Women in Engineering Conference: A National Initiative
Date: June 2 - 4, 1991
Location: Holiday Inn - Crowne Plaza, Washington, D.C.
Proceedings of the 1991 Women in Engineering Conference: A National Initiative
West Lafayette, IN:
WEPAN,
1991
Jane Zimmer Daniels
(Editor)
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Rights:
© 1991 Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Plenary Session
Session Synopsis
Societal Barriers and Strategies for Succeeding in the Technical Sciences
Taking the Lead: Industry, Government, and Academia
George Brewster
(Moderator)
Manager
College Relations and External Staffing
Corning Incorporated
Session Synopsis
Building a Coalition Between Industry, Academia and Government
Women Engineers: Does Congress Care?
Partial Transcription: "An Overview of Corporate/Foundation Giving at AT&T"
Research: New Findings From the Field
Betty M. Vetter
(Moderator)
Executive Director
Commission on Professionals in Science
Session Synopsis
Graduate Career Change Women Engineers Versus Traditional Engineers
Women and Science: No Community Support For a Culture of Success
Early Intervention: K-8 Programs
Marsha Lakes Matyas
Project Director
Education and Human Resources
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Session Synopsis
Martha's Daughters -- Middle School Intervention
A Successful Middle School Teacher Enhancement Program: Project Seed (Science Education Through Experiments and Demonstrations)
Retention Programs and Strategies
Jane Z. Daniels
(Moderator)
Director
Women in Engineering
Purdue University
Session Synopsis
Academic Support Services and the Learning Environment
Retention Programs and Strategies
The Women in Science Project at Dartmouth
Summer Programs for Secondary School Students
Susan Staffin Metz
(Moderator)
Director
Office of Women's Programs
Stevens Institute of Technology
Session Synopsis
S.W.E. Summer Engineering Exploration For High School Sophomore and Junior Women
Seattle Mesa Summer Science Program for Middle School Girls
The Douglass Science Institute for High School Women
Graduate Recruitment and Support Programs
Suzanne Gage Brainard
(Moderator)
Director
Women in Engineering
University of Washington
Session Synopsis
Using Summer Interships to Recruit Female Graduate Students Into Science and Engineering
Plenary Session
Marie McKee
(Keynote Speaker)
Corporate Director
Strategic Staffing
Corning Incorporated
Session Synopsis
Increasing the Participation of Women in Engineering Careers: A Corporate Perspective
Establishing Partnerships: Industry, Government, Academia
Margie Kintz
(Moderator)
Executive Director
Intel Foundation
Corporate Contributions Manager
Intel Corporation
Session Synopsis
Women in Engineering: The Role of Community Colleges
The Industrial/Educational (K-20) Partnership: A Win/Win Proposition
New Directions: Program Ideas for Colleges and Corporations
Marilyn R. Berman
(Moderator)
Associate Dean
College of Engineering
University of Maryland
Session Synopsis
Partnerships with Vocational Education
Pre-College Programs for Engineering Career Awareness
Gloria Hill
(Moderator)
Director
Carnegie Mellon Action Project
Carnegie Mellon University
Session Synopsis
Bringing Young Minority Women to the Threshold of Science
Pre-College Programs for Engineering Career Awareness
Women in Engineering Programs, A Dean's Perspective
Eleanor Baum
(Moderator)
Dean of Engineering
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Session Synopsis
Special Interest Meetings
Session Synopsis
An Immodest Proposal: A Woman's Institute for Engineering
Engineering Technology Issues
Appendix
1991 Catalog of Resource Materials for Women in Engineering Programs
Index by author
Index by institution
