UPRM: Achieving High Percentages Of Women Engineering Students
University of Puerto RicoMayagüez CampusDepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUPRM: Achieving High Percentagesof Women Engineering StudentsSandra Cruz Pol, Ph.D. and José Colom, Ph.D.Associate Professors"Engineering for ALL Women: Exploring Perspectives"National ConferenceSan Juan, PRJune 2002
Presentation Outline UPRM Overview Campus Engineering School ECE Department Women Statistics Survey ResultsIAP Program Background % women in IAP
UPRM Background Mayagüez is a Land-Grant, SeaGrant, and Space-Grant CollegeFounded 1911 Student Population Around 14,000 Over 4,600 Engineering Students Approximately 1,500 studentsat the ECE DepartmentGeneralLibrary
UPRM-ECE ResearchInfrastructure Approximately 4M/year in sponsored research NSF, NASA, DoD, DoE, Government, IndustryHigh Caliber Faculty 1 Presidential Early Career Award Recipient 4 NSF CAREER Program Recipients 2 NSF MRI Grant 1 NSF NGS Award 1 NSF CISE Award 2 NSF ERC Award - (CenSSIS & CPES) 1 NASA FAR Award
Research Centers Center for Computing Research andDevelopment (CECORD)Tropical Center for Earth and SpaceStudies(TCESS)Laboratory for Applied Remote Sensing andImage Processing (LARSIP)Center for Subsurface Sensing and ImagingSystems (CenSSIS)Center for Power Electronics Systems(CPES)Radiation LaboratoryCapstone Labs (Control, Robotics,Networking, Electric Power Systems,Software Engineering Lab, Integrated CircuitDesign Lab)CLoud Microwave Measurements ofATmospheric Events (CLiMMATE) Center
Largest LargestEngineeringCollegesEngineering Collegesaccordingto enrollment1997-98(ASEE98)Penn StateTexas A&MPurdueGeorgia Institute of TechnologyIllinois-Urbana ChampaignVirginia Polytechnic InstituteNorth Carolina State***University of Puerto RicoUniversity of MichiganIow a StateUniversity of Texas-AustinCalifornia Polytechnic InstituteUniversity of FloridaCalifornia State-SacramentoUniversity of MarylandOhio State010002000300040005000600070008000
Numberof ENGINEERINGEngineeringDegreesNUMBER OFDEGREES1999-2000Granted1999-2000STUDENTS0PENN STATE UNIVERSTYGEORGIA TECH.UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISPURDUE UNIVERSITYTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYVIRGINIA TECHNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEYUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDACALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIV.MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVMASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECHIOWA STATE UNIV.OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYCORNELL UNIVUNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO2004006008001000120014
What Characterizes ourUPRM Undergraduate Education A five year program ( EE & CE: 168Credits)A capstone design experienceBilingual Program (Spanish /English)R & D opportunities (IAP, AMP,PASCOR, Tren Urbano, CenSSiS,CPES, TCESS) Hands on experience Solution of real world problems
Undergraduate EngineeringHispanic Full-time Student Enrollment:Top 10 Institutions, Fall 007134825000University ofPuerto RicoPoly. Univ. ofPuerto RicoFloridaIntl.Univ.Univ. of TexasEl PasoTexas A&MNew MexicoState Univ.469Cal Poly-SanLuis Obispo466Cal PolyPonoma442CCNY(CityCollegeCUNY)425Univ. ofFlorida
Women in EngineeringEnrollment: Top 10 Colleges, 510009348688007866004002000UNIVERSITY OFP UERTO RICOP URDUEUNIVERSITYTEXAS A&MGEORGIA INST. OFTECH.U. MICHIGANP ENN STATE UNIVU. ILLINOISNC STATE UNIVMICHIGAN STATEUNIVUNIV. OF TEXASAUSTIN
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Results from Survey In the Spring of 2002, a small group (36) ofUPRM students where asked to answer aquestionnaire to try to identify reasons forUPRM high percentages in women.100% were Hispanic,MARITAL STATUS: all single, except oneAGE: 25 were from 21-24 years’ old ten (10) from 18-20 years’ old
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Family Annual incomeFamily Annual Income1614121086420 10,000 10,000 20,000 20,000 30,000 30,000 50,000 50,000
When started to think aboutWhen first Engineeringthink majoring in Engineering?2520151050Elementary schoolHSFirst 2 years ofcollege
Factors Contributing to High% of women in Engineering* Career image as empowering(engineering viewed as a greatprofessional opportunity forwomen)HS program, non-traditionalEncouraged by teachersHi peer support from malesAttended career day activityFinancial Aid readily availableGood grades in S&M in HSCultural*Morel, L., “38% of Women in Engineering! Why so many”,submitted to Journal of Engineering Education , 2002.
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IAP Program Unique educational experience for studentsAcquire knowledge, skills, and expertise not possiblethrough the traditional classroomUndergraduate Research and Development State of the art technologies Highly attractive for employmentLink Industry, ECE students, and Faculty Promote joint projects between ECE faculty and IAP companies. Enhance ECE Department Infrastructure
Percentage Female Participationin Undergraduate Research Programs comparedto %women in 5199419931992191991%Female in IAP% Female in ECE
Conclusions & Future Work Small measures like Awareness can make a bigdifferenceCareer decision made late in HSMothers had a post-college degree, role modelNon-hostile environmentSupport from classmatesCultural reasons were a key factorGeographycal location of PR - effect ?Economic conditions effects?
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