Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda Kay Gaede, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

in a science, technology, engineering or math field in college. I would recommend Tech Trek to others.Additionally, the girls were asked the four outcome questions given in Table 3 about their TechTrek experience. Table 3. Camp Outcome QuestionsPost and Six Month Opportunities to learn about real world applications of STEM.Surveys Only Opportunities to build your skills in critical thinking, problem solving and creativity. Opportunities to build your skills in collaboration and team work. Opportunity to learn about STEM fields.They were asked to rate these opportunities as

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lourdes A. Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Saylisse Davila, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Olga Beatriz Rivera, Amgen Manufacturing Limited; Nolgie Oquendo-Colon, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Maria Angelica Velazquez, Montana State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Engineering Education from the perspective of outreach to mi- norities with focus on women recruitment, retention and progression. Other research activities include: systems and product design, decision analysis, manufacturing, process automation and real-time process control. Dr. Medina is currently appointed as President (2019-2021) of the Manufacturing and Design Division for the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). Dr. Medina has received multiple recognitions for her work that include the IISE M&D Outstanding Service Award (2016), UPRM Recog- nition on the 4th Research Academy for Faculty & Postdoctoral Fellowships Symposium (2015-2016), CIAPR Emergent Leader (2015) and UPRM Industrial

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Robert J Culbertson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University; Bethany B Smith, Arizona State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

) expectation of success, and (3) perceivedimplementation costs (e.g., time, materials).Responses were collected from 286 engineering faculty members (207 male, 79 female) from 19institutions. Responses indicated frequency of use, perceptions of value, expectation of success,and cost (e.g., use of TA’s, materials) for these classroom strategies: 1. Formative feedback loops 2. Real-world applications 3. Facilitating student-to-student discussionsControlling for course enrollment and years of experience, several significant differences werefound. Gender did not differentiate reported use of the strategies, but there were significantdifferences (p < .05) related to the expectation of success when integrating formative

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Statement or Program GoalsThe final organizational method was based on mission statements, or if unavailable, the goals ofthe outreach programs. Three themes were observed: ● A focus on real-world applications or the use of practical applications in class ● To influence the career decisions of those that partake in the program ● To improve teacher knowledge in STEM to thus improve its instruction to K12 students.Results and DiscussionAs shown in Figure 1, just under half (44%) of the papers targeted high school students. K12teachers were the next most targeted group (24%) followed by middle school (16%), high schooland middle school (12%), and lastly elementary school (4%). By gender, 75% of middle schooloutreach programs were targeted at

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Moore, Petroleum Institute; lana El Chaar, Petroleum Institute; Lisa Lamont, Petroleum Institute

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Women in Engineering

volume of moneyhas certainly resulted in a plethora of choices for UAE undergraduates. The country nowhas one of the highest application participation rates in the world. Ninety-five per cent ofall females and 80 per cent of all males who are enrolled in the final year of secondaryschool apply for admission to a higher education institution. And as many young Emiratisare encouraged to stay at home, it is important that the choices are there. The UAE’sflagship third-level institute is the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) Opening itsdoors in1988 to 239 students, today, 12 men’s and women’s colleges right across theUAE provide a diversity of programs to over 15,000 students in modern, technologicallyequipped campuses. New colleges and facilities

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen White, Purdue University; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

readily available via theInternet at no cost to users.The literature review on gender-specific issues in career selection also identified four keyelements that the resources or activities should emphasize: 1) Career Information andExploration, offered at a point where the girls have not internalized a negative perception ofSTEM subjects; 2) Personal Identification and Relevance. Students may perceive they have nopersonal need to learn about technology. If they can find ways that technology benefits themdirectly in their daily lives, they are more motivated to learn and master the basic skills necessaryto use it; 3) Real World Application and Context--allowing girls to acquire basic technical skillsor a knowledge base to enhance their sense of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

to women in Nepal.During Tij, women, who have left their community to join their husband's families, return totheir home villages. During the Tij festival they perform stories about their lives and speakopenly about the oppression that they experience voicing thoughts and feelings that they repressfor the rest of the year. In this space of authoring they talk through an alternate view of theirworld and imagine a different position for themselves in the social order. The festival is seen as aplay world as it takes place outside the ‘real world’ and as such allows this different way ofbeing. Play worlds allow participants to imagine and practice new discourses, new ways ofacting, interacting with artifacts, in a freer/looser environment that

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Pre-college Programs for Women

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Aimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University; Guo Zheng Yew, Texas Tech University; Maeghan Marie Brundrett, Texas Tech University; Dylan Christenson, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division, Women in Engineering

supplemental readings prior to each engineering discipline’s discipline specific lessonproviding background knowledge for each activity. Students were tasked to work in groups on anopen-ended project applying knowledge of the six disciplines introduced throughout theprogram. Problem-based learning through the assigned project allowed students to develop skillssuch as teamwork, oral communication, time management and project management. During thefinal program session, students gave an oral presentation to peers, parents and programinstructors detailing their design solutions to a real-world problem. Evaluation instruments of theoutreach program’s design included pre- and post-questionnaires for assessment of theinteractive sessions, and their impact

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

since 1997. Previous publications describe the program designfeatures and rationale in detail (Demetry et al., 2009; Demetry & Sontgerath, 2013). Keyprogrammatic elements include: • A service learning project wherein teams of girls use the engineering design process to propose a solution to a real-world problem posed by a non-profit organization • Hands-on design activities in a variety of engineering disciplines, chosen to emphasize the human and social context of engineering—that engineers can make the world a better place • A focus on collaboration and teamwork in both academic and social activities • Exposure to numerous female role models and mentors with interests in STEM

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley; Farzana Ansari, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa A. Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Women in Engineering

, service learning, and real world experiencescan help nurture and grow these skills2,3. Through such approaches, students are more engagedand show greater interest6,7.Women in EngineeringHighlighting engineering as contributing to society through service learning is more appealing towomen4,8. Furthermore, Fouad and Singh9 recommend promoting the human-value ofengineering and supporting women’s self-efficacy not only in technical skills, but careermanagement and workplace skills and behaviors to recruit and retain women in engineering.Self-efficacy and confidence are important factors for recruiting and retaining women, as mostwomen who drop out of engineering report lower confidence in engineering skills even thoughtheir competence is comparable

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Drive Home After Hours22:00 Travel to hotel Travel to hotel Free Time!23:00 Travel to hotel Sleep Sleep Collapse!Figure 3. Example Class Trip Agenda to Disneyland Resort or Walt Disney World Resort.At the parks, students participate in multiple workshops and tours focusing on engineering,design, creativity, innovation, leadership, teamwork, and communication. Sessions are led byeither Valparaiso University faculty or Disney Parks Cast Members. The trip is the highlight ofthe course and provides countless opportunities for students to see real-world applications

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

herself, which has been rehearsed and reinforcedover time due to its productive empowerment.A final way Rachel resists the “suck at math” narrative is through active work to counter aculturally dominant belief about the importance of math in engineering. Rachel develops a senseof a bigger “real world” out there that rarely gets represented in her STEM classes, a sense thatengineering jobs rely more on soft skills and cultural understandings and less on math. We seeagency through what bell hooks style “liberatory theorizing” simply in the production of thatcounter-narrative; but remarkably, Rachel actively seeks evidence in the “real world” to confirmher theorizing. She attended networking events (set up by her Women in Engineering program)to make

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abbie B Liel P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Eva Leong

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

36% responding “very satisfied” and 50% responding“satisfied”. These numbers were consistent across subgroups of respondents. We also askedstudents to describe the factors that would make their engineering education more satisfying,with the findings summarized in Table 6. Respondents reported that they would like theireducation to include more of: internship and work experiences, discussion of real worldapplications, choice of courses, and opportunities to study abroad. These factors are the sameacross different subgroups of students.The desire for more real world applications and better connections between industry anduniversities was also mentioned in the open-ended responses on the survey. One student wrote, “Iwould love to see more

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Anaïs Miodek, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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Women in Engineering

degrees awarded in the U.S. at the undergraduate, mastersand doctoral level has declined from 1966 to 2001.2 In order to meet this increasing demand forengineers and other technologically trained professionals, the U.S. needs to boost interest inthese fields, and increase the pipeline to ultimately graduate more students at all levels in scienceand engineering.Research has shown that in the U.S., science, math and engineering fields are not highly desiredas academic or career options, in part because there is a serious disconnect between the subjectmaterial and its real-life applications.3 A research experience, especially at the undergraduatelevel, helps highlight the connection between technical engineering research and engineering’sbenefits to

Conference Session

Potpourri II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Homsher, Kettering University; Janet Brelin-Fornari, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

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Women in Engineering

, the University enrolls 36% of all LITE participants,the majority of whom become exceptional students as well as contribute to the University’sdiversity. LITE Program benefits extend even further. In one course, “Vehicle CollisionAnalysis and Occupant Protection”, LITE Program participants study real-world collisions andlearn how safety systems save lives. Data collected indicates that seat belt usage, amongparticipants and their passengers increased 72% following LITE Program participation. Clearly,teaching crash safety can save lives. This knowledge assumes particular significance as thedeath rate of teenagers in automobile collisions rises across the United States. LITE, it turns out,improves the lives of everyone involved, and many others

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesley Cremeans, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse P.E., Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

impacts ofentrepreneurship education and real-world application on identity formation.Social Identity Theory (SIT)According to Hogg and Abrams (1988), a social identity is an individual’s knowledge ofbelonging to a social category or group. A social group is “a set of individuals who hold acommon social identification or view themselves as members of the same social category” (Stets& Burke, 2000, p. 225). There are two important processes involved in social identity formation:self-categorization and social comparison (Hoggs & Abrams, 1988; Stets & Burke, 2000). Self-categorization is a comparison between a person’s self and others’ “attitudes, beliefs and values,affective reactions, behavioral norms, and styles of speech” (Stets &

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Israel Zamora-Hernandez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Jorge A. Gonzalez-Mendivil, Tecnológico de Monterrey; J. Asuncion Zarate-Garcia, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

articles in the numerical simulation of single phase heated turbulent flow and two-phase turbulent boiling flow. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Successful Strategies for attracting more female students to Engineering Majors inEmerging Economies: The case of Southern MexicoAbstractThe attraction of new students to Engineering programs has always been a topic of interest forUniversities all over the world. For the case of female students, in some countries the situation can beeven more complicated as cultural issues might be involved.In this work, we present the results of more than ten year of experience in the attraction of femalestudents to Engineering programs such as Mechatronics Engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bevlee Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Catherine Didion, Association for Women in Science; Patricia Paddock, NYC Department of Education; Suzanne Jenniches, Northrop Grumman; Annette Gildea, Gildea Media Group; Katie Gramling, Diamax; Greta Zornes, Tulane University

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Women in Engineering

ofinforming and encouraging diverse young women to explore careers in engineering. It wasdesigned with the assistance of middle and high school young women from across the UnitedStates and Canada who worked together on the Girl’s Advisory Board (GAB). The result oftheir initial efforts was a website that brought together role models of women engineers whoprovided real world examples of how they became engineers. The primary theme of theEngineerGirl! website is to focus on how girls can make a difference in society throughbecoming engineers.In 2004, the GAB was again assembled through a series of on-line chats. The results of theiranalysis of the then current website indicated their desire for a more interactive, engagingwebsite. They also

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Burger, Virginia Tech; Soyoung Lee, Virginia Tech; Anne Laughlin, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros; Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

heavilyincorporate technology into their curriculum, including statistics, graphic design, and businessmanagement. While women make up about 46% of the U.S. workforce, they comprise onlyabout 23% of the professional IT workforce – and fewer than 10% are in IT managementpositions3. Some have attributed this low participation rate to computer phobia but researchfindings present a different picture. A report by the American Association of UniversityWomen4 suggests that rather than being reluctant or unable to use computers, girls were criticalof the computer culture and turned off by the violent nature of many computer games and themonotony of some computer applications. They saw little connection between computer workand other people or to meaningful, real

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

engineeringscience requirements in higher education, but unlike the fundamentals-first approach, EiEstudents engage science content through a simple engineering design process. In this process,students are taught to iteratively “ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve” to meet the goal of arange of engineering design challenges.17 The design challenges in EiE work to engage studentsthrough real-world application of engineering design, often in cross-cultural contexts.Unit-by-unit, EiE students explore different science topics by applying engineering design toproblems that are contextualized in countries from Ghana to Denmark.18 In the physical science(iii

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi M. Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Women in Engineering

AC 2012-3319: THE IMPACT OF CONTEXTUALIZED, HANDS-ON, COL-LABORATIVE LEARNING ON WOMEN’S PERSISTENCE IN PROFES-SIONAL ENGINEERING: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A MIXEDMETHODS STUDYDr. Heidi M. Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Heidi M. Steinhauer is an Associate Professor of engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Steinhauer holds a Ph.D. in engineering education from Virginia Tech. She has taught Engineering Graph- ics, Introduction to Engineering Design, Automation and Rapid Prototyping, and has developed several advanced applications of 3D modeling courses. She is the Co-advisor of the only all-women’s Baja SAE Team in the world. Her current research interests center around the

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

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Women in Engineering

action.” Under the direction †AY01 refers to programof their college student mentors, the 8th graders gain first-hand year 2000-2001, and so on.experience with tackling a real-world engineering project as they worktoward solving a problem that is relevant to their school and community. A problem assignmentthat illustrates the positive social benefits of science and technology is particularly appealing towomen and girls; not only does it demonstrate the connections between math, science, andtechnology and their application for problem solving in general, but moreover, it exposesstudents to the potential connections engineering can have to human and societal issues.The three-week curriculum outlined in Table 2 brings

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

load is structured and whether projects assignedto students provide any opportunity to inspire discussion, as students explained that inaddition to feeling as though their lives were absorbed by engineering coursework theyhad little opportunity to discuss what was being learned in courses. In addition, facultycan use this information when designing projects that are part of coursework, providingample opportunity early on in degree programs for students to realize how the subjectsthey are studying in the classroom have real-world applications. Understanding how theinformation they are learning can be applied in the future may help diffuse resentmentthat so much time is required to attain an engineering degree and help motivate students.While

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chaoyi Wang; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

the standpoint that enables practitioners to act meaningfully andpurposefully (p.36)” [42]. As result of participating in authentic activity, learners haveopportunities to acquire and apply knowledge, gain experiences, and practice skills [26], [42].Understanding the application of knowledge and skills is as important as learning the knowledgeand skills itself [43]. When learning occurs from meaningful participation in the community,learners are able to develop a deeper understanding of content [25], reconstruct their experiences,transform obtained knowledge, and connect real-world application [2]. Researchers have applied situated learning theory into the design of STEM interventions.The results of a study by Kwon [44] indicated that

Conference Session

WIED: Pre-College Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sruti Modekurty; Judy Fong, UC Davis; Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis

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Women in Engineering

technology,computer programming, and computer science. In addition, they are more confident in pursuingcomputing and STEM related careers. All girls participating in the camp would like to pursue apost-secondary study in the STEM fields.6. Lessons LearnedTo summarize, the following are the important lessons learned from the program: peermentoring, engaging in computing through robotics with computer programming in a userfriendly C/C++ interpreter Ch, and real world technological applications. The program was Page 24.250.12specially structured to enable highly effective peer mentoring, allows the girls to relate to eachother and reinforce the learned

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynsey Mitchell Kissane, Ryerson University; Liping Fang, Ryerson University ; Ruth Jean Silver, Groundswell Projects

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Page 26.772.2 Female Millennial Perceptions of the Engineering Identity1. IntroductionGender imbalance persists in engineering education. For over two decades, universities in NorthAmerica have struggled to increase female enrollment above 20 percent of their student body.1Especially stark is the number of female students in mechanical, electrical, and computerengineering – with reported figures as low as 5 percent. Gender imbalance within theengineering student population (the source of talent for the profession) results in an even greaterimbalance within the sector. In a world half populated by girls and women, many havequestioned how the engineering sector (herein referred to as “the engineering community”) canlegitimately claim

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Katherine C. Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

and changes in programsthat were implemented to address them.  PACE recommendation: Integrate relevant applications into the curriculum 5. The required class that all first year students take their first semester has been reworked to include several aspects designed to be appealing to diverse students and is being taught in smaller sections (50-60 instead of 200). Problems that require a hands-on component and are tied directly to real-world situations have been added. Presentations show more people doing engineering instead of objects, and those people are diverse. Engineering is portrayed as more cooperative, requiring teamwork and ingenuity. Specific examples are cross-disciplinary and are

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen K. Foster, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) ; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

. Although they are mostly working outside of theinstitutional setting, especially as they work to establish alternative space and practices outside ofthe dominant discourse, the work and motivations of both feminist hacker collectives and opensource science hardware communities have implications for thinking through how to organizeand enact real-world change in terms of pedagogy, design, and more deeply weaving ethics andexplicit value-systems into engineering education and practice.In a previous paper, we sought lessons for change in engineering education from movements notonly within science and technology cultures, but also within higher education institutionalsettings. Prior higher education change movements we examined include the efforts to

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Northwestern State University; Jerie Pedescleaux, Northwestern State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

program issuccess-oriented and project based and creates a STEM focused curriculum for students ingrades 9th, 10th, and 11th. Students over the course of the program learn real-life applications ofmath and science principles within lab facilities that provides a more unique learningenvironment than a traditional classroom. The United States Naval Academy's summer campprogram is ranked among the top five "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs" by the U.S.News & World Report9.The USNA also offers a program called “Mini-STEM” in which high schools are invited to sendsmall groups of students to visit USNA. The students stay overnight and are given tours of theengineering and lab spaces. Students also get to engage in interactive science and

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cate Samuelson, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

benefits they associated with their internship and/or co-op experiences. Many ofthese women talked about how much they learned about the real working world of engineering.For example, they described learning about what different engineering work environments werelike. They learned about the kinds of equipment used in the engineering field, along with theterminology used. They gained insight into different processes that engineers go through as partof their work, along with budgets and resources available.I worked for the Corps of Engineers – the US Corps of Engineers for two summers. And lastsummer, I had a pretty good experience. I really liked it, because I feel like I get to see what I’mgoing to be using it, and stuff like that…So I just got to