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Focus on Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University; Soumya Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Jacqueline Hall, Mississippi State University; Kaela Leonard, Michigan Technological University; Amy Parker, Mississippi State University; Heather Thomas, Mississippi State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-467: INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON A GRADUATEPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE: CAREER ISSUES FOR WOMEN INENGINEERINGKeisha Walters, Mississippi State University Dr. Keisha B. Walters is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. She received her B.S. degree in Biological Sciences from Clemson University in 1996 and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University in 2001 and 2005. Dr. Walters’ research involves the development and surface modification of stimuli- responsive and bio-inspired polymeric materials. She has been a member of ASEE since 2002.Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University Dr. Adrienne Minerick

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Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manjusha Saraswathiamma, North Dakota State University; Kathy Enger, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Achinthya Bazebaruah, North Dakota State University; Bruce Schumacher, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-1247: DESIGNING MODEL-BASED SOLUTIONS TO LEAKY FEMALEENGINEERING PIPELINE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF FEMALE ENGINEERNARRATIVESManjusha Saraswathiamma, North Dakota State University Manjusha T. Saraswathiamma is an ABD doctoral student in the School of Education at North Dakota State University and a Chemistry Instructor at Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Moorhead, Minnesota. She received her Master of Technology degree from Cochin University of Science and Technology, and Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees from Mahatma Gandhi University, India.Kathy Enger, North Dakota State University Kathy B. Enger is an Assistant Professor of Education at North Dakota State

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Focus on Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katie Corner, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amber Shoals, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cindy Cabrales, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

. Carlin, “A six year longitudinal study of undergraduate women in engineering and science,” Journal ofEngineering Education, 1998, 87: 369-376.11 Hawks, B. K., J. Z. Spade (1998). Women and men engineering students: Anticipation of family and work roles. Journal ofEngineering Education, 87(3), 249-256, July 1998.12 Hackett, G., N.E. Betz, J.M. Casas, and I.A. Rocha-Singh, "Gender, ethnicity, and social cognitive factors predicting theacademic achievement of students in engineering," Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1992, 39: 527-538.13 Marra, R. M., Rodgers, K. A., Shen, D., & Bogue, B. (2009, January). Women Engineering Students and Self-Efficacy: AMulti-Year, Multi-Institutional Study of Women Engineering Student Self-Efficacy

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Focus on Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, AZ State University

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Women in Engineering

Education Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 2005, CD-ROM, 16 pages. http://soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper- view.cfm?id=2156111. Anderson-Rowland, M.R., Vanis, M., Zerby, D., Banks, D., and Matar, B., “METS Pilot Program: A Community College/University Collaboration to Recruit Underrepresented Minority Students into Engineering,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004, CD-ROM, 9 pages. http://soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper-view.cfm?id=2017212. Anderson-Rowland, M.R., Banks, D.L., Vanis, M.I., Matar, B., Chain, E., and Zerby, D.M., “METS: A Collaboration to Assist Student Transitioning into Engineering from the Community

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Focus on Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soumya Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Women in Engineering

diagnostic applications. She recently was voted to be the Graduate Ambassador for Chemical Engineering Department at MSU and also has won an award for maximum number of publications in a year. She is associated with Medical microDevice Engineering Laboratory (M.D.-ERL) at MSU working under Dr. Adrienne Minerick. Soumya is an active member of AIChE, AES, ASEE, SWE and Sigma-Xi.Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University Anurag K. Srivastava received his Ph.D. degree from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, in 2005, M. Tech. from Institute of Technology, India in 1999 and B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, India in 1997. He is working as

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ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna M. Zajicek, University of Arkansas; Shauna A. Morimoto, University of Arkansas; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Valerie H. Hunt, University of Arkansas

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Women in Engineering

number of full-time tenure-track faculty at the engineering colleges in Cohort 1 was 198 versus 107 in Cohort 2. Structurally, it may be more difficult to transform larger institutions. Also, Cohort 1 of the ADVANCE institutions did not have access to the same information sharing experiences as did Cohort 2, which, due to the two-year time lag, could draw on what worked or did not work for their predecessors. An important question to ponder in this context is how much the overall success of the ADVANCE program at both the university and college level, may depend on A) its timing, B) the structural characteristics of participating institutions and colleges, and C) the ability to draw on the collective experience of other

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Retaining Women Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judith Cordes, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-1300: DEVELOPMENT OF A WOMEN IN ENGINEERING PROGRAM:FROM RESEARCH TO IMPLEMENTATIONJudith Cordes, Michigan State University Judy Cordes has been working with women in engineering for over twenty years. Currently she is the Coordinator of the Women in Engineering Program at Michigan State University. She oversees recruitment and retention efforts for women engineering students and serves as the advisor for The Collegiate Section of the Society of Women Engineers. Judy also serves as an academic advisor for freshman engineering students.Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University Dr. Thomas F. Wolff is Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Studies at Michigan State University

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Retaining Women Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

Engineering Survey developed as part of the Women’sExperiences in Colleges of Engineering (WECE) Project26. Response options used aLikert scale. Depending on the item there were either four or five response options; mostoften from strongly disagree to strongly agree. In instances that used five responseoptions students reported the frequency with which they engaged in certain behaviors.Key sections from the survey used in the analysis represented here were sections about(a) importance of items that influence the decision to remain in an engineering major, (b)a self-assessment of ability in different domains, (c) degree of encouragement or supportfrom parents, friends, and faculty members, (d) frequency of different measures ofengagement, and (e

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Survival Tips from the Trenches

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Lantz, Trine University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

around them down. Do not be surprised if this person is in administration (i.e., your department head). These people position obstacles in front of others and typically respond in meetings along the lines of “We can’t do that because XXX was done in the past.” or “You’ll have to do A, B, and C before your request can be considered.” Think of this type of individual as a challenge, and you get to exercise your superior wits to find creative ways around their obstacles. However, refer to #5 and make sure that you spend time working around obstacles to productive tasks and not to maintenance tasks. Above all, even if you encounter this type of person frequently, choose to not behave in this manner or learn these

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Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sara Atwood, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California at Berkeley; Lisa Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Women in Engineering

. Lane, N. (1999) Why are there so few women in science? Available online at:http://helix.nature.com/debates/women/women_contents.htlm. Retrieved 1/5/10.8. Brainard, S. G. & Carlin, L. (1998) A six-year longitudinal study of undergraduate women in engineering andscience, Journal of Engineering Education, 87(4), 17–27.9. Whitelegg, L. (2001) Girls in science education: of rice and fruit trees, in: M. Lederman, & I. Bartsch (Eds) Thegender and science reader (New York, Routledge), 373–382.10. Fennema, E. & Peterson, P. (1985) Autonomous learning behavior: a possible explanation of gender-relateddifferences in mathematics, in: L. C. Wilkinson & C. B. Marrett (Eds) Gender influences in classroom interaction(New York, Academic Press

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ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Grant, North Carolina State University; Jessica Decuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University

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Women in Engineering

WOMEN ENGINEERING FACULTY ( “Navigating Your Journey on the Academic Sea”; NSF ADVANCE Conference, Over 60 URM Women Engineering Faculty @ Caltech Photo credit: B. Paz)AbstractAs they progress in their engineering faculty careers, Underrepresented Minority Women (URM)women are very familiar with unique issues at the intersection of race and gender (DeCuir-Gunby, Long-Mitchell, & Grant, 2009; Ranson, 2005; Ronen & Ronen, 2008). This familiarityresults from their own personal experiences in the Academy and provides a broad set ofresponses ranging from leaving the professoriate to a single-minded pursuit of success no matterwhat obstacles are presented (National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of

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Focus on Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Koonce, Ohio University; Valerie Conley, Ohio University; Cindy Anderson, Ohio University

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Women in Engineering

Male Female (a) 4-Year (b) 2-Year Figure 1 Four-Year and Two-year, Highest Degree for STEM Faculty5Rank versus DegreeWith women less likely than men to hold doctorates at two-year institutions, does thatdifferential make them less likely to attain higher academic ranks? Table 3 shows thepercentages at each rank for two year faculty with highest degrees of doctorate, master’s andbachelor’s degrees. Table 3 Two-year, Highest Degree vs. Academic Rank for STEM Faculty – Percents5 Associate Assistant Professor Instructor

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Retaining Women Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Burger, Virginia Tech; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Joe Raelin, Northeastern University; David Whitman, University of Wyoming

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Women in Engineering

Year of College,” NACADA Journal, 19(2), 1999, pp. 5-9.[11] Lotkowski, V. A., Robbins, S. B., & Noeth, R. J., “The Role of Academic and Non-academic Factors in Improving College Retention,” ACT Policy Report, Iowa City, IA, 2004.[12] Hackett, G., Betz, N. E., Casas, J. M., & Rocha-Singh, I. A., “Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Cognitive Factors Predicting the Academic Achievement of Students in Engineering,” Journal of Counseling Psychology, 39(4), Page 15.1223.11 1992, pp. 527-538.[13] Brown, S. D., & Lent, R. W., “A Social Cognitive Framework for Career Choice Counseling,” Career

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Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eleanor M. Jaffee, Smith College; Donna Riley, Smith College

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-441: "IT KIND OF CHOSE ME": AGENCY AND INFLUENCE INWOMEN'S DECISION TO MAJOR IN ENGINEERINGEleanor M. Jaffee, Smith College Eleanor M. Jaffee is a Research Associate with the Liberative Pedagogies Project at Smith College, and a doctoral candidate in Social Welfare at the University at Albany.Donna Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Associate Professor of Engineering at Smith College. Page 15.2.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 “It kind of chose me”: Agency and Influence in Women’s Decisions to Major in EngineeringIntroductionMuch of the research regarding

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Retaining Women Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Stephanie Jaros, University of Washington; Suzanne Brainard, University of Washington; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

table was prepared October 2008.)4 Hooks, B. (1981). Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism. Boston: South End Press.5 Spelman, E.V. (1988) Inessential Woman: Problems of Exclusion in Feminist Thought. Boston: Beacon Press.6 Amelink, C.T. & Creamer, E.G. (2010). Gender differences in elements of the undergraduate experience thatinfluence satisfaction with the engineering major and the intent to pursue engineering as a career. Journal ofEngineering Education, 99 (1), 81-927 National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. (2008). Confronting the ‘New’ American Dilemma,Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering: A Data-Based Look at Diversity. Executive Summary.8 Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology. (2006

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How to Get Published: Tips from Journal Editors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

paper enhance understanding of engineers orengineering?” and “What are the relationships among the technical and the nontechnicaldimensions of engineering practices, and how do these relationships changes over time and fromplace to place?”Along with its parent organization, the journal also seeks to (a) to help build and serve diversecommunities of researchers interested in engineering studies, and (b) link scholarly work inengineering studies to broader discussions and debates about engineering education, research,practice, policy, and representation. As such, it challenges authors to reflect on and anticipatehow their work might prove helpful to others elsewhere, both within the academy and beyond.The journal thus explicitly juxtaposes

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erika Murguia, Arizona State University; Erin Kube, Arizona State University; Jennifer Bekki, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

butalso the experiences of the students being educated and the learning outcomes achieved.This paper presents findings from a preliminary investigation into the experiences of graduatestudents who are members of an interdisciplinary research team. The CareerWISE (CW) projectat Arizona State University, part of a large interdisciplinary research program supported by theNational Science Foundation, serves as the vehicle for studying student experiences. There aretwo major thrusts for the CareerWISE research program: (a) to understand the forces that leadsome women to leave PhD programs in engineering and the sciences before attaining the degree,and (b) to design and evaluate a web-based intervention that increases a woman’s resilience,coping, and

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Women In Engineering Poster Session / WEPAN Knowledge Center / Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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C. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Jane Langeman, Langeman Consulting; Lori DuBois, DuBois Information

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Women in Engineering

opportunities as well as usagestatistics for the WKC that demonstrate significant audience response to such dissemination andproject activity.IntroductionWEPAN is leading an effort to develop a resource to meet the need for readily accessibleinformation and communication about women in engineering. Funded in 2007 by a NationalScience Foundation Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) grant (#0648210) WEPAN hasbuilt a digital Women in Engineering Knowledge Center focused on informing research, practiceand institutional change related to women in engineering. The WEPAN Knowledge Center,launched in April 2009, serves as a national repository of links to resources, reports, books,organization profiles, data, and best practices on issues related to women in

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ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University; Barbara Clark, Purdue University; Susan Geier, Purdue University; Christie Sahley, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-1402: ADVANCE-PURDUE: STRATEGIES TO MAKE THEDIFFERENCE FOR NEW FACULTY SUCCESSSuzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue UniversityBarbara Clark, Purdue UniversitySusan Geier, Purdue UniversityChristie Sahley, Purdue University Page 15.130.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 ADVANCE-Purdue: Strategies to make the difference for new faculty successIntroductionThe unequal representation of gender and race in the STEM academic workforce has been longnoted. In fact, concerted efforts have been made over the past two decades to remove barriersthat have prevented women and minorities from full participation as faculty. As a result

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Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Women in Engineering

effectiveness to the Committee forGovernment Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Performance Assessment, where it has alsobeen very well received. Project outcomes show that colleges that proactively recruit women intotheir technology programs will show a significant increase in the percentage of women studentsin those programs in a little over a year. Of the four community colleges participating in theProject’s first cohort, the two sites that implemented recruitment strategies within recommendedtimelines experienced a significant increase in women in targeted programs: City College of SanFrancisco’s (CCSF) Computer Networking and Information Technology (CNIT) program wentfrom 18% to 30% female students and San Diego Mesa College’s Geographic

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Research and Funding Opportunities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

inclusion in the Women in Engineering Division willinclude panelists from various federal and non-profit funding agencies. The topics that will beaddressed include availability of funds for new and seasoned faculty including any newprograms, guidelines for a successful proposal and common mistakes made by proposing facultyand researchers. The agencies that will be targeted for inclusion in the panel will be the NationalScience Foundation with representatives from the Division of Undergraduate Education andDivision of International Affairs, National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy,Department of Education, and Sloan Foundation to name a few. The panel will be beneficial toall faculty and especially so to newer faculty who are navigating

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Retaining Women Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Suzanne Brainard, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-723: EXTENDING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: RESULTS FROM THEPROJECT TO ASSESS CLIMATE IN ENGINEERING (PACE)Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology Susan Staffin Metz is Senior Advisor for the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens. As a founder and president (1997 – 2002) of WEPAN, Women in Engineering Proactive Network, Susan has worked with over 200 colleges and universities to increase access and engagement of women in engineering and science through research, policy and program development. She is currently the principal investigator for ENGAGE, Engaging Students in Engineering, (www.EngageEngineering.org) a five year project funded by the National

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ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-1512: NDSU ADVANCE FORWARD: ENHANCING RECRUITMENT,RETENTION, AND ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN FACULTY IN ENGINEERINGAT NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYCanan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University Canan Bilen-Green is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University. Bilen-Green holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Statistics from the University of Wyoming and a M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey.Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University Elizabeth Birmingham is an Associate Professor of English at North Dakota State University. Birmingham has a Ph.D. degree in Rhetoric and Professional Communication and

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ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Constant, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

Faculty in EngineeringAbstractISU is in the 4th year of a 5-year NSF funded ADVANCE grant. In accordance with the intent ofNSF’s “Institutional Transformation” grants, the focus of this work is not on the individualprofessional development of women, but instead, on changing the academic environment inwhich they work. The goal of the ISU ADVANCE research program is to investigate theeffectiveness of a multilevel collaborative effort to effect institutional transformation that resultsin the full participation of women faculty in STEM fields in the university. Our approachfocuses on transforming departmental cultures (views, attitudes, norms and shared beliefs),practices (what people say and do), and structures (physical and social arrangements), as