Program Info
The contents of this website are the outcomes from a three-year program called "4 Schools for Women in Engineering," sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
The mission of the program was to develop innovative practices for integrating engineering with science, technology, and math into middle school classrooms using gender-inclusive approaches.
The community includes faculty, staff, and students from Northeastern University, Tufts University, Boston University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the Wellesley Centers for Women; engineers from Raytheon, Intel, Verizon, and EMC; and teachers from Massachusetts schools from the following cities: Boston, Worcester, Malden, Brookline, and Cambridge.
Four STEMteams, each associated with one university, developed and implemented gender-inclusive engineering activities for middle school classrooms. The STEMteam members are mostly female faculty, engineers, college students, and teachers- providing a strong role-model for girls in middle schools. Assessment was done by staff from Wellesley Center for Women.
In Massachusetts, engineering has become part of the state's standards and frameworks. We hope to help the integration of engineering into k-12 education nationwide. This program provides a model for national dissemination of engineering into K-12 with emphasis on serving girls and women.
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Program Contact
To find out more information at each original university, please contact:
- Northeastern University:
Katherine Ziemer
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
- Tufts University:
Peter Y. Wong
Research Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
- Boston University:
Anna Swan
Research Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Worcester Polytechnics Institute:
Calvin Hill
Director
Minority Affairs
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