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2016 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Amanda Abrew; Melanie Villatoro P.E.

Broadening Participation of Female Students in Engineering Technology through a network of Peers Amanda Hayley Abrew & Melanie L. Villatoro New York City College of TechnologyAbstract There is a negative stigma centered on women’s capabilities in Engineering, which iscause for a stagnant rate of female retention in higher education. To move beyondstereotypical views of career choices for women in Engineering, the School of Technology andDesign developed a peer advisement program to increase retention and enrollment of femalestudents in associate degree programs in engineering technology. In its pilot phase, theprogram included civil

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2016 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Victoria Sorg; Lilian Johnson; Alexandra Westbrook; Susan Daniel

has developed an annual outreach event to bolster the number of women in the cen-tral upstate NY area interested in STEM careers. Our signature outreach event, the WOMEN(Women’s Outreach in Materials, Energy, and Nanobiotechnology) Event, introduces female highschool students and their parents to what scientists and engineers do and how they benefit society.While many outreach programs focus on urban communities, our program targets rural areas wherewomen are particularly at risk for not attending or completing college [3]. During the WOMEN Event, our group hosts 20 to 40 tenth grade females and their parents fromrural areas to further their interest in STEM fields and provide an early start on college planning.Now in its sixth year, the

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2016 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Dimitri Papazoglou; Saneela Rabbani; Shouling He

Create Interests in Engineering with Girl Scouts Dimitri Papazoglou, Saneela Rabbani and Shouling He Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, 86-01 23rd Ave, Flushing, NY dimitri.papazoglou@vaughn.edu, saneela.rabbani@vaughn.edu, shouling.he@vaughn.eduAbstractThis paper presents an all-female workshop that exposes girls from ages eleven to seventeen toengineering concepts as well as creating an engineering product. We consider that girls in thisage period are crucial as many of them will soon venture into possible career options but aren'talways given the proper exposure to engineering. Thinking about most girls’ interests in this agegroup, we introduced the electric

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Rebecca K. LaForest; Iulian Gherasoiu; Daniel White; Harry Efstathaidis

-world situations, students find the material more engaging. 2It has been pointed that “improving performance in the STEM subjects and inspiring youngpeople to consider careers in science, technology engineering and mathematics are complexgoals that only can be achieved by a multifaceted, systematics and sustainable initiative [6].” Thekey to success is changing the school culture to one of collaboration with high expectations andcontinual reflection for growth. We propose that given the right environment, schools canincrease the quality of STEM instruction through an integrated and hands-on approach. The P-TECH 9-14 school model aims to create