Sentences with phrase «young women engineering»

We can't win the future without today's young women engineering, building, operating, and maintaining tomorrow's transportation systems.

The IET is today calling on successful young female engineers to enter its Young Women Engineer of the Year Awards and demonstrate to young girls that engineering is a diverse and exciting industry offering creative and challenging careers.

«The great thing about winning the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year award was that it made me realise that the work I do promoting engineering gives me the opportunity to be a role model.

Current IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year, Naomi Mitchison, said: «I chose engineering because having done Maths and Physics at school it seemed like an interesting way to put those subjects to good use, while doing something a bit unusual and different.

The Young Women Engineer of the Year awards, which have been running for 39 years, are all about finding role models to get girls — and young people in general - excited about the possibilities of an engineering career.»

«The lack of inspirational engineering role models for girls is also part of the problem so we must make sure we show the next generation that engineering is an interesting and challenging career choice, which is why initiatives like our Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards are so important.»

Part of its remit is promoting, recognising and rewarding excellence and it does this through four awards programmes: The Ambition Awards, Achievement Awards, Innovation Awards and Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards.

The IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards recognise and promote women in engineering and technology and encourage more women to join the profession.

A new study finds that gender parity in small group settings helps young women engineers feel more confident as they pursue a challenge.

Not exact matches

The young women were accepted into the program after writing essays about technology and engineering.

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

That includes funding programs that teach STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to young people in underserved areas, collaborating with higher education institutions, investing in women and minority - owned companies and creating bolder hiring and retention incentives and programs to encourage diversity within Intel.

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.

How this young woman is engineering medical solutions for society and encouraging others to do the same.

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The awards honor young men and women who actively demonstrate leadership in community service, particularly in the areas of community empowerment; science, technology, engineering and math; or innovative thinking.

Who will have the courage to declare that this house of the Legislature can not be led by a man who engineered a coverup that enabled criminal conduct and torment of young women?

She said she had two pieces of advice to young women starting up in scientific and engineering fields.

My interdisciplinary work at the interface between chemistry and engineering, as well as my experience in establishing and leading a non-university institute, were probably the main reasons for being offering this position as a young woman.

It is our hope that the words of wisdom contained in this booklet will motivate and inspire young women to pursue a career in science or engineering.

Marsden sees biomedical engineering and other interdisciplinary sciences as hot spots for young women.

So it was encouraging to see women dominating IEAust's 1993 awards of overseas scholarships for young engineers.

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

The fact that many young women do not pursue a career in the «STEM» fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics may have its roots in gender stereotypes.

NASA aerospace engineer Aprille Ericsson told more than 600 seventh - to tenth - grade girls at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's Young Women's Conference that she was depending on them to pursue their dreams and make their ideas a reality in the wide - open field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

There was a strong emphasis on women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at this year's meeting, and as such, many of the young scientists involved in discussion panels and sessions were women.

NASA aerospace engineer Aprille Ericsson told more than 600 seventh - to tenth - grade girls at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's Young Women's Conference that she was depending on them to pursue their dreams and make their ideas a reality in the wide - open field of Science, Technology, Engin

«Hitman: Agent 47» - August 28 Rupert Friend stars in this video game adaptation about a genetically engineered assassin who teams up with a mysterious young woman to bring down an evil corporation.

The plot is simple: A compassionate railroad engineer, Sisif (Séverin - Mars), saves an orphaned girl from a flaming train wreck and raises her alongside his young son, only to slide into guilt and self - hatred when she grows into a young woman (played by Gabriel de Gravone) and he falls in love with her.

While surveying city streets for a digital - mapping company, engineer Qiuming catches sight of Lifen, a beautiful young woman.

The goal of the program is to provide the young women with support that will encourage them to continue studying engineering and science.

«Engaging the Future of STEM: A study of international best practice for promoting the participation of young people, particularly girls, in science, technology engineering and Maths (STEM)», conducted by Barbara Cail STEM Fellows (Sarah Chapman and Dr Rebecca Vivian) was funded and supported by the Australian Government in partnership with Chief Executive Women Ltd..

In an education and societal system which promotes women's rights, aims to blast the glass ceiling and help our young women excel in a plethora of career options including science and engineering, such deep - rooted inequality and discrimination has no place in the UK.

By the 1970s, however, schools could no longer depend on an influx of talented young women, as those who once would have entered teaching began to take jobs in engineering and law.

The proportion of young women studying engineering and physics has remained almost static since 2012 and the number of women working in engineering has remained under 10 % of the total engineering workforce since 2005.

GlamSci aims to support the advancement of education in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects among young people, particularly disadvantaged young women and men from poorer backgrounds, who would not ordinarily engage in these subjects.

Jaguar Land Rover is constantly striving to encourage more young women into the industry and through programmes such as the Range Rover Evoque WISE Scholarship we hope to maintain the UK's reputation as a centre of excellence for engineering for a long time to come.»

Whilst the number of young women embarking on a technology or engineering course in the UK is on the rise, there are still significant challenges for the female engineers of the future.

At the same time, we should continue to help young women improve in math as well as reading and encourage their participation in high - paying college majors and careers, such as engineering.

«We are looking forward to supporting this small academy to provide young people with a bespoke education in science and engineering and hope to encourage more women to go into this field in the future, in particular.»

Female students entering grades 7 through 9 in the district, who have a strong interest in science and engineering technology, can take part in the Engineering Institute for Young Women.

Photographer, Sandon Voelker and his roommate Philip Birschbach, a Trek bike engineer, drive across the border in our support vehicle just as the young woman hands us the Ridgeline's paperwork, shooing us to «Go.»

Referring to her electrical engineering background, Barra has said she hoped her executive appointment would inspire young women, and men, to pursue careers in science.

Alun Cairns, Secretary of State for Wales, said: «I am particularly pleased that Aston Martin is so enthusiastically showing young women that engineering offers the path to a great career with a world - beating brand.

When Rachel Kushner sat down to write her second novel, she had three images taped to the wall above her desk: A pretty young blonde woman, face painted for war, with an X of tape across her lips, which eventually became the cover image; a well - heeled engineer standing with his creation, a 1971 Ducati motorcycle; and two men racing by in a primitive cycle and sidecar, circa World War I.The...

The studio manager, a young woman called Kadine Johnson, tells me they have two certified avid trainers to teach aspiring sound engineers on the state - of - the - art equipment.

The main message seemed to be, «Young woman, you're not a misfit if you want to be an engineer.»

Hilst particularly remembers a wrongful death case early on in his career where he helped a young woman — an immigrant from India — who was in the U.S. with her husband, an engineer.

It quickly became obvious that this woman, who was compact and authoritative, and likely too young to be Ochoa's mother, had engineered this encounter — the boy was two steps behind her and still sheepish, head still hanging low.

Women, between the ages of 25 and 30 are excelling in the science, engineering and technology fields making up 41 % of the young talent with related credentials.