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Increasing Female Engineering Degree Attainment In Electrical And Mechanical Engineering Departments

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Karen Peterman, Goodman Research Group, Inc.
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2009-252: INCREASING FEMALE ENGINEERING-DEGREE ATTAINMENTIN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTSElizabeth Cady, National Academy of EngineeringNorman Fortenberry, National Academy of EngineeringCatherine Didion, National Academy of EngineeringKaren Peterman, Goodman Research Group, Inc. Page 14.729.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Increasing Female Engineering Degree Attainment in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering DepartmentsAbstractThe Engineering Equity Extension Service (EEES) project aims to increase the number ofwomen who graduate with baccalaureate degrees in engineering, with a specific focus on the

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Practical Engineering Design Courses: A Barometer For The Future Success Of Female Emirati Engineering Undegraduates?

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: David Moore, Petroleum Institute; lana El Chaar, Petroleum Institute; Lisa Lamont, Petroleum Institute
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2009-1197: PRACTICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSES: A BAROMETERFOR THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF FEMALE EMIRATI ENGINEERINGUNDEGRADUATES?David Moore, Petroleum Institutelana El Chaar, Petroleum InstituteLisa Lamont, Petroleum Institute Page 14.963.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Practical Engineering Design Projects: A Barometer for Future Success of EmiratiFemale Engineering Undergraduates?The Petroleum Institute is a fledgling engineering university located in Abu Dhabi in theUnited Arab Emirates. Set up in 2001by ADNOC (one of the richest oil companies in theworld), and managed by Colorado School of Mines (one of the most celebratedengineering colleges in

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Funding Agencies Look For Indicators Of A Positive Environment For Faculty Members

Conference Session: Panel: What Funding Agencies Look For
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jane Daniels, Henry Luce Foundation; Kathleen Christensen, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Jessie DeAro, National Science Foundation; David Ruth, Elsevier Foundation
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

among institutions.The Foundation provides one, two and three year grants. By design, the scope of eligiblegrantees includes a wide range of institutions that play a role in career development andachievement. These include academic and research institutions, as well as learned societies,professional associations, advocacy organizations, and governmental and non-governmentalagencies.To date, there have been two rounds of proposals funded, which include projects completed orunderway with the University of Rhode Island, the University of California – Irvine, RennselaerPolytechnic Institute, the University of Amsterdam, Princeton University, the American Societyfor Cell Biology, the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, the Association for

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When Gender Comes Into Play: Factors That Distinguish Colleges Of Engineering With Above And Below Average Enrollment Of Women In Undergraduate Engineering

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2009-93: WHEN GENDER COMES INTO PLAY: FACTORS THATDISTINGUISH COLLEGES OF ENGINEERING WITH ABOVE AND BELOWAVERAGE ENROLLMENT OF WOMEN IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERINGElizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech Elizabeth Creamer is Professor, Educational Research and Evaluation at Virginia Tech where she teaches graduate research courses in mixed methods and qualitative research. She is the PI or co-PI of three research projects funded by the National Science Foundation to investigate issues related gender and enrollment and success in STEM fields. Over the last six years, she also has served as the Director of Research and Assessment for the NSF funded AdvanceVT grant

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Gender Differences In In Class And Out Of Class Experiences That Influence The Intent To Complete An Engineering Degree

Conference Session: Issues of Persistence in Engineering
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech; Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

faculty and issues confronting underrepresented groups in the STEM fields. Catherine has served as the Coordinator of Special Projects for the Office of the Provost at Virginia Tech focusing on faculty work-life issues, diversity efforts, excellence in undergraduate education, and coordinating university planning activities and served as a doctoral intern with the State Council of Higher Education.Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech Dr. Creamer is co-Principal Investigator of the Women and Information Technology project funded by the National Science foundation, Principal Investigator of a grant to investigate climate in undergraduate engineering programs, and Director of Research and

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Assessing Peer Attitudes Among Stem Students And Their Potential Effects On The Retention Of Females In Stem Programs

Conference Session: Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kristian Trampus, University of Texas, Tyler; Fredericka Brown, University of Texas, Tyler; Michael Odell, University of Texas, Tyler
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2009-1712: ASSESSING PEER ATTITUDES AMONG STEM STUDENTS ANDTHEIR POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON THE RETENTION OF FEMALES IN STEMPROGRAMSKristian Trampus, University of Texas, TylerFredericka Brown, University of Texas, TylerMichael Odell, University of Texas, Tyler Page 14.243.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Assessing Peer Attitudes Among STEM students and The Potential Effects on The Retention of Females in STEM ProgramsIntroductionOne of the major socio-technological changes in the United States is that of a growing diversityof workforce. Demographic projections show the traditional pool that supplies today’stechnological workforce

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Sustaining And Enjoying A Multidisciplinary, Multidepartment, Multicampus Research Collaboration On Women In Engineering

Conference Session: Panel: Forming an Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Julie Mills, University of South Australia; Judith Gill, University of South Australia; Suzanne Franzway, University of South Australia; Rhonda Sharp, University of South Australia
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

. Page 14.1111.2Here we should briefly note that there are several different definitions of multidisciplinaryresearch [4], [5], [6]. The terms multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary are often usedinterchangeably, but Borrego & Newswander [3] have provided an excellent discussion of theseterms in the context of engineering education research. They define multidisciplinarycollaborations as those where “collaborators come together to work on a problem, each bringinghis or her own expertise and unique contribution. There is limited exchange of information inthis approach … collaborators leave the project without having learned much about the otherdiscipline(s)” (p.124). On the other hand interdisciplinary collaborations are defined as

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A Cross Institutional Comparison Of Educational Factors Promoting Or Discouraging The Intent To Remain In Engineering

Conference Session: Issues of Persistence in Engineering
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

engineering at nine institutions distributed throughout the U.S. Thepreliminary sample of institutions consisted of nine institutions that supplied a letter fromthe dean of a college or school of engineering to accompany a grant applicationindicating their willingness to participate in the project and to designate an institutionalliaison to work with the project over the course of two years. Using information from2003 Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges16, private and publicinstitutions were selected based on the number and percentage of women completing anundergraduate engineering degree in 2003. From among institutions graduating at least50 female engineers in 2003, we labeled a group of universities as “high” where

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Improving Stem Doctoral Students’ Relationships With Their Advisors: Web Based Training In Interpersonal Problem Solving

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jessica Rohlfing, Arizona State University; Erin Kube, Arizona State University; Brandon Yabko, Arizona State University; Erika Murguia, Arizona State University; Jennifer Bekki, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2009-914: IMPROVING STEM DOCTORAL STUDENTS’ RELATIONSHIPSWITH THEIR ADVISORS: WEB-BASED TRAINING IN INTERPERSONALPROBLEM SOLVINGJessica Rohlfing, Arizona State University Jessica E. Rohlfing is a Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University. She currently works as the lead research assistant of evaluation on CareerWISE, an NSF-funded project aimed at strengthening women doctoral students' persistence in STEM fields. She earned her M.S. in General Psychology from DePaul University, and she has BS degrees in psychology and sociology from Iowa State University. Her broad research interests include interpersonal theory and the examination of the interpersonal

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How We Measure Success Makes A Difference: Eight Semester Persistence And Graduation Rates For Female And Male Engineering Students

Conference Session: Issues of Persistence in Engineering
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego; Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Russell Long, Purdue University; Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

Camacho, University of San Diego Michelle Madsen Camacho is Associate Professor of the Sociology Department and Affiliated Faculty in both the Ethnic Studies Program and the Gender Studies Program at the University of San Diego. She is fluent in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and uses theories from interdisciplinary sources including cultural studies, critical race, gender and feminist theories. Her research examines questions of culture, power and inequality through both macro and micro lenses. She has presented and published her research on several projects including: the paradox of “modernization” via state-led development projects in Mexico, narratives

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Gender Differences In The Attitudes Of Students In Freshman Engineering Courses

Conference Session: Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

engineering-relatedevents that have garnered prominent news coverage may impact students’ views: the bridgecollapse in Minneapolis in August 2007; the levee failures in New Orleans during hurricaneKatrina in 2005 and in the Midwest during summer 2008; Salmonella contaminated water inAlamosa, CO, in spring 2008; arsenic contamination of water in Bangladesh; etc. Doperspective students realize that engineers are involved in these projects? If so, do they blameengineers for these failures, which might be reflected in responses on the PFEAS survey?Hilpert9 received 374 responses to the PFEAS survey in fall 2007 from mechanical andaerospace engineering majors at a large, public university (16.7% women). Upon data analysis,the questions related to students

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Empowering Women As Leaders And Scholars: Advance Leadership Programs At A Doctoral Stem Dominant University

Conference Session: Focus on Faculty
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ane Johnson, Virginia Tech; Margaret Layne, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

academic careers.4 Yet women faculty have indicated high levels of interest inleadership positions.5 With NSF ADVANCE support, Virginia Tech, a STEM-dominantuniversity, has sought to empower women faculty to overcome the barriers to leadership.This paper reports on how leadership programs focusing on women faculty can increase therepresentation of women in leadership roles across campus at a STEM-dominant institution. Byproviding multiple strategies to empower women faculty at varying stages of their careers,ADVANCE leadership programs sought to enhance their capabilities and productivity astechnical and administrative leaders and as scholars. This was done, in part, by bringing womenfaculty together at many points during the project to reflect on

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Taking A Break From Academia

Conference Session: Panel: Taking a Break from Academia
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Susan Davidson, University of Pennsylvania; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

ofEngineering. The EPSRC Visiting Researcher program allows “support for engineers ofacknowledged standing, either from within the UK or aboard,” to visit a UK organization. Fundsfrom the grant included research funds for equipment and resources for Dr. Schulz’s project atCardiff, travel funds for visiting other UK universities and organizations and living expensesduring her stay at Cardiff University.My activities during my stay in the UK were related to three main objectives. The first objectiverelated to participation in several ongoing research projects at Cardiff. Cardiff University wasrecently awarded £3.8M from the UK EPSRC to set up the Centre for Integrated RenewableEnergy Generation and Supply (CIREGS).The second objective was to visit with

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Using Mentoring As A Catalyst For Change

Conference Session: Focus on Faculty
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Barbara Hacker, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Winny Dong, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mary Lucero Ferrel, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

project is attempting to change the culture of the campus inorder to increase the number of women faculty in STEM and to help further the careers of thosealready on campus. Mentoring Circles have been created to allow networking among a smallgroup of women and reduce the burden on any individual of implementing such a program.IntroductionMentoring programs have been implemented to improve the retention and increase the success offaculty at many universities, especially for women in the male-dominated fields of science andengineering.1, 2, 3, 4 A number of different models have been used for the mentoring programsincluding the traditional dyadic relationship of a mentor and protégé, referred to as the groomingmentoring model, a less-structured

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Factors That Encourage Or Discourage The Persistence Of Female Students In Undergraduate Education

Conference Session: Issues of Persistence in Engineering
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Carol Burger, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

they would select the same university if they had to do it overagain provided some context for understanding which environmental elements might facilitateretention of female students in particular. Undergraduate students at these institutions describedthemselves as self-starters and acknowledged some competition to get good grades, but theyagreed that their institution has a culture where students are encouraged and respected for takingthe initiative to seek out needed expertise. Interviews with administrators and faculty at the highinstitutions identified priorities for interdisciplinary and team-based projects. Placing theseelements as priorities in the instructional experience may aid retention, communicating to thestudents that no one is

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Recharge Your Professional And Personal Activities Through An International Sabbatical

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

campus for an extended amount of time. Researchers withlarge research programs worry how a leave might adversely affect their graduate students andresearch projects. Faculty members with working spouses have to consider the flexibility of thespouse’s job, especially if they cannot also take sabbatical. Faculty with families see all theissues related to taking the family with you or being separated for an extended amount of time.In tight budget times, some universities have reduced or eliminated sabbaticals.While these are all valid concerns and issues, faculty also face challenges, particularly if theyremain at the same institution. Some faculty get caught in a groove of teaching the same classesover and over again. Other faculty get assigned to

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Enhancements To A Retention Program For Women Engineering Technology Students By The Addition Of A Social Support Network And Community Building Activities

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Teresa Wolcott, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

Civil Engineering. She is an adjunct instructor for surveying and lead faculty for WIT in the Civil Engineering Technology program at RIT. Currently, she is pursuing her Master of Science degree in Professional Studies with concentrations in Geographical Information Systems and Project Management. Wolcott’s involvement in the Women in Technology program at RIT includes monitoring retention data and supporting programming efforts.Maureen Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology MAUREEN S. VALENTINE is the Associate Dean and Miller professor for the College of Applied Science and Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Valentine received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from

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University And Personal Factors That Hinder Or Assist Women In Completing A Degree In Engineering

Conference Session: Issues of Persistence in Engineering
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

graduated 600,000 and India350,000 (U.S. Department of Education, 2006).The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2005) projects that by 2010, 50 percent of all U.S. workerswill be women. This projection, plus the growth in the science and engineering labor force, andthe shortage of technically skilled workers show the importance and need of having womentraining to become scientists and engineers. Unfortunately, women have been and continue to bea minority in engineering related fields. In 1971, only 0.8% of the bachelor’s degrees earned inengineering were obtained by female students. In 2006, the number went up to 19% (U.S.Census Bureau, 2005-2006). Despite the increase in the number of women obtaining degrees inengineering, women are still

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Life After Tenure: Leadership Roles In Academia

Conference Session: WEPAN and WIED Joint Panel: Life after Tenure--Leadership Roles in Academia
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Priscilla Nelson, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Patricia Davies, Purdue University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; W. M. Kim Roddis, George Washington University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

department chairposition, where I am thriving.How Faculty Can Position Themselves for Moves into LeadershipIn addition to the development of their leadership skills and networking with others in theirprofessional societies, the panelists also shared some advice for faculty wishing to move intoacademic leadership positions. First, the panelists recommend that faculty find an opportunity todevelop their leadership skills. This can be through professional development activities orthrough seeking out opportunities such as leading large multi-disciplinary research projects orchairing institutional committees. In all of these opportunities, the panelists recommended thatfaculty do their homework and build a reputation of being reliable and fair. Faculty

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Obstacles As Challenges: Retention Of Female Engineering Students In Mexico

Conference Session: Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Carmen Villa, Texas A&M University; Carolyn Clark, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Sandlin, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

study. When we entered the classroom and approached the female students, we were immediately surrounded by male students; it was kind of intimidating. It was not only that the male students were curious about the visitors and the project; it was like they were trying to protect their female peers. In addition, male students showed their pride in their female classmates, they told us that female students were better than them, ‘they [female students] are the best students [academically] [ellas son las más aplicadas].Literature on women’s learning33 suggests that women’s preferences are for learning that iscooperative, and studies on women in engineering22,23 indicate that a competitive climate hascontributed

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Competence In Engineering: A Tale Of Two Women

Conference Session: Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

. During the 2006-2007 academic year, Barbara was a part-time visiting professor in Purdue University’s Engineering Education Department. Her research interests focus primarily on understanding and assessing engineering student learning, including recent work developing concept inventories for engineering topics with colleagues from CSM and Purdue. She has participated in a number of curriculum innovation projects and has been active in the engineering education and assessment communities. Barbara is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), currently serving as the Chair of the International Advisory Committee of ASEE. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee