Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malle R Schilling, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

-directed learning, allowing participants to create meaning for themselves in what they do [29],[30]. It is not enough to simply have activities where participants follow step-by-step directions.Participants must be able to experience problems they could encounter as engineers and theymust be able to problem-solve and create their own meaningful experiences. One thing that couldbe incorporated in activities is the entrepreneurial mindset, a term often used by KernEngineering Entrepreneurial Network (KEEN). This mindset is meant to inspire progress andlearning in engineering with the three cornerstones being curiosity, connection, and value. KEENoften emphasizes the importance of being curious about innovative solutions in the changingworld

Conference Session

Attaining Academic Leadership Positions

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Chris S. Anderson, Michigan Technological University; Dianne Dorland, Rowan University; Sarah A. Rajala, Mississippi State University; Mary Roth, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

was elected by the ASEE membership.MR: Shortly after being awarded tenure, I was invited to the NSF-supported meeting in fall 2000that initiated the formation of WELI. At that meeting, I realized that moving into academicleadership was an option I should be open to and that change in my mindset led to a number ofchoices in the years that followed that brought me to my current position.By spring of 2002, I was nominated by the members of my department to serve as DepartmentHead and I served in that role until spring 2006. During that time, I attended a department chairtraining workshop run by the American Council on Education as well as a number of ASCEmeetings for department chairs. I also was elected to service on the faculty committee

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Desing, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

betweenentrepreneurial self-efficacy and counterfactual thinking, the findings show that the morepositive affect of the counterfactual, the more entrepreneurial self-efficacy increases whileengaging in counterfactual thinking, but an entrepreneur’s disposition may be a mediating effect[35]. In the case of negotiators, it was found that additive counterfactual thoughts regarding pastnegotiations increased the performance of negotiators in future negotiations, demonstrating howthey learned from past experiences [36].In an editorial in the Journal of Vocational Behavior, Tinsley [37] remarked that there is a lackof, and therefore a need for, studying early career professionals and their transition from schoolto the workplace. Feij, Whitely, Peiró and Taris [38

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathrine Ehrlich-Scheffer, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

connection to oneanother, combined with their lifelong exposure to crisis after crisis has shaped them into big-picture thinkers with compassionate hearts [5]. Though it is tempting to assume this cohortwould be more involved in volunteerism and engagement on campus, the reality is they are farless likely than the Millennials before them to volunteer and engage in extra-curriculars. Theone-off events and experiences that were so popular with Millennials are often seen assuperfluous to much of Gen Z, whose members would rather use their entrepreneurial, we-centric mindsets to address root problems at their source [5]. Furthermore, one-off events do notoffer authentic relationships to be built over time, a major source of gratification to Gen

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carroll Suzanne Seron, University of California, Irvine; Erin A. Cech, University of California, San Diego; Susan S. Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Brian Rubineau, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Page 22.1719.2panel (n=100), bi-monthly diary submissions from a sub-sample of participants (n=41) as well asclass observations and interviews with faculty and administrators at the four sites. The findingsreported here draw from women‟s diary submissions over the course of data collection. Wedescribe the methodology employed in this phase of data collection and analysis in greater detailin the methods section.Our close reading of women‟s diaries shows that they hold contradictory conceptions of theiridentity as engineering students, on the one hand, and as young women, on the other. In reactionto experiences in the classroom, worksites, and informal encounters with peers, these youngwomen point out the limitations of an engineer‟s mindset