Paper ID #241682018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Work in Progress: Will looking ”over the fence” of academic challenges to afuture as a successful engineer, support the persistence the WiE students needto succeed?Ms. Olga Maria Stavridis, Ohio State University Olga Stavridis is the Assistant Director for Diversity, Outreach and Inclusion’s Women in Engineering Program. She served as Senior Lecturer for six years for the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She has taught Fundamentals for Engineering I and II for the Freshmen
Paper ID #242382018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Penn State Engineering Mentoring for Internship Excellence (EMIX): ”Gen-erating Strategic Corporate Partnerships to Catalyze Professional Success forWomen Engineers”Ms. Cheryl L. Knobloch, The Pennsylvania State University CHERYL KNOBLOCH is a ceramic engineer by academic preparation and early technical career. As a higher education professional for more than 20 years, Cheryl initiated her Penn State engineering re- search role in 1997; her career focus shifted in 2002 through her appointment as