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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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De'Jeune Antoine, Xavier University of Louisiana; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

program offered at a largeMidwestern University. The qualitative/quantitative survey was designed to determine students’research-efficacy (i.e. their confidence in their abilities to succeed in the research program), theirdefinitions of success in the research program, and their imposter status as measured by theClance IP scale. Quantitative questions measured how successful students felt they were in theprogram, their efficacy for achieving success in the program, and the intensity of their imposterfeelings. Qualitative, open-ended questions called for the participants’ views of what it meant tobe successful in the program and factors that influenced their definition of success. The resultsand conclusions presented here offer insight into the

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Sheila Edwards Lange, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

14.3% 0.6 0.3 Caucasian 32.6% 46.1 61.7 Unknown/Other 5.6% 37.7 8.7 Note: Some students did not designate a gender. Also, students who designated Asian or Asian Indian ethnicity were combined into Asian American for the response rate comparison.VariablesThis research project focuses only on undergraduate and graduate students in engineeringdepartments. The following climate factors were analyzed in this research study: perception ofgender discrimination, feeling judged on the basis of gender, being singled out to speak for yourgender, intensity of the

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Anaïs Miodek, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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Women in Engineering

NanoscopicDesign focuses on the assembly of ordered nanostructures on tempered surfaces and involvesparticipants from many engineering fields including material science, electrical, biomedical,chemical and mechanical engineering. Furthermore, advancements in nanotechnology resultingfrom the Center’s research can be tied to potential practical engineering in advancednanoelectronic design. The Center includes state-of-the-art growth, fabrication, processing andcharacterization facilities such as a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) for nanoscale surfacemodification.12Program Structure and Implementation:Recruitment, Application Review, and Pairing ProcessThe REU has consistently been marketed to STEM undergraduates through a variety of media.Since 1999, information

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Women in Engineering

Engineering. Page 11.1454.6 6 MethodologyThis study utilized a quantitative and qualitative design to advance our understanding of theexperiences that female students go through in deciding to pursue and in completing anEngineering degree. Two major data collection methods were used. First, for the quantitativedesign, a survey was developed, and was used to obtain insightful information to determine thefactors that have hindered and assisted graduating female engineering students at a university inthe Midwest in deciding

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barb Silver, University of Rhode Island; G. Boudreaux-Bartels, University of Rhode Island; Helen Mederer, University of Rhode Island; Lynn Pasquerella, University of Rhode Island; Joan Peckham, University of Rhode Island; Mercedes River-Hudec, University of Rhode Island; Karen Wishner, University of Rhode Island

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Women in Engineering

Engineers) for several years and has served as interim advisor of SWE (Society of Women Engineers). She has been an active participant and supporter of SMILE (Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences) for the past eleven years: SMILE is a program designed for in-state, minority, underrepresented and low-income students in grades 4 to 12. She has also co-directed a summer bridge camp for entering, female, engineering students.Karen Wishner, University of Rhode Island Karen Wishner is a Professor of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and her Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her research interests are in marine

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach; Lisa Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach; Darris White, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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Women in Engineering

are; chassis,suspension, steering, braking and floatation. Although graduate students are allowed toparticipate in the project, all of the team members and leaders are currently undergraduatestudents. Since the project spans two semesters, the group leaders and members vary assome team members leave for internships or graduate.Each team is responsible for the design and manufacturing of specific regions of the car.For most of the women on the team, this experience is the first time that they havewelded, fishmouthed tubing, and worked as a team with a diverse group that includes allacademic levels and varied backgrounds. As shown in figure 3, the chassis design teamworked together to build a PVC mock-up of the design they had spent months

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K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Firouzeh Keshmiri, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ann Bloor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mary Jo Wellenstein, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

U.S. Department of Agriculture.Hawaii and Wisconsin are the only states that are involved in this program thus far.Partnerships with industry, educational institutions, government agencies and youth-servingorganizations are a key strategy for the WIT program. Other factors include proven outreachprograms such as job shadowing, career days, science camps, and mentoring, along withapprenticeships and training designed to engage female students from middle school throughcollege.Mentoring has been identified as the most successful engagement strategy. WIT successfullynegotiated with MentorNet, a Presidential award-winning online mentoring program that linksundergraduate and graduate students with professionals in industry, government and

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K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

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Women in Engineering

Engineering for Research and Graduate studies at Clarkson University. She has directed an NSF-Funded GK-12 Program - Project-Based Learning Partnership Program for the past six years and received the NSF Directors Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars in 2004.Mary Graham, Clarkson University Mary Graham, PhD is an Associate Professor in Organizational Studies at Clarkson University. Her research interests include gender-related employment discrimination. Dr. Graham was the external evaluator for the Partners in Engineering Program during the period AY01 through AY03. Page 11.983.1© American Society for

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1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Amanda Funai, University of Michigan; Allison Interrante, Northeastern University; Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Women in Engineering

Program during her senior year at Northeastern. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Michigan.Allison Interrante, Northeastern University Allison Interrante is a student in Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering at Northeastern University. She has been involved in the Connections Physics Review Program for the past two years as a student-teacher. She plans to continue her studies as a graduate student in Civil Engineering.Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern University Sara Wadia-Fascetti is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Northeastern University where she is actively involved in a research program on structural condition assessment

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jana Renner Martinez, University of Texas-El Paso; Evelyn Posey, University of Texas-El Paso

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Women in Engineering

Faculty Mentoring Program for Women (FMPW) for all tenure-track women and an Impact Seminar Series for men and women designed to increase facultyeffectiveness by developing new ways of integrating teaching, research, and service.The FMPW, which now includes 80 women, was begun in 2000, and folded into the ADVANCEinitiative in 2003. All new tenure track women are invited to participate in the program. Duringthe first years of the program, the women were paired with senior faculty members, mentors,from their college, but not from their department. Due to a shortage of qualified mentors, theprogram adopted a “group mentoring” model in 2004. Now, a group of women from the samecollege are paired with one or two mentors from their college. Participants

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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Women in Engineering

program. But, if those particular undergraduateprograms have a poor record of retaining women, the graduate school’s admissions practicesprobably limit the pool of women who would be considered for admission and, in turn, likelylimit the number of women admitted. The educational institution should, therefore, adjust itsrecruitment processes to broaden the field from which it selects suitable candidates foradmission.Title IX also prohibits any inquiry into the marital or parental status of an applicant.19 A certainprofessor might prefer not to work with a female graduate student who is or might becomepregnant, for example, because of a real fear that her needs for time off to tend to her childrenmight adversely impact a tight research schedule