Conference Session

Track: Pre-College - Technical Session 8

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre-College

touchpointsDetails about the program design can be found in earlier publications, so we’ll just summarizebriefly here. First, the program aims to build self-efficacy by challenging and supportingparticipants to succeed with multiple, hands-on engineering design experiences. We alsoprovide a wide spectrum of female role models and peer support. We surround the girls withfemale staff who are engaged in STEM fields, including HS students, undergrad & grad students,and faculty. The program shows how engineering provides a range of opportunities to fulfillhumanistic and people-oriented values and goals. This is done through selection of workshoptopics but especially through a real-world service learning project where teams of 10 girls usethe engineering

Conference Session

Track: Pre-college - Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Kristina Rigden, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Nicole Gutzke, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre-College

one of the first faculty members recruited to develop a new engineering program with a $100 million donation. Dr. Jawa is founder and director of Robotics Education through Active Learning (REAL), a K-12 outreach robotics program that educates thousands each year and culminates in the Annual Robot Rally, the nation’s largest robotics event. He also co-founded the Femineers (Female Engineers), which the White House recognized for its empowerment of young women to become engineers. Since founding an online education company in 1998, Dr. Jawa has developed hundreds of interactive, engrossing learning modules, online tutorials, and CSU course redesigns focusing on bottleneck courses. He has brought many new