Conference Session

Panel: Opportunities & Methods to Encourage More Women Toward Research Commercialization

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Babs Carryer, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Abby Thompson, Mississippi State University ; Louise C. Dunlap, DunlapBrowder

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, Women in Engineering

training at the National Collegiate Inventors and In- novators Alliance (NCIIA). Babs is a serial entrepreneur and active in multiple entrepreneurial activities. She blogs about entrepreneurship on New Venturist. Babs taught entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for 15 years, where she maintains an adjunct position. Formerly, Babs was embedded entrepreneur for CMU’s Project Olympus and innovation advisor for CMU’s Institute for Social Innova- tion. For seven years at the University of Pittsburgh, Babs taught the Benchtop to Bedside new technology commercialization course. Babs is President of Carryer Consulting and co-founder of LaunchCyte, which has a portfolio of five companies. Babs has a Masters in

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kathleen Buse, Advancing Women in the Workforce; Lyndsey McMillon-Brown, NASA Glenn Research Center; L. Nicole Smith, NASA Glenn Research Center; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

committee. The facilitator also reminded the committeemembers to be respectful of what is and was within the control of the advisory committee.The committee provided considerable input that was distilled to the following vision.Vision • Our University is the BEST place for women in engineering and computing because it leverages world class best practices to recruit, retain, and graduate women, setting alumni up for lifelong success. • On our journey to achieve equity for women, the Women’s Advisory Committee continues to be a resource to the administration, faculty, students, and graduates. • Recruitment Vision: Incoming classes in the college include women at world class levels of representation, • Retention Vision

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vemitra M White, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Litany H Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Jessica Ivy, Mississippi State Universitt; C. Danielle Grimes, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

communication, 5. A contributing backbone organization. [15]To recruit, retain, and transition young women, and particularly women of color, into thecomputing workforce, MSAWC is modeled after similar, proven broadening participation incomputing (BPC) collective impact approaches. Specifically, four strategies with proven success,listed in Table 1 [16] provide a foundation for MSAWC activities.Table 1. BPC Collective Alliance Approaches [16] Proven Approach Description Reforming statewide Develop a common framework that focused on students and systems educational systems on various levels of the educational pathway. Provide introductory computing classes for students, with an Focusing on

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahaa Mayeesha Ahmed, Rowan University ; Melanie Basantis, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

and has served as a model for additional outreach programs hosted at Rowan University.1.2 Why Girls?Women constitute nearly half the workforce in the United States but only 24% of STEM(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) jobs [2]. The target audience, middle schoolgirls, was selected as this period of time is known to result in a decrease of girls’ self-esteem asthey enter adolescence [3]. 66% of fourth grade girls report that they enjoy their mathematics andscience classes; however, by college, only 18% of engineering majors are female [4].Various studies suggest that social influences are responsible for the underrepresentation ofwomen in STEM fields. Social influences include those propagated by social media

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cristian Saavedra-Acuna, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #33780A Study of Gender Differences in Career Choice in STEM Disciplines: theCase of Chilean StudentsProf. Cristian Saavedra-Acuna, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile Cristian Saavedra is an assistant professor at the School of Engineering at the University Andres Bello in Concepcion, Chile. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering and a master’s degree in Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Cristian is certified in Industrial Engineering, University Teaching, Online Hybrid and Blended Education, and Entrepreneurship Educators. He teaches industrial engineering students and

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

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Women in Engineering

next lunch meeting. Given the range oftopics covered at the lunches, the initial target group has expanded over time to includecollaborators in other disciplines, faculty whose research focuses on gender and STEM,as well as colleagues from areas such as entrepreneurship and social science who facemany of the same issues as women faculty in STEM. This provides an opportunity tobuild a larger campus network of faculty interested in the issues that affect womenfaculty, as well as spur collaborations with interested groups outside the college. Whilenot all of these additional faculty are invited to attend every lunch, some generally attendeach month. Given the small number of women faculty in STEM, these additions do notincrease the size of the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Blue, Miami University; Amy Summerville, Miami University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Brielle Nikole Johnson

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #21737Succeeding but Doubting: Effects of Gender on Performance and Self-perceptionin Early Engineering CoursesDr. Jennifer Blue, Miami University Jennifer Blue is an Associate Professor of Physics at Miami University. She works to give more people access to physics. Sometimes that’s reforming the curriculum for introductory classes, sometimes it’s working with K-12 science teachers, and sometimes it’s advocating for traditionally excluded populations, including women in STEM. Her website can be found here: http://www.users.miamioh.edu/bluejm/.Dr. Amy Summerville, Miami University Dr. Summerville is an Associate

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Moriarty, National Science Foundation; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Elena Rose Yasinski, Carnegie Mellon University

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Women in Engineering

learning in middle school students and to support entrepreneurship at primarily undergraduate institutions. Her background is in civil engineering with a focus on structural materials; she holds a B.S.E. degree from Princeton, and M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell.Elena Rose Yasinski, Carnegie Mellon University Page 23.836.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Job Shadowing: Improving Interest and Persistence for Women in EngineeringAbstractWith funding from the Engineering Information Foundation, the Picker Engineering Program atSmith

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Winders; Cariana Cornel; Caralea Cornel, Brigham Young University; Allie Larson; Sarah A. Cunha; Samuel Moses, Brigham Young University; Dale C. Rowe, Brigham Young University; Laura Wilkinson, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

include all types of girls createda misrepresentation of IT.In contrast to these prior studies, the CSRL at BYU has attempted to cultivate a gender-balancedenvironment rather than an all-female program. By adapting proven approaches that have shownsuccess to a mixed-gender environment, the CSRL has shown an increase in student researchpublications, class performance, and cybersecurity competitions. Though the researchenvironment contains a large male population, it does not cause any discouragement for womenas the environment is equal and unbiased. Students are encouraged to socially interact, askquestions, and seek mentorship in research projects and class work. Likewise, students are

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A. Meadows, University of Michigan; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan

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Women in Engineering

AC 2011-1319: THE EFFECT OF SKEWED GENDER COMPOSITIONON STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERINGPROJECT TEAMSLorelle A Meadows, University of Michigan Dr. Lorelle Meadows is Director of Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. In this role, she holds primary responsibility for the design, management and delivery of the first year program to undergraduate students. She also serves as a catalyst for coordination among the engineering programs encompassed by the Office of Undergraduate Education, including the Center for Entrepreneurship, the International Programs Office and the Multidisciplinary Design program. In this role within the college, she also has

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cara Mawson, Rowan University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

middle school in Phoenix, Arizona.Dr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Dr. Bodnar is an Associate Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. Her research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques such as game- based learning in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on stu- dent perception of the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education Sympo- sium in 2013, awarded the American

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicki V. May, Dartmouth College; Joseph J. Helble, Dartmouth College

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Engineering, and Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, a position he has held since 2005. Prior to Dartmouth, Dr. Helble was the AAAS Revelle Fellow, spending a year on staff in the U.S. Senate with a focus on science policy. Previously, he was Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Connecticut, and from 1987 to 1995, a researcher at Physical Sciences Inc. Dr. Helble is the author of over 100 publications and 3 U.S. patents, the recipient of several awards for his scholarly work, and a 2014 co-recipient of the National Academy of Engineering Gordon Prize for the development of Dartmouth’s Engineering Entrepreneurship Program. He presently serves as Chair of the ASEE

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Baldwin Wallace University; Alissa Papernik; Amanda Ferreira Dias-Liebold, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

. These includefamily, peers and group work, mentorship, relevant coursework, career goals, internships andresearch, pre-college engineering, and professors and other university staff. The candidates whowere interviewed had family members in engineering, or relied on their families for support.Three of the candidates had older siblings in engineering, which helped them decide on theirspecific major, and acted as someone to talk to when classes and life got tough. A few of theinterviewees did not have family members in engineering, but their families were their mainsupport system. And some of the candidates had family members who are in engineering orSTEM, who pushed them towards it.Most, if not all of the interviewees had something to say about

Conference Session

Focus on Under-Represented Women

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia; Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia

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Women in Engineering

identification of academic and socialfactors contributing to persistence,i but none, as far as can be determined, addresses the questionusing the strategy upon which the research presented in this paper is based: a review ofconsistently high-performing programs. We therefore decided to perform a qualitative analysisof engineering programs which have conferred at least 30%, on average, of their baccalaureatedegrees to females from Academic Year (AY) 2001 (Class of 2002) to 2005 (Class of 2006) toidentify core, common factors which support persistence of female undergraduates inengineering studies. The floor of 30% represents a level of achievement above the nationalaverage of approximately 20% of undergraduate engineering degrees conferred to females (as

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Celine Manoosingh, Georgia Southern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

, 2015 Attracting Women to Engineering through Service Based LearningIntroductionThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) points to enhancing student interest in engineering, scienceand technology entrepreneurship; and increased professional skills in design, communication andteamwork as some of the ‘Grand Challenges of Engineering’ (NAE, 2009). In response, the Departmentof Civil Engineering & Construction Management (CECM) at Georgia Southern University aims tosystematically integrate experiential and community service learning opportunities throughout thedepartmental curriculum in order to further the NAE vision of access to enhanced visibility andprofessional skills of its students. The objective of this revolutionary department

Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Rae Volpatti, University of Pittsburgh; Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Lauren M. Byland, University of Pittsburgh

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Women in Engineering

Research Fellowship to fund her PhD upon returning to the United States.Dr. Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh Cheryl A. Bodnar, PhD, CTDP is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Track) in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She obtained her certification as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) in 2010, providing her with a solid background in instructional design, facilitation and evaluation. Dr. Bodnar’s research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques in undergraduate classes (problem based learning, games and simulations, etc

Conference Session

Panel: Effecting Change in Higher Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priscilla Nelson, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Theresa Hunt, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Cherrice Traver, Union College; Pamela Eibeck, Texas Tech; Zulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Mary Roth, Lafayette College; delcie durham, University of South Florida

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Women in Engineering

degree possibilities.Diversify educational opportunities for engineers. Women, as well as men, are attracted toprograms with visible positive impacts on society, such as bioengineering or environmentalengineering, as well as interdisciplinary programs. Attractive breadth for engineering programsinclude gaining more business or entrepreneurship knowledge, integration of engineering withliberal arts programs, or expanding international study experiences. We need to makeEngineering the degree of choice to engage the important issues of the present and the future.Consider a 5-year path to a professional degree. The possibility shifting the professionaldegree to the masters level was discussed both in the context of allowing the undergraduatedegree

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina K. Lam , Arizona State University; Samantha N. Cruz, Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

University Nadia Kellam is Associate Professor in the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). She is a qualitative researcher who primarily uses narrative research methods and is interested more broadly in interpretive research methods. In her research, Dr. Kellam is broadly interested in developing critical understandings of the culture of engineering education and, espe- cially, the experiences of underrepresented undergraduate engineering students and engineering educators. In addition to teaching undergraduate engineering courses and a graduate course on entrepreneurship, she also enjoys teaching qualitative research methods in engineering education in the

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joye Jepson, Antioch University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

actively encourage their faculty members to participate in research,educational and leadership activities beyond the engineering college”.[2, p. 7] The theme ofchanging the education system by encouraging cross-department integration of course materialwas suggested in the education literature as a way of retaining women and minorities in STEMprograms. Because of the complexities of world issues, globalization and meeting society needs,students need to understand and make connections among disparate areas (e.g., environments,issues, topics). Cross-department integration affords the opportunity to prepare students forfuture careers by linking technical classes with course work in business management, liberal arts,entrepreneurship and systems

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa A Dagley, University of Central Florida; Nirmala Ramlakhan, Nee-Moh, Inc; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida

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Women in Engineering

Page 23.546.6committee, an assessment committee, a program coordinator, and fifteen (15) femaleupperclassmen who served as peer mentors. In Fall 2010, the project committee met bi-weeklyfollowed by the assessment committee meeting. By Spring 2011, only the project committee metbi-weekly, since the work of the assessment committee was completed by the end of Fall 2010.Informal interaction between the project PI and other project members was frequent. The ProjectPI met with the Program Manager bi-weekly to discuss the progress of the project.Peer mentors were recruited from EXCEL then hired and trained over Summer 2010. Menteesconsisted of the entire EXCEL freshman female class and were assigned to mentors based ontwo factors: major and living

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcela Alejandra Silva, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #33830Women in Construction Engineering: Improving the Students’ Experiencethroughout their CareersIng. Marcela Alejandra Silva, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Marcela Silva is the Academic Director at the Engineering Faculty of the Andres Bello University in Cam- pus Santiago. She works as a teacher in the Construction Engineering career and supports innovation and entrepreneurship courses. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Construction from the Pontificia Universi- dad Cat´olica de Chile and a Master’s degree in Educational Management from the European University of Madrid. Her passion for learning

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Desing, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

workplace settings beyond entrepreneurship. Additionally,there is limited research on the career motivation of early career professionals, despite arecognized need to study the transition from college to the workplace and to counteract the dataindicating a decrease in women engineering professionals after the first ten years. Theselimitations may be addressed through future research.Conclusion and Future ResearchCareer motivation theory and counterfactual thinking are conceptually aligned through theirfunctional definitions, including their retrospective process and goal-setting orientation and theimpact the direction of the counterfactual thoughts has on motivation and future performance,even in cases of negative or traumatic events. This

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Martha Elicia Beltran-Martinez, Organization of American States, Office of Science, Technology, and Innovation

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Women in Engineering

Academy of Sciences,National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine published Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling thePotential of Women in Academic Sciences and Engineering6. The importance of attaining equality for women inthe STEM disciplines is emphasized by this study: “The U.S. economy relies on the productivity, entrepreneurship, and creativity of its people. To maintain its scientific and engineering leadership amid increasing economic and educational globalization, the United States must aggressively pursue the innovative capacity of all of its people—women and men. Women make up an increasing proportion of science and engineering majors at all institutions, including top programs such as those at the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Charles T. Armstrong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth J. O'Connor , Ketchum Change; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca L. Dohrman, Maryville University; Colleen Arendt, Fairfield University ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

for different reasons in a variety of contexts.Participants spoke about their observations of professors’ teaching and research practices inaddition to their professors’ explicit advice. Diallo talked about how he came to perceive certainprofessors as mentors by observing them in class and desiring to emulate their work ethic: I found some professors just standing out. They are mentors in the sense that I looked up to them, I admire their style, and I tried to replicate some of the way they operate, and you know, they are like the benchmark standard, so to that respect, they are mentors.Sabir thought of his professor as having been a mentor in terms of the guidance and professionalsupport she provided by writing

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Angela Harris, North Carolina State University; Christina Martin-Ebosele, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering

- ford University, where she completed her bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering. As an engineer, she is passionate about research and technical work related to climate change. She has previous work experience as an engineer in Motor Manufacturing at Telsa and a research assistant at Stanford University in the Soft Tissue Biomechanics lab. Christina is currently a Product Design Engineer at Apple, where she brings a sustainability perspective to product design.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts