Conference Session

Gender & Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karla Korpela, Michigan Technological University; Shalini Suryanarayana, Michigan Technological University; Christine Anderson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

academic programs, and a number of shorter school-year programs that increase career awareness and academic preparedness, and address access to higher education topics for over 2,000 precollege students annually. She identifies new program areas, and works with faculty and other professionals to develop new courses for 6th-12th grade students, and ensures that all aspects of the programs are coordinated, including staffing, funding, accounting, implementation, and evaluation. Karla oversees a staff of four full time employees, five summer full time staff members and a seasonal staff of 200. Karla also directs the Ford PAS initiative, the GEAR UP program, and providing

Conference Session

Development of Collaborative Skills in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa K. Thevenin, Colorado State University; Jonathan Weston Elliott, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

significant and positive for female(r = 0.31, p < 0.05) and male students (rs = 0.25, p < 0.001). However, while having a person ofinfluence was significantly and positively correlated with construction education self-efficacy formales (rs = 0.20, p < 0.001), the correlation was positive but not significant at the 0.05 level forfemales (r = 0.18, p = 0.175). Perceived self-efficacy, motivation, and the presence of mentorsand role models have value as predictors of career choice and student success. This papercontributes to the body of knowledge by increasing the understanding of the influence of otherson students’ academic performance within the construction education domain. Conclusions andopportunities for continued research are

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

climatechanging emissions. The purpose of the research presented in this paper is to assess howundergraduate civil engineering programs contribute to this goal. A cross-sectional comparisonbetween data from a prior national survey of freshmen engineering students interested in civilengineering and pilot data from a national survey to senior undergraduate engineering studentswas used to assess students’ belief in climate change, their understanding of climate science, anddesire to address climate change in their careers. The results indicate that senior undergraduatecivil engineering students are more likely to believe that climate change is caused by humans(67%) compared to freshmen engineering students (47%). These seniors are also more likely(73%) to

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jidong Huang, California State University, Fullerton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

simulatedtechnology business ‘incubator’ in an afterschool program for middle school students at theAnaheim Union High School District in California. Its goal is to make middle school studentsand their parents aware of STEM career paths in addition to engage and attract the students toSTEM fields and careers. To this end, the project focuses on getting the students involved ingroup activities to develop solutions for real-world problems that involve Engineering, ComputerScience and Business concepts. Toward this goal, business entrepreneurship practices, including the traditional new-venturecreation approach and the emerging Lean startup approach, have been applied to stimulate andengage students in STEM learning. Both approaches offered students ways to

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3 - Co-op Recruitment and Factors Affecting Success

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine McConnell, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

Paper ID #28792A Design Thinking Approach to Increasing Student Efficacy in theInternship Search ProcessDr. Katherine McConnell, University of Colorado Boulder Katherine McConnell is a Senior Professional Development Advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her work focuses on the integration of experiential learning, industry connections, and career-oriented education across the curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Design Thinking Approach to Increasing Student Efficacy in the

Conference Session

Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a M.S. degree in manufacturing management from Kettering University. After a career in engineering, she com- pleted a master’s degree in education from Michigan State University and began fieldwork as a teacher. She gained full certification as a mathematics public school teacher and administrator in Massachusetts and Texas. Later, Araceli completed a PhD in Engineering Education from Tufts University while em- ployed at the Museum of Science in Boston, as the first lead curriculum developer of the Engineering is Elementary curriculum that integrates science, engineering and literacy for elementary students. In 2013, she was named Director of the Texas State University LBJ Institute

Conference Session

Graduate Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahram Varzavand; John Fecik; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

Doctor of Industrial Technology is a graduate program at the post-masters level. The focus ofthe Program is to develop selected intellectual and technical competencies to be applied in theindustrial, educational, and governmental fields. The intent of the DIT program is to contribute to theprofessional development of leaders in their respective areas of pursuit. The program consists ofseveral components to satisfy the 64 semester hours of graduate course work. A further dissectionidentifies the major constituents to be a core of industrial foundations, seminars, research andstatistical aspects, internship, and the dissertation. Other requirements involve a publication activity, aprofessional career development plan which includes a portrayal of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Shapcott, Arizona State University; Katherine G. Nelson, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Self-efficacy is a construct frequently used to examine an individual’s motivation toengage in particular tasks, including career choices.11-13 Naturally, engineering educationresearchers have focused on self-efficacy to address the low motivation and high attrition rate ofwomen in engineering programs.14-17 As defined by Bandura, 1986, self-efficacy is the belief onehas in one’s capability to perform specific tasks. Unlike global self-confidence, self-efficacy istask specific and can only be inferred for the task being examined.18 For example, an individualmay have high self-efficacy for repairing a computer, yet have low self-efficacy for composingmusic. Generally, a person is more motivated to engage in a task for which she has high self

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM; Lupe Munoz Alvarado, Great Minds in STEM

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Heights community ofLos Angeles to ameliorate the flailing numbers of Latinos prepared to enter into and pursueSTEM careers. In an effort to build STEM capacity, GMiS developed the STEM-Up™Initiative. This Initiative is a community-building, culturally responsive mechanism intended toeffectively create sustained affinity toward STEM. The ultimate goal of STEM-UpTM is totransform the attitudes, perceptions and behaviors of students, teachers, administrators andparents regarding the pursuit of math and science as a viable career pathway.Now, in its fourth-year of a five-year pilot performance-based contract from the U.S. Departmentof Defense, the STEM-UpTM Initiative has helped create a transformative network and developeda menu of opportunities

Conference Session

Computer Science and Information Technology in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Victoria Forssen, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

technology (IT). The attitude survey contains two researcher-definedfactors: general interest in IT and perception of gender stereotypes in IT. The attitudesurvey successfully captured differences in students’ attitudes across year of programimplementation and ethnicity in a high school IT educational program.IntroductionOver the last several decades, there has been a shortage of female and minority studentswho pursue careers in information technology (IT) in the United States. Based on dataprovided by the National Science Foundation (NSF), only 25.3% of all mathematics andcomputer science (CS) bachelor degrees granted in 2008 were awarded to women, yetwomen comprise more than 50% of the U.S. population. The number of females pursuingdegrees in

Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Begolly; Jennifer Gilley

Session 3148 Great Progress, Great Divide: The Need for Evolution of the Recruitment Model for Women in Engineering Jennifer Gilley and Joan Begolly Penn State New KensingtonAbstractDespite years of recruitment efforts, the percentage of engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded towomen in the U.S. still hovers at only 18%, and the percentage of degrees awarded inengineering technology stands at 16%. The question then remains, what keeps high school girlsfrom choosing engineering or engineering technology as a potential career path? Or conversely,for those

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Cherith Moore; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

expressed positively. Page 10.1475.2Since self-efficacy is task-specific, there are many different kinds of self-efficacy. Some morecommonly investigated types of self-efficacy relevant to women in engineering are mathematicsProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education.self-efficacy 12, science self-efficacy 13, academic milestones self-efficacy 14, career decision-making self-efficacy 15, career self-efficacy 16 and agentic self-efficacy 17.The influence of self-efficacy on human endeavors is far

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology ; Jerry Carl Hamann, University of Wyoming; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; David L. Whitman P.E., University of Wyoming; Leslie K. Pendleton, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

university as well as by others, such as parents and friends. In this paper, we report theresults of the analyses of longitudinal data during various times within the study period. Thedependent variable, retention, is calculated as the number of students who both stayed in theiruniversity and in their major. The three efficacy forms consist of work, career, and academicself-efficacy, signifying the confidence that students have in their own success within theworkplace, within their chosen engineering career, and within the classroom, respectively.Contextual support was measured as the support provided to students during their college careersthrough a number of mechanisms, in particular, through financial aid, mentors, advisors, family,friends

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yucheng Liu, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

help university teachers to improve the quality of seminar courses and make them more“useful” for college students.Keywords: Curriculum design, mechanical engineering students, senior seminar, classroominstruction, student feedbackIntroductionA senior seminar is a class that students take during their last year of study in college. The ultimategoal of the senior seminar is to prepare seniors for their careers by sharpening their employmentreadiness skills, helping them choose their career path and set career goals, enhancing theirawareness of school-to-career experiences, training them to engineer immediately upon graduation,and making them preferred candidates for jobs. It is an important class to prepare young peoplefor the next chapter in

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 12

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel E. Horenstein, University of Denver; Daniel D. Auger; Peter J. Laz, University of Denver

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

     with multiple potential solutions (i.e., were we able to instill a “post-academic” mindset withinour students?). We specifically aimed to answer the following questions:(1) Do students perceive senior design as a course for credit or a project experience?(2) Do students perceive the 3 pillars of operation as useful/relevant to the capstone course?(3) Do students perceive the 3 pillars of operation as useful/relevant to their future career?(4) Do students feel confident that senior design will prepare them to be a working engineerwhen they graduate?We hypothesized that student's mindset (“academic” vs. “post-academic”) would be linked totheir perceptions of senior design (course for credit vs. project experience) and the three pillarsof

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holland Banse, Magnolia Consulting; Chris S Ferekides, University of South Florida; Carol Haden, Northern Arizona University; Ismail Uysal, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #37882Board 81: Electrical Engineering Faculty and Student Perceptions of aProfessional Formation Course SequenceDr. Holland Banse, Magnolia Consulting Dr. Holland Banse began her career in education as a preschool and prekindergarten teacher. Prior to join- ing Magnolia Consulting as a Senior Researcher and Evaluator, she was an IES Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Educational Psychology-Applied Developmental Sciences at the Curry School of Education and Human Development, University of Virginia, a 2016-2017 AERA Measures of Effective Teaching fellow, and a recipient of the 2016 SRCD-Student and Early Career Council

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 6 Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Don Wittrock, University of Cincinnati CEAS Office of Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Jutshi Agarwal, University of Cincinnati; Gibin Raju, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

years are always a critical time frame for cultivating students’ interest andpreparedness for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers. However,not every student is provided with opportunities to engage, learn and achieve in STEM subjectareas. Engineering topics are further excluded from curricula when the focus is on Science andMathematics. The Public-School District involved in this study has 35,000 students and 75% ofthem are from under-represented minority communities. Over the years, the schools offering ahigh school Algebra-based Physics course decreased as a larger number of schools faced staffing,scheduling, or other issues. The College of Engineering and Applied Science requires applicantsto have completed high

Collection

2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Susan Amato-Henderson; Jessica Mariano; Pete Cattelino; Brian Hannon

others can also impact self-efficacy, although to alesser degree than both mastery experiences and vicarious experiences (Pajares, 1997).Interestingly, Bandura (1986) found it was easier to weaken self-efficacy beliefs throughnegative appraisals than it was to strength them through positive appraisals. Finally, the impactof physiological states on self-efficacy is akin to perceiving the anxieties and fears aboutcapabilities as indicators of a lack of ability to succeed – higher emotional arousal in thissituation will lead to lower confidence or self-efficacy (Bandura, 1997). Research within the educational arena has established a relationship between self efficacyand college major and career choice, particularly in science and mathematics

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akash Choudhary, University of Missouri; Donald Myers, University of Missouri; Halvard Nystrom, University of Missouri; Mihir Gokhale, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurial decisions and interest in entrepreneurship of the engineeringstudents who took it. This compares with earlier studies that have focused on the impact ofentrepreneurship courses on career decisions of students with management or other non-engineering backgrounds. This research is based on a survey of 122 engineering students whotook an entrepreneurship class offered by the University during the last 25 years.Students were asked to provide their perspective on the impact this course had on their career.They were asked how the course impacted their understanding and interest in entrepreneurship, ifit raised their awareness of this career choice, if it impacted the career path they considered, if itaffected the career they chose, if they

Conference Session

Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Lasich, Colorado School of Mines; Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

in1978. Starting with just a few students, it has grown to over 360 members and is the 3rdlargest section in the nation. In the fall of 2002, the new Society of Women Engineers(SWE) faculty advisor and the Executive Director for the Women in Science,Engineering and Mathematics (WISEM) Program recognized that the organization couldbe a vital resource in recruiting and retaining female students at CSM. They beganworking on developing partnerships with decision makers and key personnel in the areasof Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Admissions, Career Services, InstitutionalAdvancement and the Engineering Division. By doing so, they were able to secure boththe institutional commitment and the financial resources needed to provide prospectiveand

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Irvin Cooke Jr., Virginia State University; Jinmyun Jo, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

serve as advisors and motivators to their children[5]. More than fifty percent of students enrolled in an engineering field if at least one parent orfamily member was an engineer [6].This study was grounded in the social cognitive career theory (SCCT). Social Cognitive CareerTheory (SCCT) was developed in 1994 by Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown, and Gail Hackett[7]. It is a theory that explains the three interrelated aspects of career development. The firstaspect is how basic academic and career interests develop. The second aspect is how educationaland career choices are made. The third aspect is how academic and career success is obtained.The theory incorporates interests, abilities, values, and environmental factors. SCCT is based onAlbert

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University; Maya Rucks, Clemson University; Baker A. Martin, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Tennessee, Knoxville, both in chemical engineering. His research interests include choice and decision making, especially relating to major selection, persistence, and career choice.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.” c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019

Conference Session

Student Experiences with Undergraduate Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mahmoud Khasawneh, Texas A&M International University; John C. Kilburn Jr., Texas A&M International University; Jared Romeo Dmello, Texas A&M International University; Daphne Elizabeth Sanchez, Texas A&M International University; Alicia Segovia, Texas A&M International University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, including STEM. While MSIs attempt to bridge educationalgaps seen in these students with pre-college resources, first year mentoring, and tutoringsessions, awareness and participation in URE is not prevalent at a MSI. Participation in suchactivities, however, has been linked to improved career prospects and an increase in thenumber of students seeking graduate degrees. Past studies [1],[2],[9] have suggested that aninitial interest in STEM does not necessarily continue throughout undergraduate education witha higher number of students requesting major changes and/or prolonging their graduationtimeline. This paper proposes to identify current notions and perceptions surroundingundergraduate research of STEM students at a mid-sized MSI along the U.S

Conference Session

ChemE Curriculum: Freshman and Sophomore

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Rae Tanner, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Krista M Kecskemety, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

the First Year: A Mixed Methods ApproachAbstractFor any student in the first year of an undergraduate program, there are an overwhelming numberof decisions to make. One of the biggest of these is choosing what to study. This choice isinfluenced by many complex factors and is difficult to predict or fully understand. A betterrecognition of why a student opts into and stays in a major could yield a deeper understandinginto how students choose a major and what they expect from engineering careers. This paperexamines students who chose chemical engineering and completed a set of surveys administeredduring their first year of study. The surveys contained questions that were both quantitative andqualitative in nature. In

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Leo H McWilliams, University of Notre Dame; Catherine F Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineering education community has further extended this concept toengineering-specific retention3-5 with similar findings. These studies and others indicate thathelping students to develop an engineering identity and community can be a strongencouragement to persist in engineering to graduation. In many ways, engineering colleges arewell situated to encourage academic involvement and faculty-student interactions for theirstudents, but they are less likely to address peer interactions and student involvement in social oracademic extracurricular activities.It stands to reason that finding effective methods to increase student involvement may benefitoverall retention. While students leave engineering throughout their academic careers, attrition

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Pre-college Programs for Women

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Laura Meszaros Dearolf, The Perry Initiative ; Amy C Bucha, The Perry Initiative; Lisa L Lattanza MD, University of California San Francisco

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division, Women in Engineering

Professional Development Center for Educators, College of Education and HumanDevelopment, University of Delaware, Newark, DE4 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CAIntroduction Over the past twenty five years, the government and industry have called for heavyinvestment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education anddeveloped an impressive array of classroom and extracurricular programming designed toencourage young people to pursue STEM careers [1,2]. Despite these efforts, the vast majority ofcollege-bound high school students continue to pursue majors outside of engineering and otherSTEM fields [3]. Furthermore, there are high attrition rates – some approaching 50

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Otsebele E Nare, Hampton University; Vitaly Khaykin, Hampton University; Hoshang Chegini, Hampton University; Chandra T Oaks-Garcia, Time Out 4U, Inc.; Vadivel Jagasivamani, Hampton University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. His academic background is in thermal science of mechanical Engineering and his areas of expertise is in multi-phase computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Dr. Chegini joined Hampton University School of Engineering & Technology as an associate professor in September 2002. Before joining Hampton University, he served as a faculty and chair of Mechanical Engineering department at K.N.T. University of Technology in Tehran, Iran for over 12 years. Currently he is working as a CO-PI on a research project funded by Department of Energy.Mrs. Chandra T Oaks-Garcia, Time Out 4U, Inc. Professional Biography Chandra T. Oaks-Garcia is a secondary technology teacher in the Career and

Conference Session

Gender Perceptions and Girls in K-12 Engineering and Computer Science

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the projects, 75% of studentsagreed or strongly agreed that men are less creative than women, and that math/science are moredifficult for women to learn than men. Following the project series, those percentages fellsignificantly to 26%, 7%, and 8% respectively. All genders improved their opinions of STEMsubject areas, with 74% falling to 9% of students agreeing or strongly agreeing that only nerdslove math and science. Other significant results were seen regarding perception of engineering. Before startingthe projects, 38% self-identified as performing best in math or science, split closely betweenmales and females. While these students were strong in the pre-requisite subjects for moreadvanced STEM courses and later careers, 60

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; Greg Wilkins; Clay Gloster; Robert Lent; Linda Schmidt

Session 2330 Predicting the Academic Engagement of Women and Students at Historically Black Universities: A Social Cognitive Approach Robert W. Lent, Janet A. Schmidt, & Linda C. Schmidt, University of Maryland, College Park/Clay S. Gloster, Howard University/ Gregory Wilkins, Morgan State UniversityAbstractWe examined the utility of social cognitive career theory (SCCT) in predicting theacademic persistence goals of (a) women versus men and of (b) students at historicallyBlack versus predominantly White universities. Participants (487 students enrolled inintroductory engineering courses at three universities

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariesa Crow; Karen Butler-Purry; Noel Schulz

opportunities in their specifictechnical area. The paper will outline how these networking groups started, suggestions forothers and lessons learned.IntroductionUniversities have been working very diligently the last twenty years to increase the diversity oftheir faculty and students. William Wulf, President of the National Academy of Engineering,discussed how we would have a shortage of engineers early in the 21 st century if the engineeringcommunity does not reach out to women and minorities and encourage them to pursue careers inengineering1. One key issue in the recruitment and retention of women into engineering careersis to provide role models for them in their engineering faculty. Women students see womenfaculty who are pursuing professional and