Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

R. Natarajan, Indian Institute of Technology

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Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

GC 2012-5628: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN CURRICULUMAND LABORATORY DEVELOPMENTProf. R. Natarajan, Indian Institute of Technology R Natarajan received his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University Visvesvaraya Col- lege of Engineering (of the then Mysore University) in 1961. Subsequently he obtained the M.E. degree of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; and the M.A.Sc and Ph.D degrees from the University of Waterloo, Canada. He has worked as a National Research Council Fellow in Canada, and as a Humboldt Research Fellow in Germany. He served as The Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from 1995 to 2001, and as the Chairman of The All India Council for Technical

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Dong Ik Kim, Kunsun University; Myongsook Susan Oh, Hongik University

Tagged Topics

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

correlates, such as self efficacy, initiative,and willingness to challenge. Female students, in general, have a high level of aspiration forengineering careers, but have a relatively low employment self efficacy. However, thegroup of students who participated in various WIE programs showed a higher employmentself efficacy as well as a higher employment rate than the group who did not participate. 1. Introduction Engineering remains the only field that has a low female ratio throughout the industrializedworld. The masculine image of engineering causes difficulties in recruiting and retention offemale students, regardless of scholastic achievements. Several studies showed that if theratio of one gender is less than a critical mass of 30%, there