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Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Lakiesha N. Williams, Mississippi State University; Linda T Coats; Debora F Rodrigues, University of Houston (CoE); Judit Eva Puskas; Frank "Fritz" J Claydon, University of Houston (CoE)
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
% 100% 83%The last session was the 'round table' discussion where participants could ask any question(s)they wanted. A few of the questions from the participants, and the corresponding answers arelisted below. Answers will be in an abbreviated form rather than a full discussion. Q: How to submit multiple proposals a year and still have them be different? Ans: Change the lead investigator to reflect focus of research and/or tasks. Can also expand area(s) of potential topics or focus more on one subset. For instance the focus of a task can change based on where it will be submitted. Q: How to choose/select grad students? Ans. Will change with time. A MS student from home institution is easier as you
Conference Session
Research on Diversification & Inclusion
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Erin A. Cech, Rice University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering
Satisfaction Measures:question was missing). (m) Personal satisfaction from work (n) Satisfaction with quality of work unitSurvey respondents were asked “do you consider (o) Satisfaction with working conditionsyourself to be one or more of the following,” with (p) Employee empowermentthe following response categories offered: (q) Co-workers cooperation“Heterosexual or Straight,” “Gay, Lesbian, (r) Satisfaction with procedures (s) Overall job satisfactionBisexual, or Transgender,” or “Prefer not to say.”Respondents who answered “prefer not to say” were excluded from
Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
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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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
accomplished through partnerships with community colleges, high schools, and the internal and external University community. Listed are a few initiatives that were implemented this year to increase female enrollment:  Counselors recommended 50 females students that were unsure of career plans from High Point Andrews and T. Wingate High School for a tour of the School of Technology, followed by an overview of our programs. We then had leading female students in their respective majors host a Q/A session. Our exit survey showed that the tour and overview stimulated interest in 51 percent of the females who had not been interested in Technology
Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Kathleen Moore, Oakland University; Julie Walters, Oakland University; Bradley J. Roth, Oakland University; Leanne DeVreugd, Oakland University; Jo Reger, Oakland University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
to teach new classes. They tend to vote with their feet, attending events as long as theyfind them valuable. On average, 60% of the junior STEM faculty attended each cohort event.Women STEM faculty represented 55% of the attendees. Meeting scheduling tools such asdoodle.com have helped us identify meeting times that suit the largest number of faculty.Table 2 – Responses of new STEM faculty involved in mentoring cohort program to survey questions New STEM Faculty Cohort Events (Luncheon Program) Rating* Introduction of new STEM faculty to recent cohorts & STEM guide distribution 4.9 Informal Q&A session with critical university grants administrator 4.1 Faculty
Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
like a surprise to me that it was kind of like that. I was excited for the class. But what I saw that really what I was spending my time on was just trial and error and making things work. If we had time to like pull apart the fan and be like oh look there's the gear that actually makes the Q run. Or like there's the point that like sends the signal, um. I don't. It doesn't give me any negative connotation on engineering whatsoever. S: You just don't think that this represents R: Engineering S: (Laughs) R: No. No. S: You just think Page 26.1582.13 R: To me it's just kind of one
Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ari Turrentine, VentureWell
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering