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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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Laura J. Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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director, or they may have been the product of such a program. In neither case,however, is it possible for new directors to understand and learn every aspect of planning andstrategy. Even if the previous director desires to impart all that they know, it is possible that thereis knowledge or meta-knowledge that they, themselves, are unaware they possess.Another challenge is the lack of widespread understanding of the state of the art in diversity,equity, inclusion, and belonging from a practitioner standpoint. The community exists in a stateof functional dichotomy between those designated as researchers and practitioners. In addition,there are many members of the academic community who are not aware of either the currentstate of practice OR

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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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disciplinespresents complex dynamics that require further exploration. Understanding the nuancedexperiences of grief among women in academia, especially those in STEM, is crucial fordeveloping tailored support systems and a more inclusive and supportive academic environment.Coping StrategiesCoping is defined as the cognitive and behavioral ways that an individual responds tochallenging circumstances [68]. Everyone copes differently with grief due to differences andvaried life experiences, and there are evidently many ways that individuals can respond to grief,as reflected in the BRIEF COPE questionnaire, a 28-item survey that contains 14 sub-scales tocapture various coping strategies[69]. These are: active coping, planning, positive reframing,acceptance

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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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Vianney Lara-Prieto, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Marcela Paola Bentin; Maria Haydée Peralta, National University; Laura Romero, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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development of women, considering their skills andknowledge. [8] The most important thing is the collaborative construction where men andwomen jointly carry out equity initiatives, which ultimately enrich institutions, organizations,and families. Finally, being part of networks inspires the development of plans and projects inthe same institutions or organizations that the members are part of. [9]In this context of gender gap in STEM areas and in a time of complexity due to the pandemicthat generates a setback in the reality of women in society, an initiative of three organizationswith presence in Latin America is born: the Latin American Open Chair Matilda and Womenin engineering, and the organizations behind it are: • The Latin American and

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5 - Careers and Professional Identity

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebeca Petean, Society of Women Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers; Rachel Porcelli, Society of Women Engineers

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Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Planning from UT Austin.Rachel Porcelli, Society of Women Engineers ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Multifaceted Examination of ALWE's Influence on Personal Growth and Leadership in Engineering Academia Introduction Research shows that we need more than a multifaceted approach to achieve gender equity inengineering – we need tailored and personalized responses to tackle specific challenges faced inmale-driven and dominated fields. Numerous research studies suggest that effectiveinterventions highlight the importance of programs that go beyond improving individual skilldevelopment to tackle systemic and institutional barriers [1].Such

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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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Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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, Figure 2 shows twostudents volunteering to stand up and explain their programming codes to their classmates,indicating the classroom environment's positive comfort. Figure 2 Students volunteered to get up and explain their codes on the board.3.1. Quantitative MethodIn the quantitative phase of this research, data was collected to assess the UTA program's overallimpact on student performance. The data included student demographics and grades, withacademic plans obtained from the registrar's office following the project's Institutional ReviewBoard (IRB) regulations. These student records helped in understanding the background andcharacteristics of the students. The study tracked the enrollment patterns of students, specificallyif they were

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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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the details about each WiC initiative are as follows.1) Maintaining the Supporting Women in Computing (SWiC) student club: SWiC was first launched in 2014. From 2014-2020, the club was inconsistently active as an option to students at FSC. It was officially re-instantiated in the fall 2020 semester during the COVID19 global pandemic. Finding student leaders with the time and commitment to participate in leadership training, complete administrative club paperwork each semester, and plan, organize, and host club activities at FSC has been a challenge [19]. As stated earlier, FSC serves primarily commuter students with considerable outside of school commitments (e.g. part- or full-time employment and familial responsibilities

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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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Janne Mishanne Hall, Morgan State University; Temberlenn Donald Ashton Hall, Northwestern Oklahoma State University

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—Blacks received a low percentage of degrees across the board. With Figure 3 genderdisparities are further analyzed. Figure 3 displays data from the electrical engineering (EE)departments at Morgan State University (MSU), Texas Southern University (TSU), JacksonState University (JSU), and North Carolina A&T (NC A&T) that reveals the gender gap in theelectrical engineering discipline. The demographic data depicted in this graph was retrievedfrom the Offices of Institutional Research at NC A & T, MSU, and JSU and the from the Officeof Institutional Assessment, Planning and Effectiveness at TSU. The graph conveys thisdisparity through the enrollment numbers for each gender. NC A&T has a sizable number of EEstudents, 166; however, the

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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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option forstudents in need. This camp is run as a partnership between the department of ManufacturingSystems Engineering and the department of Visual Arts. The partnership was formed based on ashared interest in combining engineering and technological skill building with the creativeproblem solving associated with visual art, to foster a match of experimentation with criticalthinking and STEM based lessons for students. For example, one project included creating alight-based sculpture where students learned the fundamentals of basic electronics to apply solarpower to LED-lit projects. The facilitators do all the planning of the projects and provide all of training and instructionfor each of the projects. The Center for Technology Outreach

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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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the 2020-2023 cohorts volunteered to participate in a focus group after bringingattention to a key challenge related to mental health and well-being that many engineeringstudents were experiencing. They offered potential solutions through stronger communitybuilding and support from peer groups, proposing a model of sharing each other’s experiences inhow they are overcoming mental health issues. This has initiated a student-led action plan toaddress the mental health challenges that our students are experiencing. The increase in stressand mental health of undergraduate engineering students has been a growing concern as reportedin recent studies [5-7].In this work we highlight the importance of integrating into the design of summer

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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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Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; Kacie Mennie, Louisiana Tech University; Ashton Garner Ward, Louisiana Tech University; Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University

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female mentors, and female engineeringprofessors. Given each survey question resulted in strong positive statistical significance, theresearchers are encouraged to continue and expand this effort.It should be noted that the researchers recognize the sample size is small, and thus, it is notpossible to draw definitive conclusions based on these results. Further analysis is planned tomeasure the impact of this activity on academic performance and retention. Additionally, self-efficacy surveys were given in the engineering course and during the INSPIRE workshop. Thisdata will provide more depth to the analysis of the impact of the workshop experience.References[1] National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES). 2023. Diversity and

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5 - Careers and Professional Identity

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Chan, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Dimpho Radebe, University of Toronto; Emily Macdonald-Roach, University of Toronto

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-Canada survey on engineering career paths and EDIIn partnership with Engineers Canada, Troost ILead conducted a survey with engineeringgraduates across Canada in late 2022. As part of our recruitment strategy, we invited allprovincial and territorial regulators of professional engineers to an informational session aboutour planned survey on engineering career paths. In particular, we reached out to each regulator’srepresentative on the ‘30 x 30’ campaign, which has a goal to increase the percentage of womenamong all newly licensed engineers to 30 per cent by the year 2030 [27]. As a result, eight of theregulatory bodies and one provincial engineering advocacy organization agreed to support ourparticipant recruitment efforts (e.g., Linking to our

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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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entrepreneurship, business plans and marketing. She currently works as a teacher and academic secretary at the Faculty of Engineering of the Andr´es Bello University. The areas of research interest are the impact, relationship and integration of the gender perspective within communications and marketing in the various areas of development, digital marketing and content marketing.Prof. Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Mar´ıa Elena Truyol, Ph.D., is full professor and researcher of the Universidad Andr´es Bello (UNAB). She graduated as physics teacher (for middle and high school), physics (M.Sc.) and Ph.D. in Physics at Universidad Nacional de C´ordoba, Argentina. In 2013 she obtained a three-year

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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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, career interests,personal values, societal or interpersonal pressure, past experiences, and a host of others. Furtherresearch will employ qualitative methods to investigate how students perceive the relative valueof technical and professional skills in their professional development, and whether there aredifferences between genders in the perception of opportunities to build technical skills in theseprograms. The study plans to employ focus groups with mixed programs but unmixed genders insmall groups. Researchers will provide a working definition of professional and technical skillsto provide a common framework for discussion. The focus groups will include a series ofguiding questions to lead discussions aimed toward understanding the dynamics

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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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containedquestions about participants’ experiences in their computer science courses, their future plans,and their experiences with the computer science community. Interviews were recorded usingZoom after receiving participant consent and then transcribed using Zoom automatedtranscription tool. The auto-generated interview texts were reviewed and corrected by theresearch team for clarity.To analyze interviews, thematic analysis was used. Thematic analysis is a method to identify andanalyze patterns in qualitative data, and allows for themes to emerge from the data [30]. It iswidely used in qualitative research, and is not bounded by a priori codes from known theories.Instead, theoretical frameworks were applied after analysis to contextualize and make sense

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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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% 8% 0% 8% computing degree more than prior to attending the conference Table 3: Immediate Impact on ASC (Post Survey N=29) Figure 6: Experience Perception Women Students EoS 2023 SurveyFigure 7: Experience Perception Women Students EoS 2022 Survey Figure 8: Sense of Belonging (EoS '22 & '23 EoS) Figure 9: Academic Self-Concept (May '23 & '23 EoS)6. Discussion and LimitationsOverall results presented in Tables 2-3 and Fig. 6-9 support that attending a conference positivelyimpacted student experience, bonding, SoB, and ASC. However, authors acknowledge the smallnumber of responses in the surveys and plan to conduct qualitative data collection and analysisusing interviews

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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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Rebeca Petean, Society of Women Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers

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Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Planning from UT Austin. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Role of STEM Society Scholarships in Supporting the Retention and Persistence of Women in Engineering and Computer ScienceIntroductionProgress and innovation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fieldsrely heavily on their ability to promote gender equality in all aspects of society [1]. Althoughstrides have been made toward achieving gender equality, there remains a noticeable gap when itcomes to the representation of genders in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics) fields – women constitute less than 30% of the graduates in these fields [2

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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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postgraduate research studies as a Master of Engineering student. A Critical thinker continuously looking at ways of improving teacher-student engagement processes, I am adept in organizing work flow, creating lesson plans, presenting ideas in a compelling way, interacting with the learners and fellow trainers with a view to improving content delivery across a range of engineering topics in a learner-based and hands-on approach. As such, I maintain professional boundaries while building lasting relationships. My passion for teaching encompasses circuit analysis, electrical machines and digital electronics, courses delivered while working as an assistant lecturer in Kenya at The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5 - Careers and Professional Identity

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin L Schaefer P.E., University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston

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: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2020-SEP3.[4] NSPE Advisory Committee, “Why Should I Care About Diversity in Engineering? | National Society of Professional Engineers,” PE Magazine, no. July/August 2020, Aug. 2020. Accessed: Dec. 12, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.nspe.org/resources/pe- magazine/july-2020/why-should-i-care-about-diversity-engineering[5] J. M. Trenor, S. L. Yu, C. L. Waight, K. S. Zerda, and T.-L. Sha, “The Relations of Ethnicity to Female Engineering Students’ Educational Experiences and College and Career Plans in an Ethnically Diverse Learning Environment,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 97, no. 4, pp. 449–465, Oct. 2008, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00992.x.[6] H. S. Mosatche