Conference Session

WIED: Medley

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

teamsAbstractWomen in masculine fields such as engineering often face a paradox when it comes tointerpersonal communication: if they speak like a woman they may be perceived as weak oremotional, but if they speak and act like a man they may be perceived as difficult to work with.This project attempts to uncover the tacit knowledge that successful engineering women haveaccumulated about communicating successfully as an engineer so that we can pass thisknowledge down to students. Discourse completion interviews with 23 female engineeringprofessionals and 19 female undergraduates asked participants to identify how they wouldrespond to situations where a teammate is dominating a project. We find that while students tendto either avoid conflict or correct

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern University; Jan Rinehart, Northeastern University; Simon Pitts, Northeastern University

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Women in Engineering

, facultyparticipants will increase their skills in influencing team dynamics and project outcomes bylearning how to manage and leverage differences. This paper describes how ReDI fits withinNortheastern and the ADVANCE Program. ReDI goals, components, and outcomes arepresented along with lessons learned from the first two ReDI cohorts.IntroductionADVANCE programs supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) must identify thebarriers that limit the opportunities for women to succeed in academic careers. By leveraging allopportunities (existing and newly created), ADVANCE programs seek to increase the numbersof women faculty. ADVANCE Institutional Transformation sites, of which Northeastern is one,must implement an organizational change model that

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

students.Existing data gives reason to believe that enrollment and retention of female students at X University maybe linked to certain perceptions about a particular major or profession. Perceptions of a major beinghuman-centric and enabling an individual to make a difference were shown to be significant factorsamong those identified in a research study. Literature will be presented to show the connection betweenhumanitarian efforts undertaken in an engineering context, and the impact that it has had on femalestudent participation. This paper will attempt to shows the trends of female enrollment and retentionamong various majors at X University, and compare them to programs, organizations and projects whichhave a humanitarian aspect.It is important that

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

approximately 600undergraduates involved in group oral presentations reveals that women on first-year engineeringproject teams exhibit less active participation than men, and that this happens regardless of therepresentation of women on the team. Men are disproportionately more likely to present thetechnical content in oral presentations than women, to speak longer than expected and longerthan women, and to field more audience questions than women9, 10. In addition, students’ self-reported learning from the project is positively correlated with taking on active presentation roles,roles primarily adopted by men.This paper provides a summary of the statistical findings of adding an additional 500 first yearstudent participants to the prior work, lending

Conference Session

Mentoring

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Marsha Rolle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Susan Zhou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Women in Engineering

was their first researchexperience of any kind. We had a positive impact on influencing the career path of the REUparticipants, according to their self-reported plans. The mentoring program has been verysuccessful, as indicated by the number of return attendees and alumni of the Bio-Discoveryprogram, who recommend their younger sisters or friends to the program. According to ourassessment data, the Bio-Discovery Program has been the most rewarding part of the programfor several of the REU participants, even though it also presented a challenge, as it limits theamount of time REU students can dedicate exclusively to their research projects. With ourrecommendations for improvement, this program can be adopted by other faculty who wish

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Sharon Lourens, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Port Elizabeth South Africa

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #5753The Design of a Leadership Development Programme for Women Engineer-ing Students at a South African UniversityDr. Ann Sharon Lourens, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Port Elizabeth South Africa I have been involved in academia for the past 17 years after spending eight years working in various manufacturing industries. I hold qualifications in Operations Management and Business (MBA and DBA). I am currently the Head of Department of Industrial Engineering at the NMMU in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. I am also the Project Leader for wela (women in engineering leadership association) which falls

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf P.E., Savannah State University; Bryan Knakiewicz, Savannah State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, who comprise less than 2% for all engineeringprofessionals [6]. The initial target was to recruit 15 students; however, 12 students are actuallyparticipating in all activities. Out of these 12 students, 50.00% were African American, 16.67%were Hispanic, 16.67% were Asian, and 16.67% were White female students. The authors didnot collect any data of age of the participants; however, as mention before, all of them were 7thgrade students.The project personnelThe project was led by a professor from Savannah State university, who was assisted by a middleschool teacher from SCCPSS. In addition to these two, there were three more faculty membersfrom Savannah State University in the project team to lead the hands-on activities indifferentengineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Tool in Addressing Gender BiasAbstractAfter decades of addressing the gender bias in engineering and computer fields, there areexpectations, particularly by women in these fields, that the biases would have been eradicated 1long before 2014. However, an Implicit Association assignment addressing the Gender Gap inmultiple recent semesters of a Computer Ethics class produced results which the author foundboth surprising and disturbing in the biases reflected, and justified, by current students. As astrategy in dealing with this, Problem Based Learning (PBL) was used as the basis of a moreextensive, team-based project in the Spring 2014 iteration of the class. The three

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin I. Tyler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Johnson-Glauch, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jessica A. Krogstad, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

engineering summer camp for high school girls. Wetook a two-prong approach: a unifying paradigm and a design project. The purpose of this was toallow for transfer of learning throughout the week, allowing the students to build and showcasetheir own comprehension. The paradigm, the materials science tetrahedron, provided cohesionthroughout an otherwise broad and seemingly disconnected field, while the design projectallowed for students to implement what they learned during the week in a group setting. Thisapproach concomitantly enhances confidence and their sense of belonging within engineering. Inthis paper we highlight lessons learned from incorporating this approach into our program,including our perception of its effectiveness and feedback from

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Rojewski, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

the unique and complexchallenges that women face at home, at work, and in the classroom—both in general and in thecontext of traditionally male-dominated STEM disciplines. While this paper offers an overviewof the design and evaluation of this project, the primary focus is on the findings from our largelyqualitative dataset and their implications for facilitating supportive communities for graduatewomen in STEM. A separate paper3 is available for readers who are interested in lessons learnedfrom the design and implementation of this project, including sample assessment instruments andlogistical information to assist in replicating or adapting this project for other audiences.Background and MotivationThis project was developed in the context

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley; Farzana Ansari, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa A. Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Women in Engineering

appreciationfor the experience and skills gained from the leadership module, as well as an increase inconfidence for women as engineers.IntroductionProfessional skills are often underemphasized in engineering programs. These “soft” skills –proficiencies such as leadership, teamwork, and communication – are important attributes of asuccessful engineer. Traditional engineering curricula and lecture formats need to be revised toenhance these professional skills, as “the quality of future engineers depends very much on thequality of engineering education”1. Service learning and design projects are new pedagogicalmethods found to be effective in nurturing these skills2,3. Moreover, service learning has thepotential to attract and retain women in engineering4

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Christi McGeorge, North Dakota State University ; Cali L. Anicha, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

Since its inception in 2001, 50 institutions across the country have received a NationalScience Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Institutional Transformational Award. The goal of theNSF ADVANCE program is to increase participation of women in academic science andengineering careers. The ADVANCE FORWARD project, funded by NSF in 2008, seeks todevelop and implement a comprehensive research-driven strategy to increase participation ofwomen in all faculty and academic administrative positions across our institution. Thus,because NSF funding is limited to science and engineering disciplines, funds are provided byour institution to support ADVANCE FORWARD project activities for faculty who are in non-STEM disciplines. ADVANCE FORWARD’s approach to

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Hong Li, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Computer Systems Technology Department at New York City College of Technology, CUNY. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics. Her focus are working with faculty constantly to keep curriculum updated to respond to the growth of computer technol- ogy; researching in project-based learning with digital generation; and promoting the retention of female students. Her research interests include artificial neural networks and applications in system identifica- tion and forecasting. She has worked on projects that have applied neural networks in highway rainfall drainage problems, the estimation of crude oil saturation and non-invasive glucose sensing problems

Conference Session

K-12 Programs (Co-sponsored by K-12 Division)

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Fujioka, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-2310: ISISHAWAII: THE POWER OF ONE PLUS ONE FOR BRINGINGGIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN INTO THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGPIPELINELynn Fujioka, isisHawaii and Women in Technology In 2002, Lynn Fujioka left the advertising industry after 25 years to launch isisHawaii, a women's online mentoring resource. Since partnering in 2003 with The Women in Technology (WIT) Project (a statewide workforce development initiative administered by The Maui Economic Development Board and funded, in part, by the U.S. Departments of Education, Agriculture and Labor), Lynn's new-found passion in educational outreach provides a rewarding outlet for her creative and business skills.Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Atwood, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California at Berkeley; Lisa Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

students with an evengender split. The course emphasized outreach, communication, and interpersonal skills with agroup project supported throughout the semester by a required skills lab. The project included anoutreach teaching activity for 5th grade students at a local children’s science museum, a writtenreport, and an oral presentation. The supporting skills lab taught technical writing and editing,oral presentation skills, and interpersonal skills linked to Felder’s learning styles.1 Student teamswere assigned so that all majors, learning styles, and genders were represented in each team. Theactivities were assessed using four surveys throughout the semester.Women undergraduates in the course ranked learning styles, teamwork, writing and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shweta Chopra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chad M. Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

preparation and lack of encouragement10 in STEM subjects in graduate school alsocontributes to lack of women in STEM fields. This paper aims to study the factors mentionedabove and utilize the findings in providing support and guidance to women, at a particulargraduate school located at a large, Midwestern, Land Grant University. We hope our findingswill help guide women in graduate school to continue their education in the field of STEM andresult in the increase retention of women. Broader impact of this project is to recruit and supportmore women in STEM discipline in graduate school and increase diversity at the Universitycampus along with attracting funding from external resources for sustainability.NeedOne of the graduate school strategic plans

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Engineering Deans Council

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #16932Into the Light: Diffusing Ccontroversy and Increasing Transparency in theFaculty Salary Equity Study ProcessDr. Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Dr. Carol Marchetti is an Associate Professor of Statistics at Rochester Institute of Technology, where she teaches introductory and advanced undergraduate statistics courses and conducts research in statis- tics education, deaf education, and team work. She is a co-PI on RIT’s NSF ADVANCE IT project, Connect@RIT, and leads grant activities in the Human Resources strategic approach area.Prof. Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University; Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University; Dawn Laux, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #13684Supporting Women in Computing through Regional ConferencesProf. Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alka Harriger joined the faculty of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT) in 1982 and is currently a Professor of CIT. For the majority of that time, she has been actively involved in teaching software development courses. From 2008-2014, she led the NSF-ITEST funded SPIRIT (Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized through Information Technology) project. Since October 2013, she has been co-leading with Prof. Brad Harriger the NSF-ITEST funded TECHFIT (Teaching

Conference Session

WIED: Pre-College Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Volcy, Spelman College

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

  address   this,   rising   STEM   freshmen   admitted   to   the   college,   both   engineering   and  non-­‐engineering,   are   invited   to   participate   in   a   credit-­‐optional   introduction   to  engineering  course  administered  as  a  summer-­‐bridge  program.    The  central  component  of   the   program   is   a   six-­‐week,   hands-­‐on   engineering   module   where   students   are  challenged  to  complete  an  engineering  project.    For  the  past  two  summers,  the  authors  (who  are  also  the  designers  of  the  engineering  modules),  have  adopted  the  objective  of  creating   an   “Experientially   Correct   Introduction   to   Engineering”   (ECIE)   module.     ECIE   is  a   loosely   defined   designation

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Lorelle A Meadows, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

of design projects in first-year engineering courses, little research to dateexamines the effect of such courses on student motivation. Broad studies of retention inengineering education show promising results for women and other under-represented studentsin project-based courses2; however, engineering educators need a richer understanding of howspecific project-oriented pedagogies affect students’, and in particular women’s, motivations forengineering and their intended career plans. This study focuses on women because of theircontinued underrepresentation in engineering3, 4 and the need to ensure effective retention effortsin the midst of a movement to enact large-scale curricular transformation in engineering.To address this need, this

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 RAMP: Summer Bridge Program for Female High School StudentsAbstractRAMP is a six-week, summer bridge program at our institute to help students explore STEMcareers and navigate the transition from high school to higher education. Over the past severalyears, RAMP has helped introduce over 150 youth to college life

Conference Session

Women In Engineering Poster Session / WEPAN Knowledge Center / Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Jane Langeman, Langeman Consulting; Lori DuBois, DuBois Information

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-2412: DISSEMINATION, ONLINE COMMUNITY AND USAGE OFWEPAN KNOWLEDGE CENTERC. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech UniversityJane Langeman, Langeman ConsultingLori DuBois, DuBois Information Page 15.425.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WEPAN’s Digital Women in Engineering Knowledge CenterAbstractThe WEPAN Knowledge Center (WKC) offers several avenues for researchers and practitionersto improve dissemination activities as well as research and practice. The WKC ProfessionalCommunity can be used for private communities of research teams as well as project groups andparticipant groups. This paper will present an overview of these

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

liberal arts specialization;and at least 4 LSE courses: two on project-based learning, a senior project course, and acapstone.As of Fall 2014, over 34.5% of the 55 LSE total graduates are women. Eighteen of these 55alumni graduated with an engineering concentration that included at least 4 quarters of theintroductory computer science sequence (CSC 123, 101, 102, and 103) – and thus, for thepurposes of this paper, function as a comparison group to the computing disciplines at CPSU andnationally. Of these eighteen LSE-computing disciplines alumni, seven, or 38.9%, are women. Page 26.1095.2Why this difference? One explanation is that LSE is a small

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Christiansen Bateman, Brigham Young University ; Lisa C Barrager, Brigham Young University; Rebecca Peterson, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

majors is theimplementation of support programs. Research literature on effective strategies to increasediversity in STEM fields generally describes support programs as activities crafted to helpovercome factors that deter underrepresented students' from pursuing programs in STEM areas.2NSF supported research indicates that “Students that participate more frequently in supportactivities are less likely to leave engineering than those who do not participate or participate lessfrequently.” 3Based on this hypothesis, Brigham Young University and other universities are implementingsupport programs at the undergraduate level to encourage and assist women in engineering andtechnology majors including mentoring networks, projects for freshmen, and

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa A Dagley, University of Central Florida; Nirmala Ramlakhan, Nee-Moh, Inc; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

students who participated in the mentoring program andremained engaged in the intervention over a two-year period had significantly higher grades thanthose students who received no active intervention (non-mentored students)17.BackgroundThe National Science Foundation funded a STEP project at the University of Central Florida(UCF) titled “UCF-STEP Pathways to STEM: From Promise to Prominence”. The NSF STEPprogram seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents)receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The STEP project at UCF, called theEXCEL program, was a 5-year program funded in 2006 which has since been

Conference Session

Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Joshua M Frey, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

introduced an extrinsic performance goal that enhancedthe undergraduates’ motivation, but left us able to answer our research question: what are thesimilarities and differences between women and men undergraduates in their intrinsic motivationto perform K12 outreach?MethodsOutreach Project Our study focused on an outreach activity performed in one mid-level course (Strength ofMaterials) within the ABET-accredited general engineering curriculum at a small (less than2,000) private regional liberal arts college. The course had an enrollment of 22 students spanning10 sophomores (45%), 11 juniors (50%), and 1 senior (5%), including 16 men and 6 women(27%). To expose undergraduates to outreach, all undergraduates enrolled in the Strength

Conference Session

The Pipeline

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

participated in the lecture. This sparked the Board of Directors at the museum, inthe summer of 2004, to consult with one of the University of Maryland, Baltimore Countyprofessors (and co-author of this paper) who presented in the 2003 program regarding thepossibility of revising the program to incorporate active learning and project-based lectures.The general format of the restructured YESS program now includes weekly guest speakersfollowed by an episode of Who Wants to Be an Engineer (a game developed by Professor DavidSilverstein2 from the University of Kentucky, Paducah) and a weekly hands-on activity. Thisyear the program was designed to instruct the high school students on how to move frombrainstorming a problem to designing, building, and

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)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Planning, Developing Research Report, and Understanding School Culture. During these years, he has taught construction courses in several technical schools. Mr. Beigpourian currently works in the CATME project, which is NSF funding project, on optimizing team- work skills and assessing the quality of Peer Evaluations.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Matthew W. Ohland is Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Diane Matt, WEPAN

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

aboutWEPAN to ASEE WIED members and further to enhance and support dialog and collaborationbetween WEPAN and ASEE.WEPAN HISTORY 1990-2002In 1990 there were fewer than 10 formally organized Women in Engineering programs in theUnited States. While future projections for the employment of engineers was strong there weremarkedly fewer graduates in engineering, primarily white males, than there had been a decadebefore. This prompted industry and engineering programs to reconsider the demographics ofengineering programs nationwide. Thus those Women in Engineering programs which werealready in place were inundated with requests for assistance for developing new programs.Women in Engineering Program directors from Purdue University, Stevens Institute

Conference Session

Panel Discussion: Off the Record

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl B. Schrader, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Janelle Brown; Lynn Lubamersky, Boise State University; Leslie Madsen-Brooks, Boise State University; Patricia Pyke, Boise State University; Heidi Reeder, Boise State University

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Women in Engineering

women scien- tists working in museums, botanical gardens, zoos, and other natural history institutions democratized the public understanding of science in the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She also studies how the lay public interprets the past and constructs historical narratives about the U.S., particu- larly on the Internet. Madsen-Brooks holds a Ph.D. in cultural studies from the University of California, Davis. She teaches U.S., women’s, and public history at Boise State University, where she has served as a Mobile Learning Scholar, studying how students use technology to create digital public history projects. She has served as an informal science educator, exhibit developer, and