Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Skaggs, American University in Cairo

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

of women in engineering programs.30In contrast, this research builds upon work calling for a greater understanding of the gender “in”and “of” engineering.31 It “bends the silos” (of individual academic disciplines) by utilizingtheories, concepts, and methods from various disciplines to show that being successful in theengineering disciplines involves more than just mastering curriculum and technical competencies.It also involves learning how to be an active part of a learning community and negotiating one’spersonal psychosocial identity as one’s “engineering identity” is also being developed.The purpose of this study is to ask distinctive questions in order to gain greater understanding ofthe importance of the individual and how they develop

Conference Session

Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C Pollock, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #8102Equipping an Army of Ambassadors: A Workshop Model for a STEM Ca-reer Speaker’s BureauMs. Meagan C Pollock, Purdue University, West Lafayette Meagan Pollock is a Doctoral Candidate at the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, and is a recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She received a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas Woman’s University, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, she worked as a engineer for Texas Instruments

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University; Cindy Jong, University of Kentucky; Donna Joy Dockery; Mary Hermann, Virginia Commonwealth University; Teresa Jones Carter, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #6084Pilot Study: An Exploration of the Experiences that Influence Women’s In-terest, Pursuit, and Continued Involvement in STEM CareersDr. Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University Dr. Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves has been at Virginia Commonwealth University since 1996. Dr. Hobson holds a joint appointment in the Schools of Engineering and Education where she is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests are K-16

Conference Session

Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

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

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

responsibility12.The university has also identified a desired graduate attribute profile so that an explicitdescription of the graduate the University aims to produce is established. For example,university graduates will be known for demonstrating in-depth disciplinary and interdisciplinaryknowledge, social awareness and responsible citizenship, adaptive expertise, creativity andinnovation, and critical thinking. A university graduate should also demonstrate strong intra-andinterpersonal skills and effective communication skills12. Having identified the university valuesand graduate attributes, these needed to be integrated into the new WELA LDP.Integrating University values and the desired graduate profileGraham, Crawley and Mendelsohn 4 distinguish

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #6036Engineering Student Involvement: Comparison of Two Dissimilar Institu-tionsDr. Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University Dr. Meyers background is in Engineering Education with experience in programs that might influence an incoming student’s experience, affect retention rates and the factors that determine the overall long term success of students entering an engineering program. She is the Director of the STEM College’s First- Year Engineering Program, the entry point for all beginning engineering students designed to provide a smooth transition from high school to University. She previously served as the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia M Alhasani, The Petroelum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

are not able toregularly access the central offices on the main campus, this solution became an effectivereplacement in which the women students were able to attend to all their needs in one location.The success of this initiative, due to ease of access, prompted the men’s side of the campus toreplicate the initiative (even though all offices are readily available to the men students). In otherwords, what began as a need for the women students became a standard practice across campus.Challenges and OpportunitiesThe uniqueness of the WiSE Program is integral to its success in recruiting talented high schoolstudents, retaining dedicated engineering and applied sciences degree candidates, and ensuring aworkforce committed to the oil and gas

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Julie Ann Lorah, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #6684A Natural Experiment: NAE’s Changing the Conversation Report and Stu-dents’ Changing Perceptions of EngineeringDr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the Director for Research at the University of Washington (UW) Center for Workforce Development (CWD) and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in UW Sociology. She directs re- search projects from conceptualization, methodological design, collection of data and analysis, to dis- semination of research findings. Dr. Litzler manages the Sloan-funded Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE), which uses quantitative and

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

Tagged Divisions

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