Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen K. Foster, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) ; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

matters.Another theme identified in both sets of data was the exploration of and importance ofpedagogical innovation toward changing mindsets and cultures, specifically as a way to criticallyengage and reflect on the values and ethics embedded in technology as well as educationaldesign. For engineering educators, this arose most often as an issue in the curriculum – thesiloing of engineering coursework from ethics or social responsibility explorations in science andtechnology studies classrooms. Participants identified the success of integration, such asproblem-based work that had students engage real-world problems with dire consequences, or (inlieu of such examples) shared aspirations to achieve integration of ethics and socialresponsibility into the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Karen Peterman, Goodman Research Group, Inc.

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Women in Engineering

field. Female studentsespecially are turned away by images of engineers as males who work alone in a laboratory [3].Thus, it is important to disseminate accurate pictures of engineering to students of all ages.Programs designed to expose girls to exciting work in engineering fields have had some successin increasing their awareness and accurate mental images of engineering [4]. Ryerson Universitysaw an increase in female enrollment over the years they offered a summer camp that includedactive laboratory projects [4]. An extension of that project included short workshops during theschool year, and although boys and girls had similar knowledge about engineering prior to theworkshop, boys were far more likely than girls to indicate interest in

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

AC 2011-1766: RACIALLY DIVERSE WOMEN’S AND MEN’S ADJUST-MENT TO STEM MAJORS: IMPLICATIONS FOR RECRUITMENT ANDRETENTIONMatthew J Miller, University of Maryland Dr. Miller received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Loyola University Chicago and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Maryland. His research interests span four related areas: mul- ticulturalism, vocational psychology, social justice engagement, and applied psychological measurement. He is currently on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Measurement and Eval- uation in Counseling and Development, and the Asian American Journal of Psychology.Robert Lent, University of Maryland, College ParkPaige E Smith

Conference Session

At The Institutional Level

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Loveless-Morris, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan; Robert Embrey, Highline Community College; Kali Kuwada, Seattle Central Community College; Marisela Mendoza, Columbia Basin College; Robert Olsen, Washington State University; Eve Riskin, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

participate in an engineering transfer curriculum inorder to be tracked.Another positive feature of the partnership’s data is that it allows the partnership to studyrecruitment and retention beyond one point in time. Longitudinal data collection and evaluationare not without challenges, however. An inherent challenge of evaluating long term research isthat it does not usually produce short term outcomes. External funding usually allows multipleinstitutions to work together on a common goal. External funding, such as, grant foundations,often have timelines and measureable outcomes attached to their funding. Although, thecollaboration among partners provides rich data that will produce positive future impact, thisimpact cannot always be demonstrated in

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Women in Engineering

integrated waste-to-energy system, Environment- Enhancing Energy (E2-Energy), that simultaneously produces biofuel, treats wet biowaste and captures carbon dioxide via algae growing and hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). Wan-Ting’s ongoing work fo- cuses on upgrading of the HTL biocrude oil converted from wet biowaste into transportation fuels by distillation, esterification, thermal cracking, and hydroprocessing with catalysts. Wan-Ting has been a SWE member since 2012 and is aiming for a future career in academia.Chaoyang Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignProf. Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rohit Bhargava is Founder Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

throughout the course of engineeringprograms. In an in-depth study of students who switched out of science, math, and engineeringmajors, 77.9% of women cited discouragement and loss of self-esteem as a factor in switching.4Research has shown that women tend to drop out of engineering earlier and with higher GPA’s Page 14.1098.2than men, suggesting a lack of support and confidence. The crucial year appears to be thefreshman year when the largest drop in engineering students is seen5. Focusing on improving thefirst year engineering students’ experience has become a goal for many universities and colleges.Freshmen curriculum include required courses such

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Mariga, Purdue University; Alka Harriger, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

the computingfields. In order to make an impact all entities need to work together and continue to educate girls,teachers, educators, counselors, legislatures, and others regarding the importance of this issue.This paper described the complimentary efforts of two female faculty at Purdue University toeducate students, parents, counselors, and other constituencies on what IT is and careers withinIT. Support by a few male colleagues in various activities has also helped. All of these combinedefforts have had some success, but clearly, much more work needs to be done.Bibliography1 Martin, C.D. & Pearson, E., Jr. (January 2005). Broadening participation through a comprehensive, integrated system: Final workshop report. Arlington

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

, and as a Post-Doctoral Research Officer at the Center for Informal Learning and Schools (CILS) at King’s College, University of London. Her graduate training is in Science & Technology Studies and Women’s Studies at Virginia Tech.Ms. Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State UniversityAlana Christine Snelling Page 24.1375.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 When, Why, How, Who – Recruitment Lessons from First Year Engineering Students in the Millennial GenerationToday, an increasing number of women enter, remain, and succeed within science

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

designs innovative learning environments at all levels of the engineering pipeline. Her work in these areas is particularly focused on full inclusion and equity for community college women in engineering and related STEM fields.Ms. Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College Isabel is a curriculum designer and training specialist for Transforming Engineering Education for Middle Schools (TEEMS). She joined the ”TEEMS team” in 2010 as a Smith College undergraduate. After spending eight years developing her love of storytelling in education and passion for encouraging women in STEM, Isabel took a one-year leave to get a master’s degree in education and technology at Stanford. Since returning, her work has

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

decreased during the semester because they had a group discussion about theimportance of diversity in teams. Working in diverse teams also increased the teamworkskills of students. However, there were some significant negative changes in the opinions ofstudents about including diversity in an engineering curriculum or teaching diversity byuniversity professors. Also, students did not have the motivation to combat racial bias whereit existed in teams.Fila and Purzer [24] investigated whether gender diversity adds the number of creativesolutions in design team projects. They found that gender-balanced teams did not have morecreativity for developing design proposals comparing to all-male teams. But, gender-balancedteams that found more possible

Conference Session

ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Sue Guenter-Schlesinger, Western Washington University

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Women in Engineering

presentations at numerous conferences, co-authored three text books, and written an invited book chapter and several lab manuals. She is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Engineering Educators, the Materials Research Society, and ASM International. Her primary research interests are in curriculum design for materials education, STEM learning, and acoustic properties of materials.Dr. Sue Guenter-Schlesinger, Western Washington University Sue Guenter-Schlesinger is Vice Provost for Equal Opportunity and Employment Diversity at Western Washington University. Previously, she served 14 years as Assistant Executive Vice President, Equal Op

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

scalesrepresenting academic challenge (higher order learning, reflective and integrative learning,learning strategies, and quantitative reasoning) and two scales representing experiences withfaculty (student-faculty interactions and effective teaching practices). The subscales associatedwith the latter set of indicators (experiences with faculty) are similar to faculty support andstudent-faculty interaction scales used in other research efforts. In contrast, the four subscalesassociated with academic challenge reflect what students actually do in their academic endeavorsby measuring time on task associated with the various skills that students use and develop duringtheir college experience [15].Studies which focus on the emotional aspects of engagement are

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Carlson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Sarah Folsland, Woment in Science and Engineering

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ASEE Diversity Committee

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

center - the first of its kind on any South Dakota university campus.Dr. Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Shaobo Huang is an Assistant Professor and the Stensaas Endowed STEM Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Her research interests in- clude student retention and academic performance in engineering, student achievement evaluation and assessment, and K-12 STEM curriculum design.Dr. Cassandra M Degen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Cassandra Degen received her B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 2007. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and

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

Engineering seminars, and oversees WIEP’s K-12 outreach programming. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Gender in the workplace: Peer coaching to empower women engineering students in the classroom and as professionalsAbstractFormal coaching approaches within higher education is a relatively new concept and holds greatpromise as a way for students to make decisions and to outline action items and means ofaccountability while facing challenges and/or moving forward through transitions such assuccessfully moving from an undergraduate degree program to the workforce. In this study, theconcept of coaching is integrated into a women in engineering senior seminar class at a largeMidwestern university in order

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University; Elizabeth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University; Seth Schlisserman; Alexandra Kirshon

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Kirshon is a Decision Science major at Carnegie Mellon University with an additional major in Professional Writing and a minor in Public Policy and Management. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Teamwork in Engineering Undergraduate Classes: What problems do students experience?AbstractWhile teamwork is commonly integrated into engineering programs, it often discourages womenand minorities. The purpose of the current research is to better understand what teamworkproblems women and minorities most frequently encounter and the resources they currently havefor solving these problems. The researchers report findings from a two-part study. In Part I, 677engineering

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

aseither an undergraduate or graduate student, and asked respondents to rate their experiences on ascale of 1 to 4, where 1 indicates a “poor experience, decreased my overall confidence ofsucceeding in structural engineering” and 4 indicates a “great experience, increased my overallconfidence of succeeding in engineering”. The most popular courses (as reported in Table 8)among the survey respondents were structural analysis and earthquake engineering. Senior(capstone/integrated) design, finite element analysis and foundation engineering were given thelowest ratings. The finding that capstone design was unpopular was somewhat surprising, but thesurvey questions did not allow us to uncover reasons behind these responses.Table 8. Respondents’ ratings

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering

courses.Examples are provided, but have not yet been used by the authors. These examples present ideasto spur the integration of environmental justice topics into civil and environmental engineeringcourses, while also inviting programs to more broadly consider an intentional across-the-curriculum approach.BackgroundDiversity, equity, and justice issues have garnered increased attention in 2020 as public outrageover the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others exploded. This led to broaderacknowledgement of systemic racial bias and inequalities in society at-large and within highereducation. In 2020 a number of institutions newly required the integration of justice, equity,diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) issues into students’ education, via

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Angela Harris, North Carolina State University; Christina Martin-Ebosele, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering

field) (Section2.1.1). Environmental engineering education may involve more interdisciplinary, community-and society-focused approaches than we might see in other engineering majors, although it is notyet clear how topics relating to gender and race are integrated into the curriculum (Section 2.1.2).In the broader social landscape of work, culture, and practice, femininities have strong culturalcasting in environmental spaces; women face challenges to being recognized as experts, holdingleadership roles, and having political (public sphere) representation than men do not face,challenges that are deepened for non-white women, and challenges despite bearingdisproportionate weight of the consequences of environmental degradation (alongside men

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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

AC 2011-1548: METRICS OF MARGINALITY: HOW STUDIES OF MI-NORITY SELF-EFFICACY HIDE STRUCTURAL INEQUITIESAmy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng.) Amy E. Slaton is an associate professor of history at Drexel University and a visiting associate professor at Haverford College. She received her PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania and has written on the history of standards and instrumentation in materials science, engineering and the building trades. Her most recent book , Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineer- ing: The History of an Occupational Color Line (Harvard University Press, 2010), traces American ideas about race and technical aptitude since 1940. Current

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Pre-college Programs for Women

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Na Gong, North Dakota State University; Jinhui Wang, North Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division, Women in Engineering

, Systems, and Com- puters, and Mobile Computing. She has also served as track chair for IEEE International SoC Conference 2014. She has also served in technical program committees for a number of IEEE and other international conferences. Dr. Gong received 2014 NDSU Development Board of Trustee Endowment award and 2014 NDSU Centennial Endowment award.Dr. Jinhui Wang, North Dakota State University Dr. Jinhui Wang has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at North Dakota State University (NDSU), since Aug. 2014. His research interests include low-power, high-performance, and variation-tolerant integrated circuit design, 3D IC and EDA methodologies, and thermal issue

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Pre-college Programs for Women

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Amy J Moll, Boise State University; Catherine Rose Bates, Institute for STEM & Diversity Initiatives

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division, Women in Engineering

Science and Engineering Program at BSU and served as the first chair. In February 2011, she became Dean of the College of Engineering. Her research interests include microelectronic packaging, particularly 3-D integration and ceramic MEMS devices.Mrs. Catherine Rose Bates, Institute for STEM & Diversity Initiatives c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Impact of Volunteering at a Girls Outreach Activity on Community FormationAbstractThis paper is focused on exploring the motivation for volunteering at an engineering outreachactivity. The outreach activity itself involved a two day, overnight experience for 9th and 10thgrade girls that started in

Conference Session

Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job Search

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Christopher M Weyant, Drexel University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Kristina M. Wagstrom, University of Connecticut; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to retain early engineering students. She is active nationally and internationally in engineering accreditation and is a Fellow of ABET and of the AIChE. Page 26.1610.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job Search AbstractThis paper focuses on the dual-career job search with an eye toward iteratively

Conference Session

Panel: Opportunities & Methods to Encourage More Women Toward Research Commercialization

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Babs Carryer, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Abby Thompson, Mississippi State University ; Louise C. Dunlap, DunlapBrowder

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, Women in Engineering

coordination, curriculum devel- opment, assessment and instruction in the Pavlis Global Leadership program. She received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Wayne State University and is currently working on her PhD at Michigan Technological University. Before joining MTU she held various engineering and management positions during a 15 year career in the automotive industry.Mrs. Abby Lammons Thompson, Mississippi State University Abby Thompson is the Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator in the Office of Entrepreneurship and Tech- nology Transfer at Mississippi State University. Through her current role at the University, Thompson works to cultivate a culture of entrepreneurship

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

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Diversity

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

Polytechnic State University (CPSU). Jointly offered by the Collegesof Liberal Arts and Engineering, LSE is understood as a fourth “computing discipline” by theDepartment of Computer Science (alongside computer engineering, computer science, andsoftware engineering). Admission to the program is by internal transfer only. Accepted studentscomplete rigorous technical education, including 44 units of support courses shared with theCollege of Engineering as well as the CPSU General Education curriculum; 34-35 units ofadditional coursework in an engineering specialization (computer graphics OR electricalengineering (power) OR industrial/manufacturing engineering (systems design) OR anindividualized course of study); 24 units of additional coursework in a

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

experiences.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication

Conference Session

Managing Dual Careers

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Shannon Bartelt-Hunt P.E., University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Janet Callahan, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer, Faculty Development Division, Women in Engineering

include recruitment and retention of under-represented students in STEM, integrative training for graduate teaching assistants, and curriculum innovation for introductory programming courses.Dr. Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Jena Asgarpoor has been on the faculty at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln since August 2017, as an Associate Professor of Practice and Director for the Master of Engineering Management Program in the College of Engineering. Dr. Asgarpoor received her Ph. D. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering, specializ- ing in Engineering Management, from Texas A&M University, College Station, where she had previously earned a B.A. in Political Science, Summa Cum Laude. Her interests

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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

engineering curriculum: They exist side-by-side, institutionally parallel as opposed to convergent. Therefore, an element of bait-and-switchremains, but the outlet of creative, synthetic, hands-on design in an intimate, supportive learningenvironment is both present and institutionally legitimated as part of students’ formalizededucational experience. This arrangement challenges the logic of exclusion prevalent within theengineering-only programming by overlaying a logic of engagement on top of the standardfundamentals-first engineering curriculum. Page 26.616.13Since PDI operates outside of Rensselaer’s core engineering curricula, it provides only a