. Girls met three female professors in engineering including NDSU distinguished professor Dr. Kalpana Katti in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Women-In- Research Chair Dr. Yechun Wang in Mechanical Engineering and Vice President of IEEE Red River Valley Section Dr. Na Gong in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Touring research laboratories in ECE. The girls also toured research laboratories in ECE. During the tour, they were introduced to different research equipment and various research projects. Learning outstanding senior design projects: The outstanding senior design groups introduced and demonstrated their senior design projects to the girls. Meeting ECE female undergraduate and graduate Students
kits involvedthe use of a light sensor and a microprocessor that the students programmed. Surveys of thestudents from the beginning of the semester have shown that only one of the five female studentsrated themselves as confident in their abilities to create an electronic circuit. The results ofpreliminary and final surveys were used to explore the success of the wearable electronicsproject to increase the confidence the students have in their abilities, and whether it encouragesfemale student engagement in its introduction of electrical engineering.IntroductionCurrently, Rowan University’s female student body represents only 15% of the total populationof engineering students. The impetus behind the creation of this laboratory project was
) research experience program engagedminority middle-school girls in bio-char modified cement paste research experiences at anHBCU. Using a post-test and a self-reporting survey with open-ended questions, the purpose ofthis qualitative research was to gain insights into the learning experiences, self-efficacy, andpersistence of the 22 girls engaged in this STEAM program. Basic thematic data analysisinvolved coding, categorization, comparative analysis, and descriptive statistics.Results indicated that the girls increased in knowledge, self-efficacy, and persistence. The meanpost-test score was 78%. The content of STEAM presentations demonstrated that the girlslearned mostly from laboratory experiences and field trips. Self-efficacy improvements
Engineering at Technology. It is an opportunity for students and families to learnmore about different engineering programs. The event includes laboratory tours, as well asmeetings with current students, faculty, and the Office of Admissions. Faculty from variousdepartments open their labs and showcase their research. Other events are focused on hosting aspecific group of students, such as the Girl Scouts or the Verizon STEM Academy. Additionally,other groups are hosted specifically for laboratory tours, such as various high and middle schoolsfrom the area. The college also hosts an Open House, Scholar Day, Discover Engineers Week,Admitted Students Day, and Engineering Student Senior Design Expo. The open house is anevent in which teachers
instructor,whether the students believed she was female or male), no difference in the student ratings of theinstructors was found. However, when SET results were grouped by perceived instructor gender(i.e. both the female and male instructors, when the students believed each was female), studentsrated the perceived male instructor as significantly better than the perceived female instructor.These findings support the idea that there is a real bias that exists among students in evaluatinginstructors, not simply a difference in the teaching styles or teaching effectiveness betweenfemale and male instructors.Another study performed a laboratory experiment where students were shown an identicallecture delivered by a stick figure with a gender-neutral
, ratherthan artifacts in which those humans were represented, as our unit of analysis.We summarized these data to share with our committee and found that though women wererepresented in the human imagery, they were used to portray non-scientific, unprofessional, orunintelligent stereotypes and in problematic contexts. Recalling two specific examples of suchgender bias, we returned to those example laboratory safety posters, took pictures, and includedthese illustrative instances of gender bias for qualitative content analysis to complement ouranalysis of the quantitized catalogue [16].These two illustrative images, along with the catalogue, formed our complete, multi-methoddataset.Data AnalysisOur data analysis process applied quantitative and
opens new possibilities in nanotechnology, and other recent research holds exciting promise for energy-related applications. Dr. Dresselhaus’ public advocacy for women in engineering and science began in the mid-1970s, when the number of American women seeking undergraduate degrees in engineering began to rise. Recognizing this as an issue of great importance for the profession, Dr. Dresselhaus began actively speaking out in favor of women's access to careers in technology and science. Her unquestioned accomplishments in the laboratory and classroom gave her an unparalleled credibility in this national dialogue. Her 1975 article “Some Personal Views on Engineering Education for Women” (IEEE Transactions on
, NativeAmerican, and Latino designs. Likewise, eliminating masculine-associated language frompromotional materials and decorating rooms in a gender-neutral manner can help increase theparticipation of females.11, 22Engineering programs typically include a rich set of hands-on laboratories that supportclassroom-based curriculum. These hands-on laboratories can create particular challenges inmaking a curriculum that is broadly accessible, especially for individuals with disabilities.However, simple UD strategies can often make these labs accessible to a broader audience. Weconducted site visits of a machine shop and four engineering labs at a large research university.Based on these site visits and resources developed for making science labs more
better). These simpledefinitions for creativity and innovation are easy for students to grasp from the first day of classand are readily applicable as students are challenged to define and explore creative andinnovative steps in the engineering design process.ECE490 is a one-credit class that is offered each fall semester. (An abbreviated coursescheduled is shown in Figure 2). Prerequisites for the class are sophomore standing (or higher)and instructor approval, but it is primarily taken by junior and senior students (see Table 2). It isconducted as a laboratory class and meets for three hours once per week. The class is open to allengineering majors (bioengineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, electricalengineering, and mechanical
considerincorporating entrepreneurship education for students (Duval-Couetil et al., 2012; Duval-Couetilet al., 2016). According to Duval et al. (2012), most engineering students recognized theimportance of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship as a “worthwhile career option”(p. 429). Students with entrepreneurial experiences chose “satisfying a need in a market” as atop reason for entering an entrepreneurship career (Duval-Couetil et al., 2012). Students withentrepreneurship experiences ranked higher in self-efficacy and confidence per the student’sperspective of entrepreneurial ability.Further, the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program “preparesscientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory” (NSF, I
in multiple Collegiate Cyber Defense Competitions and Capture the Flag events and currently is employed as a Re- search Assistant in the BYU Cyber Security Research Laboratory. Sarah is an active member of the BYU Red Team which has participated in several penetration tests for departments on campus, and businesses in the local area. Sarah has come to love both offensive and defensive cyber security and is currently planning on pursuing a Masters degree emphasizing Cyber Security.Samuel Moses, Brigham Young UniversityDr. Dale C Rowe, Brigham Young University Dr. Rowe has worked for nearly two decades in security and network architecture with a variety of industries in international companies. He has provided
Paper ID #21957Monitoring Motivation Factors for Girls in Summer Robotics ProgramDr. Michele Miller, Campbell University Dr. Michele Miller is a Professor and Associate Dean at Campbell University. Prior to joining Campbell, she was a professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan Tech. She teaches courses in manufacturing and does research on engineering education.Ms. Saeedeh Ziaeefard, Michigan Technological University Saeedeh Ziaeefard is a PhD student and research assistant with Nonlinear and Autonomous Systems Laboratory (NASLab) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan
uniqueresearch experiences must be identified for 100 students in laboratories across campus.Furthermore, the arrangement of internships depends upon strengthening and expanding thenetwork of regional industries, companies, and health services organizations. This requiresconsiderable work, however, our extensive faculty network and alumni have been supportive inproviding resources and opportunities for current WISE students.Preliminary FindingsTo measure the effectiveness of the new WISE curriculum in meeting its goals, incomingfreshmen (N = 58) were surveyed at the end of the fall semester in 2017. Baseline data werecollected to explore the following research question: How does participation in the WISEcurriculum impact students’ self-efficacy, career
-year undergraduate student at Northeastern University, majoring in chemical engi- neering and pursuing minors in mathematics and material science and engineering. Outside of class, Kaeli works as a chemistry tutor and class grader, and she participates in undergraduate research in a materials science laboratory on campus. She also has held co-op positions with Rogers Corporation’s Innovation Center, the National Renewable Energy Lab, and Lockheed Martin Energy Storage.Mr. Bradley Joseph Priem, Northeastern University Bradley Priem is a third year undergraduate student at Northeastern University, majoring in chemical en- gineering and minoring in biochemical engineering. He has been involved in the Connections Chemistry
laboratory. Several weeks before school begins in the fall, Page 26.606.4each department receives a list of the mentees receiving the award, and a synopsis of the areas ofresearch that she is interested in. The departments can then match students with faculty mentors, aligning as best as possible the student’s interests with faculty expertise and availability. Theengineering departments are responsible for contacting the students, informing them of theirmentoring professor, getting them hired as research assistants, and making sure they are trainedin department policies and safety procedures.The
of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition, 2005[7] Robnett, R., "The Role of Peer Support for Girls and Women in STEM: Implications for Identity and AnticipatedRetention", International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 5(3), 232-253, 2013.[8] Akl, R. G., Keathly, D., and Garlick, R., "Strategies for Retention and Recruitment of Women and Minorities inComputer Science and Engineering", Innovations 2007: World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research,2007.[9] Feisel, L.D. and Rosa, A.J., "The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education”, Journal ofengineering education, pp. 121-130, January 2005.[10] Thomas, J.W., "A review of research on project-based learning
on the Status of Women at Purdue in recognition of outstanding efforts on behalf of women (2007). In 2008, he received the ASME Johnson and Johnson Consumer Companies Medal, for his ”unwavering commitment to diversity”.Dr. Daniel Lopresti, Lehigh University Daniel Lopresti received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth in 1982 and his Ph.D. in computer science from Princeton in 1987. After completing his doctorate, he joined the Department of Computer Science at Brown and taught courses ranging from VLSI design to computational aspects of molecular biology and conducted research in parallel computing and VLSI CAD. He went on to help found the Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory in Princeton, and later also
showing that on average, women with Page 26.327.6a science or engineering degree, employed full-time in STEM, earned $75,100.16 On average,men of the same status earned $91,000, a difference of almost $16,000. In 1999, MIT conducteda study on women faculty in their life science departments and found resource discriminationsuch as differences in salary, laboratory size, funding, award nominations, and startuppackages.37 In regards to academic commercialization, according to Murray,40 faculty are ofteninvited to engage in this type of activity by former students involved in entrepreneurship. Thereis some evidence to show that resource discrimination
Paper ID #25901A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Pre-College Preparation and Use ofSupplemental Instruction during the First Year on GPA and Retention forWomen in EngineeringMr. Bradley Joseph Priem, Northeastern University Bradley Priem is a fourth year undergraduate student at Northeastern University, majoring in chemical en- gineering and minoring in biochemical engineering. He has been involved in the Connections Chemistry Review program for three years. He has also held an undergraduate research position in a biomaterials laboratory on campus. He has completed two co-ops in the biotech industry, and is currently
research experiences were based on Lopatto’s criteria for “good research projects”:reasonable scope, feasible, generate data that students can present, not “cookbook” experiments,built-in difficulties, and multifaceted [8]. For the Spring 2018 semester, the CURE wasimplemented as four different manufacturing and service laboratory-type exercises and onegroup project.Preliminary results were collected in the form of pre- and post-surveys from the students. Duringthe third week of class, after which there were no drops or changes in enrollment, students wereinformed about their option to voluntarily participate in the data collection process. Two papersurveys were used: one in week 4 and one in week 15 of the semester. No reward of any kindwas
(International Flavors and Fragrances) prior to his current role. He served on the executive committee of the ASEE Women in Engineering division from 2010 to present.Dr. Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on engineering education; design tools
Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate, fordiscussions. The authors also thank Mr. Brad Paul, Chief of Integrated Circuits andMicrosystems, Sensors Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, for discussions. The authorsthank the National Science Foundation NSF ADVANCE under Award #0810989, Air ForceResearch Laboratory Sensors Directorate, IEEE Foundation, and American Institute of Physicsfor research support. This work was partly supported by a grant-in-aid from the Friends of theCenter for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics. Any opinions, findings,conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or
-efficacy.Dr. Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word Michael T. Frye, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of the Incarnate Word, in San Antonio, TX. He is an Electrical Engineer who specialized in the field of nonlinear control theory with applications to autonomous air vehicles. Dr. Frye’s research interest is in discovering new and efficient techniques that mitigates the effects of uncertainty in complex nonlinear dynamics; such as seen in autonomous vehicle systems. Dr. Frye is the PI and Laboratory Director for the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Lab sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. c American Society for
engineering education during the 2020-2021academic year. The transition to remote learning was particularly difficult for many of the hands-on experiential learning and laboratory courses that are integral parts of an engineeringeducation. Very few engineering programs in the United States offer purely remote learningenvironments for engineering students, and so this kind of teaching and learning was new forboth faculty, rapidly adjusting their curriculum in a short amount of time, and for the studentswho had to quickly adapt their learning styles [1]. In addition, most students across the countryleft their campuses and returned home to complete the spring 2020 semester from afar, leading tofewer interactions with their peers, faculty, and staff for
Bioengineering degree from the University of Washington. Between her graduate degrees, she worked as a loop transmission systems engineer at AT&T Bell Laboratories. She then spent 13 years in the medical device industry conducting medical de- vice research and managing research and product development at several companies. In her last industry position, Dr. Baura was Vice President, Research and Chief Scientist at CardioDynamics. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).Ms. Francisca Fils-Aime, Loyola University Chicago Francisca Fils-Aime is currently a doctoral student at Loyola University Chicago in the Research Method- ology program.Jana GrabarekMr. Pete Livas Jr, Loyola
that mitigates the effects of uncertainty in complex nonlinear dynamics; such as seen in autonomous vehicle systems. Dr. Frye is the PI and Laboratory Director for the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Lab sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 miniGEMS 2016 –STEM Summer Camp for Middle School Girls This paper reviews a free five-day middle school girls’ summer STEM camp, calledminiGEMS. The camp was hosted by the Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) Laboratory at theUniversity of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas during the week of June 20 to 24, 2016.This is the second time the AVS Lab has hosted the miniGEMS camp for middle
group began with general safety procedures for the room (safety glassesrequired, long hair tied back, denim aprons provided for clothing protection, closed-toed shoesrequired, etc.) Each student was given an engineering laboratory notebook to use with a brieftutorial about good practice for engineering documentation in building.Equipment in the rolling tool chests that were used during the builds included: hammers, variouspliers, multiple types of screw drivers, ratcheting socket wrenches, adjustable wrench, a level,hex wrenches, measuring tape, calipers, hand saw, miter box, clamping vise, sanding sponges,cordless power drills, drill bits, corded and cordless Dremel rotary tools, various Dremel toolaccessories and tips, wire strippers
also provided students with the opportunity to learn moreabout TTU and served as a recruitment opportunity. Laboratory courses are a part of offereddegree programs, making an introduction to lab safety another opportunity for participants toexperience components of an engineering major.Recreational time Participants were provided time to explore recreational facilities and themed social events tobalance out technical and information sessions. Time in the evenings was important forhighlighting the social aspect of university life. Recreational time also provided a casual settingfor participants to ask counselors questions about their experiences in an undergraduateengineering program. Overall, the relationships developed during recreational
in a materials science laboratory on campus. She also has held an engineering co-op position with Rogers Corporation’s Inno- vation Center, and will pursue her second position with the DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory this coming spring (2016).Mr. Tyler Byrne Cole, Northeastern University Tyler Cole is a third year undergraduate student studying chemical engineering at Northeastern University. He has been involved in the Connections Chemistry Review program and first year engineering tutoring for two years. Tyler has held a co-op position at Genzyme, and is currently completing his second co-op with Amgen.Prof. Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University Paul A. DiMilla is an Associate Teaching Professor