Scholarship Program for Women in Chemical Engineering

这个S-STEM项目的目标是在未来五年内增加伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校化学工程专业的女性人数。了解高中生如何做出职业选择，以及他们为什么不选择工程学，对于吸引更多女性进入化学工程至关重要。最近的研究表明，女性选择职业主要是基于职业对社会的积极贡献。因此，该项目强调了化学工程师对社会的重要贡献，如开发替代燃料来解决能源短缺、环境清理以及节约用水和净水。最近的一项研究表明，人际关系在塑造学生作为工程师的身份认同方面发挥着重要作用，这反过来又会导致更高的留存率。因此，该计划确保未来和注册的学生与实践工程师进行面对面的互动和工作关系。该项目还与当地化工行业的校友保持着密切的关系，他们在从招聘、职业指导、提供实习到咨询/评判高级设计项目等一系列活动中提供帮助。根据S-STEM项目提供的奖学金，能够招收和保留50名有学术天赋、经济困难的学生进入化学工程领域。

The goal of this S-STEM program is to increase the number of women in Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois-Chicago over the next five years. Understanding how high school students make career choices and why they do not choose engineering is critical to attracting more women into Chemical Engineering. Recent studies show that women make career choices primarily based on the positive contributions a profession makes to society. Therefore, the project emphasizes the important contributions that chemical engineers make to society, such as developing alternate fuels to address energy shortages, environmental cleanup, and conserving water and water purification. A recent study has shown that being connected can play an important role in shaping students' identity as engineers, which in turn leads to higher retention. Therefore, the program ensures that prospective and enrolled students have face-to-face interactions and working relationships with practicing engineers. The program also maintains close relationships with alumni in local chemical industries who help in activities ranging from recruiting, career mentoring, providing internships, to consulting/judging senior design projects. The scholarships provided under the S-STEM program enable the enrollment and retention of 50 academically-talented, financially-needy students into the field of chemical engineering.