“Girl power”: Gendered academic and workplace experiences of college women in engineering

KN Smith, JG Gayles - Social sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Women in engineering continue to experience bias in the field. This constructivist case study
uses feminist theory to examine the gendered experiences of graduating senior women …

A review of how lifelong learning is planned and enacted in Canadian engineering programs

N Dawe, L Romkey, A Bilton… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - ojs.library.queensu.ca
Lifelong learning is a vital competency for navigating contemporary industry and society.
Canadian engineering programs are expected to instill lifelong learning in students by the …

Engineering entrepreneurship teaching and practice in the United States and Canada

BA Schuelke-Leech - IEEE Transactions on Engineering …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Innovation and entrepreneurship have become priority areas in many engineering faculties.
However, there is no consensus about how best to incorporate these or what content should …

Understanding students' incentives for and barriers to out-of-class participation: Profile of civil engineering student engagement

DR Simmons, Y Ye, MW Ohland… - Journal of Professional …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
This study aims to provide a nuanced profile of civil engineering students' out-of-class
engagement by exploring the supporting incentives and barriers to involvement and the …

" Setting Up for the Next Big Thing": Undergraduate Women Engineering Students' Postbaccalaureate Career Decisions

KN Smith, JG Gayles - Journal of College Student Development, 2017 - muse.jhu.edu
Using social cognitive career theory and the cognitive information processing model as
frameworks, in this constructivist case study we examined the career-related experiences …

[PDF][PDF] Not all the same: A look at early career engineers employed in different sub-occupations

SR Brunhaver, SK Gilmartin, MM Grau… - 2013 ASEE Annual …, 2013 - jee.asee.org
In recent years, the preparation of engineering students for professional practice has
featured prominently in the engineering education literature. Organizations such as ABET …

Career calculus: Assessing the psychological cost of pursuing an engineering career

TS Henderson, KA Shoemaker… - Journal of Engineering …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Personal characteristics (eg, race/ethnicity, gender, and precollege
experiences) are known to shape students' pathways to engineering, as well as persistence …

Finding a job: An intersectional analysis of search strategies and outcomes among US STEM graduates

J Glass, K Takasaki, S Sassler, E Parker - Research in social stratification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many STEM degree holders, especially women and minorities, are not employed in STEM
occupations in the United States, and transitions into the STEM labor force among recent …

Professional engineering pathways study: A longitudinal study of early career preparedness and decision-making

S Brunhaver, R Streveler, C Carrico… - 2015 IEEE Frontiers …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces the Professional Engineering Pathways Study (PEPS), a three-year
study aimed at developing new understandings of early career engineering career …

Understanding engineering students' professional pathways: A longitudinal mixed-methods study

SR Brunhaver, HM Matusovich… - 2016 ASEE Annual …, 2016 - peer.asee.org
According to data from the National Science Foundation (NSF), nearly two-thirds of
engineering bachelor's graduates work in engineering fields immediately after college, while …