Conference Session

Corporate Engagement Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Cheryl L. Knobloch, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Corporate Engagement, Diversity

director of Penn State Women in Engineering Program. Cheryl directs all aspects of WEP and innovatively steers pre-college outreach, undergraduate retention for 1,700+ women, and professional development for graduate students and alumnae. She has engaged in research investigating the effect of mentoring and retention initiatives on persistence of women in engineering. A seasoned educator, Cheryl teaches multiple courses includ- ing two gender-balanced, mechanical engineering design classes. She serves as advisor to the nationally award-winning SWE student chapter, and has been an active WEPAN member since 2002. Most recently, Cheryl’s contributions have been recognized as recipient of Penn State Achieving Woman Award