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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Diane Reichlen, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

students’ digital literacies and assessment. Recently, Dr. Hsu has received a seed grant at UML to investigate how undergradu- ate engineering students’ digital inequalities and self-directed learning characteristics (e.g., self-efficacy) affect their learning outcomes in a virtual laboratory environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Hsu’s research interests include advanced quantitative design and analysis and their applications in STEM education, large-scale assessment data (e.g., PISA), and engineering students’ perception of faculty en- couragement and mentoring.Dr. Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell Yanfen Li is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She received

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Potpouri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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and biological systems. She has published over 20 technical articles and presented her research in over 80 national meetings. Her research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of health (NIH) and 3M. She is currently teaching the ”Introduction to Cellular Bioengineering” and the ”Unified Systems Bioengineering I” courses.Dr. Fatin Aliah Phang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Fatin Aliah Phang graduated from the University of Cambridge with a M.Phil. in educational research and a Ph.D. in education. Phang’s research area is in physics education, focusing on problem solving and metacognition. Phang is a lecturer in the faculty of education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Nina Exner, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Sherry F. Abernathy, North Carolina A&T State University; Rajeev K. Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University ; Brenda S. Faison Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University

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publications. Evelyn is not only outstanding in teaching and research, but also in service. She recently received the 2013 Chair’s Award for Outstanding Service in the Department of Computer System Tech- nology.Ms. Nina Exner, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University Nina Exner is a research librarian at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University and a doctoral pre-candidate in information science at UNC-CH. Her research and publishing history centers around researcher emergence, practitioner-researcher information needs, and mentoring.Dr. Sherry F AbernathyDr. Rajeev K Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Rajeev Agrawal has been teaching in the Department of Computer

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Kasi Jackson, West Virginia University ; Joel Alejandro Mejia, Angelo State University; Maja Husar Holmes, West Virginia University; Rachel R. Stoiko, West Virginia University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

member, inviting a speaker to discuss gender equity issues specificto the discipline, or sending a faculty member to recruiting trips, among other activities. Finally,the ADVANCE director also had additional funding to recognize the department that made themost progress on the gender equity goals, by hiring or developing programming to supportdiverse faculty, based on their plan.Fifth, Acker argues, given that gender is embedded within power/class structures, evenindividuals who support gender equity may not want to make the associated changes to theunderlying power/class structure. One significant gendered power/class structure is the type offaculty appointment. Academic appointments include tenure-track faculty members withresearch, teaching

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sreerenjini C. Nair, University of the Incarnate Word; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

that mitigates the effects of uncertainty in complex nonlinear dynamics; such as seen in autonomous vehicle systems. Dr. Frye is the PI and Laboratory Director for the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Lab sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 miniGEMS 2016 –STEM Summer Camp for Middle School Girls This paper reviews a free five-day middle school girls’ summer STEM camp, calledminiGEMS. The camp was hosted by the Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) Laboratory at theUniversity of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas during the week of June 20 to 24, 2016.This is the second time the AVS Lab has hosted the miniGEMS camp for middle

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malle R Schilling, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton. She teaches undergraduate and graduate materials related courses including Introduction to Ma- terials, Materials Laboratory, Engineering Innovation, Biomaterials and Engineering Design and Appro- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018

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How to Get Published: Tips from Journal Editors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-188: HOW TO GET PUBLISHED – TIPS FROM JOURNAL EDITORSBevlee Watford, Virginia Tech Page 15.656.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 How to Get Published – Tips From Journal EditorsAbstractPublication of scholarly work is an important aspect of a faculty position. Decisions regardingtenure and promotion include number and quality of publications in addition to teaching,research funding and service activities. Faculty members seeking to publish papers focusing onengineering education are somewhat limited in the journals they may submit their work to, andoften find it difficult to publish education oriented work in more traditional research

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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Diversity

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Stanford University), and Civil Engineering (BS, University of California, Davis), and MS and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Davis. She has been a member of the faculty at the University of Colorado, Boulder since 1982.Dr. Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder Beverly Louie is the Faculty Advancement Research Associate in the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. Formerly she was the Director for teaching and learning initiatives in the Broadening Opportunities through the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center, Director for the Women in Engineering Program and senior instructor in en- gineering

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Mentoring

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Anakaorn Khan, North Dakota State University; David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

Engineering from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York (2001).David Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in process engineering and production engineering systems design for conventional manufacturing, electronics assembly and micro-manufacturing. His active research lies in micro-assembly, micro-machining, micro-net-shape processing, PCB process engineering, printed electronics, applications of RFID technologies, quantitative manufacturing management and manufacturing engineering pedagogy. He is active in SME, ASEE

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaitlin I Tyler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yanfen Li, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole D. Jackson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Wan-Ting Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Chaoyang Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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vibrational spectroscopy. Rohit has been at Illinois since as Assistant Professor (2005-2011), Associate Professor (2011-2012) and Professor (2012-). He was the first assistant professor hired into the new Bio- engineering department and played a key role in the development of its curriculum and activities. He later founded and serves as the coordinator of the Cancer Community@Illinois, which is to become a unique technology-focused cancer center. Research in the Bhargava laboratories focuses on fundamental c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #19986theory and simulation for vibrational

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International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Women in Engineering

2006-1221: ATTRACTING WOMEN TO ENGINEERING THAT SERVESDEVELOPING COMMUNITIESAngela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder Dr. Bielefeldt is an Associate Professor and a licensed P.E. in the State of Colorado. She teaches Civil and Environmental Engineering courses for freshman, seniors, and graduate students on topics including design, hazardous waste management, solid waste management, and bioremediation. She is a co-faculty advisor for the Engineers Without Borders student chapter at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU). Prof. Bielefeldt is working with other faculty at CU to start a new emphasis in Engineering for Developing Communities at both the graduate and

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. 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 in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology James R. McCusker is an Associate Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Since joining Wentworth in 2010, he has been heavily involved with an array of

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Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Cleary, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Harriet Hartman, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-642: ANALYSIS OF APPLICANT DATA TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENTOF FEMALE AND UNDERREPRESENTED ENGINEERING STUDENTSDouglas Cleary, Rowan University Douglas Cleary is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University. His research interests are in structural engineering and education. He is a member of ACI Committees 408 and E802. In addition, his is the Affiliate Director for Project Lead the Way in New Jersey.William Riddell, Rowan University William Riddell is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University. His research and teaching interests include design, structural mechanics

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

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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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chair and, together, they mapped out a course schedule and toured the campus. A high school senior was invited by her eMentor to visit her research lab and assist in teaching an undergraduate course. The student was so excited to actually experience procedures she had only read about in textbooks (her high school did not have a lab). Even after the student left Hawaii for college, they have maintained a very close relationship. Currently, this student is also a contributing journalist to isisHawaii’s website, sharing her new experiences at an East Coast university.Pilot programIn October 2003, WIT Oahu and isisHawaii asked a central Oahu public high school -- MililaniHigh (MHS) – to participate in the

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Retention of Women Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane Yu Gu, University of California, Los Angeles

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of male professors… I couldn’t really integrate myself into that group! I couldn’t just walk [up] to them and say, “Hey guys! What’s up?” I can definitely feel the intimidation as a young female professor getting into that circle or even as a social group… to meet and network with this large group of old male professors. Interview participants also pointed out that male students usually had “the privilege” tosocialize with their professors outside of the laboratory setting, while their female counterpartswere omitted from many non-academic related social events, such as sporting events, conferencesocials, and barbecues. Such experiences seemed to cause doubt and concern among womendoctoral students about their

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Focus on Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soumya Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Women in Engineering

diagnostic applications. She recently was voted to be the Graduate Ambassador for Chemical Engineering Department at MSU and also has won an award for maximum number of publications in a year. She is associated with Medical microDevice Engineering Laboratory (M.D.-ERL) at MSU working under Dr. Adrienne Minerick. Soumya is an active member of AIChE, AES, ASEE, SWE and Sigma-Xi.Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University Anurag K. Srivastava received his Ph.D. degree from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, in 2005, M. Tech. from Institute of Technology, India in 1999 and B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, India in 1997. He is working as

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Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Women in Engineering

social group (e.g., gender or race) in the academic environment canraise concerns among women and minorities that poor performance may appear stereotype-confirming to others27, 6, 7. The isolation that these students feel on their teams may lead to alower feeling of belonging in their field and lower retention among these individuals8. Theseprocesses have been examined in social science research in the areas of stereotype threat, genderdifferences in small group dynamics, and active learning.Stereotype Threat. A large body of social science research has demonstrated that genderstereotypes exist purporting than men have more ability than women in math and science fields,including engineering. Laboratory studies on the topic of stereotype threat

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #22938Building Skills in Engineering: Hand and Power Tool Workshops for Confi-dence and RetentionDr. Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida Dr. Pamela Dickrell is the Associate Director of the Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education, in the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Her role as Associate Director of the Institute focuses on effective teaching methods and hands-on learning opportunities for undergraduate student engagement and retention. Dr. Dickrell received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida, specializing in Tribology

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Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU Electrical Engineering faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 tech- nical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings – over 60 with students. He has authored three engineering texts on classical controls, linear systems, and multivariable control. Dr. Rodriguez has given over 70

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Baldwin Wallace University; Alissa Papernik; Amanda Ferreira Dias-Liebold, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #28911Work in Progress: Studying the Factors affecting Women Recruitment andRetention in EngineeringDr. Anu Osta, Rowan University Dr Anu Osta is a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Department at Rowan University. His teaching interests are Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science and Manufacturing.Dr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Baldwin Wallace University Jennifer Kadlowec is Professor and Program Chair of Engineering at Baldwin Wallace University. She previously was on the faculty of Mechanical Engineering in the Henry M. Rowan of College of Engineer- ing, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ for 20 years. She has been an

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

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

interests include electrokinetics, predominantly dielectrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the devel- opment of biomedical microdevices. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineering classrooms or as outreach activities in area schools (see www.mderl.org). Adrienne is past Chair of ASEE’s Diversity Committee and past PIC I Chair; she has previously served on WIED, ChED, and NEE leadership teams and has contributed to over 40 ASEE conference proceedings articles.Dr. Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University Dr. Carpenter is Founding Dean of Engineering at Campbell University

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Retention of Women Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Kaitlyn J. Bunker; Nilufer Onder, Michigan Technological University; Raven Rachaun Rebb; Laura E. Brown, Michigan Technological University; Leonard J. Bohmann, Michigan Technological University

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to persist within a given major or switch to anotherare complex. The factors that affect student decisions can be broadly classified into three groupsas (a) academic resources, (b) internalization and perceptions of the major and career, and (c)climate and experiential effects. The academic resources include lectures, recitations, andlaboratories; faculty and teaching assistants; university services such as advisors and careerplacement; and academic services such as study centers and academic progress monitoring.Internalization refers to perceptions of the self including confidence, self-efficacy, anddetermination to succeed. Perceptions of the major and career include students’ interest inchoosing and retaining engineering as a major and a

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Retaining Women Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Stephanie Jaros, University of Washington; Suzanne Brainard, University of Washington; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

Information Technology, as well as the lead on UW's NSF ADVANCE internal evaluation team. She is a member of ASA, ASEE, and WEPAN.Stephanie Jaros, University of Washington Stephanie L. Jaros is a Consultant for the Center for Workforce Development and is also a doctoral candidate in the University of Washington’s Department of Sociology. Stephanie’s research interests include gender, reproduction decision-making and inter-personal power dynamics. She is a former Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow with the National Academies, served as a consultant for the Committee on National Statistics and received the Award for Excellence as a Teaching Assistant from the

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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Women in Engineering

alternative teaching methods might favor women’s learningstyles over men’s. Even if it did decide to offer a separate class targeted toward women,however, under no circumstances could an educational institution either require women to enrollin that class or exclude men from that alternative learning opportunity.Several recent court cases provide additional examples of conduct in the academic environmentthat, if proven to have occurred solely because of the gender of the students involved and notbecause of some other objective reason, likely would violate Title IX: routinely refusing to givemale nursing students the same opportunities as female nursing students to correct deficient

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer C Mallette, Boise State University; Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #22182Valuing Women’s Contributions: Team Projects and Collaborative WritingDr. Jennifer C Mallette, Boise State University An Assistant Professor of English at Boise State University, Dr. Jenn Mallette teaches technical com- munication at the undergraduate and graduate level. In addition to working with STEM students in her undergraduate technical communication course, she collaborates with faculty in the College of Engineer- ing to focus on enhancing writing education in engineering courses. Her other research focuses on women in engineering, and she has recently published on the results of a case study exploring

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University ; Daniel Collier, Western Michigan University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

students into engineeringprograms. Hoit and Ohland showed, with statistically significant evidence, that presenting the realengineering content, in the first-year itself, helps retain women students31. They changed theintroduction to engineering course to a laboratory format, where they employed active learningwith smaller class sizes, and rotated students through laboratories in each undergraduateengineering department. They studied three different cohorts, wherein students could chooseeither the new laboratory format, which 42 women students did; or traditional lecture basedformat, which 92 women students did. The authors found women retention (remaining in theprogram till the third year of study) in the lecture-based format was at 16

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University

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Materials Science & Engineering from Boise State in 2014. In the Spring of 2016, Ann was recognized as part of the first cohort of University Innovation Fellows at Boise State, and has worked as a Fellow to collect and incorporate student feedback into future plans for makerspaces on the Boise State campus. As an undergraduate and graduate student, she has been involved with the Society of Women Engineers, and also taught a materials science laboratory course as a graduate teaching assis- tant. She has volunteered at numerous STEM outreach activities on and off of the Boise State campus throughout her time as a student and is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM and helping girls and women to

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Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Women in Engineering

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

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Panel: What Funding Agencies Look For

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Daniels, Henry Luce Foundation; Kathleen Christensen, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Jessie DeAro, National Science Foundation; David Ruth, Elsevier Foundation

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Women in Engineering

ofthe Clare Boothe Luce Program to increase the participation of women in the sciences andengineering. The key word is “institutional” commitment. Some institutions write about afemale faculty member, several female faculty members or a student organization whoimplement pre-college, retention or mentoring activities. Such examples describe activitieswhich may be admirable, but are taking faculty and student time away from important teaching,research, or learning responsibilities. True institutional commitment is evident through thesignificant commitment of institutional resources to counteract factors that limit the progress ofwomen; efforts to increase the participation and advancement of women that are proactive andinstitutionally sponsored

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #21780Impact of Non-technical Conferences in Female Engineering Students’ Self-esteem and Engineering Self-efficacyDr. Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer is Associate Director of the Women in Engineering Program and Associate Professor (by courtesy) in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue Uni- versity. Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer conducts research and leads retention activities including administration of the undergraduate and graduate mentoring programs and the teaching of the Women in Engineering sem- inar