Sentences with phrase «of women engineers»

Petticoats and Slide Rules do go hand in hand, as the dynamic history of women engineers illustrates.

(It was also where the National Society of Women Engineers was founded.)

She was a founding member of the Society of Women Engineers.

She has also volunteered with the Humane Society of Truckee - Tahoe and with the Society of Women Engineers student chapter at the University of Nevada in Reno.

(Youth Engineering Success) Program, an event sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers at Cal Poly Pomona.

Women can visit the websites of multiple professional organizations such as the Society of Women Engineers, Women in Technology International, Association for Women in Mathematics and Association of Women in Science, to name just a few.

For me, that has been Society of Women Engineers.

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) supports more than 10 scholarship programs for women pursuing engineering degrees at all levels of study and from all backgrounds, including awards sponsored by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the U.S. Air Force ROTC.

She discovered that her feelings of isolation were shared by others while attending a student roundtable at the 12th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES) in Ottawa in July 2002.

In 2010, the Society of Women Engineers co-designed Computer Engineer Barbie, hoping she could make engineering seem «cool» to young girls.

To attract a diverse talent pool, especially in areas such as engineering and science, GM has also partnered with organizations such as Advancing Minorities» Interest in Engineering, the National Society of Black Engineers, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), and the Society of Women Engineers.

Women in science have made many advances in recent years, but as delegates at the recent 12th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES12) discussed, much more work needs to be done to attract and retain women, particularly in areas such as engineering.

More specifically, it focuses on representation of women in governance within CCPE; enhancing youth awareness of engineering careers; improving the work environment and career path choices for women engineers, including flexible work options and equitable compensation; and increasing public and professional awareness of the contribution of women engineers.

Carisa Malanum: Our new lactation rooms were launched in Fall 2014 and one of our first citywide conventions that took advantage of our accommodations was the Society of Women Engineers with nearly 6,000 attendees....

The panel was co-sponsored by Got Your 6, Hands on Science Partnership, American Chemical Society, American Society for Engineering Education, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and Society of Women Engineers.

And the absolute number of women engineering grad students is up 50 % since 1990 and has nearly quadrupled since 1980.

Not exact matches

«These three engineers are seeking to ensure that Uber pays women and people of color equally for the hard work they've done — and will continue to do — to help make Uber successful,» said lawyer Jahan Sagafi of Outten & Golden which is representing the plaintiffs.

Three women engineers have sued Uber for discrimination based of their gender and race, the latest blow to the ride - services company that is straining to overcome a year of controversies over its workplace culture.

The lawsuit filed by Ingrid Avendano, Roxana del Toro Lopez and Ana Medina, who described themselves as Latina software engineers, says that Uber's compensation and other practices discriminate against women and people of color.

At Harvey Mudd College, the Claremont, California - based institution where Klawe became president in 2006, a full half of students who graduate with degrees in computer science, engineering, and physics are women.

In computer science, engineering, and physics, said Klawe, «underrepresented» means women and people of color.

She continued that nine percent of Slack's engineers are women of color and the company is «the fastest growing enterprise software start up of all time.»

Only 18 percent of the engineers at Slack are women, and only 11 percent aren't white or Asian.

«Our goal is to bring 20 women to New York to participate, and we hope this will be the first of many steps to encourage more women into engineering at Etsy and across the industry,» Hedlund commented.

Women's participation in business and MBA programs has grown more than five-fold since the 1970s, and the increase in the number of engineering degrees granted to women has grown almost tenWomen's participation in business and MBA programs has grown more than five-fold since the 1970s, and the increase in the number of engineering degrees granted to women has grown almost tenwomen has grown almost tenfold.

Only 15 % of its engineering workforce is women, a number on par with Twitter but below many tech companies.

The move comes amid stiff competition for skilled engineers, and as many of the biggest firms try to diversify their male - dominated ranks to include and appeal to more women.

-- Debbie Sterling, Founder of GoldieBlox Read more: How One Young Entrepreneur's Quest to Encourage Women Engineers Led Her to GoldieBlox

By investing in the education of women in tech, the company is not only creating a more diverse applicant pool but also attracting female engineers through its exemplary commitment to education and inclusion.

By most estimates, women comprise only 30 percent of the workforce in engineering and tech - related fields.

In 2013, Pinterest engineer Tracy Chou provided an honest look at the underrepresentation of women at her company, which helped spur other tech companies to publish demographic data.

Those battles are still being fought by three - dimensional women in the engineering departments of tech companies, in political campaigns, and in the plush offices of VCs and studio executives.

The tech industry's deficit of women and minorities is present in all areas of their businesses, not just in engineering.

For some women engineers, data confirmed their suspicions of gender bias at the social networking company.

She received the Michigan Women's Foundation 2015 Women of Achievement and Courage award, and was named 2014 Engineer of the Year by Great Minds in STEM, and Fortune's 10 Most Powerful Women in Automotive in 2013.

«Of the five engineers on the team, three of us are womeOf the five engineers on the team, three of us are womeof us are women.

After graduating from Stanford with a degree in mechanical engineering and product design, Sterling was bothered by how few women were in her program and became obsessed with «disrupting the pink aisle» with a toy that would introduce girls to the joy of engineering at a young age.

«Women — from executives to engineers to driver partners — have helped build Uber into the company it is today,» she tells Inc. «We're proud of the culture we're creating here and the positive impact we're having on communities around the world.»

In 2011, a conversation at a monthly «ideas brunch» with Silicon Valley friends turned to the dearth of women in math - and - science careers and how to get girls interested in in science, technology, engineering and math (known as STEM) subjects.

The acronym, which stands for science, technology, engineering and math, is meant to bring awareness to the lack of women in these technical fields.

Born of a conversation among women engineers about how to grow their numbers, the toy went from Kickstarter crowdfunding project to the shelves of Toys «R» Us in less than nine months.

Not happy about the dearth of women in engineering?

What's more, she's also using the day to teach her students about the lack of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.

The class action suit contends that Microsoft cheated the plaintiffs represented — roughly 8,630 women engineers and IT specialists — out of 518 promotions and between $ 100 million and $ 238 million in pay between 2011 and 2016.

Curtin University will use International Women's Day, tomorrow March 8, to promote engineering as profession of choice for wWomen's Day, tomorrow March 8, to promote engineering as profession of choice for womenwomen.

Most of the successful women I have interviewed talked about the important role that their parents had played in encouraging them to pursue science and engineering and succeed in a male - dominated industry.

Two years later, most companies are not faring much better: Consider that Facebook, which has been making an aggressive push to hire more women engineers and people of color, revealed last month that just 2 percent of its U.S. work force is black and only 4 percent is Hispanic.

Recognition of each person should be as an individual, not just «the black engineer» or «the woman engineer,» Freada says.

Following the accounts of the women, most notably a scathing description by software engineer Susan Fowler, Uber said it would publish a diversity report in the coming months.

Gouw spoke with me about why she's bullish on female entrepreneurs, the scarcity of women graduating with engineering degrees, and the perception that women entrepreneurs lack for confidence and big thinking.