Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Yonemura, University of Washington ; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

howwomen consider leaving a job and in some cases, exit engineering altogether. A 'chilly' climatehas often been implicated as a primary or contributing reason for these exit decisions and hasbeen classified in the literature under such descriptors as a hostile or macho work culture,mysterious pathways to career advancement, and extreme work pressures. This study expands onthese previous studies by (a) emphasizing the engineering workplace experiences of millennialsin order to understand whether these chilly climate conditions have evolved over time or aretending to persist into the next generation; and (b) studying men as well as women to gain deeperinsight into which negative working conditions tend to occur across gender and which may begender

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CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derrick Langley, Air Force Institute of Technology; Diana Lynn Cahill, SOCHE; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard Martin, The Air Force Institute of Technology; Maggie Varga, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education; Sean Joseph Creighton, SOCHE; Jeremy Paul Stringer, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

. 1faculty responses in annual faculty advisor surveys in 2012 (21 faculty advisors; 13 responses),2013 (16 faculty advisors; 9 responses), 2014 (13 faculty advisors; 11 responses), and 2015 (19faculty advisors; 6 responses). Our study is identifying themes in the student responsesregarding their self-identified benefits and outcomes, and themes in the faculty responsesregarding the benefits and outcomes of the students. Our approach is to categorize the benefitsaccording to the rubric2 of Seymour et al. (2003), namely: (i) Personal/professional; (2)Thinking and working like a scientist; (3) Skills; (4) Clarification, confirmation, andrefinement of career/education goals; (5) Enhanced career/graduate school preparation; (6)Changes in attitudes

Conference Session

MentorNet

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Jo Wellenstein, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Susannah Sandrin, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Karen Showers, Wisconsin Technical College System; Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Jennifer Chou-Green, MentorNet; Carol Muller, MentorNet; Laurie Mayberry, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ann Bloor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Isla Yap, Maui Economic Development Board

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Women in Engineering

importantengagement strategy to encourage women and girls to pursue STEM education and careers, otherstates can benefit from the story of the Wisconsin and Hawaii collaboration.Hawaii’s Maui Economic Development Board and Wisconsin’s Milwaukee School ofEngineering have partnered under a Women in Technology grant from the U.S. Department ofAgriculture Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. This grant is toencourage women and girls in rural areas to pursue STEM education and careers.Because students at the Hawaii and Wisconsin partner campuses were enthusiastic about theirMentorNet experience, the Women in Technology grant funded a two-year contract to waivemembership fees for MentorNet for all four-year and two-year University of

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer, Kansas State University; Karen L Roberts, Upward Consulting; Tom C. Roberts P.E., FASEE, FNSPE, Kansas State University; Gary A. Clark, Kansas State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students and teachers through the fields of chemistry, human ecology, gifted education, and central administration. She has facilitated programming in Science Olympiad, USFIRST, Engineering & Science Summer Institute (ESSI), Odyssey of the Mind, and STEM activities with local school districts. Dr. Roberts enjoys working with K-12 teachers and providing information relevant to career exploration.Prof. Tom C. Roberts P.E., FASEE, FNSPE, Kansas State University Roberts has more than 35 years experience in planning, organizational development, and leadership train- ing programs. He worked for Black & Veatch for sixteen years, formed Upward Consulting in 1989 and has served as a learning organization and process

Conference Session

Pay It Forward: Critical Thinking, Reflection and Faculty Engagement Promote Success in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R Goldberg, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology; Rory A. Cooper, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Ding, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology; Alicia Koontz, Human Engineering Research Laboratories

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Medicine & Rehab, and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Cooper is Founding Director and VA Senior Research Career Scientist of the VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center of Excellence in Pittsburgh. He is also the Co- Director of the NSF Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center, a joint effort between the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.Dan Ding, Dept. of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh Dan Ding, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology with secondary appointments in Bioengineering (BioE), and McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh

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

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

in sociology at UC San Diego. Her research examines individual-level, cultural mechanisms that reproduce inequality, especially those pertaining to sex segregation in science and engineering fields. Her dissertation investigates the self-expressive edge of inequality, analyzing how gender schemas and self-conceptions influence career decisions of college students over time. She also studies the role of professional culture in wage inequality, cross-national beliefs about work time for mothers (with Maria Charles), and, in a Social Problems article, perceptions of inequality among high-level professional women (with Mary Blair-Loy). She earned Electrical Engineering and Sociology degrees from Montana State

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Student Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Oswald Beiler, Bucknell University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

graduateprograms and career pathways, are introduced to spark future career interests. As moreundergraduate engineers are exposed to the topic of public policy, they can begin their careerswith a more well-rounded and holistic understanding of how they can lead and potentiallyimprove the field of civil engineering in serving the public, economy, and the environment.Keywords: public policy, civil engineering, undergraduate, curricula, CEBOK, pedagogyIntroduction Public policy continues to be interconnected with the field of civil engineering as it playsa role in how infrastructure is developed. In the twenty-first century, civil engineers are facedwith multidisciplinary challenges that require skills beyond the traditional technical

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 3: Mentorship and Communication in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abimelec Mercado Rivera, Arizona State University; Mayra S. Artiles, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

explore the predictiverelationships between our constructs and help institutions create strategies for the success of boththeir graduate students and their faculty.IntroductionPositive self-efficacy expectations, a person’s beliefs in their abilities to achieve their goals, havebeen shown to be essential to academic persistence and professional success [1], [2]. As such, inefforts to stave off attrition from graduate programs, engineering graduate students’ self-efficacyin the academic and research domains have received much attention from researchers [3], [4]. Inrecognizing that a students’ self-efficacy is influenced by environmental factors outside of theircontrol, the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) posits that a student’s career and

Conference Session

Cohort-Based Postdoctoral Scholars Program, Transforming the National Engineering Education, Defining Accountability, and Evaluating the Low-Stakes Assessment Performance

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jameka Wiggins, The Ohio State University; Monica Farmer Cox, The Ohio State University; Ayanna Howard, The Ohio State University; Martina Leveni; Tatiana Z. Cuellar-Gaviria; Colin Lee Hisey; Daniel Raphael Ejike Ewim, The Ohio State University; Leonardo Rodrigues da Costa Moraes; Beenish Saba; Shawanee' Patrick, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

Program help with the matriculation of becoming an independent scholar (e.g., grant writing, self-efficacy, professor)?Literature Review The postdoctoral to professorate pathway has become a notable means of transition forgraduate students moving to faculty positions, however many of these scholars face structuraland interpersonal challenges as they navigate the transition to faculty positions (Rybarczyk et al.,2016). Studies have identified that the structural challenges postdocs face are due to a lack ofsupport from their institution in terms of career development and interpersonal struggles withfeeling exploited for low-cost labor (Rohn, 2011; Times Higher Education, 2012). A solutionposed, according to Sigma Xi Postdoc survey

Conference Session

ERM: Student Professional Development: Professional Skills and Moving Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beata Johnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Joyce Main, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

-curricular participation. The most common choices of activities arecombinations of recreational, design/research, and professional. Career-related reasons informparticipation in design/research and professional activities, while social reasons most influencechoice of participation in recreational and community activities.This study contributes to understanding how students pursue multiple complementary extra-/co-curricular activities to support their goals and interests. By better understanding the influence ofdifferent activities of extra-/co-curricular participation, students can make more informed choicesin how they allocate their time to pursuing different goals and interests. Additionally, this study’sexamination of factors that influence

Conference Session

ERM: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar; Sandie Han; Nadia Kennedy, New York City College of Technology; Diana Samaroo; Armando Solis

-one mentoring, tutoring, leadershipopportunities, research opportunities, periodic curriculum-related and social activities that fostereda sense of community, career counseling, and, in some cases, guidance towards baccalaureate orgraduate and professional studies. The program also examined the outcomes of the describedinterventions, which were used in the context of our urban, public institutional setting.This paper concludes the work-in-progress presented in a paper published in the ASEEproceedings in 2018 [1] and the epiSTEMe8 conference proceedings [2]. This project contributesto the national effort in recruiting, supporting, and educating future STEM professionals for thenational workforce by providing scholarships and curricular support

Conference Session

Equity and Ethics in Engineering-I

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Jennifer Pelletier, University of British Columbia

Tagged Topics

Conference Submission, Diversity

their professional abilities and, ultimately, the engineering sector of the economy.Undergraduate research experience in particular is important because it develops keycomplementary skills needed for further research, alongside technical competencies.Experiencing research at the undergraduate level is correlated with positive post-graduationoutcomes, including effective speaking, understanding scientific findings, analyzing literature,and having clear career goals [2]. It also promotes three key graduate attributes required of allCanadian engineering students: communication, teamwork, and leadership [3]. Undergraduateresearchers are also more likely to intend to pursue a graduate or professional program inscience, technology, engineering or

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Colbry, Michigan State University; Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University; Marta Dark, Spelman College; Vincent Melfi, Michigan State University; Tiffany Oliver, Spelman College

funding has been obtained for a five-yearcollaboration that will (1) create opportunities for natural science majors from Spelman Collegeto study data science; (2) equip faculty from both institutions to integrate data science into theirteaching and research, with a particular focus on using data to address social justice issues; (3)support mentoring, professional skills training, career development, and community-buildingactivities to foster student success. The project encourages both students and faculty to engage inexperiential learning; to build skills for leveraging big data in teaching, research, and industryactivities; and to experience the cultures, communities, and opportunities of each campus.A key component of this effort is a new

Conference Session

Research Methods and Studies on Engineering Education Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Renato Alan Bezerra Rodrigues, University of Manitoba; Jeffrey Wayne Paul, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba

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Educational Research and Methods

education research, and career design. Her areas of investigation include: Indige- nous initiatives in engineering education; student culture, diversity, perspectives, identity, and learning; instructor pedagogical practices and belief-systems; epistemological tensions in engineering education; and engineering competencies in engineering practice. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Entering the Discipline of Engineering Education Research: A Thematic AnalysisAbstractIn this study, we used classical grounded theory and thematic analysis to develop a frameworkto help us understand the process that academics go through to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Julie Dyke Ford Ph.D., New Mexico Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Kevin Kochersberger, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Laura Mae Rosenbauer, Smith College; Sidharth Arunkumar, New Mexico Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #19371Collaborative Research: From School to Work: Understanding the Transi-tion from Capstone Design to IndustryDr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine C Tetrick, Washington State University; John B. Schneider, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

eligible. A studentis considered academically disadvantaged if the student graduates from a Washington State highschool where 30% or more of its students are receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Uponadmission to the WSU STARS program, students have access to individual mentoring, intrusiveadvising, a community of engineering students, specialized courses, and mathematics, physics,and chemistry tutoring. Each aspect of the program layers the foundation of success in academicperformance and career preparation.WSU STARS accepts a maximum of 32 students each academic year. During the first threeyears of the program, recruitment began in May after Pell Grant eligibility information wasreleased and largely took place in the summer months when students

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Matusovich; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

and the associated expectancies for success in engineering, both as an engineeringstudent and with regard to a future career in engineering. Figure 1: Eccles’ expectancy-value model of achievement choices 8Expectancies can be defined as one’s belief as to how well he or she will perform on anupcoming task or in a future event. 5 Expectancies include one’s perception of both his or herability and the task difficulty. 4 Numerous studies have examined expectancies of success. 6, 9, 10Important outcomes include: 1) evidence supporting higher expectancies for success as beinglinked to better task performance 4, 9, 2) competence beliefs shown to contribute to subjectivetask values 10, 3) competence beliefs found to decrease with age in

Conference Session

Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin Kelly Frady; Rebecca S Hartley, Clemson University Center for Workforce Development; Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University; Hope Epps Rivers, South Carolina Technical College System; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Stephanie Denise Frazier, South Carolina Technical College System

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Two Year College Division

College and as a Career and Technology Education teacher. Kris earned a B.S. in Management from Clemson University, a Masters of Arts in Teaching in Business Education from the University of South Carolina, and an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Educational Technology and online learning from the University of Florida. Her research interests include implementation of digital learning solutions in technical and vocational education, development of career pathways utilizing stackable certificates, educator professional develop- ment in communities of practice, and analysis of economic development and industry factors impacting education and workforce development. She is a licensed South

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg L. Saylor, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering ethics, researchin an academic setting, and graduate education opportunities and application process. Thefreshman year programs implemented showed success in recruiting students for the S-STEMprogram, and can serve as a model for other undergraduate programs looking to enrich theexperiences of their undergraduates by providing a comprehensive, supportive, and career-relevant environment inside and outside of the classroom.1. IntroductionEngineering education is constantly evolving and changing to meet the current and projectedneeds of the engineering profession. In 2010 1 the National Society of Professional Engineers(NSPE) released a position statement proposing additional undergraduate engineering outcomes:Leadership, Risk and

Conference Session

Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renata A Revelo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

program of note because it is the secondmost chosen career path by Latinas/os in the sciences, and one that many Latina/o studentsdenote as prestigious or synonymous to being called a doctor6. Yet, Latinas/os remainunderrepresented in engineering. This paper aimed to address the problem of underrepresentationin engineering for Latina/o engineering students via a study of engineering identity that isgrounded on the Latina/o student experience. This study was guided by the following researchquestion: In what ways does membership in the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineersinfluence the engineering identity development of Latina and Latino students? Literature Review Latinas/os are a growing

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University; James Kirby Easterling, Eastern Kentucky University School of Business

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College Industry Partnerships

Management from The Pennsylvania State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Path from Industry Professional to Assistant Professor1. IntroductionThis paper explores the pathway for industry professionals to change careers and become fulltime academics at a four-year traditional university. Herein, “traditional” is defined as “brickand mortar” institutes of higher education with a campus providing residence for undergraduates.The pathway is explored using anecdotal evidence from a review of literature and case studiesprovided by two of this paper’s authors that have made a successful transition from industrialcareers into academia. Both case studies involve moves from

Conference Session

Self-efficacy and Emotion: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen L Usher, University of Kentucky; Natasha Aniceto Mamaril, University of Illinois ; Caihong Li, University of Kentucky; David Ross Economy, Clemson University Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

individuals’ self-efficacy is related to their career-relatedand academic choices12, 13. The power of students’ personal efficacy beliefs to influencestudents’ achievement and persistence in engineering programs has now been clearly Page 26.1386.2documented. However, considerably less research has focused on investigating the developmentof personal efficacy beliefs in the domain of engineering. If self-efficacy is directly related to thechoice learners make to focus their post-secondary studies on engineering, what sorts ofexperiences build this sense of efficacy?Sources of Self-EfficacyBandura1 hypothesized that individuals form their self

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George J. Delagrammatikas, Cooper Union; Estuardo Rodas, Cooper Union

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

for whom this program would betransformative in their personal lives and academic careers. These students are generallyidentified early in high school (if not in middle school) as high-potential scholars for whomaccess to opportunities like this STEM program are not common in their own school orcommunity centers. Effectively, the academic and social characteristics of each section aredesigned through this admissions process.Section instructors are asked to recruit teaching assistants for their projects with a target of oneTA per 4-5 high school students where classes ranges in size between 16 and 25. This class sizeis dependent on room size and/or laboratory capacity. These TA’s are drawn almost entirelyfrom the undergraduate engineering

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University; Valarie young, Ohio University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

1980s, Hall and Sandler3 observed that the source of women’s relative lack ofrepresentation in high-level academic and faculty positions on college campuses, was rooted intheir higher education experience. They coined the now-famous term "chilly classroom climate"to refer to the effects that male-dominated university campuses have on undergraduate women.They argued that male professors' use of sexist humor, belittling albeit bantering commentsabout women's intellectual abilities, and their use of "he" to refer to scholars in their fields canconsiderably dampen women's career aspirations. Almost twenty years later, Martin4 assertedthat the campus climate remained chilly, resulting in “an under-representation of women in thehighest ranks of the

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Urban; James Collofello; Doris Roman; Faye Navabi; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session 2270 COOL (Computer Outreach Opportunities for Learning) Project James S. Collofello, Joseph E. Urban, Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Faye Navabi, Doris Roman Arizona State UniversityAbstract Although most secondary schools provide some education in computer programming andapplications such as spreadsheets and word processors, they are usually deficient in preparingstudents for careers in software development. The lack of focus on software development topicsand project level experiences fails to dispel the "hacker" mentality and "geek-image" myths mostsecondary school

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Almstead; Karen Williams; James Hedrick

workshop for talented high school girls with an interest in engineeringwas created and offered for the first time in 2002. Called Educating Girls as Engineers (EDGE),the program had several major goals. It was designed to encourage these girls to continue on tocollege to pursue engineering careers and to provide them with an intensive, real-life collegelearning and living experience. A unifying theme of “Designing Tools and Toys for DisabledChildren” was chosen to illustrate the humanitarian aspects of engineering – that engineers solveproblems to help people.II. Institutional BackgroundUnion College is a small liberal arts college in Schenectady, NY. Founded in 1795, it was thefirst liberal arts college to offer engineering as part of its

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Secola; Bettie Smiley; Dale Baker; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session 1692 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Gender Equity Training in Engineering Summer Workshops With Pre-College Teachers and Counselors Patricia M. Secola, Bettie A. Smiley, Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Dale R. Baker Arizona State UniversityAbstractThe WISE Investments (WI) Program is a three-year NSF project designed to encourage youngwomen to pursue engineering and related careers. A major component of this grant is to providetwo two-week summer professional development workshops that introduce middle school, highschool, and community college teachers

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University; Theresa Vitolo, Gannon University; Scott Steinbrink, Gannon University; Barry J. Brinkman, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

careers in STEM fields and graduate education.During the four-year duration of the scholarship project, the project team indicated that it woulddevelop a program structure and arrange activities to achieve the following objectives: Objective 1: Provide 20 scholarships per year for academically talented, financially disadvantaged STEM majors, especially those from underrepresented groups. Objective 2: Build a referral network arrangement between Gannon University, the Erie City School District, and the local U.S. Department of Education Talent Search program to identify and recruit financially disadvantaged students from underrepresented groups who meet SEECS scholarship eligibility requirements

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Katie Bardaro, PayScale, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

by applying the theory of humancapital given the costs reported by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)and college-specific salary profiles derived from the world’s largest database of self-reportedincomes (that contains ~8% of the salary data for all U.S. engineers). Results indicate that themedian bachelor degreed US engineer will earn $4.2MM over the span of a forty year career,which corresponds to a net present value of $1.8MM assuming an annual cost of capital equal to4.1%. The national average internal rate of return for engineering education is 5.85% givenaverage lost wages and total cost attendance of $36,360 per year across the top 150 USengineering colleges; this internal rate of return increases to 6.5% if

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; Theodore J. Heindel, Iowa State University; Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Iowa State University; Shankar Subramaniam, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. Department of Energy’s Early Career Principal Investigator award. His areas of expertise are in theory, modeling and simulation of multiphase flows (including sprays, particle-laden flows, colloids, and granular mixtures), turbulence, mixing, and reacting flows. His current research concerns hierarchical coarse-graining ap- proaches, mesoscale models of colloidal aggregation, and direct numerical simulation of gas-solid flows. Page 25.1483.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 WiME: a departmental effort to improve recruitment, retention and engagement of women