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

2006-2362: A RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES PROGRAMIN NANO-TECHNOLOGYCarolyn Vallas, University of VirginiaAnaïs Miodek, University of VirginiaLarry Richards, University of Virginia Page 11.111.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES PROGRAM IN NANO-TECHNOLOGYThe Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at the University of Virginia (UVa) fundedby the National Science Foundation (NSF) is a ten-week long summer research opportunity forundergraduate students concentrating in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(STEM). The main objective is to involve students, targeting those who

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

AC 2011-335: USING AN EXTENSION SERVICES MODEL TO INCREASEGENDER EQUITY IN ENGINEERINGElizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering Elizabeth T. Cady is a Program Officer at the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education of the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, DC.Norman L. Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering (Washington) Dr. Norman L. Fortenberry is the founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). CASEE facilitates research on and deployment of, innovative policies, practices, and tools designed to enhance the effective- ness and efficiency of systems for the formal

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Milgram, National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Sciences (IWITTS)

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Women in Engineering

AC 2011-693: TURNING LIMITED RESOURCES INTO INCREASED RE-CRUITMENT & RETENTION OF FEMALE STUDENTS IN TECHNOL-OGY PROGRAMSDonna Milgram, National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Sciences (IWITTS) Donna Milgram, the Executive Director of the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS), has dedicated her career to helping women succeed in fields that have been tradi- tionally dominated by men – from engineering and auto technology to law enforcement and computer networking. Initially, Ms. Milgram’s work focused on helping women ”survive” the workplace, but she quickly saw that institutional change was critical. She shifted to helping employers and the education and job

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dawn Farver, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas

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Women in Engineering

2006-1709: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PEER MENTORINGPROGRAM FOR WOMEN IN ENGINEERING STUDENTSDawn Farver, University of ArkansasCarol Gattis, University of Arkansas Page 11.449.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Development and implementation of a peer mentoring program for women in engineering studentsAbstractThe College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas is composed of approximately 1600undergraduate students. Approximately 18 percent of those students are women, although thepercent of female students varies widely from department to department. We developed andimplemented the Society of Women Engineers (SWE

Conference Session

Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Julie Olney, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

capstone design and outreach program development.Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology JACQUELINE REYNOLDS MOZRALL is Department Head and Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at RIT. She performed ergonomic training, job/workplace design, and product development functions in manufacturing and office environments for over 10 years. She also published more than a dozen articles on ergonomics and human factors-related related topics. She has a keen interest in undergraduate education and is a program evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. She has been involved in the Women in Engineering Program and multidisciplinary senior design

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

Paper ID #27697From Feminist Hacker Meet-ups to Engineering Educators: Implications ofSocial Movements in Technology for Change-making at the Level of HigherEducationDr. Ellen K. Foster, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Ellen K Foster currently holds a post-doctoral appointment in the engineering education department at Purdue University. She received her doctorate in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechninc Institute in 2017, and holds her BA in Astronomy and Physics from Vassar College.Dr. Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Moshe Hartman, Retired

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Women in Engineering

seems to be a match between the needs of engineering education for the21st century and female preferences for learning when it comes to the importance of teamwork.Team or group work (the two are used interchangeably in this paper) is supposed to be apedagogy that women prefer, since it involves collaborative rather than competitive learning,interactional negotiations, a peer setting for confidence building and a safer environment forerror correction for those unsure of their skills. It also provides the opportunity to learn fromeach other’s strengths. Presumably, the emphasis on teamwork will thus make engineeringeducation more palatable for female students, and has been recommended as a strategy to makeengineering (and other math and science

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Women in Engineering

Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Technology and Gender Issues: Development and Assessment of a freshman General Education course in the College of EngineeringAbstractThis class, Technology VS Women, explores the interaction of gender with technology andanswers questions such as: Is technology a “male” science? Is modern technology compatible toboth male and female users? What does history tell us about the role of women at work relatingto technology? The ideas presented in this course challenges some commonly held myths andmisconceptions about technology in our society. This course focuses on the technologicalchanges since 1900 and how they have affected both men and women. The effect

Conference Session

Mini-Workshop on Bias in Faculty Searches

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Coleen Carrigan, University of Washington, ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change

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Women in Engineering

. Page 22.537.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Effectively Advocating for Diversity and Excellence in Faculty Searches Using Film Coleen Carrigan University of Washington ADVANCE Center for Institutional ChangeIntroduction Recruiting for a diverse faculty is a multi-step process, in which evaluation plays a majorrole. We like to think that faculty are objective and able to impartially evaluate others’ abilitiesand potential. However, the next generation of scholars is chosen through evaluation processesthat can underestimate the qualifications of groups historically underrepresented in the academy.Search committee skill-building

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Milgram, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS); Daniella Severs, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS)

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

%.In addition to providing an overview of proven CalWomenTech recruitment and retentionstrategies and the online CalWomenTech tools available to all educators, the paper also sharesthe newly compiled results from surveys of 60 female students in technology courses in whichthey are underrepresented and describes how the results have been used to evaluate and informrecruitment and retention strategies employed by the colleges.CalWomenTech Project ModelThe intent of this NSF initiative is to broaden the participation of girls and women in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education. In particular, the extension services areto ―provide consulting services to educators and institutions, to enable them to adopt and embedproven gender

Conference Session

Retention Programs for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amy Monte, Michigan Technological University; Kerri Sleeman, Michigan Technological University

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Women in Engineering

Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT. June 2004.3. NACME Research Letter, September 1999.4. Anderson, C., “Michigan Technological University, 2000-2001 Select Student Support Services Project RISE Proposal”. Grant Period: October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001, Senate Bill No. 967 of 2000.5. Alting, A., Walser, A., “The Influence of Mathematics Preparation on the Retention and Academic Achievement of Underrepresented Engineering Students”, Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL. June 2006.6. Hein, G.L., Hamlin, B.H., “Integration of Math, Physics and Engineering, A Pilot Study for Success”, Proceedings of 2001 American

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Beheler, Collin County Community College

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Women in Engineering

2006-488: GIRLS ARE IT--A WORKSHOP FOR RECRUITING GIRLS INTOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYAnn Beheler, Collin County Community College Ann Beheler is Dean/Executive Director of the Engineering and Emerging Technology Division of Collin County Community College and is a Ph.D. student at Walden University. She is responsible for continuing education and credit engineering and technology programs on all campuses as well as Distance Education and the Teaching and Learning Center for the district. Additionally, she manages a $2.46 million National Science Foundation grant for a Regional Center in Convergence Technology that focuses on furthering careers in the emerging career area of convergence

Conference Session

Women in Engineering (WIED) Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Anastasia Sokolova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy G. Ivanov, Kazan National Research Technological University

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #6985The Decline of Women in Russian Engineering EducationProf. Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University Dr. Svetlana Barabanova was born in the U.S.S.R. and graduated with a Ph.D in Law from Kazan State University in 1983. In 1986, she started work at Kazan State Technological University, now known as Kazan National Research Technological University. Dr. Barabanova is a specialist in Educational Law and a participant in government commissions for perfection of educational legislation. She has also researched the different problems of engineering education for many years

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Nina Exner, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Sherry F. Abernathy, North Carolina A&T State University; Rajeev K. Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University ; Brenda S. Faison Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Systems Technology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT), Greensboro, North Carolina for last five years. His current research focuses on Big data Analytics, Cloud Computing, and Content-based Image Retrieval. He received the best paper award for his paper on Image Clustering Using Multimodal Key- words in the International Conference on Semantics and Digital Media Technology, Athens, Greece. He has published more than 40 referred journal and conference papers and 4 book chapters. He has been project manager and a member of several research and industrial grants. Dr. Agrawal actively serves as committee member and reviewer for conferences and journals in his area of research. He is a

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Perspectives and Practical Skills for Men as Advocates for Gender Equity

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence J. Genalo, Iowa State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Lopresti, Lehigh University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division, Minorities in Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

, to better serve as gender equity allies. Dr. Green is the author of a series of advocacy tips, published by the Women in Engineering Division (WIED) of ASEE and available at wied.asee.org.Dr. Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette Beth Holloway is the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education and Director of the Women in Engi- neering Program (WIEP) in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. She is the current chair of the Women in Engineering Division of ASEE. Holloway received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue University.Prof. Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia Archie Holmes, Jr. is a Professor in the Charles L

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Morgan Irvin, Washington University in St. Louis; Elizabeth Hiteshue, University of Pennsylvania; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Michael Geselowitz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

positions and roles, such as Chair of the Decision Analysis Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), President of the Society for Risk Analysis, the Academie des Technologies Conseiller since 2001, and a member of the (US) National Academy of Engineering since 1995, the French National Academy of Engineering, and Board of Directors of WingTech and Energy Recovery Inc. (ERI) in California since 2004 and 2009, respectively, as well as several government, editorial, and advisory boards. In this interview, Paté-Cornell discusses her education, career, and contributions to the field of risk analysis and engineering. She recounts her student days, and her research projects and

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-2256: ATTRACTING AND RETAINING FEMALES IN ENGINEERINGPROGRAMS: USING AN STSE APPROACHLisa Romkey, University of Toronto Lisa Romkey is the Lecturer, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning with the Division of Engineering Science at the University of Toronto. In this position, Lisa plays a central role in the continuous improvement of the design and delivery of a dynamic and complex curriculum, while facilitating the development and implementation of teaching and learning initiatives and innovations. Lisa is cross-appointed with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE/UT (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto). Lisa holds a Masters in

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Priti N. Mody-Pan, University of Washington; Suzanne G. Brainard, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

that changes are needed in theengineering classrooms, and the need to think about women as a diverse group. Femaleundergraduate engineering students are typically studied with little attention paid to theintersection of race/ethnicity and gender. Some researchers consider this dual minority status tobe a “double-bind 1” while other researchers look at how attributes of certain underrepresentedracial backgrounds offer advantages to female students in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) fields 2. Despite continued calls for disaggregated data on race and gender,few datasets have detailed information on student experiences with sufficient representation ofunderrepresented minorities to facilitate statistical analysis 3.Using

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Hacker, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Winny Dong, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mary Lucero Ferrel, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Women in Engineering

AC 2009-1547: USING MENTORING AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGEBarbara Hacker, California State Polytechnic University, PomonaWinny Dong, California State Polytechnic University, PomonaMary Lucero Ferrel, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Page 14.1326.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Using Mentoring as a Catalyst for ChangeAbstractHow do you engage female faculty that are overworked, underpaid, and feeling isolated withintheir department? Such are the challenges faced by the ADVANCE grant at this four-yearinstitution. With a five-year Institutional Transformation award from the National ScienceFoundation (NSF), the ADVANCE

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fonda Swimmer, Northern Arizona University; Karen Jarratt-Ziemski, Ft. Lewis College

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Women in Engineering

involved in K-12 STEM education for American Indian students and connecting applications of traditional indigenous knowledge within science and engineering education. Dr. Jarratt-Ziemski is Mississippi Choctaw. Page 12.956.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Intersections between Science & Engineering Education and Recruitment of Female and Native American StudentsAbstractAuthors will present an extensive overview of women and minorities in science, technology,engineering and math; provide discussion of the importance of multicontextuality as a tool in theuse of effective pedagogy

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiang-Yun Du, Aalborg University; Anette Kolmos, Aalborg University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

learning environment that is friendly to students of both genders. However, it did notwitness dramatic increase of women’s presence in the past twenty years. Both studies agreed thatgender recruitment is not only based on pedagogic model. Therefore, this paper concludes that PBLenvironment itself is not enough to be used as a recipe for recruiting women to engineering studies.Gender inclusiveness in engineering education is more complex than just establishing a friendlylearning environment, and it involves not only increasing the number of women, but also the contentaspect towards more contextual learning.IntroductionThe minority of women’s participation in engineering programs has been well reported and discussed infeminists’ works nearly all

Conference Session

WIED: Medley

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny, King Saud University

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Women in Engineering

have been(and currently exist) very few female students enrolled in engineering programs anywherearound the country, whether in public or private universities, and for both graduate andundergraduate levels. The aim of this paper is to briefly shed some light on this phenomenon andtry to analyze its justifications, as well as suggest means by which this gap could possibly beovercome in the near future. Page 24.667.2Engineering Education for Females in the US STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education is, unsurprisingly, adynamic issue that is currently being heavily analyzed and targeted by educators in the US andaround

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Emily Olina Wisniewski, Johns Hopkins University; Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University; Tyler Byrne Cole, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

addition to being an inventor on 11 issued US patents, he has published the textbook General Chemistry for Engineers with Cognella Academic Publishing.Ms. Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University Rachelle Reisberg is Assistant Dean for Engineering Enrollment and Retention as well as Director of Women in Engineering at Northeastern University. Prior to joining Northeastern University, Rachelle held a wide range of management positions in IBM, Hanover Insurance, and was the President of a high tech start-up company. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Role of Gender and Use of Supplemental Instruction in a Required Freshman Chemistry Course by Engineering

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

Engineering Education, 2006 Partners in Engineering: Outreach efforts provide holistic engineering education for middle school girlsAbstractThe Partners in Engineering (PIE) program brings together 8th grade girls and female engineeringstudents from Clarkson University to experience mentoring, leadership, and real-life engineeringproblem solving. The program aims to empower young women to make informed and educatedchoices for advanced coursework and careers in engineering and technology-related fields. Ateam of female engineering student mentors teaches a three-week long engineering problemsolving unit to 8th grade technology classes, in which students apply an engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #25831A Comparison of Swedish and Irish Secondary Students’ Conceptions of En-gineers and Engineering using the Draw-an-Engineer TestDr. Jeffrey Buckley, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Dr Jeffrey Buckley received his PhD from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, in the area of spatial ability and learning in technology education. He is a qualified post-primary teacher of Design and Communication Graphics and Construction Studies. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher in engi- neering education in KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland, and is also

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

AC 2009-213: A CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL COMPARISON OF EDUCATIONALFACTORS PROMOTING OR DISCOURAGING THE INTENT TO REMAIN INENGINEERINGPeggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech Peggy S. Meszaros is the William E. Lavery Professor of Human Development and Director of the research Center for Information Technology Impacts on Children, Youth, and Families at Virginia Tech.Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech Catherine serves as the Assessment Coordinator for the Division of Student Affairs at Virginia Tech. Page 14.23.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Cross-Institutional Comparison of Educational

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Burger, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

personswith disabilities are severely underrepresented in college engineering majors and in theengineering workforce1. The overarching goal of the present work is to increase our knowledgeabout U.S. colleges and departmental cultures that promote or discourage an equitable andinviting environment for women in engineering2, 3.Findings from several meta-analyses of studies documenting research into the underlying reasonsfor the disparities in participation by women in science, engineering, and technology (SET) highschool courses, community college and university majors, and careers4, 5 have been published.These studies, as well as those about the efficacy of interventions at all educational levels, foundthat we must use a more integrative approach to

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Dahlmann, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Christian Thomsen, Technische Universitat Berlin; Marc Wilke, Technische Universitat Berlin

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Women in Engineering

2006-1318: OVERCOMING THE GENDER GAP: NEW CONCEPTS OF STUDY INTECHNOLOGICAL AREASNina Dahlmann, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik ...Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. MathematikChristian Thomsen, Technische Universitat BerlinMarc Wilke, Technische Universitat Berlin Page 11.979.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Overcoming the Gender Gap: New Concepts of Study in Technological AreasAbstractDespite extensive social changes and intensive political efforts to establish equal opportunities,women are still a minority in the fields of natural science and technology studies

Conference Session

Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Brake, Eastern Michigan University; Kaninka Bhatnagar, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Page 13.639.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008Gender Differences in High School Student’s Views of Technology Page 13.639.2AbstractThere are significant gender differences between the numbers of undergraduates and graduatestudents who study technology related fields. For example, although females make up more thanhalf of all undergraduate students, they make up considerably less than half of all students inprofessional schools and even less in technical graduate schools like engineering.This research carried out an analysis of high school students’ perceptions of technology and theirintent to select an engineering/technology major in college in order to determine

Conference Session

Retention Programs for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kieran Sullivan, Santa Clara University; Ruth Davis, Santa Clara University

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Women in Engineering

. Page 12.879.10[2] The intervention reported here was supported by Hewlett Packard, the Anita Borg Institutefor Women and Technology, the SCU Center for Science, Technology and Society, and the SCUSchool of Engineering.Bibliography1. Assessing Women in Engineering Project 2005. Website:2. Bandura, Albert. Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control. New York, N.Y.W.H. Freeman and Company. 1997 3. Camp, Tracy, “Recent Activities in the U.S. to Reverse The Incredible Shrinking Pipeline,” a presentation toseveral universities in New Zealand in May, 2006. The table used contains data from the U.S. Department ofEducation.4. Felder, Richard M., Gary N. Felder, Meredith Mauney, Charles E. Hamrin, Jr., and E. Jacquelin Dietz, “ALongitudinal Study of