recruitment, transfer, and support system forstudents from regional high schools (HS) to the participating community colleges (CC) and into4-year engineering and technology programs in mechatronics, electronics and computer,mechanical and manufacturing, and systems engineering.Manufacturing is undergoing rapid changes due to the demands of product complexity and variety,and therefore factories are required to become smarter and more efficient. This transformation isdefining the factory of the future, which is also known in the US as advanced manufacturing, andit will require laborers to come to terms with complex processes, machines, and components. Thereis a huge lack of qualified personnel in advanced manufacturing stemming from a lack of
Detroit Mercy Alexa Rihana Abdallah is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of De- troit Mercy. She received her PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan. ri- hanaa@udmercy.eduLauren Ross, University of Detroit Mercy Lauren Ross is an undergraduate research assistant working in the Assistive Technologies Laboratory at University of Detroit Mercy majoring in Mechanical Engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WHY IS RETAINING WOMEN IN STEM CAREERS SO CHALLENGING? A CLOSER LOOK AT WOMEN’S INSIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES IN
designs innovative learning environments at all levels of the engineering pipeline. Her work in these areas is particularly focused on full inclusion and equity for community college women in engineering and related STEM fields.Ms. Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College Isabel is a curriculum designer and training specialist for Transforming Engineering Education for Middle Schools (TEEMS). She joined the ”TEEMS team” in 2010 as a Smith College undergraduate. After spending eight years developing her love of storytelling in education and passion for encouraging women in STEM, Isabel took a one-year leave to get a master’s degree in education and technology at Stanford. Since returning, her work has
Page 1Double Standard: How Women of Color must Navigate in theEngineering EnvironmentIntroductionEngineering is in need of new ideas and innovations to keep up with the growing demands ofinfrastructure and technology of today’s world. Diversity of thought and experience is necessaryfor this need in engineering to be met. Women of color (WOC) offer a source of underutilizedintellectual capital in engineering. However, despite efforts in engineering education, WOCremain underrepresented and underserved (Green, 2006) in engineering and the student body ofmost engineering programs in universities in the United States (Cross et al., 2017). Research hasshown that a possible reason for WOC leaving the engineering field may be from experiences
Paper ID #33654Entrepreneurial Vision Module: Lessons from the PandemicProf. Claudia Paz Gwynn, Universidad Andres Bello Doctorate student in Psychology with a research line in innovation, Master in Entrepreneurial Develop- ment for Innovation and Master in Coaching. National Coordinator of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the School of Engineering, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile. With training and ex- perience in active methodologies for teaching and training entrepreneurial and innovative skills.Prof. Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Universidad Andres Bello Genaro Zavala is a Full Professor and
mentoring intervention programs in higher education.Dr. Dorian Davis, Dr. Dorian Davis is the Owner of Walker Davis Consulting Group, a student success centered company assisting kindergarten-higher education leaders, corporations and organizations transform lives through academic course development, process and system improvement and professional development. Most re- cently, Dr. Davis was the Program Specialist for the ADVANCE Faculty Development grant and the Sr. IT Analyst and Designer in Information Technology Services for North Carolina A&T State University. Prior to joining higher education, she spent nearly two decades in corporate leadership and engineering working with companies and government agencies
overall experience of studying engineering is influencing the self-efficacy andwomen students’ sense of inclusion. A study on retention and promotion of women andunderrepresented minority faculty in science and engineering11 revealed that even in professionallife female engineering faculty who started as assistant professors had higher incidence ofleaving than men, particularly in years 3 through 7, and left without tenure more frequently thanmen. They did not see this discrepancy in the other disciplines. Servon12 focused their study onthe experience of executive level women in SET (science, engineering and technology) careerswithin the private sector. The findings of their study revealed that the workplace culture ingeneral was unsupportive to
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 WiCSE: Impact of a Women’s Support Group on Increasing the Percentage of Women Students in a Department of Computer Science and EngineeringAbstractThis paper is an experience report describing the creation and expansion of a CSE women’sstudent support group. In 2013 we started WiCSE (Women in Computer Science andEngineering) in order to improve recruitment and retention of women in computer science,computer engineering, and information technology. This support group has provided significantsupport and benefits (including career guidance, career opportunities, and social outings) towomen CSE students.The key contributions of this paper are the description of the mentoring programs
, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).Mrs. Selyna Beverly, University of Michigan Selyna Beverly is current doctoral student in the Higher Education program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has worked as an administrator in a College of Engineering in California and through that experience grew interested in studying female faculty and students. Currently, her research centers on implicit bias within engineering and how it affects women who are pursuing engineering degrees. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Can I really do this? Perceived benefits of a
differences in the program outcomes forminority and non-minority students. Comparisons will be based on student retention and successrates in subsequent math courses, pre- and post-program math self-efficacy survey, and surveysthat assess satisfaction with the program and student perception and knowledge of resources andskills needed for academic success.1. IntroductionWith the increasing demand for a skilled and technically savvy workforce in the United States,addressing retention problems in the first two years of college is a promising and cost-effectivestrategy to address this need. A recent Committee on STEM Education National Science andTechnology Council report Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics(STEM) Education 5-Year
Fellow. As a former electrical engineer, she is concerned with sci- ence, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning and participation among historically marginalized students of color. Her research focuses on the role of racialized experiences and biases in STEM educational and career attainment, problematizing traditional notions of academic achievement and what is mean to be successful yet marginalized, and STEM identity and identity development in high-achieving students of color. She is currently the PI on two studies funded by NSF, the first of which investigates the causes behind why African Americans remain one of the most underrepresented racial groups in engineering faculty positions. The
havelearned. The overall effectiveness of the workshop to increase the number of underrepresentedminorities that purse an academic career in engineering will be evaluated by qualitative andquantitative methods. Conducting the workshops at three universities increases the number anddiversity of individuals impacted, assists with assessment, and enables assessment of broadtopics for undergraduate up to assistant professors pursuing engineering careers, as well astailored for a specific underrepresented group. The use of three distinct institutions will alsodemonstrate the ease of implementation at other universities.IntroductionThere are numerous studies on the issues facing underrepresented minorities in science,technology, engineering and mathematics
among K-12, pre-college underrepresented students,who may not have role models or sufficient access to resources to develop this knowledge. Formiddle school girls, effective one-day experiences range from Girl Scout Badge Days1-3. GirlsExploring Science, Technology, Engineering and Math sponsored by SWE4, 5, and AAUW’sExpanding Your Horizons6. The resources required to execute these types of activities is oftenshared by multiple entities: parents or schools who can provide transport, institutions whoprovide the space and in-kind staff costs, professional organizations and industry volunteers. Page 26.203.2Longer term, pre-engineering programs
of the conTIgo T3 Latin America group that focuses on an effective and efficient use of the Texas Instrument technology in the mathematics and science classroom.Dr. Jorge Eugenio de la Garza Becerra, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) Jorge de la Garza is a Lecturer of the Physics Department within the School of Engineering at the Tec- nologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. He holds a bachelor degree in Physics Engineering and a doctoral degree in Education both from Tecnologico de Monterrey. Dr. de la Garza has been recognized by the government as a member of the Researchers’ National System in Mexico (SNI). He also actively participates in the different initiatives of the University mainly those related to
build large-scale indoor navigation system, which has been transferred into a startup company - Ziiio. He has extensive software industry experi- ences on building large-scale mobile, cloud, embedded and IoT systems. He worked as the Director of Engineering at Cloudpoint Labs, where he led the research and development on the infrastructure of the high-precision 3D augmented reality technology for mobile platforms; He also worked in Amazon Web Services as a software engineer and participated in the development of the world’s first cloud-based mo- bile web browser for Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. Recently, he founded SoftCom Lab in Computer Science Department to organize students on research and startup projects
Paper ID #41770The Journey of Establishing and Operating an Innovation Center to NurtureFuture Engineering InnovatorsDr. Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong Dr. Chun Kit Chui serves as the Director of the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Innovation Wing aims to unleash students’ creativity by entrusting them to spearhead ambitious innovation and technology projects that will shape the future. The iconic facility is located at the heart of the campus, offering 2400m2 of space with state-of-the-art resources and a supportive environment to enhance hands-on
Paper ID #44109Work in Progress: Reimagining the ECE Curriculum: Bridging TechnicalPreparation, Professional Formation, and University Mission for a HolisticEducationDr. Shiny Abraham, Seattle University Dr. Shiny Abraham is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Seattle University. Her disciplinary research efforts focus on the application of Internet of Things (IoT) technology and Machine Learning towards remote environmental monitoring, and soil and water conservation. Her pedagogical research revolves around leveraging technology trends to enhance interest in ECE, as well as broadening
(International Flavors and Fragrances) prior to his current role. He served on the executive committee of the ASEE Women in Engineering division from 2010 to present.Dr. Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on engineering education; design tools
Paper ID #23624Building and Breaching Boundaries: an Intersectional Coherent Group Ap-proach to Advancing Women Faculty in EngineeringDr. Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Professor Coleen Carrigan is a feminist anthropologist and an Assistant Professor of Gender, Race, Cul- ture, Science and Technology at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She investigates the historical and cultural dimensions of underrepresented groups’ participation in science, technology and engineering and the rea- sons why white males still dominate these fields.Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington Saejin
initiatives.Dr. Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Katherine C. Chen is Professor and Chair of the Materials Engineering department at the California Polytechnic (Cal Poly) State University, San Luis Obispo. Her degrees in Materials Science are from Michigan State University and MIT. She teaches a wide variety of different engineering courses and her research interests include diversity in STEM, lifelong learning, and informal education.Dr. Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Parent is the Inclusive Excellence Specialist in the Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She draws upon an interdisciplinary background in Anthropology
underrepresented minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).Dr. Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan Aileen is an Associate Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship and Biomedical Engineering. Previously, Aileen was the Associate Director for Academics in the Center for Entrepreneurship and was responsible for building the Program in Entrepreneurship for UM undergraduates, co-developing the masters level entrepreneurship program, and launching the biomedical engineering graduate design program. Aileen has received a number of awards for her teaching, including the Thomas M. Sawyer, Jr. Teaching Award, the UM ASEE Outstanding Professor Award and the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award. Prior to
, coming to preside as Chairman along the years 2010 to 2012, that year the Student Branch won the ”IEEE Spain Section Award 2012.” He was Chairman of the Student Chapter of IEEE Education Society, member of Board of directors of Spain Chapter of IEEE Computer Society, Chair of IEEE AG Young Professionals (2012-2014), and Treasurer of IEEE Spain Section (2014). Also remains active as engineer consultor and developer freelance special- izing in taxes, acounting and financial, consulting oriented computer hardware, software, robotics, IoT hardware (Arduino, Raspberrry Pi), network installation and security, software development and mobile applications, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Augmented Reality, eLearning and technology in
demographicdata and disaggregate on intersectional subgroups to further analyze pedagogical impactsindividually, as most studies in this review only considered gender.1. IntroductionThe ubiquity and urgency of technological advancements have elevated the necessity forcomputing and other engineering professionals in our society. The demand for these occupationsis growing and is projected to grow at a rate of 26% from 2018-2028 [1]. This demand forattracting and retaining people to computing sectors has underlined the woefulunderrepresentation of minoritized women. Specifically, African American or Black, Hispanic orLatina/Latinx, and Native American or Alaskan Native women. According to the 2019 TaulbeeSurvey by the Computing Research Association, women
laboratories, Marcos has expertise in digital communication theory, signal processing, radar technology, and firmware engineering. Additionally, he has extensive experience in teaching embedded systems and senior design courses.Dr. Rania Hussein, University of Washington Dr. Rania Hussein is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Washington, where she also serves as the founder, principal investigator, and director of the Remote Hub Lab (RHLab). With her research focus on embedded systems, medical image analysis, digital twinning, and remote engineering, Dr. Hussein is committed to developing innovative solutions that enhance equity and access in
department climate on the promotion and tenure process?Sample: In this study, institutions were chosen before the participants were selected. Theinstitutions were selected from the listing of “R1: Doctoral Universities-Highest ResearchActivity” public institutions on the Carnegie Classification Institutions of Higher Educationwebsite and limited to academic institutions in the United States from different geographicalareas containing all four STEM departments- Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics. For purposes of this study, a science department was classified as “naturalsciences” and technology departments included “computer science or engineering technology.”The college where the STEM discipline was located was irrelevant to this study
spacefor all students in engineering programs.IntroductionRecruiting and retaining diverse talents, including women, underrepresented minorities, andpersons with disabilities within engineering disciplines has been long recognized as essential tokeep our nation’s economic and intellectual preeminence (Public Law 105-255, approved on Oct14, 1998) [1]. In 2000, the Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women andMinorities in Science, Engineering and Technology development reported that “a culturallydiverse workforce creates competitive advantage through greater creativity and innovation;increased organizational flexibility thanks to higher levels of divergent thinking; and betterdecision making based on multiple perspectives (less “group
Paper ID #18491TAMUS LSAMP Project: 25 Years of Success - Finding and ImplementingBest Practices for URM STEM StudentsDr. Samuel Paul Merriweather, Texas A&M University Dr. Samuel Merriweather currently serves as the Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TAMUS LSAMP) Associate Director through the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), a TAMUS member. He obtained bachelor and master of science degrees in industrial engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and a PhD in industrial engineering at Texas A&M University.Dr. Harriet A. Lamm, Texas
Mathematics from The Georgia Institute of Technology. She has been admitted to the PhD program in Higher and Postsecondary Education at New York University and will start in September of 2015 with her research focusing on living-learning programs.Dr. Helen M. Buettner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Dr. Helen M. Buettner is a professor of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering and of Biomedical Engi- neering at Rutgers University. She holds a B.S. from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, both in chemical engineering. In addition to serving as the faculty advisor for DELLC she is the undergraduate program director in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. She is
gains from the last 5-10 years may becompletely undone during this pandemic season. References[1] National Center for Education Statistics, “Digest 2017”,https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d17/. (assessed October 12, 2019).[2] C. Poor and S. Brown, “Increasing retention in women in engineering at WSU: A model for awomen’s mentoring program”, College Student Journal, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 421-428, September2013.[3] Catalyst, “Research Women in STEM”. https://www.catalyst.org/research/women-in-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-stem/, (assessed October 12, 2019).[4] F.M. Haemmerlie and R. Montgomery, “Gender differences in the academic performance andretention of undergraduate engineering
affects Black mothers’ mental and physical health using qualitative, quantitative and genomic analysis. She uses big data to recover Black women’s lost history using topic modeling and data visualization to examine over 800,000 documents from 1740 to 2014. Mendenhall also does research on the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).Prof. Princess Imoukhuede, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Dr. Princess Imoukhuede is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Ur- bana Champaign. She received her S.B. in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Biomedical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and she received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the California Institute of