Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley; Farzana Ansari, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa A. Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

professional andleadership skills are usually learned the hard way – through experience in the workplace as aprofessional engineer3. The importance of these attributes is also underlined by its closealignment with the skills delineated by ABET28. The skills outlined by ABET are (a) an abilityto apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; (b) an ability to design andconduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data; (c) an ability to design a system,component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic,environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability;(d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams; (e) an ability to identify, formulate

Conference Session

Potpouri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Possessing professional ethics 3.72 1.0 4.13 .97 Table 5: Skills indicators before graduation and after starting careerA Paired-Samples t-test was applied comparing each one of the three sets of skills asrated by women engineers before graduation and after starting their career. The resultsshowed significance for the three sets, mainly as regards to the interpersonal skills with amean of (µ=3.05 before graduation) compared with (µ=4.12 after starting the career), andthe personal skills with a mean of (µ=3.26 before graduation) compared with (µ=4.08after starting the career

Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Frinzi, Southern Polytechnic State University; Rebecca Hudson Rutherfoord, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

personaland work environment. There are three fundamental qualities of great brands that will beexamined as to how they can be used in a personal brand. A. Offer and communicate a clear, relevant customer promise. B. Build trust by delivering on the promise. C. Drive their market by continually improving the promise – will be examined as to how these can be used in a personal brand.Everyone needs to know their own personal style and what brings meaning and success. Areasof personal importance such as career, relationships, family, health, friends, community,spirituality, finances, and adventure will be covered. The typical leadership brand profile – 1)intellectual horsepower, 2) integrity, trustworthy and ethical, 3) action-oriented

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

efforts areconcentrated on providing support, career preparation and augmenting the professional skills,competencies and capacities of graduate women in STEM. This last area of emphasis reflects theABET engineering accreditation criteria which includes not just technical skills but sixprofessional skills essential to educating future engineers.xvi These skills includedcommunication, teamwork, ethics and professionalism, engineering in a societal/global context,life-long learning and knowledge of contemporary issues (awareness skills). Higher educationstudies have shown that the way that graduate students are socialized into their graduate programand supported does make a difference. This process of socialization is influenced by departmentclimate