Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Atwood, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California at Berkeley; Lisa Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

guidelines for strong technical writing: examples involving class evaluation and re-writing.Oral presentation Presented the basic guidelines for strong technical oral presentationsEditing writing Groups traded drafts of their papers and peer-edited them (2 labs)Exhibit feedback Feedback on students’ exhibit ideas and prototypes from staff of the science museumGroup work The students worked on the final project in groups throughout the semester (3 labs)ResultsThe demographics of the course show a relatively even gender split (Figure 1), with slightlymore women students in bioengineering (17 women vs 14 men) and more men students inmechanical engineering (6 women

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

. CurrentlyBoeing Company Senior Fellow in Engineering Education at the National Academy ofEngineering, he also serves at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching on apanel exploring relationships between the liberal arts and the professions. His current researchexplores the influences of popular concepts of progress on what counts as engineers andengineering knowledge in different countries.The International Journal of Engineering Studies (IJES) is a peer reviewed internationaljournal with a key objective to provide the academic and industrial community a medium forpresenting original cutting edge research related to all aspects of engineering studies and itsapplications. IJES invites authors to submit their original and unpublished work

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University; Barbara Clark, Purdue University; Susan Geier, Purdue University; Christie Sahley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

designed around the three goals: 1) to increase the number of women of color in STEMfaculty positions, 2) to improve the success of all women STEM faculty, and 3) to engage allfaculty in transforming Purdue. Current programming includes: ≠ Search Chair Workshops on Faculty Hiring designed to increase awareness of the impact of unconscious bias; ≠ Cultural Center Events for faculty that celebrate the culture and heritage of African American, Latino, and Native American people, particularly those currently employed by or enrolled at Purdue; ≠ a Mentoring Institute for newly hired assistant professors to develop a peer-mentoring network across campus; ≠ Leadership Development opportunities for tenured faculty

Conference Session

Survival Tips from the Trenches

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Lantz, Trine University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

nation not down the hall. Don't look at what other people in your department (particularly ones that have been there for a while) had when they got tenure. Talk to peers at other similar institutions and see what their expectations for tenure and promotion are.4. Build collaborations within your department, your school and your discipline. It's easier to get people in your department and institution to support you when they know your work. You need others outside your institution to be familiar with your work to provide letters of support for tenure and promotion.5. Take on only meaningful service roles. Meaningful service roles for young faculty are things that will advance your career. Serve on the

Conference Session

Women In Engineering Poster Session / WEPAN Knowledge Center / Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Jane Langeman, Langeman Consulting; Lori DuBois, DuBois Information

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

through Browse and Search interfaces.Information resources are annotations forresource types such as articles, books,literature reviews, U.S. national reports ornarrative profiles of organizations, programsand projects, database tools.The WEPAN Knowledge CenterInformation Repository and ProfessionalCommunity platform is an effectivemechanism for disseminating grant-relatedinformation resources and connecting thepeople responsible for creating them withboth their peers and the public outside theproject silos that currently exist. Page 15.425.4Figure 2. Example of Annotated Resource.Information resources can be accessed from the annotations and

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

an M.A. in creative writing from Iowa State University.Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University Ann Burnett is an Associate Professor of Communication at North Dakota State University. Burnett holds a Ph.D. degree in Communication from the University of Utah and an M.A. degree in Communication from the University of Northern Colorado.Roger Green, North Dakota State University Roger Green is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University. Green holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming. Page

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manjusha Saraswathiamma, North Dakota State University; Kathy Enger, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Achinthya Bazebaruah, North Dakota State University; Bruce Schumacher, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

. Proof of persistencePositive influences Negative influences (Manifested as goals)Problem solving Gender discrimination Learning goalsCollaboration The need to prove worth Professional goalsFamily support Taking risk Giving back to communityDiscovery Career and family balance (book writing, outreachSatisfaction in helping Communication programs etc.)peopleContinuous learningApplication of learningJob varietyCreativityFacing challengesOpportunityFinancial securityFreedomSharing of knowledgeSocial statusFemale engineers reported facing many challenges such as gender

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

students and learningabout their struggles and how they handle them, information about graduate school andresearch on campus, meeting people from industry and graduate students helped me toget focused, learning about Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs), gettingprepared for a career fair, learning how to write a good resume, meeting with professors,learning that it is important to do research to find out whether research is an area theywould like to pursue.Additional topics listed by the men included: the suggestions of note taking and studying;the meetings; hearing professional recruiters come and talk about opportunities, whatthey are looking for, and how to get a job; meeting with the panel of graduate students;emphasis on course work

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleanor M. Jaffee, Smith College; Donna Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

program…through the University of Cal-Poly, and I was really involved in that program…but I kind of got led into this field just because I hate English and I don‟t really like writing, reading, and doing all that kind of fun stuff, so that steered me towards engineering since it‟s physics and math. (10:4) Well, I know I hate English, and I hate foreign languages, and I didn‟t like history, so I needed something with math and science base. And senior year of high school I went to the [area university] Women in Engineering conference and I really liked it, it was good, and then when I came to [College] I originally was looking at chemistry classes and calculus classes, not engineering per se