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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.

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Grades Influencing Decision to 68% Yes, 32% No 81% Yes, 19% No Stay at WVU Tech People Discouraging Staying in 24% Yes, 76% No 20% Yes, 80% No College Top Three Campus Services Advising, TRIO, Tutoring Advising and TRIO (tied), Used TutoringTable 5: Summary of Themes for Female Students Encouragement to Pursue College Family (with a few citing faculty, career plans, and outside sources) Encouragement to Pursue Major Family, Faculty, Mentors, and Self People Discouraging

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; M. Claire Horner-Devine, University of Washington and Counterspace Consulting

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Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also received her M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a focus on Operations Research at Georgia Tech. She is President of the Health Systems Engineering Alliance (HSEA) Board of Directors. She is an active member of the Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Dr. Ivy served as the 2007 Chair (President) of the INFORMS Health Applications Society and is a past President for the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum. Her research interests are mathematical modeling of stochastic dynamic systems with emphasis on statistics and decision analysis as applied to health care, public health, and humanitarian logistics.Dr. Cara

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Sarah Morton; Nehal I. Abu-lail, Washington State University; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Julie A. Kmec, Washington State University; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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experiences, implications, or effects of a phenomenon across settings [21], we will gleangreater understanding of women’s curricular and career decision-making process.In each country, we conducted focus groups with each of our EUAs—undergraduate students,faculty members, and PEs—in the three country sites. In this particular paper, we explore thepatterns of career decision-making within and across two EUA (faculty vs. PEs) in the Malaysiancontext. Focus groups were chosen to illuminate the social and psychological mechanismsunderlying women’s educational and work choices and any perceived structural constraints andopportunities shaping those choices. The study of women in multiple sectors of the workforceallows us to gain greater insight into

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vicki V. May, Dartmouth College; Joseph J. Helble, Dartmouth College

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engineering school is part of a liberal arts university, is fairlysmall, and has no separate departments within engineering. As with many liberal artsuniversities, students are admitted to the campus but do not declare a major until they aresophomores, giving them time to explore different courses and departments before declaring amajor. Approximately 100 students graduate each year with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) inengineering. Due to the high percentage of liberal arts courses that students must take, the BA isnot accredited in engineering. In order to gain more depth in engineering, students may opt totake an additional 9 courses to earn a Bachelor of Engineering (BE), which is an ABET-accredited degree. In 2017, 45% of those graduating with a BE

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura K Alford, University of Michigan; Valeria Bertacco, University of Michigan

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it by race: Young adults decisions to pursue an it career. Women and information technology: Research on underrepresentation, pages 55–88, 02 2006.[11] S. Katz, J. Aronis, D. Allbritton, C. Wilson, and M. L. Soffa. Gender and race in predicting achievement in computer science. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 22(3):20–27, Fall 2003. ISSN 0278-0097. doi: 10.1109/MTAS.2003.1237468.[12] Susan Haller and Sylvia Beyer. Gender differences and intragender differences in computer science students: are female cs majors more similar to male cs majors or female nonmajors? Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 12:337–365, 01 2006.[13] Jun He and Lee Freeman. Are men more technology-oriented than women? the

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer A Gatz, Stony Brook University ; Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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[17], the collective performance of a socialsystem involves the dynamic interplay of perceived collective efficacy as an emergent propertyof the social group. In a sense, people share the belief in their collective power to produce adesired outcome. Participation in social practices, or social integration, is a fundamental form oflearning where a social display of cognitive competency through group participation serves as amechanism for internalizing and practicing knowledge and skills [19].Academic and social integration facilitated by mentoring relationships has been associated withdecreased attrition rates for undergraduate STEM majors [20], [21]. Academic integration playsa pivotal role in the retention and graduation of students and can

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin E. Sherwood, Stony Brook University; Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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TransitionAbstractPeer mentoring has been shown to be an effective means of improving the retention of women inengineering, but few studies have explored the impact of participation on the development of theleadership abilities of undergraduate women. Transitioning to a leadership mentality as a peermentor has the potential to foster self-efficacy in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) and socially stable academic relationships that may be replicated in post-graduate study and/or the workplace. This one-year study explored the experiences of junior andsenior female students in STEM majors (N=11) serving as mentors to first-year students in theWomen in Science and Engineering Honors Program (WISE) at Stony Brook University, a largeresearch

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Ohanian Perez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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. “Among college experiences, three experiences are significantly related tochange in engineering identity. Students with greater concern for a career where they can workfor social change, students who receive more mentoring and support from faculty, and studentswho experience more negative cross-racial interactions also indicate developing a stronger senseof engineering identity” [19, p. 22]. The notion that a stronger identity as an engineer is formed ifa woman is singled out in class or clubs repeatedly seems counterintuitive. However the studypoints to the fact that as a woman or URM students are singled out the uniqueness of theiridentity is reaffirmed, among those students who persisted. The formation of an undergraduate’sidentity as an

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vemitra M White, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Litany H Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Jessica Ivy, Mississippi State Universitt; C. Danielle Grimes, Mississippi State University

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she played 2 years of women’s basketball at Bevill State Community College in Fayette AL and her last 2 years at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton GA. She was a 4 year Academic All American.Dr. Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University Sarah Lee joined the faculty at Mississippi State University (MSU) after a 19 year information technology career at FedEx Corporation. As an assistant clinical professor and Assistant Department Head in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, she is co-founder and co-director of the Bulldog Bytes program at MSU that engages K-12 students with computing and provides professional development to K-12 teachers in computer science and cybersecurity. She is the PI for the

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Women in Engineering Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jodi F. Prosise, St. Ambrose University; R R Romatoski, Saint Ambrose University; Susa H Stonedahl, St. Ambrose University; Yunye Shi Shi, St. Ambrose University

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day of the event, setup begins three hours before the start of the first session.Immediately following the event, the location is secured for the following year. Figure 5: Timeline for event planning, preparation, and implementation. The person (Faculty sponsor, SWE members, or administrative assistant) responsible for each activity is denoted. Most activities begin approximately three (3) months prior to the date of the event.Funding and supportThe program started in 2013 and was funded, in part, from an NSF S-STEM grant, as well asdepartmental funds and donations. In the beginning, the demand was unknown, and the eventwas kept small with very little cost. Each year, donations are solicited from local engineeringindustry (e.g. John