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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor Garcia; Peter Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Diane Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Irma Torres-Catanach; Nora Cuvelier, University of Texas at El Paso; Crystal Cholewa; Karla Ayala Mendoza

Building. Confidence is a fundamental factor for success and satisfaction in students’ professional, academic and personal lives. This workshop explores the positive impact of self-confidence on the students’ academic and professional careers and their impetus to satisfactorily achieve their short- and long-term goals. 3. Resume Building. This workshop enables students to embark on an exciting career journey that will prepare them for the future. As a result, students learn the connection between enjoying the academic career journey and building a competitive resume to effectively obtain a job after graduation and become well-rounded professionals. 4. Financial Literacy. Practicing good personal financial habits

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Forouzan Golshani, Wright State University; Michele Wheatly, Wright State University; Mary Ellen Bargerhuff, Wright State University; John Flach, Wright State University; Jeffrey Vernooy, Wright State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling at Southern Illinois University. Page 12.72.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Technology-based Learning with DisabilityAbstractAn interdisciplinary faculty team at Wright State University (WSU) has developed an innovativegraduate program designed to provide a broad and comprehensive education, realistic workexperiences, and opportunities for problem-centered research in the area of Learning withDisability (LWD). Faculty members from multiple colleges at the university are collaborating totrain a unique

Conference Session

Inclusivity at Two Year Colleges

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Luthi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

graduates through early and mid-career transitions withinthe context of support and the context of barriers. Figure A: Conceptional Framework Early and Recent Graduates Mid-Career Context of Support TransitionsMath and science Intent and Entrance into an overall Entrance into discipline-self-efficacy builds willingness to STEM community and specific STEM and advance in network of support workforce positions of STEM leadershipExposure to career Self-confidence STEM identity development Identity development andmentors

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Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Fashaad Crawford, University of Louisville; Katheryn McAnulty, University of Louisville

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Minorities in Engineering

enrollmentfor fall 2007 was 1,293 students and only 218 were female (16.86%). Overall enrollmentof female students at the Speed School has averaged 18 percent since 2006 and finallyrose to 20 percent for fall 2009. National statistics reflect the same patterns.For more than 20 years the Speed School has had an active chapter of the Society ofWomen Engineers (SWE) with the Director of Student Affairs serving as its long termfaculty advisor. Various programs have been conducted to introduce young women andother under-represented minorities (URMs) to careers in engineering with varied amountsof success. In 2005, the president of the SWE chapter approached the faculty advisorwith a new idea – the notion of inviting incoming female students to an

Conference Session

Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremy Grifski, Ohio State University; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Dira Melissa Delpech, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

as nonevidence.In terms of direct evidence, Trent provided one example. Specifically, he used his own personalexperience as being a person of color as an analogy to what women might experience inengineering (see 3 in Table 2): “You know, leveraging lived experience, if I sit here long enough, I can identify points of discrimination inequity. Looking for another word...bias...ironically, effectively along each point of my professional journey.”Because Trent used his personal experience to draw an analogy between the experiences ofwomen and people of color, we categorized this piece of evidence as direct evidence.6.1.2. FlynnOur second participant, Flynn, is a white male engineering faculty member. In the interview

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Workforce Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in college based on their perceptionsof payoff (e.g., salary, preferred location). There is robust evidence that Associate’s degrees andvocational certificates yield extra earnings compared with high school graduation [24]. Still,there is need to study how students form perceptions of the less tangible benefits and costs ofhigher education, like ability to become an active member of the community, or establish alifelong career pathway. Though Human capital theory is this study’s core theory of action, theresearchers recognize that students’ interest in entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in theirrural communities leads us to consider the intertwining of human and social capital, as inBourdieu’s concept of habitus. According to Bourdieu

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia; Keith Andrew Williams, University of Virginia; Esther Tian, University of Virginia; Julia Lapan, University of Virginia; Shaylin Williams, University of Virginia; Deepyaman Maiti, University of Virginia; Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia; Benjamin Goldschneider, University of Virginia; Nicole Dufalla, University of Virginia; Anna Leyf Peirce Starling, University of Virginia; William H. Guilford, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

, we transitioned to a “one instructor, one voice”model in which the disciplinary faculty member was trained by the STS instructor in STS theoryand practice and was provided materials to work from. In this way, students learned technicaland sociotechnical content from one individual, often combined in a single day. This approachwas received favorably, with one student writing in their end of course evaluation: “The mix of intro engineering material with STS and career design lessons was very helpful in developing a full grasp of engineering and the socio–technical side without having to do full STS lectures and papers. … I just want to reinforce how beneficial this will be to encourage students to stick with engineering and be

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C. Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Donald E. Richards, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

visions for change, learn tools that can help them facilitate emergentchange from their work as change agents, and create plans for action on their home campuses.The MACH workshop develops strategies for emergent changes of institutional environmentsover three intensely focused, hands-on days. MACH is organized around three themes: “Know-ing Yourself,” “Cultivating an Allied Community of Colleagues,” and “Making Change Happenon Campus.” The “Knowing Yourself” segment helps participants focus on skills and changeaspects that an individual faculty member can control, including interactions with students andcolleagues. This segment considers personality assessment, communication, risk assessment andmitigation, and diversity. The “Community of

Conference Session

Continuing Education for Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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International

does. But there is every reason tobelieve that introducing a higher level of professionalism would enable young facultyto create and sustain a more powerful form of engineering education for the Region.The author draws on his own experience in the Region, as a faculty member and anadministrator, and looks forward to a new paradigm in engineering education thatwill lead to widespread reform, to ensure the vitality and currency of engineeringeducation in the Arab Gulf Region.Some Benchmarks of Engineering Education in the Arab Gulf RegionIn most Middle East countries we witness an increase in the numbers of: engineeringcolleges, students, and engineering graduates. This trend has continued for decadesand has exceeded expectations. But

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 28

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikita Dawe, University of Toronto; Amy Bilton, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

program design andthe engineering profession more broadly (section 5).2.0 Background and MotivationIn Canada and many other countries, future engineers must complete an accreditedundergraduate program on their journey towards professional licensure [8]. Engineeringprograms must develop twelve graduate attributes in students, and lifelong learning is amongthem. The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board graduate attribute definition for lifelonglearning is one’s “ability to identify and to address their own educational needs in a changingworld in ways sufficient to maintain their competence and to allow them to contribute to theadvancement of knowledge” [9]. In the United States, the ABET outcome for lifelong learning is“an ability to acquire

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lily Gossage

groups so that individuals areable to develop a sense of diversity within an inclusive environment.Defining the ProblemThe supposition that lack of perceived similarity affects the level of career interest and identitydevelopment of Latino/Hispanic engineering students prompts minority engineering programs toarrange for ethnically/racially-themed activities and events. These programs though well-intentioned, aim less at improving math skills or engineering career awareness as much as theyare valued for instilling students’ personal confidence, soft skills, and camaraderie within anenvironment of racially/ethnically like peers. Even while the dictum of these programs is to‘recruit and retain more under-represented minorities’, few activities

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 14

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Walters, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Gordon Maples, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Paul Mihas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, adding elements of convenience andsnowball sampling to the recruitment process. For the purpose of this study, the focus was placedon students who were frequent, dedicated users of Makerspaces, rather than casual users –ideally, these students were the most likely to have developed broad and deep skills associatedwith time spent in these spaces. Current industry professionals were recruited for interviews byconvenience, snowball, and criterion sampling utilizing existing contacts at the selectedMakerspace sites (typically faculty or staff formally connected to the spaces in an advisory oradministrative role). These contacts were requested to provide lists of recent graduates – alumniwho have since transitioned into professional roles – who were

Conference Session

Engineering Programs and Institutional Factors

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikita Dawe, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Amy Bilton

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

; between2000 and 2019, an average of 19.7% of first year students across the [faculty] were internationalstudents. Table 2: Demographic Characteristics of Survey Respondents Characteristic Sample [Program 1] Population n % n % Gender: man 167 63% 3228 78% Person of colour: no 138 55% unknown Sexual orientation: heterosexual 225 89% unknown Person with a disability: no 230 91% unknownDemographic questions were framed in terms of participants’ current identities andcharacteristics at the

Conference Session

Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Perspectives on Advancing Women and Gender Equity in Engineering - for the Next 130 Years

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baishakhi Bose, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Haleh Barmaki Brotherton, Clemson University; Theo Hopper, University of Michigan; Pamela Martínez Oquendo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Lily M. Wang P.E., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Margaret E.B. Webb, Virginia Tech; Hannah Wilkinson, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

are equallyimportant in creating an inclusive environment where womxn’s careers can flourish as much astheir male counterparts.R4: I ground my goals for gender equity in engineering for the next 130 years in my undergraduateand graduate mentorship experiences with faculty members as a Latina woman in STEM. As acollege student, I found support and encouragement to attend graduate school from male andfemale faculty mentors alike. I did not perceive any type of discrimination from the faculty,regardless of gender. It is well-established in the literature that female faculty in STEM supportwomen more than their male faculty [13]. Still, I must confess my most salient mentorshipexperiences and support came from male faculty. I found additional

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Emily Spayde, West Virginia University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #38333Creation of an Engineering Technology ProgramDr. Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineer- ing and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University and an ASEE Fellow member. Throughout her career, she has supported engineering teams as a mathematician and provided complete life-cycle manage- ment of Information Systems as a Computer Systems Analyst for the U.S. Department of Energy; taught mathematics, statistics, computer science, and fundamental engineering courses and served in several ad- ministrative

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Sarah Elizabeth Cooksey, University of Colorado Colorado Springs; Kathryn Elizabeth Starkey, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Clayton J. Clark II, Florida A&M University; Natalie Yolanda Arnett, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; C. Fred Higgs III, Rice University; Illya V. Hicks, Rice University; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Tammy Michelle McCoy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Molly Stuhlsatz, BSCS Science Learning

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

centers on effective faculty mentoring practices, broadening participation in higher education, and the educational attainment and schooling experiences of Mexican descent youth in the mid-20th century.Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Cooksey, University of Colorado Colorado Springs Sarah Cooksey is a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She currently works at UCCS as a Research Assistant and Lecturer in the department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations and on a grant with the National Science Foundation trying to understand the career decision making process of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. Sarah is a special education teacher in the state of Colorado, whose specific research

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

syllabi including specific statements of student learning objectives • Collaborative learning, • Project-based learning1. Faculty will learn strategies for balancing the demands of their careers as well as their careers and personal lives.Agenda, Workshop Format & LogisticsFink [7] describes several models for conducting faculty “orientations”. One criterion by whichthese models vary is when they are held during the academic year. Our workshop is offered justprior to the beginning of the fall semester for a day and a half. We chose this timing as most ofour new faculty positions begin in August. Other institutions validly choose to offer new facultyorientations in an ongoing fashion throughout a first term or academic year. Such

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Professional Practice 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of New Mexico; Chika Winnifred Agha, Colorado State University; Carlotta Duenninger

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

orcourses on engineering ethics to instill ethical reasoning skills in the graduating engineers(Herkert, 2000; Hamad et. al., 2013). There are many examples of curriculum development forethics exposure of students from first to senior year and through various modalities to relateethics to the technical concepts of ethics (Rajan, 2017). Beyond basic discussion of ethics inclass, effective engineering ethics instruction needs to engage students, promote critical thinking,and translate theoretical concepts into real-world practice. Another consideration that needs to bemade is the spectrum between moral values and personal ethics on one end and professional andsocial ethics on the other end. This creates a need as well as an opportunity for a rich

Conference Session

Career Development in Engineering: From Higher Education to Industry

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Continuing Professional Development

graduates, co-op activities, and potential development ofcollaborative research programs. Unfortunately, adjuncts are marginalized by the academicsystems in place today; and their contributions to the academic process are undervalued. Next,the paper reports on the success story of an adjunct, a practitioner with good credentials, who“teamed-up” with a “full-time” faculty, in an attempt to bring the practice to 4 thyear students in ageotechnical/ foundation engineering class. The success achieved in meeting course objectives,as a result of practitioner’s role, was attributed, in large measure, to proper planning andcoordination that preceded course delivery. Plus, the willingness, experience and abilities of theadjunct in addressing the practice in

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

Authors

Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, while working with the Austin chapter of Engineers Without Borders.Dr. Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Dr. Robert Martello is a Professor of the History of Science and Technology at Olin College of Engi- neering and recently served as Olin’s Associate Dean of Faculty. A graduate of MIT’s doctoral program in the History and Social Study of Science and Technology, Professor Martello has chaired and initiated efforts that re-imagined Olin’s faculty reappointment and promotion, institutional outreach, curricular in- novation, and student assessment approaches. He has been a member of the National Academies Study

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Awareness, Expectations, and Recognition of Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Andrés Strello, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Francisca Castro, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Mar Pérez-Sanagustín, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Engineering Ethics

problems concerning the understanding of professional ethics (e.g., lack of ethical codeawareness) and students’ conduct (e.g., free-riding in teamwork activities). The ethical reasoning scale showed differences in the understanding of different subgroups.Moreover, the prevailing student type at the research site is the one that experienced moredifficulties to recognize how ethically wrong a potential issue was. By prevailing students, weare referring to a male youngster who graduated from a privately-fee paid school (see Table 8).Thus, future work might imply exploring deeply the dominant culture of the research site inorder to understand how personal characteristics shape ethical decision-making. Towards continuous improvement, most

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Juliette Sweeney

school tending toward meritocracy with stringent admission criteria.The other case study tended toward diversity principles with relatively open admission criteria.The pseudonym used for the university tending toward meritocracy was Donnybrook and thepseudonym used for the university tending toward diversity was Benmiller. Pseudonyms wereused for universities and individuals to ensure anonymity and protect their identities.Five faculty members were interviewed at each graduate engineering schools for a total of 10faculty interviews. Faculty were recruited through direct emails to institutional emails availableon institutional websites. 10 students were interviewed at each school for a total of 20 studentinterviews. An equal numbers of

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Mark Owen Lords, Brigham Young University; Brian Charles Capt, Brigham Youmg University

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International

ABET requires that an accredited engineering program must document studentoutcomes that demonstrate “the broad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.”1 Theselearning outcomes should provide the foundation for establishing the desired global skills andqualities that will prepare students for success upon graduation. Numerous sources indicate thebenefits of achieving global awareness through actual international experience. Shuman et al.report that “engineering faculty are beginning to recognize that students who have participated instudy abroad programs are better problem solvers, have strong communication and cross-culturalcommunication skills, and are

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark V. Huerta, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

possess an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’. Considering the significant financial and time investments involved in the creation ofentrepreneurship programs, institutional funding competitions, and accelerator programs, it isnotable that there are no in-depth, qualitative studies that explore the entrepreneurshipexperiences students have because of these programs. In general, there is very little research onthe personal impacts of these experiences including how they can affect an engineering student’sattitudes, behaviors, career goals, or personal competence (Duval-Coetil, Reed-Rhoads, &Haghighi, 2011). There is also no consensus on what developing an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’means. This study builds off current literature in addressing these

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Michael Anthony Crespo, Granby High School, Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA; Drew E. Brown, Old Dominion University; Deborah Marshall, Norfolk Public Schools Career & Technical Ed. Dept.; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University; Petros J. Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

graduates to fill these new jobs.There is currently a large gap in the number of K-12 level teachers available in the area of careerand technical education. One possible solution to this problem may come from a specificsegment of the workforce, veterans. This paper will provide an overview of different challengesthat many veterans are facing after joining career switcher programs for future teachers.IntroductionDigital transformation is leading to a shift in many current jobs. Cybersecurity has become partof any virtual job [1], which became quite clear during the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemicalso led to more openings for cybersecurity professionals, as well as a huge growth of thatspecific industry sector since there was a large rise in the

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Cutright; Helen Qammar

to enter college I entered college after age 20 Both parents attended college At least one parent graduated from college Both parents graduated from college One parent earned an engineering degree At least one relative earned an engineering degree9. Please check one box that most accurately describes the person who influenced you in selecting engineering asyour major: It was my own choice A member of my immediate family A friend from the community or school School guidance counselor Chemistry teacher Math teacher Physics teacher Previous work experience Other

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Grant, North Carolina State University; Jessica Decuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University

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Women in Engineering

) had so few opportunities in their professional careers totalk and network with other minority women scientists and engineers” (Nelson & Rogers, 2005).Cross boundary mentoring. Anecdotal information suggests that most underrepresented minoritywomen in this group were not mentored by a person that “looks like” them (i.e., of the samegender and race). An article by Stanley and Lincoln (2005) found that junior and senior facultyand administrators alike were often not sure how to foster effective mentoring relationships. Theauthors stated that this was particularly true when faculty of color were recruited topredominantly white colleges and universities (Stanley and Lincoln, 2005). These same peoplewere perplexed as to how to proceed due to

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Kaitlyn J. Bunker; Nilufer Onder, Michigan Technological University; Raven Rachaun Rebb; Laura E. Brown, Michigan Technological University; Leonard J. Bohmann, Michigan Technological University

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Women in Engineering

career, the opportunities and advancementsprovided by the field to the society, and the society’s perception of the field. Climate andexperiential effects involve personal experiences such as stereotypes and the universityenvironment. In the following sections, we briefly review samples of research in each of thethree groups.II.a. Academic ResourcesUniversities strive to provide an excellent education by providing a wide variety of academicresources that are accessible to all of their students. A prior study showed that students whopersist in engineering have more awareness of support services such as academic advisors,engineering student organizations, faculty, and tutors than those who switch majors. Studentswho persist are also more likely to

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; Theodore J. Heindel, Iowa State University; Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Iowa State University; Shankar Subramaniam, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

significantly less thancorresponding numbers in mathematics, statistics and various science degrees.2 Consequently,studies focusing on identifying the factors contributing to the lack of women at the degreeprogram level1,4 and in the engineering workforce5, 20 have been invaluable in suggesting bestpractices6-8 to address this critical issue. For example, peer-peer interactions and faculty-studentinteractions that promote respect and encouragement9 as well as learner-centered approaches topedagogy10-13 have been shown to have a positive impact on the college experience of womenstudents as well as on their decision to pursue an engineering career. These studies and otherssuggest that creating environments that emphasize care and respect for students as

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Öner Yurtseven; Patricia L. Fox; Stephen Hundley

research,teaching, service, and leadership. Since recognition is a potent motivator, we would recommendother awards be established (i.e., teamwork awards). Teamwork awards may include teammembers such as graduate or undergraduate students, research associates, and staff, such astechnicians, professional administrators, and clerical staff. It is actually an excellent strategy toinclude the support group members in team award recognition since this encouragescollaboration among different groups and tends to reduce the stress of rewarding one group ofprofessionals, such as faculty, only. The use of appreciation letters, certificates andcommendations are more examples of non-cash motivators.VII. Taking StockWhere do you go from here? First, assess