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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Ohanian Perez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Understanding the Intersection of First Generation Degree Seeking Women, Engineering, and Public UniversitiesThe California State University system (CSU) is the largest university system in the nation. TheCSU system is comprised of 23 regional campuses and as of fall 2018 has an enrollment of481,210 students. While the state comprises about 12% of the US population, it only producesabout 10% of the engineering degrees awarded [1]. Not only is the state lagging behind onengineering degree production; but also on the rate at which women earn engineering degrees.The CSU system grants engineering degrees to women at a rate of 16.8%, trailing the nationalaverage of 20

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laine Schrewe, Tolles Career and Technical Center

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toward these science-y initiatives is only effective if you can get studentsexcited about taking these courses. This means that finding a way to break down wary students’preconceived ideas about what these STEM-based courses will entail and getting them intriguedand excited about these courses is critical in establishing a successful STEM-based strategy in aschool. This paper discusses how student feedback was used to promote and grow anengineering program at the high school level.Tolles Career and Technical Center partnered with Jonathan Alder School District to create twoSTEM-based pathways that could feed into the career center in the district: (1) Engineering and(2) Information Technology. Jonathan Alder High School, located in rural Plain

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Rachel Ann Baker

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forvariation such as academic, performance, social, appearance, and general self-esteem 11 . This studyspecifically examines academic performance self-esteem, one’s sense of general competence; andsocial confidence self-esteem, how people believe others perceive them 12 . Similarly, there are manyfacets of self-efficacy. This study focuses on engineering self-efficacy, or the students’ beliefs abouttheir capabilities to learn and perform a variety of engineering tasks 13 .MethodsResearch QuestionThis research is guided by the following research question: • How does participation in non-technical conferences influence female engineering students’ self-esteem, general engineering skills self-efficacy, and experimental skills self-efficacy?Data

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Morgan Irvin, University of Missouri, Columbia; Elizabeth Hiteshue, Bain & Company; Samantha Laurel Swanson; Caroline Missouri Wochnick, Augsburg College; Hannah Bech, AmeriCorps VISTA; Amanda Marie Kapetanakis, Augsburg College; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Derrick Langley, Space and Missile Center, Enterprise Ground Services Office (SMC/ADZS); Michael Geselowitz, IEEE History Center at Stevens Institute of Technology; MaryAnn C. Hellrigel, IEEE, IEEE History Center; Gregory Alan Good, American Institute of Physics

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interviewee has and memberships in esteemed professional societies.Questions in the Gender section focus on challenges and differences that the interviewee faceddue to her gender in STEM fields. Questions in the Reflection section focus on advice pertainingto the original five personal research questions and general advice that the interviewee wishes toshare.Oral History Preservation at IEEE Engineering Technology and History Wiki (ETHW)The IEEE History Center’s historical material is made available through a wiki-based portalknown as the Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW).1-3 The oral history collectionof over 800 interviews of prominent engineers and scientists in IEEE’s fields of interest is one ofthe most important in the world. The

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WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine R. Millam, University of Saint Thomas; Ronald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas

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. Page 22.460.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 1 Developing Leadership Capacity in Working Adult Women Technical Graduate Students Research Interview Results with AlumniAbstract While women continue to make progress in their overall representation in the business sector, there are many challenges that keep women from making advances in their careers as science and engineering leaders. Those professions that have long been male dominated are making the slowest gains. Even though female representation in the engineering profession is

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College

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the U.S. “will need a steady supplyof well-trained engineers, scientists, and other technical workers, as well as a technologically andscientifically literate general public, to succeed and prosper in the twenty-first century.” [1]Further, there is agreement that solving the most critical problems facing society requires aSTEM workforce that mirrors its diversity. The publication of Broadening Participation inAmerica’s Science and Engineering Workforce and subsequent Broadening Participation inAmerica’s STEM Workforce and Pathways to Broadening Participation in Response to theCEOSE 2011-2012 Recommendation places great emphasis on innovating pathways to includewomen, minorities, and disabled persons in commensurate numbers and shifting

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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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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engineering community inthe long term must be taken into account [1].Women are underrepresented in engineering careers, specifically in mining and construction.This situation leads to having a low number of women in the category within the workingpopulation. [2]. Women in Chile have had to deal with a two-fold prejudice; the first one is that"University is not for women," and if they hurdle this one, once in university, the next one is"there are university degrees especially for women." This study aims to determine success orfailure factors for female students studying Construction Engineering Program and using theirstudent viewpoint to generate proposals to improve student support programs.Historically, the Construction industry in Chile has shown

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Henriette D. Burns, Washington State University, Vancouver; Sean Palmer Marquardt Rice, Washington State University, Vancouver

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and general perspective of theperception of the students at a large, urban, ethnically diverse middle school population. Thesurvey results helped design future qualitative and mixed methods studies on interest andbelongingness of under-represented populations by these authors and others.Participants. The middle school was chosen because of convenience. One author has a STEMresearch relationship with the local educational service district and the school. That author was aparticipant researcher in an all-girls after-school STEM grant at the school. The school is anurban school with grades 6 through 8 whose demographics are primarily low-income (Fig. 1)[51]. The 72 question Likert-scale survey was presented to grades six, seven and eight the

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Barnes , Rowan University; Nicholas Lenzi; Katherine G Nelson, Rowan University

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participate in outreach programs as a working Professional Engineer.Mr. Nicholas LenziDr. Katherine G Nelson, Rowan University Katie just recently finished a postdoc at ASU and is currently working as temporary faculty int he college of engineering at Rowan University. Her research interests include complexity learning, cognition, and motivation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Understanding impacts of Women in Engineering K-12 Outreach ProgramsIntroductionThe percentage of women that are employed as engineers (14.5% as of 2015) has gone up since1985, when women made up only 5.7% of the engineering population [1]. Be that as it may, thepercentage of women in engineering has plateaued

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica J. Lofton, University of Evansville

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-serve basis until the camp has reached fullcapacity. The program is generally limited to 24 participants but has allowed as many as 26participants to attend.A representative schedule for the high school program is provided in Figure 1, where theworkshops are hands-on engineering and computer science lessons developed and led byuniversity faculty. Figure 1: Representative schedule – high school programEvery activity is designed to empower young women. The workshops and tours provideopportunities to explore various career paths available in engineering and computer sciencewhile forming connections with female role models. The educational activities foster a strongerSTEM-identity; content delivery is designed to improve self

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eddie Jacobs P.E., University of Memphis; Amy L. de Jongh Curry, University of Memphis; Carmen Astorne-Figari, University of Memphis; Russell J. Deaton, University of Memphis; Wesam M. Salem, University of Memphis; Yonghong Jade Xu, University of Memphis; Shelby G. Roberts, University of Memphis

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]. Then the results were compared to identify similarities anddifferences. This was followed by a second cycle of coding in which we used descriptive andprocess coding [9]. Then we used axial coding to make connections between the categories weidentified to generate themes.ResultsQuantitative ResultsBased on the sample of 517 students, female students had an average of 1.37 EQ/SQ ratio, whichwas significantly higher (p < .001) than the average of male students (X ¯ EQ/SQ = 1.05). The valuessuggest a relative balance between empathizing and systematizing for male college students,whereas female students reported a much stronger tendency to empathize. Further examination ofthe data (see Table 1) also revealed that students in non-STEM academic

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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problems with social significance, and the interdisciplinary nature of projects. Craemer [12] identified Introduction to Engineering (ENGS21) as a pivotal course in the curriculum for generating interest among students, especially women.While there is no easy answer to the question of how to achieve gender parity, they are somesimple steps that may be taken at other schools to increase gender diversity including:  Hiring female students to serve as teaching assistants and mentors,  Focusing on interdisciplinary, project-based, student-driven projects, and  Offering courses for non-majors.References[1] NSF (2015). Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering 2015. National Center for

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sagit Betser, University of California, Davis; Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis; Rebecca Ambrose Ph.D., University of California-Davis

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increase in participation of girls in high level STEM classes [1].This positive trend, however, doesn’t apply to all STEM fields. While, for example, girls’participation in biology or biomedical engineering classes is similar to boys’, this is not the casefor physics or mechanical engineering [2], [3]. The numbers are even lower when we look atgirls from under-represented communities. In this case the participation numbers are lower for allSTEM fields and decrease as students move from high school, to college, and to work [4].A growing line of research aims to understand the challenges girls from under-representedcommunities face participating in STEM settings both within informal and formal settings [5].Brickhouse and Potter [6] followed two

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Emily Fredette, Purdue University

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. Long, “Engineering matriculation paths: Outcomes of Direct Matriculation, First-Year Engineering, and Post-General Education Models,” in 42nd Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings. IEEE, 2012, pp. 1–5. [2] J. Sklar, “The impact of change of major on time to bachelor’s degree completion with special emphasis on stem disciplines: A multilevel discrete-time hazard modeling approach,” Trans., California: California Polytechnic State University, 2014. [3] G. Ricco, I. Ngambeki, R. Long, M. Ohland, and D. Evangelou, “Describing the pathways of students continuing in and leaving engineering,” in 117th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, 2010. [4] J. L. Wessel, A. M. Ryan

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Bazylak, University of Toronto; Ruth Childs, University of Toronto; Aimy Bazylak, University of Toronto

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Students: Comparing and Contrasting Perceptions of the Engineering Skill SetIntroductionThe long-standing underrepresentation of females in engineering, both in Canada and the UnitedStates [1-3], is worrying because systemic issues may be the cause of an untapped talent pool.Furthermore, this professional underrepresentation is likely to continue since females are alsounderrepresented in engineering education programs [4, 5]. Figure 1 illustrates the percentage offemales in Canadian undergraduate engineering disciplines, and while Biosystems is composedof a female enrolment of over 40%, most disciplines have a significantly lower percentage offemale enrolment. Figure 2 illustrates the percentage of American bachelor’s

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 31(1):59–77, 2015. [5] John Short, Ederyn Williams, and Bruce Christie. The social psychology of telecommunications. 1976. [6] Yong Zhao. The effects of anonymity on computer-mediated peer review. International Journal of Educational Telecommunications, 4(4):311–345, 1998. [7] Terry Connolly, Leonard M Jessup, and Joseph S Valacich. Effects of anonymity and evaluative tone on idea generation in computer-mediated groups. Management science, 36(6):689–703, 1990. [8] Robin R Fowler. Talking teams: Increased equity in participation in online compared to face-to-face team discussions. ASEE Computers in Education Journal, 6(1):21–44, 2015. [9] Laura Hirshfield and Milo D Koretsky. Gender and

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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orientation,” J. of Advanced Academics, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 454–476, Spring 2007.[9] G.D. Markman, D.B. Balkin, and R.A. Baron, “Inventors and new venture formation: Theeffects of general self-efficacy and regretful thinking,” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice,vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 149-165, Winter 2002.[10] C. Huang, “Gender difference is academic self-efficacy: A meta-analysis,” European J.of Psychology of Education, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1-35, Mar., 2013.[11] T. Gilovich and V.H. Medvec, “The experience of regret: What, when, and why,”Psychological Review, vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 379–395, Apr.,1995.[12] Y. Shani and M. Zeelenberg, “When and why do we want to know? How experiencedregret promotes post-decision information search,” J. of

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Christine Delahanty, Bucks County Community College ; Jason Silverman, Drexel University

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Paper ID #33241Creative Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate Women Engineering MajorsDr. Christine Delahanty, Bucks County Community College Dr. Delahanty is the Area Coordinator of Science and Engineering, and Professor of Engineering and Physics at Bucks County Community College (Bucks). She worked as an electrical engineer at General Electric Co. for nine years in both military and commercial communication satellite operations. Her research interests include investigating creativity within STEM education as a factor in cultivating diver- sity. She establishes technical, college level, programs of study for modernized

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Diane Reichlen, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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collegecourses by enrolling in Calculus 1 and the Introduction to Engineering design course, earning sixcredits towards their degree. They are also introduced to industry professionals and throughweekly meetings begin to learn about technical, communication, and management skills andthose attributes that lead to leadership roles. Research skills are introduced through engineeringdesign projects, wherein students learn to solve problems as a team. A more detailed descriptionof RAMP has been presented by Tripathy et al. [1], [2]. A goal of this summer bridge program is for students to better understand the culture,curriculum, educational practices, and norms of engineering programs and workplaces and learnto navigate and overcome some of the

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer S Gurski, Drexel University; Penny Louise Hammrich, Drexel Univeristy

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classmates using an ordinal scale of 1-5, where 1 = lowest, 2 =below average, 3 = average, 4 = above average, and 5 = highest. Most significantly, the dataindicates that the mean of all respondents’ abilities is defined as average, despite universityGPAs that were identified in Figure 2 as above average. Respondents rated themselves as aboveaverage in both the ability to work in teams (M=4.15) and the ability to solve problems(M=4.05). Respondents generally rated themselves as average when compared to their peers inmathematics (M=3.78) and science (M=3.68). The frequencies, mean, and standard deviation forself-efficacy are found in Table 8.Feelings of self-perceived ability obtained from the APPLES questions in the survey can bedistinguished from

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lauren Drankoff, University of Dayton; Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton; Elizabeth Hart, University of Dayton

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from 52% to 73%. The study showed how impactful Universityprograms can be to support women in engineering and increase retention for first year femaleengineering students. Although mentoring in general appears to have a successful impact, one study showedthat pairing a female student with a female mentor had a greater impact than pairing a femalestudent with a male mentor [1]. Mentoring was explored to establish if it would produce anybenefits for retention rates for women in engineering. The study was conducted over severalyears to investigate if peer mentoring would increase the success of women in engineering. Thestudy included 150 female students with 50 students assigned a female mentor, 50 studentsassigned a male mentor, and 50

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Buckley, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Tomás Hyland, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, Athlone Institute of Technology; Arnold Neville Pears, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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a member of the Technology Education Research Group (TERG). His main research interest is in how people learn. He is particularly interested in how cognitive abilities such as spatial ability affect students capacity to learn, and how levels of prior knowledge impact on further learning. Jeffrey is also interested in inclusivity in engineering and technology education, particularly in relation to stereotypes and misconceptions that people may have about technical subject areas.Dr. Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Dr Lena Gumaelius has a background as a researcher in Biotechnology, in which field she still teaches undergraduate students at KTH. (Lena got her Master of Science in chemistry 1993 and

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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representation of women among first year engineering students, it pales in comparison tooverall representation of women students in four year institutions, which reached 57% in 2014.Clearly, work to increase gender diversity in engineering must continue (Pryor, Hurtado, Saenz,Santos & Korn 2007; National Research Council, 2006).The paucity of women in engineering is particularly evident at technical institutions where moststudents major in a STEM discipline. As such, these institutions face a significant genderdisparity in their student populations. For example, at the university where this research wasconducted, approximately 96% of undergraduates are working toward degrees in engineering,the natural sciences, mathematics, or computer science

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sumaia Ali Raisa, West Virginia University; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University

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Women in EngineeringAbstract: More women than men in the US graduate college, but women constitute only16% of the engineering workforce [1]. Women frequently attribute their lack of persistence inengineering to a chilly academic climate [2]. Researchers have suggested that developing arobust engineering identity could moderate a climate effect and support improved retentionand graduation of female engineers [2]. However, there is little empirical data oninterrelationships among gender, perceived academic climate in engineering programs,engineering identity, and belonging to an engineering community.We drew on social identity theory and extant literature to develop four research questions: 1)Are there any differences between men and women

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WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Morgan Irvin, Washington University in St. Louis; Elizabeth Hiteshue, University of Pennsylvania; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Sheldon Hochheiser, IEEE History Center; Michael Geselowitz, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

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sets based onresearch into the interview subject’s career. The training also provides an understanding of thelogistics of conducting a technically satisfactory interview, the post interview processing of thetape into a finished transcript, and the legal requirements for transfer of intellectual propertyrights. These procedures follow the best practices established by the Oral History Association.11Reviewing student-generated questions is much like reviewing a first draft of any student work.Read carefully, and give constructive criticism, not only offering suggestions for improvement,but more importantly explaining why. A good set of questions is a prerequisite for a qualityinterview. These questions must strike a balance between questions

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Victor Ofori-Boadu, Penuel Consult Inc.; Jacob Randall Vanderpool, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Dongyang Deng, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Paper ID #28787Nascent Professional Identity Development in Freshman Architecture,Engineering, and Construction WomenDr. Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Andrea N. Ofori-Boadu is an Assistant Professor of Construction and Construction Management with the Department of Built Environment within the College of Science and Technology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA & T). Her research interests are in bio-derived cement replacement materials, delivery of sustainable built environments, and professional identity development in architecture, engineering

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Women in Engineering Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico; Shelby Ann Freese

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suggests that the program has managed to retain young girls’ interest in STEM over theyears. To be able to study the impact of this event, in the long run, the School of Engineering ismonitoring the progress of female students who had participated in Imagineer Day for two yearsor more.On the other hand, the event has allowed our collegiate girls to exemplify and teach the skillsthey acquired throughout their college career to younger generations. It also helped themimprove their public speaking and time management skills, of which both contributed to anincrease in overall self-confidence.References[1] H. Blackburn, “The Status of Women in STEM in Higher Education: A Review of theLiterature 2007-2017”, Science & Technology Libraries, 36:3, pp

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Women in Engineering Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Miller, Campbell University; Saeedeh Ziaeefard, Michigan Technological University; Brian R Page, Michigan Technological University; Lauren Nicole Knop, Michigan Technological University ; Guilherme Aramizo Ribeiro, Michigan Technological University; Mo Rastgaar; Nina Mahmoudian, Michigan Technological University

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underwater environments. It consists of low cost parts including aplastic tube, syringe, battery, servomotor and Arduino Uno controller. Figure 1. GUPPIE, a co-explorer robotNeu-pulator, shown in Figure 2, is a “co-worker” robot that uses electromyography (EMG) ofarm muscles to move a robotic arm. It consists of wooden links, EMG sensors, servomotors, abattery, and Arduino Uno. Figure 2. Neu-pulator, a co-worker robotFigure 3 shows the schedule of activities for the week-long camps in 2017. The first two days ofthe camp focused on general principles in robotics, engineering design, and programming.During the last three days, students built and tested GUPPIEs and Neu-pulators

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Women in Engineering Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University

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Recognition for Undergraduate Research Mentoring. She was also selected as a 2018 National Science Foundation - NC A & T ADVANCE IT Faculty Scholar. She has received $170,000 to support her teaching, research, and outreach projects. Overall, Dr. Ofori-Boadu’s research work has resulted in 1 book publication, 12 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 5 conference proceedings, 3 manuscripts under conditional acceptance, 4 accepted abstracts, 29 presentations at na- tional conferences, and 27 poster sessions. In 2016, her paper to the Built Environment Project and Asset Management journal was recognized as the 2016 Highly Commended Paper. In 2015, Dr. Ofori-Boadu established her STEM ACTIVATED! program for middle-school

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Women in Engineering Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jodi F. Prosise, St. Ambrose University; R R Romatoski, Saint Ambrose University; Susa H Stonedahl, St. Ambrose University; Yunye Shi Shi, St. Ambrose University

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300 girls per session (due to fire code). Anemail is sent to past participants, local and regional schools, and a form is posted on theuniversity website one (1) month before the event. Parents must complete a form withinformation about their daughter, including age, school, and contact information. The form alsorequires an electronic signature on a liability waiver (which includes a statement that participantsare not to be left alone at the event) and a photo release. Registration typically fills within aweek. Only female participants are allowed. An event reminder is sent to all registrants one (1)week and the day before the event.The week before the event, flyers are printed and all materials for activities are secured andorganized. On the