Session Details

[3B](08) OS: Various Initiatives to Develop Female Students in Engineering-I

Fri. Aug 29, 2025 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM JST
Fri. Aug 29, 2025 12:30 AM - 1:45 AM UTC
B room(Lecture Hall)
Chairperson:Takashi SATO(Niigata College of Technology)
Purpose: For the past three years, we have received reports from universities and companies focusing on entrance examinations for female students in engineering schools. This year, we will report on the current status and evaluation of the entrance examination for female students, and introduce activities to expand career paths in science and engineering for female junior and senior high school students and technical college students as an effort to further diversity in engineering education.

[3B01]Effectiveness of training camps to support female junior and senior high school students in their career explorationChanges brought about by encounters with peers and seniors

○Yumiko NAGO1, Takayuki UEMATSU1,2, Natsumi OYAMAGUCHI1,3, Mika EZAWA4, Tomoaki TABATA5 (1. NPO STEM Career Path Project for Girls, 2. Kitasato Univ., 3. Tokyo Univ. of Science, 4. Tokai Univ., 5. Tokai Univ.)

[3B02]Educational and Outreach Activities on “Biomedical Engineering” for High School GirlsThrough the consecutive 12-year holding of the "Hirameki-Tokimeki Science" program

○Keiko NUMAYAMA-TSURUTA1 (1. Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University)

[3B03]Kanagawa Techno-Future Program for GirlsA Practical Report on "Shaping Dreams with Science"

○Takeji TAKAMURA1, Satoshi SORIMACHI2, Yoshiaki KOBAYASHI2, Ayumi KOIKE-TAKESHITA 1 (1. Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, 2. Center of Educaltional Development, Kanagawa Institute of Technology)

[3B04]Pathways Program “Open the Door to Engineering”NITech’s Practical Approach to Addressing Psychological Barriers For Junior High and High School Girls

○Izumi KANO1 (1. Nagoya Institute of Technology)

[3B05]Initiatives of empowerment for Women in Mitsubishi Electric CorporationEnvironment for Development and Successful

○Kaori Ogawa1 (1. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)