Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna Blaser, University of Washington; Katherine M. Steele, University of Washington; Sheryl Elaine Burgstahler, University of Washigton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

in engineeringthrough the inclusion of UD and disability topics in the curriculum. A long-term goal is todetermine whether incorporating UD into engineering curriculum attracts and retains studentswith more diverse characteristics into the engineering field. These potential students includethose with disabilities, women, and other underrepresented groups that have demonstrated aninterest in and preference for improving the world around them.In this paper, we present findings from a preliminary online discussion and site visits toengineering labs with students with disabilities. Based on these findings, we identifyopportunities for including disability and UD topics in engineering curricula as well as ways inwhich engineering courses can be

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

MUSE program. In the precedingFall (i.e., in Fall 2005 for a course to be taught in Fall 2006), the faculty must submit a one-pagecourse proposal form that includes: a proposed title, the GE area requested for the course, a shortcourse description, a brief bio, and signatures of the Department Chair and Dean. A Januaryorientation workshop is required for new MUSE faculty and optional for returning MUSEfaculty. At the orientation workshop, the faculty are put into a peer review group by GE areawith a faculty coordinator. In addition to creating a course syllabus for the class, the facultymember must complete a MUSE checklist that indicates how their course meets both the MUSEand the General Education goals for their GE area.The peer group works

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Hypatia program. Bothprograms help women in engineering to explore critical issues surrounding women's roles inpredominately male fields.For the first-year seminar course, the students are divided into two sections of thirty-threestudents. It has been found that there is more student interaction in smaller class sizes. Onesection meets on Monday, and the other section meets on Wednesday. On Thursdays, the entiregroup meets as one with the Galileo students. Galileo is the male counterpart to the first-yearHypatia program and is also offered through the CEED office. Each class is 75 minutes inlength. Topics covered in the first-year seminar course can be found in Table 1.As the course syllabus states, the course is designed to assist the students

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne-Marie A Lerner, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Christopher Frayer, University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

toward the end of an NSF-sponsored grant, in a university climate ofongoing and increasing budget cuts from the state. In order to achieve success, the NFLC programminghad to come with a small price tag and show measurable, significant outcomes. This placed the focus ofthe NFLC on assisting faculty to access campus resources more effectively, rather than generating newsources of faculty funds.The cost of running the NFLC is limited to one-credit course overloads for each of the two co-coordinators, and refreshments for some meetings. Compensation for the coordinators allows theuniversity to expect accountability, and thus, quality programing and assessment of the community.Refreshments provide a small bit of hospitality on the part of the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S Gurski, Drexel University; Penny Louise Hammrich, Drexel Univeristy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

School District, Ashland, PA Biology, Life Science, Honors Biology, Anatomy and Physiology grades 7-12 2003 Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School, Coal Township, PA Biology, Honors Biology, Ecology grades 9-12 2002-2003 Developed syllabus and overall course structure of honors Biology courses EDUCATION Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Ed. D. Education Leadership and Management 2016 Concentration: Higher Education Administration Dissertation: Examining the personal nature of the K-14 engineering pipeline for young women University Of Scranton, Scranton, PA M.S. Ed. Leadership 2009 Principal K-12 Certification, Education Leadership Honors: Deans List Susquehanna University Teacher Intern Program; Secondary

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L. Groh, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

. For quantitative analysis, some survey questionson both the pre- and post-course surveys as well as weekly post-class surveys distributed online,included Likert-scale questions and an average was calculated from student submissions. Open-ended reflections of journal entries and the weekly post-class surveys were analyzed to identifycommon themes which categorize the students’ experiences with coaching. Excerpts and quoteswhich are representative of the entire class are presented to illustrate these themes and commonexperiences.Additional procedures employed in the class which relate to coaching but the results of which arenot discussed in this particular study include: (1) Examples of questions which are stellar orweak coaching questions

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine Zundl, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Laura Stiltz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Helen M. Buettner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

engineering a residentialenvironment as well as intentional peer and faculty interaction to promote their success in thefield of engineering, has exceeded expectations in retaining undergraduate women from the firstto third year in engineering. Aspects of this community include students residing together on afloor of the co-educational hall dedicated to first-year students in engineering, access to aDouglass Peer Academic Leader (PAL) in-residence, support from a female engineering graduatestudent mentor, enrollment in the Douglass first-year course Knowledge and Power: Issues inWomen’s Leadership, and interaction with faculty from all engineering disciplines during theirlinked course Introduction to Engineering which is taught by a full-time faculty

Conference Session

How to Get Published: Tips from Journal Editors

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

be permanently archived online. Authors are strongly encouraged butare not required to utilize such supporting material as animation, audio, graphics and video inaddition to text in order to best demonstrate their educational achievements. The journal includesdescriptions of innovative curricula, courses, and teaching practices both within and outside theclassroom that are clearly built upon a foundation of accepted learning science principles.Completed and documented studies are published as full articles; work in progress that showsdistinct promise of eventual success may be published as educational briefs. By focusing oneducational developments and practice, Advances in Engineering Education complements theJournal of Engineering Education

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Ilana Karpman, University of California San Diego

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

explainedwhy she did not decide to utilize the “stop the clock” option:I feel like it [tenure clock extension] will just push me back, and then the [male faculty] advance;the other people advanced a lot faster if I automatically get the clock pushback. If I started at thesame time as a male colleague [but] I’m being pushed back automatically, I’ll be forever behindhim. I don’t like that.Of course, if I need it, I think there should be the flexibility for me to apply for it. A lot of times,I feel like, why are females being slowed down? Because they said, “Oh, you can do this later,you can do that later,” or they automatically push you back. Then just because you had a childand then they feel like you’re not good enough, even if you said, “I don’t want