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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary V. Villani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Ilknur Aydin, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Lisa Cullington, National University

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reviewer, Dr. Villani was awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2013. Prior to joining FSC, Dr. Villani had a fifteen-year Computer Consulting Career in the Risk Management and Insurance industry. Throughout her career, she wrote articles and papers on the topic of Risk Management Information Systems and delivered several invited presentations at Risk Management Conferences as she was a recognized expert in the discipline.Dr. Ilknur Aydin, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale Ilknur Aydin is an Associate Professor of Computer Systems at Farmingdale State College in New York. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Delaware in DE, USA and received her

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debarati Basu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl

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Advisor to the leadership at Sisters in STEM. Sreyoshi frequently collaborates on several National Science Foundation projects in the engineering education realm, researching engineering career trajectories, student motivation, and learning. Sreyoshi has been recognized as a Fellow at the Academy for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech (VTGrATE) and a Fellow at the Global Perspectives Program (GPP) and was inducted to the Yale Bouchet Honor Society during her time at Virginia Tech. She has also been honored as an Engaged Ad- vocate in 2022 and an Emerging Leader in Technology (New ELiTE) in 2021 by the Society of Women Engineers. Views expressed in this paper are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Grace J. Liang; Rick Evans, Cornell University; Mojdeh Asadollahipajouh; Stacey E. Kulesza, P.E., Kansas State University; Anna Glushko Evans, Kansas State University

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engineering.Anna Glushko Evans, Kansas State University Graduate student at Kansas State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Qualitative Study of Undergraduate Women in Engineering Project TeamsAbstractOne intervention thought to foster women’s interest in engineering is introducing girls to STEMor engineering activities. The argument for this is that an increase in interest early in their liveswill lead to more women pursuing a career in engineering. The focus of our research is womenwho are thriving as undergraduate student leaders in engineering project teams. We employ amulti-case study method that involves a sequence of semi-structured interviews. This paperspeaks to the findings

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahjah Marie Johnson, University of Cincinnati; Samieh Askarian Khanamani, University of Cincinnati; Mark Okoth Onyango, University of Cincinnati; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati

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to students'performance in campus environment [7]. Essentially, how students perceive the culture withinSTEM and their belonging within that culture is not contingent but does correlate with facultysupport through interactions during their academic careers [8]. As a result of this correlation,students describe feelings such as hostility and lack of caring when characterizing the instructor-student relationship [9]. Report from previous studies shows that there is still negative form ofinteraction between faculty and students like discrimination from instructors [10]. This reckoninghas allowed scholars to conclude that there is a beneficial connection between facultyrelationships and student’s self-efficacy and their persistence in STEM

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2 - Personal Situations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enas Aref, Western Michigan University; Dina Idriss-Wheeler, University of Ottawa; Julia Hajjar, University of Ottawa

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, andprogram attrition further exacerbate the challenges faced by graduate students, impacting theirwell-being [18]. Having a supportive supervisor along with departmental or faculty support canmitigate emotional exhaustion [18]. In Canada, it has been reported recently that graduatestudents are facing serious financial challenges, largely due to limited funding available fromboth institutions and funding agencies [18]. This further adds to the stress and anxiety that manyearly-career academics face and highlights the reality of the many challenges faced by graduatestudents on a daily basis, not including the added element of experiencing grief.Despite the substantial impact of grief and traumatic events on academic performance, researchon grief and

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3 - Belongingness and Community

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katlin Hart Rowley, California State University, Fresno; Kimberly Stillmaker PE, California State University, Fresno; Aaron Stillmaker, California State University, Fresno; Hayley Garza; Edgar Zuniga; Lalita G Oka, California State University, Fresno

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the CHHS, the White and/or Asian group expressed thismajority-favoring bias at nearly half the rate of Black/African American and/or Hispanic group. Figure 3. Student perceptions of gender suitability for engineering related (LCOE) and health and human services related careers (CHHS).Overall, 12.9% of women in LCOE perceived women to be less suited for their field of study,and 10.6% of men in LCOE perceived men to be more suited for their field of study. Similarly,in CHHS, 16.1% of men perceived men to be less suited for their field of students and 13.1% ofwomen perceived women to be more suited for their study. Thus, in both colleges, the minoritygender expressed a slightly higher perception towards favoring the majority

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krista Smith, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Port Hueneme ; Bridget Leana Davenport; Jason Faith Bickford; Leslie Abell; Sara Dooley

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, anexperiment was performed where people viewed three Navy job descriptions in their respectiveSTEM fields and were asked their level of interest. This paper will show that women who do nothave a background in the jargon are less likely to apply on jargon-filled, STEM job descriptionsthan men. Conversely, when women have a background with the jargon, this paper will showthat these women have a higher interest in the jargon-filled job advertisements than men do.KeywordsDiversity, Jargon, STEM, Job Advertisements, Gender.IntroductionResearch has shown that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers aremale dominated [1]. Among first-year college students, women are much less likely than men tosay that they intend to major in STEM

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 6 - Institutional Contexts

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Camila Zapata-Casabon, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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, if women do notparticipate in engineering across various fields, their perspectives on design solutions are absent[3]. This is significant, considering that a diverse team can better understand and represent end-users' needs in problem-solving [1].Differences in gender socialization, linked to environmental factors such as family values, socialexpectations, and representation in traditional and digital media, among others, are identified asone of the reasons for gender biases among individuals. Therefore, family and education arecrucial in career choice [2]. Efforts from academia and industry are essential to promote a changein the volume of female participation in these fields [1]. This challenge should be viewed as asocietal one involving

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8: Leadership and Persistence

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Michelle Delahanty, National Science Foundation

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that meet Quality Matters (QM) standards. She was the faculty advisor to student research teams, where two teams made the final round of the AACC Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) in 2016 and 2017. Dr. Delahanty has developed and conducted STEM focused outreach initiatives to community groups and in K-12 schools with a higher percentage of underrepresented and underserved students. Prior to her teaching career, Dr. Delahanty was an electrical engineer at General Electric Company in both military and commercial satellite communications. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Gender-Based Comparison of Creative Self-Efficacy, Mindset, and Perceptions of

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8: Leadership and Persistence

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sumudu Lewis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; nadia sahila, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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engineering degreepathway. The program's overarching goal is to engage students in teamwork, research, andprofessional development early in their undergraduate career and provide opportunities toexercise these skills in a variety of contexts. Originally designed to support new female students,RAMP has been expanded to all students, including high-school juniors and seniors. The missionis to provide students who are underrepresented in engineering the knowledge and resources tobe successful in engineering education and careers, while acquiring leadership skills thatcontribute to broadening the participation of women, ethnic, and racial minorities in engineering.RAMP takes place over six weeks in the summer before the Fall semester when students

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 4

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Johanna Naukkarinen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Finland

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owing to the nature of theevent, also biased toward people who held a higher than average interest toward engineeringcareers to start with.In the application form, the applicants were asked to answer an open question “Do you thinkthat more women are needed in the field of technology? Justify your answer.” Answerswere submitted as open-ended text and varied from a couple of words to paragraphs withseveral hundred words. Written answers were analyzed by qualitative content analysisfollowing the ideas of theory-directed coding in the Atlas.ti software.The event website introduced the aim of the event as follows:At the Shaking up Tech event, universities want to offer a diverse understanding oftechnology as a discipline and career choice. The aim

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 6

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Furnbach Clavijo, Stevens Institute of Technology

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results of this workshopwere two-fold. First, the participants were able to vent their current frustrations and they alsowere able to practice some creative thinking techniques that might be useful in their careers andpersonal life. Second, the workshop yielded quite a few implementable ideas ranging from short-term to long-term that are being used to improve the campus experience for female engineeringstudents. To date, the researcher has been able to implement three ideas generated by theworkshop participants including a new mid-term course survey, women-led makerspaceprogramming, and registration support for parents. Additional ideas such as priority registrationfor women and gender pairing of academic advisors are in longer-term discussions

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawna Vican, University of Delaware; Robin Andreasen, University of Delaware; Heather Doty, University of Delaware

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valued or acted upon.The importance of department chairs in perceptions of climate is evident from both the facultyclimate survey data, as well as our qualitative research on the experiences of women of colorfaculty. A path analysis of predictors of faculty job satisfaction based on climate survey datafinds that for both women and men, effective chair leadership leads to greater career satisfactionvia access to internal academic resources and collegial relationships [13]. The role of the chair isparticularly important for women faculty, however, as perceptions of effective chair leadershipdirectly shape job satisfaction for women faculty. Turning to our interview data, women of colorin diverse departments reported that their relationship with

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 4

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Camila Zapata, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Yunia Valentina Recaman, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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bibliographical review on the entry and retention of women in STEMcareers [8]. The study identifies several factors contributing to the low representation of womenin STEM fields, including a lack of female role models, which conveys the message that womenare not inclined or capable of pursuing careers in science or engineering. Moreover, the studyhighlights that simply increasing the number of women in these disciplines is insufficient. This isbecause many women in STEM have had to conform to a more masculine model to fit in andsucceed.Camps [9], also addresses this issue in her research, which involved interviewing women insenior management. She found that some interviewees sought to distance themselves fromfeminine traits, as they to work with men and

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1 - Women in Computing

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amanda Ross, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sara Hooshangi, The George Washington University

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-means-life-or-death/[5] K. Falkner, C. Szabo, D. Michell, A. Szorenyi, and S. Thyer, “Gender Gap in Academia: Perceptions of Female Computer Science Academics,” in Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, in ITiCSE ’15. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, Jun. 2015, pp. 111–116. doi: 10.1145/2729094.2742595.[6] J. C. Lapan and K. N. Smith, “‘No Girls on the Software Team’: Internship Experiences of Women in Computer Science,” Journal of Career Development, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 119–134, 2023.[7] S. Cheryan, V. C. Plaut, C. Handron, and L. Hudson, “The Stereotypical Computer Scientist: Gendered Media Representations as a Barrier to Inclusion

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2 - Personal Situations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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past few years as they have navigatedtheir promotion and/or tenure processes while carrying the primary responsibilities for the careand education of children who have been diagnosed with a specific learning disability (SLD).The accounts presented below is represented in the form of collaborative autoethnographyhighlighting the balancing act of working in their engineering departments and the inequitiesthese women faculty of color have faced in still meeting the demands of their careers whilejuggling motherhood. Since the authors are already underrepresented in engineering, they optedto remove their names and identifying information from the quotes used in the manuscript tominimize any work-related retaliation. The readers are cautioned

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8: Leadership and Persistence

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Pierce, Purdue University; Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University

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integrated, and both provide opportunities for individual skill development byconducting Professional Development sessions across a variety of professional and technicaltopics. This study employs both a quantitative analysis of the utilization of professionaldevelopment and a thematic analysis of student focus groups to investigate differences acrossgenders. This study has implications for a wide range of engineering programs looking to createequitable opportunities for students.IntroductionEPICS and VIP Program HistoryThe EPICS program was founded in 1995 at Purdue University in response to a need forengineering students to gain more practical, hands-on design experience before transitioning intotheir professional careers [1]. EPICS connects teams

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexis Nicole Barney, Iowa State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Matthew Nelson, Iowa State University

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Total 10 2 24. Results4.1. Findings from RQ1: What is the current state of the cultural climate for women studying engineering at the university level?There were three common themes from the survey data indicating the current state of the culturalclimate: (1) tension felt by peers regarding academic and career accomplishments, (2) instances ofovert and covert sexism, microaggressions, and gender biases, and (3) feelings of isolation andlack of ability by women.4.1.1. Tensions between GendersFigure 3 and Figure 4 show that 60% of our female survey participants report feeling tension fromtheir male peers regarding their academic accomplishments sometimes–always, and 79% feeltension from

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawna Dory, Pennsylvania State University; Luis Roberto Delgado Jr., Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Esther Gomez, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University

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understanding of the research process. Theseopportunities can be incredibly effective, particularly in the encouragement of students to attendgraduate school or otherwise further pursue careers in STEM fields [8], [9]. Hence, REUprograms have been promoted in recent years as a method of creating a sustainable pathway tograduate school [9]. Literature shows that undergraduate research is strongly associated with improvement ofthe undergraduate education experience [10], [11]. Specifically, participation in undergraduateresearch decreases attrition rates [12] and increases rates of graduate education [13] for allstudents, particularly underrepresented and minoritized students. In addition, undergraduateresearch scholarship is related to the

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno

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engineerbefore going back to school and pursuing engineering education. My education and career inengineering took place in predominantly white, male settings. Because of the privilege Iexperience as a white person and the sheltering of experiences that my privilege offers, I haveundergone a massive amount of learning to identify systems of oppression embedded in theculture that may limit others in the profession. My goal with my research is to explore norms inengineering to understand and identify systems of oppression embedded in the culture that maylimit marginalized communities in the profession.Author 2: I am a gay, white, able-bodied, cisgender man with tenure in Engineering Education.My work centers on the ways we create change in engineering

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8

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and co-moderated a Birds of a Feather session at SIGSCE 2022 virtually entitled: Mentoring a Women in Computing Club: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Dr. Villani presented a paper at ASEE 2022 in Minneapolis, MN entitled: Designed A (Re)Orientation Program for Women Computing Students at a Commuter College and Measuring its Effectiveness. Fall 2023 a paper entitled: An Early Measure of Women-Focused Initiatives in Gender-Imbalanced Computing programs were presented at CCSC Eastern Conference. Dr. Villani has been a Grace Hopper Scholarship reviewer, Dr. Villani was awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2013. Prior to joining FSC, Dr. Villani had a fifteen-year Computer Consulting Career in the

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah Boyce, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Madeline JoAnna Szoo, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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AIChE.Madeline JoAnna Szoo, Northeastern University Madeline Szoo is a 3rd year undergraduate Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry major at Northeastern University. She has been involved in the Connections Chemistry Review program as a supplemental instructor for two years, she is the current President of the Northeastern University Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society, and she is involved in undergraduate research in drug-delivery systems for the treatment of various cancers, stem cell differentiation protocols, and disease modeling with microphysiological systems.Dr. Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University During his academic career as a faculty member in engineering and the sciences at institutions

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1 - Women in Computing

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary V Villani, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Ilknur Aydin, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Lisa Cullington, Sacred Heart University

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Teaching Excellence, 2012. Prior to joining FSC, Dr. Villani had a 15 year computer consulting career in the Risk Management and Insurance Industry.Dr. Ilknur Aydin, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York Ilknur Aydin is an Associate Professor of Computer Systems at Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York. Dr. Aydin’s research is in the general area of wireless and mobile networks with a focus on transport layer issues including multihoming, SCTP, congestion control, and network coding. Dr. Aydin has mentored undergraduate and high school students on research projects that involve the use of Arduino boxes and Raspberry Pi’s in the context of Internet of Things, and the use of public testbeds such as CloudLab and

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Najme Kishani Farahani, University of Toronto, Canada; Aimy Bazylak, University of Toronto, Canada; Jason Bazylak, University of Toronto, Canada

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transform the social conflicts and building peace and democracy. In her careers in international development at UNICEF and Education Development Center, in the Middle East and East Africa, Najme had been working to strengthen institutional capacity to promote equity and justice for minoritized populations and women. Before switching into education, Najme was a civil engineer for eight years. Her passion for education and development made her to quit engineering and switch to social sciences. Her current role, as the research associate, bridges her engineering background to her passion and endeavors for social justice and gender equity.Prof. Aimy Bazylak, University of Toronto, Canada Prof. Aimy Bazylak is a Professor

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Dolores Menold, Pennsylvania State University

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- personal behaviors and leadership for early-career engineers. She teaches engineering leadership and an engineering leader coaching course. Her research focuses on coaching skills, inclusive leadership, and career development.Ms. Jessica Dolores Menold, Pennsylvania State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Imperfect Interventions for Speaking Up and Supporting Women in STEMKristen R. Moore, University at BuffaloMeg Handley, Penn State UniversityJessica Menold, Penn State UniversityIntroductionDespite numerous calls within engineering to broaden participation of racially and ethnically minoritized(REM) people in the field, racial diversity remains a systemic problem. Many engineering

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elle Ann Kreiner, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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engineering fields, and often topics of their achievements, goals, and motivationsflourished with these questions. Some students spoke about their current positions, while alumnaexplained what they currently do and how they wish to become a leader or see themselves asone. This was a core part of the interview that allowed women to develop more internal thoughtsabout themselves and their place in their career or program. Becca, who serves in a leadership role for the American Society of MechanicalEngineering (ASME) student group, mentioned how she felt her natural leadership tendencieswould serve her well in her future endeavors. She is hopeful that when she enters the workforceshe’ll gain skills and end up in her own leadership position. “I'm

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1 - Women in Computing

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ilknur Aydin, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Mary V Villani, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Lisa Cullington, Sacred Heart University

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, and to take students to women in computing events. Dr. Villani has been active publishing and presenting these experiences in an effort to share within the research community and to ultimately broaden participation. Dr. Villani is the co-advisor of the Supporting Women in Computing Club where she has mentored many women students in the program. Dr. Villani is the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, 2012. Prior to joining FSC, Dr. Villani had a 15 year computer consulting career in the Risk Management and Insurance Industry.Dr. Lisa Cullington, Sacred Heart University Lisa Cullington, Ph.D. is an educational researcher with expertise in academic program development, learning outcomes and

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University

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interest,engagement, and encouragement in highly technical and male-dominated disciplines [5], [13].WomenIn 2019-2020, women received 34% of all postsecondary STEM degrees, making womenunderrepresented in the field [12]. What does studying in a male-dominated space mean forwomen? There are different expectations that women must meet in engineering spaces. Oneaspect is to behave in certain ways to be accepted and valued. Such behaviors involve showing alack of self-assurance, ambition, and initiative, which avoids confrontations with their male peersbut also limits women’s career opportunities [4]. Women more than men often take fulladvantage of formal and informal mentoring opportunities in college and outside college,increasing their

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 4 - Hands-on Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Foss, Weber State University; Mark Baugh, Weber State University; Yucheng Liu P.E., South Dakota State University

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engineer. This portion of the event is often the most surprising because there tends to be a lot ofengagement between the guest speaker and the attendees. Attendees may have a lot of questionsabout the rigor of the degree and the career culture afterwards. These questions are often trickyin this environment, but the best answer is the honest answer. Students may ask questions aboutfailing course work or about experiencing discrimination. These kinds of questions and storiescan be so impactful to all students that question whether they belong in the engineeringdiscipline when they experience failure in their degree [40]. While it might be tempting to paint the experience of women or any URM as free fromdiscrimination, this can function

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rita Manco Powell, University of Pennsylvania; Henry Towsner, University of Pennsylvania; Brett Frankel, University of Pennsylvania

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community. Eachsemester we selected a PESP alum, who had graduated from the university, to talk to the studentsabout her job and career plans at the Reunion party. The Reunion party occasionally featuredguests from industry.In addition to the pay for the peer leaders and PhD stipends, the only other costs involved inrunning ESP were the light suppers provided to the two workshops (approximately $200 perweek) and the cost of the end of semester reunion dinner.Admissions practices at the University of PennsylvaniaAt the University of Pennsylvania, students can begin freshman year with a declared major orthey can be undecided, which is called curriculum deferred in Penn Engineering and undeclaredin the College of Arts and Sciences. The vast majority