positive team dynamics. Page 22.739.4Objectives of StudyThe present study

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Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy Layne, Virginia Tech

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

for water, wastewater, and solid and hazardous waste policy issues. Ms. Layne has degrees in environmental and water resources engineering from Vanderbilt University and the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. She spent 17 years as a consulting engineer with several firms, and was formerly a principal at Harding Lawson Associates in Tallahassee, FL, where she managed the office and directed hazardous waste site investigation and cleanup projects. Ms. Layne is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a registered professional engineer. She served as president of the Society of Women Engineers in 1996-97 and is FY11 Chair of SWE’s Government Relations and Public Policy

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Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J Miller, University of Maryland; Robert Lent, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Gregory M. Wilkins, Morgan State University; Matthew M. Jezzi, University of Maryland; Kayi Hui, University of Maryland, College Park; Robert H Lim, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole A Bryan, University of Maryland, College Park; Helena Mimi Martin, University of Maryland, College Park

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Women in Engineering

, University of Maryland, College Park Paige Smith has served as the Director of the Women in Engineering (WIE) Program in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland since September 2001. WIE provides a com- prehensive set of academic year and summer outreach programs for students in grades 4-12. Retention programs include a living and learning community, peer mentoring and fellowships in research and teach- ing. Paige is also the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative (MAGiC), a regional collaborative of the NSF funded National Girls Collaborative Project. MAGiC connects girl-serving and supporting in- dividuals and organizations in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC that are

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

Launched undergraduate major in biomedical engineeringFall 2010 Created first Facebook site for the Class of 2015Fall 2010 Launched a web-based recruitment tool that allows for assignments to be made based on gender, state or zip, engineering academic interest, etc. The tool also allowed us to begin to effectively communicate more “introductory” messages to high school juniors and sophomores.Fall 2011 Secured 100 current student volunteers to host prospective students and their families on our visit day, providing tours of residence halls, participating in panels, escorting families across campus, displaying student projects, etc

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Faculty Career Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

completion rates of doctoral students and in diversifying the composition of engineeringdoctoral students and faculty. Page 25.1378.10References1 Wendler, C., B. Bridgeman, F. Cline, C. Millett, J. Rock, N. Bell, and P. McAllister. 2010. The Path Forward TheFuture of Graduate Education in the United States. Princeton: Educational Testing Service,2 Council of Graduate Schools. 2007. Ph.D. Completion Project: Program Completion and Attrition Data.http://www.phdcompletion.org/quantitative/book2_quant.asp3 National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. 2010. DoctorateRecipients from U.S. Universities: 2009. Special Report NSF 11

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Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University

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

AC 2011-2091: EXPLODING PIPELINES: MYTHOLOGICAL METAPHORSSTRUCTURING DIVERSITY-ORIENTED ENGINEERING EDUCATIONRESEARCH AGENDASAlice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Alice L. Pawley is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program at Purdue 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 ADVANCE program, and PI on the Assessing Sustainability Knowledge project. She runs the Research in Feminist

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Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Bush, Michigan State University; Laura J Genik, Michigan State University

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Women in Engineering

success by firstworking in such positions in professional and discipline societies as well as understanding theimpacts for early career faculty.Michigan State University was funded through the NSF ADVANCE program for an InstitutionalTransformation Grant. One of the components of this ADVANCE grant focused on women’sleadership. This leadership project had an overarching goal of understanding what factorsmotivated women faculty to become leaders. Within this overarching goal, the women’sleadership team also wanted to better understand the roles their disciplinary/professionalsocieties played in leadership development and advancement.As a beginning step to meet these goals, the women’s leadership team needed to first understandhow women participated

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Women in Engineering

of U.S. citizens who are training tobecome scientists and engineers, whereas the number of jobs requiring science and engineering(S&E) training continues to grow” (p.1). “If trends continue the United States will lose its abilityto fill the growing demand for science and engineering jobs, yielding [its] global standing tonations such as China and India who are training thousands more engineers and scientists than isthe U.S.” (O’Brien50, 2004, p. 1).The U.S. Department of Commerce62 (1999) projects that by 2010, 50 percent of all U.S. Page 11.1454.2workers will be women. This projection, plus the growth in the science and engineering

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kairys Grasty, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Shivani Sakri, Arizona State University; Amanda C. Arnold, Idaho State University; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University; Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Madison Natarajan, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Ashley K. Randall, Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

thing that flipped the switch. It was really more just having an outlet.” Increased April (CTD): “It helped me identify how much damage my Self-awareness negative self-talk was doing, but then it also helped me separate what I was projecting onto others. My advisors never told me that I was not good enough or that the quality of my work was subpar… Yet, I put those ideas in my head that, ‘Oh, they don't really think that I can do this’.” Skill Building Flora (CTC): [In response to emotional challenges] “[My

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The Academic Environment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

% Othera 12% 2% 36%Q15: 522 Full-time 94% 98% 82%Appointment Part-time 6% 2% 18%a Includes research scientist, research professor, adjunct faculty, project manager, and administratorTable 3 reveals that the majority of the time is spent on teaching (42%), with research andadministration relatively similar at 22% and 18%. It is interesting to note the similarity of thisworkload distribution for tenure-track and non-tenure track respondents, also shown in Table 3:Tenured and tenure-track respondents report spending 43

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abbie B Liel P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Eva Leong

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University; Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

then it came time to start to talk about the project. In the morning, all of the questions were directed towards my [male] peers. (Female professional)Female students often provided specific examples in which women were either directly orindirectly discouraged from pursuing engineering: I did International Science Fairs, or I did a science fair, and I competed at the International Science Fair twice when I was in high school. One time, one of the judges was like, “I can't believe this—” He was talking in a group of other people, and he was like, “I can't believe that girl did that work.” I was, “Uh.” (Female student) I was in India two years ago, and we went to this woman’s college and on the way back

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead). She completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying product development decision-making during complex industry projects. Dr. Olechowski completed her BSc (Engineering) at Queen’s University and her MS at MIT, both in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Olechowski and her research group Ready Lab study the processes and tools that teams of engineers use in industry as they design innovative new products. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020

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Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

regular set-up funds for the faculty position. 2. Major Support for Current Faculty (original program, 2001) Supplemental funding for major research projects through WiSE offers a way to offset barriers and life-cycle related obstacles that have been shown to slow or interrupt the careers of women faculty. Some of these barriers are subtle and can range from difficulties in meeting teaching and research demands while simultaneously raising a small child, to a reduced chance a new funding opportunities because of a lack of access to a network group. Funds may also be requested to take advantage of opportunities that arise unexpectedly and therefore are not funded through regular agencies and programs. Any USC faculty member in

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barb Silver, University of Rhode Island; G. Boudreaux-Bartels, University of Rhode Island; Helen Mederer, University of Rhode Island; Lynn Pasquerella, University of Rhode Island; Joan Peckham, University of Rhode Island; Mercedes River-Hudec, University of Rhode Island; Karen Wishner, University of Rhode Island

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Women in Engineering

committees, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation team, membership on Day Kimball Hospital’s Ethics and Institutional Review Board, membership on the advisory board for the Women’s Adult Correctional Facility in Rhode Island, and service on the national Committee on Qualifications for Phi Beta Kappa, as well as service as the past President of the Beta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa of Rhode Island. She has received funding at the national level through the Department of Energy to work on ethical issues related to the Human Genome Project, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the American Bar

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The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Women in Engineering

a particulartheme of inquiry, as well as the Senior Capstone project.”2 The freshmen inquiry course onDesign & Society is one of nine themes offered.In Fall 2002, SJSU began their MUSE program for incoming freshmen. MUSE was designed tobridge the gap from high school to college. MUSE includes academic seminars on a variety ofsubjects that help the freshmen students gain skills that are necessary to academic success. Inaddition, all MUSE classes are certified in one of SJSU’s General Education areas. Therefore,students taking the MUSE seminars receive three units of General Education credit. Theseminars qualify in one of the following areas: B1 (physical science), B2 (life science), C1(arts), C2 (letters), D1 (human behavior), or E

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Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziyu Long, Purdue University; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robyn F Wilson, Purdue University; Jennifer C Batra, Purdue University ; Lindsey B. Anderson, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

research questions: (RQ1) how do womenengineering faculty construct their mentoring networks? and (RQ2) what are engineering womenfaculty’s mentoring network configurations?Methods This paper is part of a larger project to assess the revised formal mentoring programsdesigned and offered by the College of Engineering at a large Midwestern (U.S.) university andto study the mentoring experiences of faculty members in the STEM discipline. Our paperfocuses on women faculty members’ mentoring experience from a network perspective. Seventenure-track women faculty members from the College of Engineering agreed to participate inour study (see Table 1). Participants represent five different engineering specialties in theCollege. Two of our

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Potpouri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

Compatibility and Radio Science. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Dr. Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET Rochelle Williams recently joined the ABET headquarters staff as Educational Research and Assessment Manager in the Professional Services Department. In this role, Williams manages ABET’s educational of- ferings on a global scale and leads technical education research projects. Prior to joining ABET, Williams held two positions at Baton Rouge Community College: Science Laboratory Manager and Adjunct Fac- ulty in the Mathematics Department. In addition, Williams has worked closely with the National Sci- ence Foundation’s Next Generation Composites Crest Center at Southern University

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Beverly Louie, University of Colorado Boulder, College of Engineering & Applied Science; JoAnn Silverstein, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #29129Using Data to Mitigate Bias in Engineering Faculty Career OutcomesDr. Beverly Louie, University of Colorado Boulder, College of Engineering & Applied Science Beverly Louie is the Faculty Advancement Research Associate in the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. Formerly she was the Director for teaching and learning initiatives in the Broadening Opportunities through the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center, Director for the Women in Engineering Program and senior instructor in en- gineering courses ranging from first-year projects

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Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Amanda Funai, University of Michigan; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Women in Engineering

can implement similar support programs andlearn from our work. Materials, including the physics and chemistry help sheets, will beincluded in the appendix.BackgroundWomen continue to be underrepresented in engineering, earning only 19.3% of bachelor’sdegrees in engineering1 and holding only 11% of engineering positions.2 Despite being asacademically prepared and academically successful as men, they can lag behind men byexhibiting lower levels of academic satisfaction and lack of self-esteem.3 Traditionalassumptions about career options have been reinforced in society and have projected stereotypesthat discourage talented women from continuing in engineering. This is evidenced by researchthat has found a dramatic drop in women’s self-efficacy

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Focus on Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Law, Pennsylvania State University, Schuykill; David Younger, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University

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Women in Engineering

at Rice University were women. In addition, none of the winners were women in thescience or engineering faculty, whereas eight men in these areas were winners. The purpose ofthis project is to investigate the reasons for the underrepresentation of women faculty,particularly the women faculty in science and engineering, in the most prestigious teachingawards at Rice University.We explored the process for administration of the G. R. Brown Teaching Awards. Only tenure-track and tenured faculty are eligible for this award; seven total awards are given each year. RiceUniversity alumni who graduated two and five years ago vote on the award winners. The votingis done by mail through ballots. During the last four years, 11-14% of alumni have

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University; Jung Sook Kim, Ohio State University; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

intersectionality for a scale/survey instrument. The survey isbeing systematically developed through a step-by-step process involving planning, construction,and qualitative evaluation. An extensive literature review on the persistence of women facultyhas been conducted to identify concepts and constructs related to each area of interest. Futurework will include additional content validation and pilot testing to confirm the validity andreliability of the instrument. Introduction This work in progress is part of a multi-year research project that investigates thepersistence of women of color (WOC) faculty in engineering. This paper presents the initialprocess of creating scale items for a national

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University; Tyler Byrne Cole, Northeastern University; Bradley Joseph Priem, Northeastern University; Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Paul DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

addressing a problem of global and/or societal importance.Students enrolled in this chemistry course had various forms of SI offered to them each weekthroughout the semester. One form of SI analyzed in this study was lecturer and TA office hours,consisting of hour-long blocks during which attending students could ask questions about lecturematerial, homework assignments, exams, or group projects. Another form of SI consisted oflecturer-led review sessions, which were commonly held before exams in order to reviewmaterial, answer questions, and help students prepare for exams.MethodologyAll data were taken from (1) an IRB-approved survey administered to students enrolled inGeneral Chemistry for Engineers during the Fall 2015 semester and (2) grade and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maral Kargarmoakhar, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Mark A Weiss, Florida International University; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida; Tiana Solis, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

remains low despite the millions of dollarsspent on research for attracting more female students. In order to entice more female students tothese male dominated fields, we first have to understand their pathways to CS and educationalyears we are losing female students. For the purposes of this study, we utilized the data from theFlorida IT Paths (FLIT-PATH) project, an NSF funded study. Participants included approximately,1650 students from three large public universities. The survey contained 39 questions on identity,field of study, and occupational interest during middle school, high school, and college. Theresponses gathered through the Qualtrics survey system and were analyzed in R by the researchteam. The research questions that guided this

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Rachel Ann Baker

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

, focuses specifically on the person: self-esteem, one’s overall regard of the selfas a person 7 ; and self-efficacy, a confidence in one’s own ability to achieve intended results 8 . Seron,Silbey, Cech, and Rubineau 9 followed cohorts of undergraduate students from four different typesof institutions (elite private college; large, public land-grant institution; engineering-only college;and single-sex college) for four years. Through diaries and interviews, they were able to tease outhow socialization, both during team-based projects in classes and in the workforce throughinternship opportunities, leads women to develop less confidence that they will ’fit’ into the cultureof engineering 9 . Results from comparing climate surveys conducted at a

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers; Rachel M. Korn, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Joan Chalmers Williams, University of California, Hastings College of the Law

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

the workplace. Prior to joining WorkLife Law, Rachel was a Research Consultant at Circadia Labs, where she conducted research on empirical projects exam- ining motivation in dreams using natural language processing. She also worked as Research Director for a city council campaign in Rochester, New York. Rachel holds a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Rochester. She received her Bachelor’s degree at Virginia Tech.Prof. Joan Chalmers Williams, University of California, Hastings College of the Law Joan C. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law, Hastings Foundation Chair, and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the