Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abbie B Liel P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Eva Leong

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

topics and do long problems on the board and no one ever stopped to ask questions because he would make no effort to help us understand the topics.”These comments demonstrate the crucial role of professors as ambassadors of the profession instudents’ early careers. Engagement with the professors/T.A.s Lectures and activities in class Doing homework & assignments Helpful textbook, handouts, and other resources Collaboration with fellow classmates; study groups Internship experiences My own technical skills and work ethic 0

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allie Copeland, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

current professionalgraduate students of a university industrial distribution program, through industrial distributiontrade organizations and online networking or recruitment sites.All potential participants were emailed a link to an online study hosted by Qualtrics. The surveybegan with an introduction explaining that the purpose of the study is to identify genderperceptions related to the trends, challenges, and opportunities for women interested in orcurrently engaged in a career in industrial distribution. All survey questions were anonymouswith an opt-out feature if a respondent did not choose to answer. We received IRB approval priorto running the study, and all respondents were treated ethically. Of the original 293 participants,282

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Changing Engineering Culture

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omoju Miller, UC Berkeley

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

(where 1 = Not Really, 3 = Neutral and 5 = Absolutely). Dimensions Developed to Measure Participant’s CS Interest Code Dimension atcs Attitudes about CS competency. atcsgender Attitudes about the role of gender in CS atct Understanding of computational thinking blg Sense of belonging in the CS classroom. clet Attitudes about social implications and ethics. cltrcmp Understanding around cultural competency. mtr Access to CS Mentors. prcs Pre-Collegiate CS awareness. Table 1: Survey Instrument Dimensions to Measure CS