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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Maija A. Benitz, Roger Williams University; Lillian Clark Jeznach, Roger Williams University; Selby M. Conrad, Roger Williams University

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COVID-19 screener questions. The mean scores from women and men areprovided in Table 3, alongside the difference between the two population means. The differencebetween women and men’s mean scores is consistently positive across all twenty screenerquestions, indicating that women consistently felt greater levels of stress about home life, career,physical health, mental health, and academics compared to the men. In general, the mean scoreswere highest, for both men and women, for academic related prompts.To better understand these differences, t-tests were performed for every item with the nullhypothesis that the two population means are equal. The null hypothesis was rejected for ten outof twenty screener items. Significant differences (p <

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Alexa Tannebaum, Duke University; Sophia T. Santillan, Duke University; Rebecca Simmons, Duke University

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complete classassignments. Self-paced learning and practice of 3D printing and CAD software skills providesstudents with an opportunity to develop as self-regulated learners, which is a valuable skill forengineering students 15 .There are many different motivations driving students to pursue engineering and to persist throughtheir college career within the major, but one motivation, the “hands-on, action-oriented characterof engineering activities”, is more prevalent among men in the major 7 . Perhaps then, improvingself-efficacy in women regarding their tinkering abilities through greater access to, and use of,makerspaces can provide another motive for women to persist in engineering and, more impor-tantly, to incorporate engineering as part of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; Adithya Jayakumar, Ohio State University; Lucille Sheppard, Ohio State University; Amy Kramer P.E., Ohio State University; Toni M. Calbert, Ohio State University

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appropriately, stand up formyself and others, be empathetic, and discuss rather controversial topics with others.”Lessons Learned (Thus Far) and Future WorkThis paper contributes to the relatively small body of literature on strategies for engaging inplanned change processes connected to gender and race relations and equity with engineeringstudents. The authors hope to create tested curriculum that can be implemented at various entitiessuch as universities and industries.In addition to impacting positive change for women and URMs in STEM, this model alsopromotes equity and inclusion for persons with disabilities, low socioeconomic status (SES) andother marginalizations within STEM fields. Preparation for careers in STEM will be advancedthrough this

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Randy Yerrick, Fresno State University

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of the type of work done by engineers. As we only interviewed women who hadchosen to study engineering, these female student participants provided valuable insight on themajor choices of their high school classmates. They shared stories of friends who were the topmathematics student in the school or had received fives on AP Physics and Chemistry exams.Their friends were strong students who clearly had the aptitude for engineering, but had chosendifferent fields. We asked each of the female focus groups why their highly qualified friends hadnot chosen to study engineering. Most of the women explained it was because their friendsbelieved engineering careers were anti-social and not about working with, or helping people.Sophie: I know a lot of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Erica Haugtvedt, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; Duane Lewis Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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One” in The Serial Pod- cast and Storytelling in the Digital Age (Routledge, 2016), ”Sweeney Todd as Victorian Transmedial Storyworld” and ”The Sympathy of Suspense: Gaskell and Braddon’s Slow and Fast Sensation Fiction in Family Magazines” (both in Victorian Periodicals Review (49.1: 2016, 49.3: 2016)). Her current book project examines the dynamics of transfictional characters in the British long nineteenth century.Dr. Duane Lewis Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Abata has worked in academia for over forty years at universities and with the Federal government around the country. He began his career at the University of Wisconsin, served as Associate Dean and Dean at Michigan Technological

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Robert J Culbertson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University; Bethany B Smith, Arizona State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Engineering Deans Council

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implications for both faculty members and students. Important questions to considerin future studies include the following: What are other gender-based differences among faculty?Are women more likely to be placed in teaching versus research roles? What is the impact ofwomen being in more teaching-centered positions? How does this impact the careers of femalefaculty members? Should there be an increased emphasis on the value of teaching for faculty?Are there differences in student performance based off of instructor gender?AcknowledgementThe authors gratefully acknowledge support of this work by the National Science Foundationunder Grant No. 1524527.References1. Felder, R. M., & Brent, R. (1996). Navigating the bumpy road to student-centered

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Recruitment and Retention Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yolanda George, AAAS; Patricia Campbell; Tom R. Kibler, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc; Rosa Carson, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.; Shirley M. Malcom, AAAS

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scientific and technical education, careers and literacy. Dr. Malcom is a former trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and a fellow of the AAAS and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2003, she received the Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences, the highest award bestowed by the Academy. Dr. Malcom was a member of the National Park System Advisory Board from 1999-2003. She served on the National Science Board, the policymaking body of the National Science Foundation from 1994 to 1998, and from 1994-2001 served on the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology

Conference Session

Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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Women in Engineering

, including those specifically spelled out in the Title IX implementingregulations, as well as identifying promising practices to promote gender equity:27 admissions,recruitment, outreach and retention; faculty advising and career counseling; research participationand classroom experiences; treatment of students and faculty on the basis of parental/maritalstatus; safety policies; and sexual harassment policies.17,18,19,20,21 NASA’s reports make clear thatthe agency examined admissions statistics, retention statistics, data relevant to the utility ofparticular policies such as family leave, and more. Where NASA identified potential problems,such as the chilly or toxic climate in one physics department, it did take into account the opinionsof

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler Byrne Cole, Northeastern University; Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University; Bradley Joseph Priem, Northeastern University; Caroline Ghio, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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academic career at Carnegie Mellon Uni- versity, Boston University, Olin College, and Northeastern University he has been the recipient of the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award from the BMES, a Searle Scholar Award, and an Early Career Development Award from the NSF as well as a three-time recipient of the Omega Chi Epsilon Outstand- ing Faculty Award from the Northeastern Student Affiliate of AIChE. He also has led industrial R&D teams at Organogenesis Inc. and Polymerix Corporation developing tissue-engineered medical products and drug- generating biodegradable polymers, respectively, and has co-founded Automated Cell, Inc. In addition to being an inventor on 11 issued US patents, he has published the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amanda S. Parker, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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assessments include Likert-style feedback questions regarding interest, theappreciation of engineering activities, and the likelihood of pursuing an engineering career. Theassessment feedback for these activities most often demonstrates that many participants didincrease their interest in engineering. The catch is that it is difficult to determine long-lastingeffects from one-day activities, especially over the many years that may transpire before studentsattend college. Institutions may instead prioritize the offering of recruitment events to gain theattention of underrepresented high school students so that they will apply and/or attend.Consequently, understanding the yield of students from such events can guide theimplementation of subsequent

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Women in Engineering

were often ignored, and the team wasdominated by men.In the second paper, Berenson et al. [21] investigated the impression of female students insoftware engineering about doing projects as a team instead of working alone. These studentsused pair-programming and solo group modes of collaboration on projects in this class. Inthis study, the authors interviewed with three female students to understand their opinionsabout collaborating in teams. According to this paper, all three females had positive viewsabout this collaboration. Face-to-face meeting increased the satisfaction among femalestudents, collaboration increased the quality of females’ work, increased their confidence, andthey became more interested to work on career related to their

Conference Session

Perceptions of Women's Success in STEM

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Catherine Claiborne, University of Washington; Suzanne G. Brainard, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

careers. Specifically,many colleges and universities applied for the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCEProgram for Institutional Transformation (ADVANCE), which was launched in 2001. Thepurpose of ADVANCE is to increase the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women inacademic science and engineering careers by transforming higher education institutions. NSFfunds recipient institutions for five years and requires that each college and university sign acooperative agreement, which means that each institution must have deliverables. The firstgroup of institutions received an ADVANCE grant in 2001 and the second group received agrant in 2003. The first round of ADVANCE grantees is now ending their five years, and theissue of

Conference Session

WIED Olio

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen G. Villa, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City; Elsa Gonzalez, Texas A&M University

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Women in Engineering

globalization framework. A gender perspective]. Revista Latinoamericana deEstudios Educativos, 32(3), 91-105.21 Gándara, P. (1995). Over the ivy walls: The educational mobility of low income Chicanos. Albany, NY: StateUniversity of New York Press.22 Powell, A., Bagilhole, B., Dainty, A., & Neale, R. (2004). Does the engineering culture in UK higher educationadvance women‗s careers? Equal Opportunities International, 23(7/8), 21-38.23 Duncan, J. R., & Zeng, Y. (2005). Women: Support factors and persistence in engineering. Retrieved April 10, Page 22.1497.152008 from http://ncete.org/flash/research/Report%20_Yong-Duncan_.pdf.24

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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to beginning his faculty career in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where he co-founded Automated Cell, Inc. He has been a Visiting Professor of Bioengineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering as well as a Visiting Scholar in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He also has led R&D teams at Organogenesis Inc. and Polymerix Corporation developing tissue-engineered medical products and drug- generating biodegradable polymers, respectively. He has been the recipient of an Early Career Develop- ment Award from the NSF, a Searle Scholar Award, and the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award and is the inventor on seven issued US patents. He currently is the

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; James Samuel Carter III, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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semester. This measuremay be a different kind of success measure. If students, who are going to leave, do so earlier intheir academic careers, they tend to take less time to graduate. Whether this measure indicatesgreater eventual success on the part of the students who leave engineering earlier is one of thepotential outcomes that will be examined in future work.Table 5 gives performance indicators for students who have not yet reached the six year mark.There are no comparison statistics calculated for this group yet, but, if the differences observedturn out to be statistically significant, there may be early indication that changes in theprogramming have had different effects. These, too, are left for future work

Conference Session

The Impact of Engineering Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Malady, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Whitney Bopp, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alexa Jones, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brittany McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kim Norris, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amy Bell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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excluding anyone from this group, no one has felt left out or spotlighted. Instead, it has provided a way for each individual to find her or his own way with colleagues who have similar interests and needs. Indeed, a previous report attributes their first-year engineering students’ retention-to-degree increases, in part, to creating a supportive learning community23. 4. Interaction with enthusiastic, interested faculty. Students want to talk with faculty about their technical interests and career choices; moreover, they are motivated by being asked Page 13.632.6 to provide their input and then have faculty respond it

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Moore, Petroleum Institute; lana El Chaar, Petroleum Institute; Lisa Lamont, Petroleum Institute

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women’s’ hands. Family attitudes about femaleemployment and a woman's ability to combine both work and family responsibilities areoften identified as key to accessing work and remaining within the labor force.Second, and this is particularly relevant for our study, social conditions often dictate thatwomen need to abide by what is known here as a "code of modesty". This recommendssegregation of men and women in the quest to guard family honor. This code is adheredto in varying degrees by different groups within the society and often confines women toseeking work in predominantly female work environments, such as schools. Engineeringundergraduates who wish to pursue their chosen career will have no choice but to workwith male counterparts.As we

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Lysbeth Henderson, West Virginia University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University ; Christina Paguyo, Colorado State University; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Working in Engineering from Those Who Left theProfession. In D. Bilimoria and L. Lord (Eds).Women in STEM Careers International Perspectiveson Increasing Workforce Participation, Advancement and Leadership. Edward Elgar Publishing,Northampton, MA.Stevens, R., O'Connor, K., Garrison, L., Jocuns, A., & Amos, D. M. (2008). Becoming an engineer:Toward a three dimensional view of engineering learning. Journal of Engineering Education,97(3), 355-368.Suresh, R. (2006). The relationship between barrier courses and persistence in engineering.Journal of College Student Retention, 8, 215.Trede, F., Macklin, R., & Bridges, D. (2011). Professional identity development: A review of thehigher education literature. Studies in Higher Education, 37(3), 365

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Dante Fratta, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Elizabeth C Harris, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Wayne P. Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Heidi-Lynn Ploeg, Queens University at Kingston; Barry D. Van Veen, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Paper ID #25358Reducing Bias and Improving Benefit in Evaluation of TeachingDr. Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison Naomi C. Chesler is Professor of Biomedical Engineering with an affiliate appointment in Educational Psychology. Her research interests include vascular biomechanics, hemodynamics and cardiac function as well as the factors that motivate students to pursue and persist in engineering careers, with a focus on women and under-represented minorities. More information is available at the website for the Vascular Tissue Biomechanics lab at UW-Madison: vtb.engr.wisc.eduDr. Dante Fratta, University

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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section. Many students had very low levels of disagreement. It is possiblethat differences by gender or by medium are not appropriately detected using this statisticalmethod.Finally, the context of data collection limits the generalizability of the results. The data wascollected from first year engineering students at one particular institution. As student progressthrough their educational careers, the effect of gender and gender isolation may change asstudents begin to feel more comfortable working in diverse teams. Additionally, while womenwere well represented in the data set for the institutional and national averages in engineering, theoverall engineering field is still male dominated, and women in more male-dominated individualcourses may

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Strategies Beyond the Classroom to Tackle Gender Issues

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Lydia Yang Ph.D., Kansas State University; Bette Grauer Ph.D., P.E., Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

private organization, the E. EugeneCarter Foundation, provided an incentive for degree completion, the Carter Opportunity Award,to undergraduate women in the form of a repayment of subsidized student loans upon completionof an engineering degree. No requirements beyond completion of an engineering degree werestipulated. No time limit for degree completion was designated, and recipients were not requiredto work in a specific field or location after completion of their engineering degrees.Student loan repayment is an incentive often used to recruit and retain highly qualifiedprofessionals into lower-paying careers or services for a certain period of time. It has beenwidely used by government agencies such as U.S. Army, National Institute of Health

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Katherine C. Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University

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Women in Engineering

impression that engineering will be a rewarding career increased for all students (mean4.5 to 4.6), males (4.5 to 4.7), and URMs (4.4 to 4.7).Additional assessment results have been obtained for ESCAPE. In 2011 a matched sample gradeanalysis was performed for the 2008 entering cohort of attendees. These results are summarized inthe form of grade point averages and retention of participating students in subsequent semesters. Thesample analysis in Table 2 is interesting for two reasons. Women who attend the ESCAPE bridgeprogram are identified from a group at risk of leaving the College. The grade analysis indicates thatthey perform at least as well as women who do not attend and out-perform males.Table 2: ESCAPE Matched Sample Grade Analysis for 2008

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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

careers. Journal of College Science Teaching 33: 24-26. 6. Huang, P.M. and S.G. Brainard. 2001. Identifying determinants of academic self-confidence among science, math, engineering and technology students. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 7: 315-337. 7. Meinholt, C. and S.L. Murray.1999. Why aren’t there more women engineers? Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 5: 239-263. 8. Nauta, M.M., D.L. Epperson and K.L. Waggoner. 1999. Perceived causes of success and failure: Are women’s attributions related to persistence in engineering majors? Journal of Research in Science Teaching 36(6): 663-676

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1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Urban, Arizona State University; Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Faye Navabi, Arizona State University; Debra Banks, Consultant

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Women in Engineering

1993-2004. She was named the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005 and selected for the National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by the American Association of Engineering Societies. In 2002 the Society of Women Engineers named her the Distinguished Engineering Educator. She has received many other awards for her support of students. An ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on the career opportunities in engineering, especially for women and minority students.Faye Navabi, Arizona State University FAYE NAVABI is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. She teaches CSE 110, Introduction to JAVA.Debra Banks, Consultant

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorja Kimball, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Margaret Hobson, Texas A&M University

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Women in Engineering

awards, such as the NSF CAREER. Dr. Kimball has a BBA and MBA from Texas A&I University and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Educational Administration (Dissertation: A Study of Engineering Student Attributes and Time to Completion of First Year Required Course at Texas A&M University). She was with the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University- Kingsville, A Hispanic Serving Institution, for eight years before her employment with TEES. There she was a Principal Investigator and held a number of leadership positions on projects related to engineering education, such as the $30 million NSF Foundation Coalition for Engineering Education. She also has extensive experience with undergraduate and

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

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

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Myongsook Susan Oh, Hongik University; Yookyung Bae, Seoul National University, Institute for Gender Research

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Women in Engineering

at a higher level. The ratio of women in Korean 4-year engineering colleges has been at an 18% level for thelast 10 years, and the ratio of female engineering faculty was about 3.3% in 2009. Being aminority group in a field known as a men’s area, Korean female engineering students areexposed to a ‘chilly climate’.6,7 Kim et al.8 investigated psychological characteristics of Page 22.534.2almost 2000 female and male students in 8 universities nation-wide, including the measuresfor self career aspiration, self efficacy, satisfaction and expectation in engineering careers.The results revealed that female students scored significantly lower than male

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Milgram, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS); Daniella Severs, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS)

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Women in Engineering

(with one being an adjunct instructor when possible) and the director ofcounseling. Other possible members include the learning center director, tutoring center director,curriculum developer, articulation officer, recruitment director, outreach coordinator, publicinformation officer, an equity/women's center coordinator, a school-to-career director, a researchand planning officer, and other key stakeholders.The leadership team model ensures that the entire college will work together to make surewomen are recruited and retained in STEM programs, and that the STEM program will not beexpected to take on functions outside of its normal duties. For example, in many of the collegesthe public information officer has assisted with distributing a press

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, University of Michigan; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan

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Women in Engineering

STEM than women41, 42, and that thispersists despite lower academic gaps between men and women43. The self-efficacy gap has beenfound to be partly responsible for the lower number of women pursuing careers in the STEMfields44.It is important to note that recent qualitative investigations of the influence of first-yearengineering student experience on student beliefs in self-efficacy show that students repeatedlyevaluate their success by assessing performance comparisons with their peers45. This use ofvicarious experiences in the development of self-efficacy is particularly important for peoplewho have little or no prior personal experience upon which to draw, characteristic of first yearengineering students. In particular, many of these

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Panel on Advocacy and Allyship by Men for Women

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Lisa Abrams, The Ohio State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Lyndsey McMillon-Brown, NASA Glenn Research Center; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Washington Bothell; Philip Ritchey, Texas A&M University

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theirresponses to each of the questions below. Each response has been included in exactly the formthat each panelist provided, and then all responses are summarized for each question.Question #1 – For what reasons are you an ally or advocate for women in engineering-relatedfields?Panelist #1: For anyone who is underrepresented in their chosen career, it is very hard toovercome imposter syndrome and to advocate for oneself within existing and perceived powerand privilege structures. It has been shown that until there is a critical mass of thoseunderrepresented (around 1/3), these issues exist. This means that for women to not only advancein engineering (and ultimately achieve critical mass), they need allies and advocates to help themnavigate the