It's time to make your reservations for the 2009 ASEE Conference in Austin this summer, June 14-17. The Women in Engineering Division (WIED) has planned an exciting 4 days of workshops, panels, and technical sessions on a variety of topics of particular interest to women that you won't want to miss ... topics ranging from creating and sustaining a multi-disciplinary research collaboration to factors that encourage or discourage women's persistence in engineering to women faculty effecting change in higher education.
Check out our complete program at:
http://osl.asee.org/index.cfm?view=browse&d=656
We hope you will also consider joining us for our Business meeting and reception on Monday and the joint WIED/WEPAN luncheon on Wednesday. It's your opportunity to meet and network with both WIED and WEPAN members. Tickets for the lunches are available when you register online.
Monday June 15, 2009 at 10:30 am
Austin, TX
Panel: Taking a Break From Academia: Sabbaticals, Rotator Positions, and Other Leaves:
This panel features speakers that have “taken a break” from their regular jobs. Learn what it takes to serve as a NSF Program Director, or how to plan your sabbatical, or what it is like to participate in a summer faculty fellowship program from those that have been-there-done-that!
- Lesia Crumpton-Young, NSF Program Officer, University of Central Florida
- Noel Schulz, Sabbatical, Mississippi State University
- Leigh McCue, ASEE-ONR Summer Faculty Research Program, Virginia Tech
- Sue Davidson, Fulbright Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday June 17, 2009
Austin, TX
Join us in Austin for Wednesday's dynamic full day program, sponsored by ASEE WIED (Women in Engineering Division) and WEPAN (Women in Engineering ProActive Network). Here is the line up:
8:30 am Panel: Life After Tenure: Leadership Roles in Academia: Come and interact with our panel led by Provost Priscilla Nelson (NJIT) and learn what it takes to move into advanced academic positions. Additional panelists include a Dean, a Center Director, and a Department Head.
- Priscilla Nelson, NJIT, Provost
- Cheryl Schrader, Boise State, Dean
- Patricia Davies, Purdue, Director of the Herrick Labs
- Kim Roddis, George Washington University, Department Chair
10:30 am Distinguished Lecture: Jill Tietjen will speak on “Women in Engineering: Where we've been, where we are, and where we are going”
Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., is an electrical engineer and experienced expert witness whose areas of expertise in electric utility consulting include system planning and fuels. She is also President and CEO of Technically Speaking, Inc. Her lecture will be an examination of the progress of women in engineering starts at our country's founding when women were considered property and denied what are today deemed to be basic rights. It moves through "Her Story" to 1848, the year of the Seneca Falls (New York) Women's Rights Convention, to 1920, when women across the U.S. finally won the right to vote after a 72-year battle. As women became educated, they entered the professions, including the engineering profession. Although the integration of women into engineering has progressed slowly, many efforts are in place to achieve gender parity in the first half of the 21st century.
12:30 am Luncheon: The luncheon will feature a panel led by Dr. Jane Daniels (Henry Luce Foundation). The topic addresses Working Together for the Success of All Women in Engineering Schools. How can women faculty and Women in Engineering Program Directors collaborate in ways that enhance the environment and careers of women faculty and students?
2:15 Workshop: Research-Based Initiatives that Improve Retention of Female Students:
Four initiatives shown to have a positive impact on the retention of female students will be the focus of this workshop designed especially for teams of deans, faculty, and women in engineering experts. Based on the work of WEPAN and its partners on Extension Services in Engineering: Improving Climate, Instruction, and Community (ESE: CIC) (NSF #0734100) nationally-recognized experts will share expertise on relevant applications for 1st and 2nd year courses, spatial-visualization training, faculty-student mentoring, and effective management of student teams. Presenters will preview each topic, and participants will attend two one-hour-long break-out sessions that cover each topic in depth.
Mark your calendars. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to break bread, network, and share ideas!!