Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network
WEPAN 2006 National Conference

Poster Session

Monday, June 12, 2006, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Urban Room

Learn about resources, programs and initiatives and visit with poster presenters.

A Critical Survey of Online Assessment Tools
Dr. Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri-Columbia; Barbara Bogue, Penn State University

A WEPAN Portfolio of Presentation Slides--Status and Trends on Broadening Participation of Women & Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering Early Advantage Program for Women
Diane Matt, WEPAN; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Be a Mentor, or Be Mentored Through MentorNet
Dr. Patricia Laughlin, Carnegie Mellon; MentorNet Board

Biomedical Engineering: Conduit for Recruitment of Women into Engineering
Dr. Anne Marie Petrock, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Bridging into Graduate Studies: Purdue University’s Women in Engineering Graduate Mentoring Program Lindsay Walthall, Purdue University

Building Bridges to Institutional Transformation
Peggy Layne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Celebrating Michigan Women Engineers: Preserve, Honor and Inspire
Debbie Taylor, University of Michigan

Collaborative Research: Women Engineering Faculty Leadership Network
Dr. Judy M. Vance, Iowa State University

Connecting Educators to Engineering: An Overview of the Society of Women Engineers New Legacy Project of EWEEK 2006
Elaine Borrelli, Society of Women Engineers

Designing and Delivering Student-Led Outreach Events for Middle School Students
Susan Arnold Christian, Kansas State University

Employability in Information Technology for Women with Disabilities, An Underutilized Portion of the Workforce
Sandra Freudenberg and Rachel Sartin, IBM Corporation

Engineering @ Sweet Briar College: A New Program for and about Women
Dr. Kurt Schulz, Sweet Briar College

Engineering Early Advantage Program for Women
Bonita Anthony and Beverly Forbes, Old Dominion University

Indian Women & Information Technology - Building Bridges
Amrutha S. Shenoy and Anagha Gadgil, IBM Corporation

Inspiring Engineering Careers: The Extraordinary Women Engineers Project
Jane Howell, Extraordinary Women Engineers Project Coalition

IsisHawaii, The Power of One Plus One: Bringing Girls and Young Women into the Science and Engineering Pipeline
Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.

Outreach: Using Service to Build the Bridge to Success for Women in Engineering
Whitney Edmister, Amanda Martin and Dr. Bevlee Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Providing Support: Mississippi State’s Women in Engineering Faculty Program
Dr. Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

Province-wide WIE Collaboration for Go ENG Girl! Event
Lisa Anderson, Ryerson University; Márta Ecsedi, University of Toronto

The Characterization of Potential Women Engineering Administrators in Academia
Dr. Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

The Importance of Including Career Clarification in a First-Year Summer Experience
Dr. Paige Smith, University of Maryland-College Park

The National Study of Living-Learning Programs: An Invitation to Participate in the 2007 NSF-Funded Study to Examine the Outcomes of Women in STEM
Matthew Soldner and Dawn Johnson, University of Maryland-College Park

Towards Institutionalizing RISE Summer Research Teams
Dr. Paige Smith, University of Maryland-College Park

Want to Connect with Pre-College and Collegiate Students and Faculty? Here’s how SWE can work with you for success!
Betty Preece & Walter McFall, Society of Women Engineers

Women and Persistence in Engineering
John Duncan, Clemson University; Yong Zeng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Women in Engineering Partnerships for Pre-college Awareness
Glenda La Rue, Dr. Mary C. Juhas and Kristina Kennedy, The Ohio State University

Women’s Empowerment, Breaking Barriers (WEBB)
Forough Ghahramani, Society of Women Engineers

YWCA--FLAME (Female Leadership and Mentoring Endeavor)
Shelly Brown, YWCA