Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

how the women fared in this program. Theprogram is being continued with an S-STEM NSF grant.I. BackgroundArizona State University (ASU) is now the largest single university in the United Stateswith over 67,000 students on four campuses and also has the largest single campus, itsTempe campus, with over 53,000 students. Tempe is a neighbor city to Phoenix, thefourth largest city in the United States. The University is set in a valley of high techmanufacturers and over 4 million people. Also set in this valley is one of the nation’s Page 14.172.2largest community college district system, the Maricopa County Community CollegeDistrict (MCCCD) with over

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. FultonSchools of Engineering is located on ASU’s Tempe Campus, the largest single US campus with59,794 students. There are over 4,400 undergraduates and 2,100 graduate students inengineering and computer science. In this paper, “engineering” includes computer science, butnot construction.In Fall 2010, ASU had three NSF grants which supported transfer upper division and graduatestudents. The primary scholarship funding for transfer students was an NSF S-STEM grant(#0728695) called CIRC/METS (Collaborative Interdisciplinary ResearchCommunity/Motivated Engineering Transfer Students) for 2008-2012. If transfer students in thisCIRC/METS Program graduated and continued on to graduate school full-time right aftergraduating, they could receive a scholarship

Conference Session

Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

engineering and computer science students who made up close to 60% of the totalenrollment in the program. Through the programming, the CIRC students were exposed totopics not normally found in the classroom such as portfolios, writing a good resume, and talksby practicing engineers on what it is “really like in industry”. The program has been determinedto be very successful and is being continued with an NSF S-STEM grant.II. Program HistoryThis first group was composed of 12 transfer students, 9 women, 5 minority students, and 2freshman minority students who were unable to attend Arizona State University withoutscholarship assistance. All of the students had at least a 3.0 GPA and all were in need offinancial assistance as determined by their FAFSA

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

S-STEM grant to recruit rural stu- dents from Iowa and Illinois into STEM. Dr. Prosise mentors the collegiate chapter of SWE and organizes many outreach events encourage girls to go into STEM. She leads a study-abroad trip for engineering students to Brazil every-other-year, where students design, build, and implement assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Her research focus is to develop affordable upper limb prosthetics.Dr. R R Romatoski, Saint Ambrose UniversityDr. Susa H Stonedahl, St. Ambrose University Susa Hardwick Stonedahl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Physics at St. Ambrose University. She received her BA in Mathematics and Physics from Carleton College and her

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chaoyi Wang; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. Students were going to 6th grade (40.2%), 7th grade (31.5%), 8th grade (28.3%) duringthe summer. Additionally, the researchers randomly selected one or two students from eachgroup/table in camp 1 to 4. A total of 22 students presented their groups/tables to conduct in-depth interviews with us on the last day of each camp. Of the 22 interviewees, six were fromcamp 1, seven were from camp 2, five were from camp 3, and four were from camp 4. Allstudents and their guardians were required to sign consent letters.Instruments The instrument used in this study was the Middle/High School Student Attitudes towardSTEM (S-STEM) survey. This instrument was a useful tool in the evaluations of the university’soutreach projects and K-12 STEM initiative [46

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, AZ State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

academic year. This successful program ran from 2003-2008 with76 students and over a 92% retention and graduation rate in engineering and computerscience. Diversity was an emphasis and 65% of the students in the program were eitherfemale or an underrepresented minority.13 In particular, 29 (38.2%) of the transferstudents were women. This percentage is much higher than the current 18.2% of womenenrolled. For more information on these programs see references 4-13.The CIRC/METS program continues with an NSF S-STEM grant (#0836050), so thecontinuing students, from the first CIRC/METS program, when it ended are now beingsupported in a second CIRC/METS program with $4,000 scholarships per year. When aCIRC/METS student graduates and continues full-time

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University; Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University; Dawn Laux, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Engineering Concepts to Harness Future Innovators and Technologists) project. Professor Harriger’s current interests include application development, outreach to K-12 to interest more students to pursue computing careers, applying IT skills to innovating fitness tools, and wearable computing.Dr. Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University Gloria Townsend, Professor of Computer Science, has taught at DePauw University for thirty-four years. She was the PI for both NSF-BPC project, the Grace Hopper Regional Consortium, and NSF-S-STEM project, Julian Scholars. Gloria is a member of ACM-W’s Women’s Council, where she founded the concept of small celebrations for women in computing and where she now serves as project leader

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Alexa N. Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; Christina Remucal, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University; MEERC

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Award for Excellence in Service-Learning. Dr. Vernaza does research in engineering education (active learning techniques) and high-strain deformation of materials. She is currently the PI of an NSF S-STEM. She is the ASEE North Central Section past chair until 2021.Dr. Alexa N. Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy Alexa Rihana Abdallah is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy, rihanaa@udmercy.eduDr. Christina Remucal, University of Wisconsin-Madison Associate Professor Christy Remucal (n´ee Christina Ren´ee Keenan) leads the Aquatic Chemistry group at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is a faculty member in the Department of Civil and En- vironmental

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Lori D. Lindley, Gannon University; Elisa M. Konieczko, Gannon University; Weslene Tallmadge, Gannon University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

information science; her industry experience includes systems analysis and cognitive science applications. She is one of the Principal Investigators on two NSF S-STEM and one NSF ADVANCE-PAID grants. With a life-long interest in technology and its potential for enhancing human capabilities, her research includes advances in analytics, motivated system energetics, and other topics relative to knowledge-intensive systems.Dr. Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University Dr. Karinna Vernaza joined Gannon University in 2003, and she is currently a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Business. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University

Conference Session

Retention Programs for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amy Monte, Michigan Technological University; Kerri Sleeman, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

directly to the GUIDE scholars. As mentioned previously,the undergraduate students receive scholarships up to $2,500 annually depending on theirindividual student need. The MI students receive scholarships up to $3,000 for a year of support.The current program that is described in this paper ends in October, 2007. The program advisorshave submitted a proposal to the NSF S-STEM program to continue the program and expand it toinclude upper-division students.The GUIDE program has three faculty advisors: two that manage and advise the mentoringteams, organize the seminars and manage the program; the third advisor guides and recruits thegraduate students to the program. The two advisors that manage the program do so inconjunction with their teaching

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

work and to add two additional non- metropolitancommunity colleges to the mix. This program is called METSTEP. Based on a successful thirdyear review, this grant is for five years and also supports the METS Center, as well as some $4Kscholarships for students from the five targeted schools and additional $300 scholarships fortransfer students who register, attend, and do the assignments on time for a one credit AcademicSuccess Class. Much of this work has already been documented. 3-9 . The support for engineeringtransfer students at ASU is further enhanced through an S-STEM Academic Success Program(NSF grant # 0728695).II. Community College Visits by ASUThere is nothing more effective than a meeting face to face when a university person wants

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

undergraduates. Economics Education Review 29: 935-946, 2010.6. Wilson, Z.S., Iyengar, S.S., Pang, S.S., Warner, I.M., Luces, C.A. Increasing access for economically disadvantaged students: the NSF/CSEM & S-STEM programs at Louisiana State University. J. Science Education Technology 21: 581-587, 2012.7. Wilson, Z.S., Holmes, L., deGravelles, K., Sylvain, M.R., Batiste, L., Johnson, M., McGuire, S.Y., Pang, S.S., Warner, I.M. Hierarchical mentoring: a transformative strategy for improving diversity and retention in undergraduate STEM disciplines. Journal Science Education Technology 21: 148-156, 2012.8. Butts, G.C., Hurd, Y., Palermo, A.S., Delburne, D., Saran, S., Zony, C., Krulwich, T.A. Role of institutional climate in fostering

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa A Dagley, University of Central Florida; Nirmala Ramlakhan, Nee-Moh, Inc; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

the NSF-funded S- STEM program at UCF entitled the ”Young Entrepreneur and Scholar(YES) Scholarship Program” as well as the NSF-funded STEP program entitled ”EXCEL:UCF-STEP Pathways to STEM: From Promise to Prominence.” Dr. Young’s interests are in improving STEM education.Dr. Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida Michael Georgiopoulos received the Diploma in EE from the National Technical University in Athens, his MS degree and Ph.D. degree in EE from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, in 1981, 1983 and 1986, respectively. He is currently a Professor in the Department of EECS at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. From September 2011 to June 2012 he served as the Interim

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern University; Jan Rinehart, Northeastern University; Simon Pitts, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #10794Research Leadership Development Initiative: An Experiment for a ResearchCareer ChoiceDr. Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern UniversityJan Rinehart, Northeastern University Jan Rinehart is Executive Director of the NSF Northeastern ADVANCE Program (HRD-0811170). She has over twenty years in higher education with most of her work focused on diversity in STEM fields. She previously served as Executive Director of the Rice University ADVANCE and Director of Engineering Student Programs at Texas A&M University. While at Texas A&M she was co-PI on NSF RET, S- STEM, STEP grants, and senior personnel on the NSF

Conference Session

Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

invited presentations - 13 plenary - at international and national forums, conferences and corporations. Since 1994, he has directed an extensive engineering mentoring-research academic success and professional development (ASAP) program that has served over 500 students. These efforts have been supported by NSF STEP, S-STEM, and CSEM grants as well as industry. Dr. Rodriguez’ research inter- ests include: control of nonlinear distributed parameter, and sampled-data systems; modeling, simulation, animation, and real-time control (MoSART) of Flexible Autonomous Machines operating in an uncertain Environment (FAME); design and control of micro-air vehicles (MAVs), control of bio-economic systems, renewable resources, and

Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Miraglia, Syracuse University ; Sharon W. Alestalo, Syracuse University; Shobha K. Bhatia, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Gender effforts by WiiSE women S STEM facullty, the data cllearly reflectted slow proogress for woomen facultyy. Page 25.1481.4Working g with Chanccellor Nancy Cantor as Principal P Investigator, W WiSE wrote a successfulNational Science Fou undation AD DVANCE: In nstitutional T Transformatiion grant in 2009 to adddressthe recruitment, retention and advancement of women STEM faculty at SU. WiSE has grownfrom a mentoring program and lecture series to a dynamic umbrella program