A World Tour with Aluminum Profiles
From Germany to the Great Wall of China and Shanghai, then back home again. 2019 was not just a globetrotting year for the Advancing Women Engineers team. Let’s take a look at the innovation and developments made by item, the power
Supporting Women in Engineering: Scholarships for Star Students
It’s not an earth-shattering newsflash to hear that women are outnumbered in STEM fields by their male counterparts. Progress is being made to increase enrollment and retention of female students in these programs, however, and there are increasingly more and
Recruit and Retain while Revolutionizing the Industry
According to the Harvard Business Review, STEM degrees are among the most lucrative post-graduation but the gender disparity of students obtaining these degrees sees that it’s about 60% male and 40% female. These numbers are even closer when PhD level
Cracking the Code on Gender Diversity
In 2012, Rashma Saujani took a chance and entered the New York City congressional race. Coveted endorsements from NYC publications and television networks boosted her national profile. The pollsters called her crazy and said she stood no chance to win,
Developing Spatial Skills: There’s more than one way to teach a child how to write
It’s difficult to break bad handwriting habits once you’re older. What can we do about it? Handwriting doesn’t enjoy the same status as it once did. Back in the day, you would pull out your pen and notebook but now smartphones,
An AWEsome Year in Review
The Advancing Women Engineers team is thrilled to have had a wonderful 2019 with the opportunity to meet and work with new and innovative individuals, many of whom were featured on our website. The AWE team aims to feature people,
Measures to Combat Stress in the Workplace
Although nobody likes to talk about it, it is by no means unusual to experience stress at work. It’s a problem that now affects one in every three people. While the incidence of mental illness is not increasing, related absences are.
Become a Better Ally
How One person, one act, and one word at a time bring about change. Melinda Epler is a force within the tech industry, using her background in storytelling and large-scale cultural shifts to strategically advise tech companies and governments around the
Daniela Cortes: Determination and a “Just Watch Me” Attitude
When Daniela Cortes went back to school to study mechanical engineering, she heard a rumor that her male classmates had established a bet that she would be the first to drop out of their program. Her response? To kick her
Listen Up: Podcasts for Women in STEM
If you search “engineering podcasts” in the iTunes Store, you can spend hours poring over the episode descriptions before settling on a series you think, or at least hope, will fit your interests. The Advancing Women Engineers team has compiled