Conference Session

PreK-12 Track -. Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Bhumi Mevawala, Engineers on Wheels; Angelique Tucker, Engineers on Wheels; Amanda Rose Basantis, Engineers on Wheels; Elizabeth Beatty, Engineers on Wheels; Joseph Egan, Engineers on Wheels; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

Rowan University for six years and currently is an advisory board member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Council on Education (ACE) Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE). She received a Fulbright award in 2015. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Engineers on Wheels: A Mobile Engineering Outreach Program Rowan University Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Glassboro, New Jersey March 15, 2018 Dr. Kauser Jahan

Conference Session

Undergraduate Education Track - Technical Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Ieshya Anderson, Arizona State University; Thien Ngoc Y Ta, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

turn, has shapedsociety [1], [2]. However, the engineering education system is still challenged to be moreinclusive of women and underrepresented minorities to reflect the demographics of society [3].According to the Census Bureau, women were slightly more than half of U.S. residents, andminorities constituted 36% of the U.S. population in 2010 [4]. The projections also suggest thatminorities will be about half of the resident U.S. population by 2050 [4]. However, womenrepresented 21.4% of enrolled engineering undergraduates, 24.1% of enrolled Master’sengineering students, and 26.2% doctorate students in the United States in 2015 [5]. Thesepercentages have remained steady for decades and do not approach the 50.6% representation ofwomen in