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Title | ||
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Integrated educational research and technical experiences to draw females students into the energy systems area: The UPRM experience |
Abstract | ||
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Traditionally, the energy systems area, or any science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics (STEM) area, in general, has been male- dominated. Because of this, women in these fields have had a tendency to stand down when it comes to aiding in innovation and practicing a profession within specific fields, such as energy systems. To counteract this effect, research and educational activities have been designed at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) to create an enriching, hands-on-experience in energy systems for current and future female undergraduates. This paper describes how the department of electrical and computer engineering has developed educational strategies to increase the female participation in the energy systems area at UPRM. Some of these strategies include: (a) Deliver hands on experience to prospect high school and freshmen college students, with special emphasis on female participants (b) Enhance teamwork skills in project development and interdisciplinary work (c) Create lasting interest in the study and design of energy systems. Activities based on these strategies range from building simple photovoltaic arrangements and small induction motors, to computer programming. The strategies presented in this paper have already been integrated with the mechanical, and the electrical and computer engineering class curriculums. They are aimed at creating awareness of the vast fields in the energy systems area with the intention of making females students take the initiative of developing themselves as professionals in these fields. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2014 | 10.1109/FIE.2014.7044068 | FIE |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
stem,computer science education,educational institutions,electrical engineering education,further education,gender issues,mayagüez campus,stem area,uprm,university of puerto rico,computer engineering class curriculums,computer engineering department,computer programming,educational strategies,electrical engineering class curriculums,electrical engineering department,energy system area,energy systems,female participants,female participation,female students,female undergraduates,freshmen college students,high school students,induction motors,integrated educational research,interdisciplinary work,mechanical curriculums,photovoltaic arrangements,project development,science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics area,teamwork skills enhancement,technical experiences,engineering education,females,renewable energy sources,power systems,electrical engineering,power electronics | Teamwork,Engineering management,Engineering education,Curriculum,Engineering,Educational research,Computer programming,Project management | Conference |
ISSN | Citations | PageRank |
0190-5848 | 1 | 0.48 |
References | Authors | |
0 | 6 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| lorena delgado vazquez | 1 | 1 | 0.48 |
| vivian rodriguez | 2 | 1 | 0.48 |
| luisa i felicianocruz | 3 | 1 | 0.48 |
| liann rivera | 4 | 1 | 0.48 |
| ashley del valle morales | 5 | 1 | 0.48 |
| Eduardo I. Ortiz-Rivera | 6 | 10 | 3.26 |