Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

thesematerials. It is primarily a call to consider how students engage in their college experience,and to search for proper tools that can be deployed to stimulate learning.In moving forward, there are numerous tools available to select from, including the modelspredicated on cooperation; i.e., working together to accomplish shared goals. Withincooperative activities, individuals seek outcomes that are beneficial to them and also benefitall other group members. (2, 3) Cooperative learning researchers and practitioners have shownthat positive peer relations are essential to success in college. The positive interpersonalrelationships promoted through cooperative learning are regarded by most as crucial totoday’s learning communities. They increase the

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sara Jordan-Bloch, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Paper ID #37065Managers, Reporting Structures, and Re-Orgs: Volatility and Inequalityin Early-Career Engineering and Implications for EducatorsDr. Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University Shannon K. Gilmartin, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab and Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.Sara Jordan-Bloch, Stanford University Sara Jordan-Bloch, PhD, is a sociologist and senior research scholar at the Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab, where she also directs the Seeds of Change initiative. ©American

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Caitlin H. Wasilewski, Seattle Pacific University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

closely related utility value is the perceived usefulness of completing anengineering degree in the achievement of short or long term goals in this field7. In this study,the items used to measure task value capture these first three components of pursuingengineering as a major. The perceived cost of the engineering program is not measured;however, the perceived cost of most undergraduate engineering programs is quite high, asstudent generally know that, in choosing such a major, they are giving up a great deal of time andputting forth significant effort compared to other degree options13.Faculty Support: Two aspects of faculty support were evaluated in this study to identifydifferent means through which faculty members affect students. The first

Conference Session

Continuing Education for Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

, and teaching is no different! It is a skill that canbe acquired and improved with the right information, practice, and correctivemeasures through proper feedback (9, 10) .An increasing number of engineeringeducators are sharing valuable approaches, strategies, and techniques on teaching andlearning. Characteristics such as “enthusiasm”, “care”, and “knowledge of subjectmatter” show up almost on everyone’s list of the qualities of a good teacher. But, it is becoming increasingly clear that effective teachers do possess some basicunderstanding of the learning process (i.e., they are able to make the connectionsbetween what students already know and what we want them to learn). (11)In the Arab Gulf Region, young faculty (recent graduates with

Conference Session

Continuing Education for Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foundation; Mukund Vishnu Kavade, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, India

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International

four elements –mastery approach, performance approach, mastery avoidance, and performance avoidance [20].This paper uses the mastery approach goal that is absolute and positive. A mastery goal is aimedat you becoming a master at something and not becoming a top performer based on someextrinsic measures. So instead of trying to get an “A” in a course on innovation, you innovate inreal life and add value to appropriate stakeholders. This ensures that your satisfaction or self-worth does not depend on external indicators, which may be beyond your control.Locke and Latham have evidences of goals increasing performances in more than 100 differenttasks involving more than 40,000 participants in eight countries while working in laboratory,simulation

Conference Session

Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Oklahoma State University; Stephen J. Ressler P.E., United States Military Academy; Audra N. Morse P.E., Michigan Technological University; Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #29054Toward Continuous Improvement of EAC/ABET Criteria 3 and 5Dr. Norb Delatte P.E., Oklahoma State University Dr. Norbert J. Delatte, Jr., P.E., is Professor and Head of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineer- ing at Oklahoma State University. He is the author of Beyond Failure: Forensic Case Studies for Civil Engineers (ASCE Press, 2009). In addition, he is the Editor of ASCE’s Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. Dr. Delatte is a registered professional engineer in the States of Oklahoma, Ohio, and Alabama and in the Commonwealth of Virginia.Dr. Stephen J

Conference Session

Professional Formation and Career Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Andrea Chan, University of Toronto; Milan Maljkovic, University of Toronto; Dimpho Radebe, University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to institutionalize a technical incentive structure to improve the retention ofhigh performing engineers Adherents to the dual track model proposed that engineerscould either: 1) ascend a traditional management hierarchy, gaining authority over largernumbers of employees with each step, or 2) move through successive technical titlesassociated with salary increases, higher status, greater responsibility, and increasedautonomy.12, 13 Unfortunately, without accounting for differential mobility patterns on thetwo paths, research building on this managerial model frames engineers’ careertrajectories as a product of personal preference for one of two mutually exclusive paths.Goldner and Ritti’s analytic contribution to the dual track model is to

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanru Xu, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ji’an Liu; YaXuan Wen; Lufan Wang, Florida International University; Yan Wei, Southern University of Science and Technology; Yiming Rong, Southern University of Science and Technology

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

Education in China: An AnalyticalLens of Historical InstitutionalismAbstractThe global landscape of higher engineering education (HEE) is changing rapidly inresponse to and alongside the sci-tech revolution and industrial global transformations.Echoing such trends, China is transforming its HEE through new engineering education(NEE) initiatives. China has contributed to the largest scale of HEE worldwide, and itseconomic power and strategic impact has significantly grown at the global stage.Developing a comprehensive understanding of the evolutionary path of HEE to NEE inChina higher education is increasingly important at both the domestic and global scope.However, there has been a lack of research efforts in this regard. Historicalinstitutionalism

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

in the world, they also tend to perceive science andtechnology related positions as positions that do not require team work, human interaction or personalcommunication skills7. Therefore, the majority of women avoid entering these fields through their careers.Today, successful women students mostly consider law, medicine and business as their future professionwhile giving less thought about engineering, technology or computing fields8.3. STEM Gender GapThere are several reasons for the gender gap in STEM fields; even though institutional prejudice is morelikely to play a contributing role in limiting the involvement of women in assumed masculine dominantareas. Educational or not, many organizations tend to favor men even though the basis of

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

in the world, they also tend to perceive science andtechnology related positions as positions that do not require team work, human interaction or personalcommunication skills7. Therefore, the majority of women avoid entering these fields through their careers.Today, successful women students mostly consider law, medicine and business as their future professionwhile giving less thought about engineering, technology or computing fields8.3. STEM Gender GapThere are several reasons for the gender gap in STEM fields; even though institutional prejudice is morelikely to play a contributing role in limiting the involvement of women in assumed masculine dominantareas. Educational or not, many organizations tend to favor men even though the basis of

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

in the world, they also tend to perceive science andtechnology related positions as positions that do not require team work, human interaction or personalcommunication skills7. Therefore, the majority of women avoid entering these fields through their careers.Today, successful women students mostly consider law, medicine and business as their future professionwhile giving less thought about engineering, technology or computing fields8.3. STEM Gender GapThere are several reasons for the gender gap in STEM fields; even though institutional prejudice is morelikely to play a contributing role in limiting the involvement of women in assumed masculine dominantareas. Educational or not, many organizations tend to favor men even though the basis of

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Anderson-Cook; Amy Bell; Steve Spencer

Society for Engineering Educationcomposition (and ordering) of the 18 questions were as follows: 6 math, 2 electric circuits, 2statics, 2 chemistry, 1 thermodynamics, 1 dynamics, 1 material science, 1 computers, 1 ethicsand 1 engineering economics. In scoring the answers we separated the math questions from theengineering questions. Our previous studies demonstrated that the difficult math questions wererelatively easy for all of our participants.The participants were recruited to take part in the study through email and in-classannouncements. We only selected participants who indicated that they had a relatively highgrade point average (GPA) in engineering, and who stated that they were good in engineering(we refer to this as Q6) and that it was

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cowan

). 2. The phasing of the software through a particular project. 3. Effective delivery methods. 4. Assignments suited and ill-suited to the 3D software. 5. Concerns related to the sophomore year. 6. Future considerations. The paper begins with a brief review of the use of computer software in architecturaleducation. It then proceeds to discuss the author’s methodology used to introduce ADT withintwo construction technology courses. The paper then examines the results of the data generatedfrom questionnaires and interviews of the students and architectural practitioners. It continues toexamine some of the limitations of this case study. The paper concludes with recommendationsand conclusions on the use of ADT in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared Ashcroft, Pasadena City College; Billie Copley, Micro Nano Technology Education Center; Peter Kazarinoff, Portland Community College; Neda Habibi, University of North Texas; Mel Cossette, Edmonds College

consists of individuals associated with technological education and representativesof the micro nano technology industry, specifically community college instructors,administrators and students, K-12 teachers, career coaches, university faculty and administrators,and employers who hire micro nano technology technicians.The MNT-EC reached a total of 3,815 individuals in the first nine months (3,081 in outreachevents and 734 through podcasts and YouTube). The on-line platforms did not always have thecapability of reporting the characteristics of the audience, and this measure is not as robust as itwould have been with face-to-face outreach events. However, the information on audiencecategories was obtainable for 71% of the events and the distribution

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Korman, California Polytechnic State University; Lonny Simonian, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

2008-2009 academic year, a pilot lab course was developed and offered at Cal Poly forconstruction management and engineering students. The course curriculum focused on integratingthe course content of mechanical electrical and plumbing systems with regard to design,construction, and coordination issues commonly found among specialty contractors. As notedabove, the integrated curriculum model described by Hauck and Jackson5 has the potential toprovide tremendous opportunities to engage teaching strategies far beyond the common lectureapproach typically utilized in many single subject courses. Various methodologies such ascooperative learning require students to be active participants in their own education2. Therefore, totake advantage of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Elzawawy , Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Yougashwar Budhoo; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Margaret Ducharme, Vaughn College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Scholarship program at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is afive-year project that started in fall 2012. The Project which is titled “Increasing StudentEnrollment and Achievement in Engineering and Engineering Technology” is focused onincreasing enrollment and retention of talented students in STEM undergraduate education. Theproject included two cohorts; each cohort goes through a four-year plan. In the first year, allscholarship recipients are engaged in learning communities with well-defined projects in appliedengineering such as robot building, truss design, flow visualization and aerodynamics. Thesehands-on modules are intended to assist students in making connections between math andphysics courses and their engineering applications

Conference Session

ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wiaam Yasser Elkhatib, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) IUPUI Chapter; Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Steven Anthony Zusack, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Emily Carol Rosales, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Austin C. Stanforth MS, IUPUI

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #12406Solar Panel Efficacy vs. Altitude in an Urban City EnvironmentWiaam Yasser Elkhatib, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) IUPUI Chapter Wiaam Y. Elkhatib is a biomedical engineering student and aspiring physician-engineer at Purdue Univer- sity, Indianapolis. Wiaam’s research with the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy quantitates photovoltaic efficacy in urban environments, while as an intern through the Indiana University School of Medicine, he evaluates the musculoskeletal effects of various chronic kidney disease interventions. An avid campus educator and leader, Wiaam

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Mathematics, graduate courses in Education, and is a thesis advisor on the master and doctoral programs on education at the Tecnologico de Monterrey. Her main research areas are: faculty development, teaching methods, and gender issues in STEM education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Women in Construction Engineering: Towards Continuous Improvement in the Student TrajectoryAbstractRecent retention studies identify factors that exist beyond the academic environment as critical tostudent dropout. In particular, in the Construction Engineering career, women's participation issimilar to that reported in professional life, less

Conference Session

Student Engagement in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Bobbi J. Spencer, Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

requires, students come back to class inspired and driven tocomplete their studies. The graduate, thus, has acquired the necessary work readiness of skills,confidence, and self-efficacy to become a contributing member of the organization in a shortertimeframe [4]. This ease of transition into the career parallels the paradigm shift of employeeslooking beyond pay and wanting “learning opportunities, a sense of belonging and work-lifebalance” [5].Belonging is a fundamental human desire to be part of a group [6]. Studies have shown thatstudents with a higher sense of belonging to their university or major are more likely toovercome challenges and persist in their college studies [7-9]. Walton and Cohen [7] also foundthat a one-hour intervention to

Conference Session

Moral Development and Ethics Assessment in Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University; Loretta Driskel, Clarkson University; Erin Blauvelt, Clarkson University; Laura Perry, Clarkson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

deaf, speech generating devices for those with communicationdysfunction, brain-computer-interfaces for those with locked-in or other high-level neuraldysfunction, and the scheduling of routine screening mammograms for those over 40 withoutrisk factors. Most students have inherent and interesting pre-formed opinions about these issues,some based on personal observations. Through its vignettes, BR200 aimed to provide a balancedlook at the multiple sides of each of these issues.A few examples suffice. A majority of students wrote that all veterans with a limb disabilityshould be provided a prosthesis. Yet a few realized that veterans with amputations due todiabetes and other vascular dysfunctions would not have the energy to use a lower

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Mayo P.E., RePicture Engineering, PBC; Carolyn Voter, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #25354Board 15: Introducing Students to Engineering by Helping Them RePictureTheir WorldLynn Mayo P.E., RePicture Engineering, PBC Lynn Mayo holds a M.S. in civil engineering from Stanford University and a B.S in civil engineering from Bucknell University. After working for over 30 years as a civil engineer, she became CEO of RePicture Engineering, PBC. RePIcture Engineering is dedicated to increasing interest and diversity in engineering by telling the stories of engineering projects, engineers, and organizations. Through the RePIcture.com site, we are helping students discover careers shaping the future and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College; Daniel Almeida, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eva Schiorring; Erica Garcia; Fred Depiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jamie Bettencourt; John Oliver, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth Thompson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jeff Jones, Class4me.com; Victoria Siaumau, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

the partner institutions. Differences include size and resources; studentmatriculation demographics and service/recruitment areas; faculty workload; and prior grantfunding experience. Throughout the S-STEM proposal preparation process, award negotiation,and grant implementation period, we have been conscious of the need to explicitly andintentionally recognize the expertise and assets of each participating individual and institutionchallenging the dynamic in which community colleges are, too often, viewed through a “deficitcognitive frame” [25] by B.S.-granting institutions in similar collaborations.This commitment to each other is aligned with the design of the ENGAGE Program, whichutilizes a mentoring and advising approach that we call

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah M. Ryan, Iowa State University; Robert Brown; Amy Kaleita, Iowa State University; Sergio Horacio Lence; Cynthia Lidtke, Iowa State University; Cameron Alexander MacKenzie, Iowa State University; Michelle Lynn Soupir, Iowa State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. 1759-1773, 2016.[3] V. Tinto, "Learning Communities: Building Gateways to Student Success," The National Teaching and Learning Forum, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1-11, 1998 1998.[4] Blinded.[5] Gallup Inc. "Clifton Strengths." https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/252137/home.aspx (accessed February 5, 2024.[6] K. J. Cunningham, "Graduate Engineering Peer Review Groups: Developing Communicators and Community," presented at the ASEE 2019 Annual Conference, June, 2019, 2019.[7] G. A. Nichols and C. A. MacKenzie, "Identifying research priorities through decision analysis: A case study for cover crops," Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, vol. 7, 2023, doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1040927.[8] T

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

groups are encouragedto design meaningful experiments. In this process, the coordinator may be able to discover thosestudents with a high level of interest and enthusiasm. Some of these student-proposed experimentsmay be expanded/fine tuned into conceivable and practical entities. Several such experiments andtheir associated apparatuses that have been successfully conceived through the proposed approach arebriefly discussed. These case studies range from a simple and yet quite an ingenious experiment tothose that are novel and not commercially available. Elements of Group Dynamics and theinstrumental role of the coordinator in recognizing the capabilities and limitations of each group andhis/her necessary willingness to spend the time for

Conference Session

Panel: Effecting Change in Higher Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

not exhaustive, it does provide groundwork forfurther study, and provides a comprehensive understanding of the aims and objectives of theWEAAP network.IntroductionNumerous challenges loom for higher education these days, with many affecting colleges ofengineering uniquely. Even as engineering colleges within our nation’s universities becomemajor units for industrial and global engagement, they face difficulties of decreased stateappropriations, rising salaries, competition for enrollment, low K-12 interest in engineering,capped tuition and pressure to expand alternative funding sources. Financial constraints intersectwith equity issues, particularly for engineering colleges: recruiting and retaining women inundergraduate and graduate

Collection

2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Amanda Bao

Active Learning in Dynamics: Hands-on Shake Table Testing Amanda Bao*, Ph.D., PE Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology*: Corresponding Author, 78 Lomb Memorial Drive, ENT-3154, Rochester, NY 14623, USAPhone: 585-475-4956, Fax: 585-475-7964, Email: axbite@rit.eduAbstract:Dynamics is one of the core courses in Civil Engineering Technology. The principles ofdynamics apply to civil engineering practices in the areas of roadway design, bridge design,building design and seismic retrofit and rehabilitation. Students should have a functionalunderstanding of the course materials rather than substitute numbers into the given equations.Active learning

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Kenneth Edward Dudeck; Wieslaw Grebski

of these workshops and grants were focused in the area of alternativeenergy. An additional workshop on this topic is being currently being developed.These Act 48 teacher in-service workshops were hands-on and interactive. Teachers performedexperiments and materials were available through Penn State Hazleton for use in theirclassrooms. Workshop activities and lesson plans were linked to the Pennsylvania AcademicStandards for Science and Technology and the Academic Standards for Environment andEcology.Teachers also participated in field experiences related to a 3.2 kW photovoltaic power stationwhich is connected to the Pennsylvania Power and Light grid and a full-size solar powered car.These field experiences and related activities were

Conference Session

Track: Faculty - Technical Session I

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Ines Basalo, University of Miami; Gemma Henderson, University of Miami

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Faculty

methods for involving students in curriculum development and teaching through Peer Designed Instruction.Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University As an assistant professor of engineering education at Florida International University, Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her doctorate in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech in spring, 2014. Prior to attending Georgia Tech, Alexandra received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from MIT (2007) and a master’s degree in systems engineering from the University of Virginia (2010). Alexandra comes to FIU after completing a

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

go with you through this. […] You need to have someone because you can’t do this alone. Maybe you can, you probably could if you tried, but it’s a lot better if you have a support group, like people to study with, people to do homework with, people who want to do projects with. You need a community. (F)ConclusionsWe set out to learn more about the pathways that the e-Girls participants had taken afterparticipating and what had impacted those pathways. We were struck by the variety of thedifferent journeys and directions that these young women had taken – they remind us howengineering education is indeed excellent preparation for many career paths and that there weremultiple benefits beyond the actual content expertise

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Svetlana V. Levonisova, University of Southern California; Rachel E. Savage, University of Tulsa; Scott Charles Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Erin J. McCave, Clemson University; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cheryl Matherly; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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International

engineering student identity development and engineering student global preparedness. She completed her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University in 2014 and a certificate in Engineer- ing & Science Education in 2012. She completed her B.S in Biomedical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 2003.Dr. Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is a Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Southern California. She conducts research on college transitions and retention of underrepresented students in engineering and also research about engineering global preparedness and engineering innovation. She also has research expertise in STEM K-12 and in STEM assessment. She