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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

cultivating inter-personal communication skills that would improve theexperiences of women working on design teams. Inherent in this endeavor is the belief that inter-personal communication and other “soft skills” can be taught, a perspective shared by others,such as those working to foster empathy in engineering courses [15].Capstone course structureThe first author is a civil engineering faculty member at the University of the Pacific where thecivil engineering capstone course is completed in one semester during the senior year, usuallyfollowing the mandatory co-op experience. Students work in teams and take on one of thefollowing roles: structural designer, geotechnical designer, water resources designer, orenvironmental designer. Each team has a

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Soyoung Lee, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros

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Women in Engineering

knowledge. It is only after achieving a full measure of self-authorshipthat an individual can be genuinely open to the input of others, without allowing the exchange toerode a sense of self. A self-authored career decision is one that is made with the internalcompass of a clear sense of self, an openness to the input of others, and a sense of the matchbetween the demands of a field and personal interests, values, and skills. Developmental theorists, like Baxter Magolda, provide a framework that is at odds withthe assumption that high school and college students automatically accept the word of learnedauthorities. They offer developmental reasons for why many college students may not be in aposition to genuinely engage diverse viewpoints from

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Wang, University of South Florida; Dmitry Goldgof, University of South Florida; Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

how a women’s support group in a computer science and engineeringdepartment can provide support for women in personal growth, social encouragement, andacademic exposure.Studies found that the top four influencing factors for whether or not young women decide topursue a Computer Science degree are: social encouragement, self-perception, academicexposure, and career perception [1]. Social encouragement can come from parents, friends,faculty/staff, or peer. It is a major factor in girls’ decision to explore and pursue career in STEMand computing. A support group provides an excellent vehicle for these factors by offeringworkshops, social events, outreach activities, and mentoring.In 2013, we started a support group WiCSE (Women in Computer

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicki V. May, Dartmouth College; Joseph J. Helble, Dartmouth College

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

engineering school is part of a liberal arts university, is fairlysmall, and has no separate departments within engineering. As with many liberal artsuniversities, students are admitted to the campus but do not declare a major until they aresophomores, giving them time to explore different courses and departments before declaring amajor. Approximately 100 students graduate each year with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) inengineering. Due to the high percentage of liberal arts courses that students must take, the BA isnot accredited in engineering. In order to gain more depth in engineering, students may opt totake an additional 9 courses to earn a Bachelor of Engineering (BE), which is an ABET-accredited degree. In 2017, 45% of those graduating with a BE

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna Blaser, University of Washington; Katherine M. Steele, University of Washington; Sheryl Elaine Burgstahler, University of Washigton

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

project designed toincrease the participation of people with disabilities in education and careers in engineering andimprove engineering fields with their perspectives and expertise. We are working withengineering faculty nationwide to (1) better serve a diverse student body that includes studentswith disabilities in engineering courses and programs, and (2) integrate relevant disability-relatedand universal design content into engineering courses.Starting in 2015, we will host a workshop each year with engineering faculty from across thecountry to discuss their approaches to achieving these goals. We will be drafting resources basedon these conversations and disseminating them widely through our networks of engineeringfaculty members, the

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

in which the majority of undergraduates received SME education. Initially335 students were interviewed by phone; interviews were recorded, transcribed, andcoded. A second round of interviewing with an additional 125 students on six extracampuses led to a total of 460 students in the study. Findings from this comprehensivestudy revealed students who had switched out of SME majors and those who chose toremain were more similar than different in abilities, motivations, and study-relatedbehaviors. Those students retained had developed coping strategies and had experiencedfaculty intervention at critical decision points in their academic or personal life. Theissues and concerns of students who left SME and those who stayed were the same acrossall

Conference Session

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

questions one through four or five through seven. Theresponses were reviewed and coded by a team of doctoral students (n = 5) and faculty (n = 2) incounseling psychology. We used common content-analysis methods7 to code participants’ responses. We alsoincorporated aspects of the consensual qualitative research paradigm8; specifically, we used aconsensus-driven process to arrive at final coding decisions. First, for each question, participantresponses were unitized such that each individual thought unit within an individual response wasidentified; thus it was possible for one response to include multiple thought units. Second, eachresearch member individually reviewed all participant responses and then developed a tentative

Conference Session

Panel on Recruiting and Retaining Women and Underrepresented Minority Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York, Grove School of Engineering; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

practicing engineer in industry,government, or non-profit organization. We also explored if being active in engineering clubs orprograms for women and/or minority students played a role in their career planning. Whenwomen and underrepresented minority students actively participated in these types ofengineering clubs or programs, they were, indeed, more likely to plan to work in engineering, butthey were also more likely to expect to focus on management or sales rather than on becomingpracticing engineers. After two engineering faculty members prominent in promoting a more diverse studentbody commented on these findings, the floor was opened for a discussion of the findings andtheir implications for engineering and engineering education

Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University; Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame; Catherine F. Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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Women in Engineering

that those students who are involved inengineering organizations are also involved in other on-campus organizations (0.85). Grade-point average was moderately correlated with considering leaving engineering (-0.37), but notwith plans to work in an engineering-related field post-graduation (0.03). These relationshipswere explored further and are discussed in the following sections, which also include a summaryof the survey response rates for specific questions with emphasis on gender and race/ethnicity(white vs. non-white). It continues with a presentation of statistically significant variablerelationships (t-tests and chi-square) and continues with identification of statistically significantfactors from regression modeling, in which tests of

Conference Session

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

persistence of various groups ofstudents in civil engineering education and careers, this paper describes findings from a surveytaken by 223 undergraduate (165) and graduate students (58) in civil engineering. The surveyaims to address the following questions:•   What are the factors that affect why women and minorities choose to pursue education in civil engineering?•   What aspects of the civil engineering curriculum and course work do students find particularly motivating and interesting? Do students feel that they have a mentor? What kind of work experience and internships have students had? Are they members of student/professional engineering organizations? Do the answers to this question depend on the gender or ethnic/racial

Conference Session

Perceptions of Women's Success in STEM

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-1172: FIVE YEARS LATER: THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION ANDSUSTAINABILITY OF ADVANCEElizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler is the Director for Research at the University of Washington Center for Workforce Development.Catherine Claiborne, University of Washington Catherine Claiborne is a graduate student at the University of Washington and a research assistant at the UW Center for Workforce Development.Suzanne G. Brainard, University of Washington Suzanne G. Brainard is the Executive Director of the Center for Workforce Development at the University of Washington. She is also an affiliate Professor in Technical Communication and Women Studies

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura K Alford, University of Michigan; Valeria Bertacco, University of Michigan

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Women in Engineering

it by race: Young adults decisions to pursue an it career. Women and information technology: Research on underrepresentation, pages 55–88, 02 2006.[11] S. Katz, J. Aronis, D. Allbritton, C. Wilson, and M. L. Soffa. Gender and race in predicting achievement in computer science. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 22(3):20–27, Fall 2003. ISSN 0278-0097. doi: 10.1109/MTAS.2003.1237468.[12] Susan Haller and Sylvia Beyer. Gender differences and intragender differences in computer science students: are female cs majors more similar to male cs majors or female nonmajors? Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 12:337–365, 01 2006.[13] Jun He and Lee Freeman. Are men more technology-oriented than women? the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney S. Green P.E., University of North Carolina in Charlotte; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; April C Smith, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

don’t know exactly whatthe process is.- Latina, Senior (P1)One woman’s mother and aunt did not necessarily support her decision to pursue engineering.The student stated that her mother thought that she would be working outside doing manuallabor. She expressed a desire for the COE to host a social event where faculty members couldexplain to students’ families what engineering is and the demands of being an engineeringstudent. The student reported that she was concerned that her mother’s lack of understandingcould impact her younger sibling and steer her away from pursuing engineering.I’m trying to encourage my sister because she’s 13, and she’s like she wants to do mechanicalengineering, so I’m trying to just tell her from experience, because if

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Brandt, Seton Hall University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

that male students are more likely to openly express their bias. A sizable group of 36% of respondents indicated that they have personally experienced some formof bias, whether from other students or faculty (although less than 6% indicated stronglyagree).As shown in Table 13, a high level of confidence of succeeding in a STEM career wasalready found by the second year. However, senior year students in the sample populationdemonstrated a strong shift (60%) to the strongly agree confidence level.Table 13Self-reports of respondents in their confidence to succeed in STEM Sophomores (n=43) Juniors (n=58) Seniors (n=50) % % %Agree

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jia G. Liang, Kansas State University; Rick Evans, Cornell University; Stacey E. Kulesza, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

the point of doing it?”Bhee is in her junior year and is an international student from India. Becoming an astronaut hasalways been what she has wanted since a very young age. “That is always my thing. Anyonewho know me, … who is even 20% close to being my friend knows,” Bhee shared. Having afather who is an electrical engineer, according to Bhee, has played an undeniable role in her pathto engineering. He is the person who first introduced her to the idea of space exploration; he is“very into photography” and so is she; he is the only person who supported her idea of coming tothe United States for higher education in engineering, despite financial concerns; and he is theone in the family who provided enough freedom for her to try different

Conference Session

Potpourri Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University; Sarah Rajala, Mississippi State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jo-Ann Cohen, North Carolina State University; Kala Bullett, North Carolina State University; Susan Grant, North Carolina State University; Fay Cobb Payton, North Carolina State University; Adrianna Kirkman, North Carolina State University; Barbara Kirby, North Carolina State University; Wendy Krause, North Carolina State University; Carrie Thomas, North Carolina State University

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Women in Engineering

who pursue application/acceptance data graduate degrees in same or related fields Increase knowledge of career options Utilize focus groups, career interest surveys and in science and engineering career opportunity workshopsTwo of the participant goals were measured using the assessment method of concept mapping.These measured goals include developing an identity as an engineer, mathematician or scientist,and increasing self-awareness including defining career and personal goals. The WISEparticipants were compared to a group of male College of Engineering students. By examiningthe content of their concept mapping, some differences and similarities in their identity as

Conference Session

Potpourri Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

percent of all students in the natural sciences and 19 percent of all students in engineering.3Similarly, men were found to be over represented among computer science graduates in all 21industrial nations considered in a recent study. In the United States, the “male overrepresentation factor” is 2.10, in the United Kingdom 3.10, in France 4.57, and in Germany5.58.4In 2000, a United States government commission was charged with developing strategies toattract more women and minorities in STEM careers. The commission reported to theCommittee on Science of the House of Representatives that significant barriers to these goalspersist (Committee on Science, 2000). Such deterrents range from differing male/femaleattitudes toward science and technology

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Rohlfing, Arizona State University; Erin Kube, Arizona State University; Brandon Yabko, Arizona State University; Erika Murguia, Arizona State University; Jennifer Bekki, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

think harder and more imaginatively; satisfying advisors were also describedas attentive, willing to listen, and enthusiastic about their student’s work. Additionally, studentswere satisfied with advisors who gave them freedom and independence to explore research ideas,but also provided feedback and direction when needed.However, in reality, it can be quite difficult to find an advisor who possesses all of thesecharacteristics in addition to sharing research interests with the student. As a result, studentsmay need to seek alternate sources of support. One such resource is a mentor. According to theHow to Get the Mentoring that You Want Guide from the University of Michigan, a mentor is afaculty member with career experience who shares his/her

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Morgan Irvin, University of Missouri, Columbia; Elizabeth Hiteshue, Bain & Company; Samantha Laurel Swanson; Caroline Missouri Wochnick, Augsburg College; Hannah Bech, AmeriCorps VISTA; Amanda Marie Kapetanakis, Augsburg College; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Derrick Langley, Space and Missile Center, Enterprise Ground Services Office (SMC/ADZS); Michael Geselowitz, IEEE History Center at Stevens Institute of Technology; MaryAnn C. Hellrigel, IEEE, IEEE History Center; Gregory Alan Good, American Institute of Physics

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

College cum laudeSamantha Swanson 2014-2015 Anticipated 2018 Augsburg College, Minnesota State University MankatoCaroline Wochnick 2014-2015 Anticipated 2017 Augsburg CollegeAmanda Kapetanakis 2016-present Anticipated 2017 Augsburg CollegeKelsey Irvin’s Evaluation of her Personal NarrativeWhat led me to STEM as an undergraduate student “Even before I first arrived at my undergraduate university, I knew that I wanted to pursue studies and a career in STEM

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L. Groh, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

with engineering colleagues and students”. 10Most recently, a similar approach in the form of career management courses, is recommended forall engineering students, and not just women.3 A course was introduced at the Women inEngineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) 2015 Change Leader Forum entitled “Empower andIgnite Future Women Leaders”.11 Another group of researchers created an extracurricularoffering, entitled “Gender and Engineering” for interested students and faculty. One goal of thisoffering is to provide female students “with a framework to understand their experience has thecapacity to transform their individually internalized messages of personal inadequacy or notbelonging into a larger contextualized experience that they can name

Conference Session

WIED: Medley

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling

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Women in Engineering

engineering as a major, 3) how the students made their decisions about education, and 4)who the students are and how their identities compare to dominant images of what it means to bean engineer. This research is most immediately relevant to CPSU as an institution, however, thedata allow for exploration of what attracts some students to engineering, and therefore maysuggest strategies for recruitment of female and male undergraduate students in engineering atthis and other institutions, as well as additional research questions focused on studentmotivations and understandings of engineering as a discipline in pre-collegiate contexts. Thispaper reports on two years of survey data (2011 and 2013).MethodologyThis research project is survey based and was

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Faas, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Lucy Lenhardt, Pennsylvania State University, Erie (Behrend College); Christi Patton Luks, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

which engages and develops practical skills in the students. Currently she is exploring the performance and attributes of engineering technology students and using that knowledge to engage them in their studies. In addition to this work, she is interested in professional societies and how they support careers of their members.Dr. Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University Gretchen Hein is a senior lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Tech. She have been teaching ENG3200, Thermo-Fluids since 2005. She also teaches first-tear engineering classes. She has been active in incorporating innovative instructional methods into all course she teaches. Her research areas also include why students persist in

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

H. Paige Brown, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand

Conference Session

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

: Needs assessment and utilization of counseling services,” J. Coll. Stud. Dev., vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 247–266, May 2006, doi: 10.1353/csd.2006.0030.[10] C. M. Rummell, “An exploratory study of psychology graduate student workload, health, and program satisfaction,” Prof. Psychol. Res. Pract., vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 391–399, Dec. 2015, doi: 10.1037/pro0000056.[11] M. Deziel, D. Olawo, L. Truchon, and L. Golab, “Analyzing the Mental Health of Engineering Students using Classification and Regression,” 2013, p. 228 231.[12] E. Hocker, E. Zerbe, and C. G. P. Berdanier, “Characterizing Doctoral Engineering Student Socialization: Narratives of Mental Health, Decisions to Persist, and Consideration of Career

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

direct the questioning. In addition, and referring to Lincoln andGuba14, persistent observation adds salience to a study; it helps the researcher to identifyrelevancies and atypical cases. Students were observed in their institutional settings and in twoengineering classes. Lastly, documents were reviewed at each institution that helped theresearchers understand the experiences of the female students.In addition, peer debriefing was used to provide an external check of the inquiry process, todiscover our own biases, clarify interpretations, and discuss possible future directions. Finally,the respondents had the opportunity to review their transcripts and provide or refine theinformation. This member checking technique is described by Lincoln and

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Portia Sabin, University of Washington; Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

that play an enormous role in their understanding of that world and their behavior in it.21 (p. 4)These models of the world provide us with the understanding necessary to make sense of ourworld and our experiences, and they shape the way we navigate aspects of our lives. Key toHolland and Quinn’s definition is the term “widely shared…by members of a society”, in thecase of this study we are looking to see what cultural models are shared among members ofUWest’s engineering and pre-engineering students. The shared nature is important, as it is whatallows one to make sense of the actions of others with whom we interact, serving as a commonframe of reference. For example, consider the cultural model of “studying”. When someone saysshe is

Conference Session

Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Lasich, Colorado School of Mines; Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines

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Women in Engineering

in1978. Starting with just a few students, it has grown to over 360 members and is the 3rdlargest section in the nation. In the fall of 2002, the new Society of Women Engineers(SWE) faculty advisor and the Executive Director for the Women in Science,Engineering and Mathematics (WISEM) Program recognized that the organization couldbe a vital resource in recruiting and retaining female students at CSM. They beganworking on developing partnerships with decision makers and key personnel in the areasof Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Admissions, Career Services, InstitutionalAdvancement and the Engineering Division. By doing so, they were able to secure boththe institutional commitment and the financial resources needed to provide prospectiveand

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Hailey, Utah State University

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Women in Engineering

survival strategies. ‚ Move the presentation about the WECE study to later in the semester after the students have more university experiences. McLoughlin’s points will be included as well so the students can discuss their feelings about being spotlighted and share any discomfort they may feel about this.ConclusionsEnrollment and graduation of female students in the College of Engineering at USU is less thanthe national average. To address this issue, we developed a pilot test of a “Women inEngineering Seminar” that included many of the components of the seminars offered across thecountry including external guest speakers, introductions to the female faculty members, andpresentations by Career Services. Regional attitudes

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Gatz, Stony Brook University ; Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

[17], the collective performance of a socialsystem involves the dynamic interplay of perceived collective efficacy as an emergent propertyof the social group. In a sense, people share the belief in their collective power to produce adesired outcome. Participation in social practices, or social integration, is a fundamental form oflearning where a social display of cognitive competency through group participation serves as amechanism for internalizing and practicing knowledge and skills [19].Academic and social integration facilitated by mentoring relationships has been associated withdecreased attrition rates for undergraduate STEM majors [20], [21]. Academic integration playsa pivotal role in the retention and graduation of students and can

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathleen Buse, Advancing Women in the Workforce; Lyndsey McMillon-Brown, NASA Glenn Research Center; L. Nicole Smith, NASA Glenn Research Center; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

about resolving women’sunderrepresentation in male-dominated STEM fields [6]. This paper describes how alumnae ofMiami University in Oxford, OH, worked with their alma mater to form an external Women’sAdvisory Committee to the College of Engineering and Computing. The group chartered amission to “provide leadership in a collaborative environment with faculty, staff, students,alumni and others to improve recruitment, retention and graduation support for women inengineering and computing…”. Members of the Committee engage with the College regularlyand give both guidance and action to efforts related to student success for women students andfaculty.Recently, the Committee embarked on the development of a strategic plan to maximize theimpact of the