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Engagement and Participation for Women Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Lidia (Lili) Castillo, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

. Through her research, Lili hopes to amplify the voices of historically underrepresented populations in engineering to foster an inclusive space in engineering education for diverse students through asset-based and culturally relevant approaches. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025“I’m allowed to be my own person in engineering”: How gender identity-based engineering student organizations support women’s engineering identity developmentBackgroundThis work-in-progress paper examines women’s motivations for joining gender identity-basedengineering student organizations (GI ESOs) and how those organizations support women’sengineering identity development. Engineering holds a reputation

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Informal Education and Outreach Programs for Women Engineering Students

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wynn Tranfield, University of California, Santa Cruz; Shelby Hallman, University of California, Los Angeles; Emily Halan Dovan, University of California, Los Angeles

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

the high userates, particularly for solo study. Although students reported using libraries for group study only“sometimes,” using libraries as collaborative spaces is also essential to fostering community.There is prime opportunity to develop and promote tailored resources to students within thespace, and to gather feedback on new initiatives. Being valued as a safe, functional space isparamount to supporting student success. Reflecting student identities in classrooms is a process. Libraries can also partner withdepartment administration and faculty to update and change static curricular content. Theincreasing use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in engineering is an opportunity for facultyto critically examine course materials

Conference Session

Informal Education and Outreach Programs for Women Engineering Students

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lillian Clark Jeznach, Roger Williams University; Maija A Benitz, Roger Williams University

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

online classroom,” “Falling behind in content material that wewill build on in future semesters,” “That my grades from on-line learning will be problematic,”and “Connecting with classmates to collaborate on assignments.” Moreover, the averages wereall higher for women than for men in these questions. It points to students’ worry over manycomponents of the online learning environment, while the last prompt speaks to the concernabout an inability to connect with peers. While both women and men’s scores demonstrated highlevels of stress surrounding community-related prompts, the women’s averages were consistentlyhigher. Perhaps then, a sense of community is something educators can aim to foster, inparticular for underrepresented students and in

Conference Session

Engagement and Participation for Women Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Glenn, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University; Lenna Abouzahr, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

and the Role of Student OrganizationsAbstractThe key factors that motivate young women to pursue engineering careers should be recognizedand integrated across the educational system, from K-12 through graduate-level programs.Focusing on motivating factors highlights a fundamental shift from focusing on the obstacles thatyoung women face to emphasizing the positive influences that foster interest and confidence inchoosing to study engineering and enter engineering career fields. Current research in this areahighlights seven specific factors which are positive influences that can be developed throughinformal learning experiences, such as clubs or enrichment activities. Research shows that youngwomen who choose and stay in engineering [1, 2

Conference Session

First-Year and Experiential Learning for Women Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lekshmi Sasidharan, University of Arkansas; Aysa Galbraith, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

. (2012). Women in engineering: A review of the 2006-2010 literature. Frontiers in Education Conference11. Rosenthal, L., London, B., Levy, S. R., & Lobel, M. (2013). The roles of perceived identity compatibility and social support for women in a single-sex STEM program at a co- educational university. Sex Roles, 69(11-12), 475-486.12. Wu, D. J., Thiem, K. C., & Dasgupta, N. 2022. Female peer mentors early in college have lasting positive impacts on female engineering students that persist beyond graduation. Nature communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34508-x13. Diekman, A. B., Clark, E. K., Johnston, A. M., Brown, E. R., & Steinberg, M. (2010). Malleability in communal goals and beliefs influences

Conference Session

Programmatic Design and Resiliency Among Women Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

hongyan miao, Union College; Elsie Mae Lewin Paxton, Union College; Jaqueline Nicole Anderson, Union College; Maia Chapin, Union College; Leza Sorn, Union College

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

outreach efforts. However,more structured interventions are needed to ensure that female students not only enter butalso persist and thrive in mechanical engineering [13].To combat these challenges, Union College has developed a multi-faceted support system,including the Female Peer Mentorship Program, which connects upper-level female studentswith underclassmen to provide academic and career guidance; Biannual Female Student 2Meetings, fostering a sense of community through leadership workshops, alumni panels, andcareer discussions; industry mentorship and networking events, offering exposure tosuccessful female engineers and potential career pathways; and

Conference Session

First-Year and Experiential Learning for Women Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline JoAnna Szoo, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

Paper ID #45807Examining the Effects of Gender on Capstone Team CohesionMadeline JoAnna Szoo, Northeastern University Madeline Szoo is a 5th year undergraduate Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry major at Northeastern University (graduation May 2025). She is the current President of the Northeastern University Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society, and outside of engineering education research, she studies the development of predictive vascularized tumor models for preclinical assays. She plans to pursue her PhD in Biomedical Engineering starting Fall 2025.Dr. Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern