contributor author | Wesley Scott | |
contributor author | Walter Boles | |
date accessioned | 2017-05-08T21:20:04Z | |
date available | 2017-05-08T21:20:04Z | |
date copyright | January 1996 | |
date issued | 1996 | |
identifier other | %28asce%291052-3928%281996%29122%3A1%2842%29.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/47384 | |
description abstract | Women are underrepresented in the ranks of civil engineering practitioners. The percentage of women in civil engineering is less than half the value for all engineering fields combined and about one-sixth the value for the most popular fields. The Texas A & M University Civil Engineering Department participated in a Society of Women Engineers Space Experience Camp. The students participating (ninth- and 10th-grade girls) were surveyed before and after the civil engineering presentation to determine whether the emerging high-tech aspects of civil engineering would make civil engineering more attractive to women. The results of the survey regarding the likelihood of studying engineering and civil engineering are presented. High school girls' attitudes toward civil engineering could be influenced in a positive way by a 1-h presentation that emphasized the emerging high-tech areas of space construction and construction automation. Recommendations for further intervention measures are made. | |
publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers | |
title | Emerging High-Tech Areas of Civil Engineering Attract Women | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 122 | |
journal issue | 1 | |
journal title | Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice | |
identifier doi | 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(1996)122:1(42) | |
tree | Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice:;1996:;Volume ( 122 ):;issue: 001 | |
contenttype | Fulltext | |