Archived News items can be found here.
February 6, 2012
A 5th grader discovered a new molecule, but the beauty of it is that her science teacher took her discovery seriously. It emphasizes the importance one good teacher can make in the education of a child. To read more click here.
Join the "Implicit Bias: The Power of Automatic, Unintended Mindsets" Free Webinar on February 23, 2012, 1:00-2:00pm EST. The Webinar is organized by Fred Smyth, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. To register click here.
January 30, 2012
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) invite college and university students to participate in the Second Annual Go Viral to Improve Health: IOM-NAE Health Data Collegiate Challenge. For more information click here.
The STEM Think Tank and Conference will bring together national leaders in K12 education for girls and young women (independent, public, charter, and parochial), university K12 outreach coordinators and researchers, leaders of successful university STEM programs, girls' informal educators, and members of industry. For more information click here.
January 29, 2012
The ASQ Education Division announces a call for papers for its 2nd annual Advancing the STEM Agenda conference at the university of Wisconsin-Stout to be held July 16-17. The abstracts deadline is February 15. The focus areas include topics on women in engineering. For more information click here.
January 24, 2012
Get recognition for Your Program! Nominate Colleagues for Their Accomplishments! WEPAN Awards honor key individuals, programs, and corporations for accomplishments that correspond with the mission of WEPAN. Presented at the national conference, these awards recognize extraordinary service, significant achievement, model programs, and other important contributions that support the success of girls and women in engineering. For more information click here.
January 23, 2012
Join the three-day short course "Enhancing Student Success through a Model Introduction to Engineering Course". The short course will be held May 23-25, 2012 on the campus of California State University, Dominquez Hills in Carson, CA in the Los Angeles area. For more information click here.
Join the conversation, participate in the 2012 Global Marathon: For, By and About Women in Engineering and Technology. For more information click here.
Cheryl B. Schrader, dean of Boise State University College of engineering from 2003 to February of 2011, has been named chancellor at Missouri University of Science and Technology. For more information click here.
Join the free WEPAN webinar "Why Smart People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It". For more information click here.
January 15, 2012
The Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS) at UC Berkeley is accepting applications for our 2012 summer research program. For more information click here.
VirginiaTech University is pleased to offer a unique opportunity this summer for outstanding undergraduate students to participate in "Bioprocess Engineering for Sustainability" research. For more information click here.
A great lead-in to the new year—Techbridge was featured yesterday on PBS! Here’s a link so you can watch all 9 minutes online. Congratulations to Linda Kekelis for getting this great coverage!
The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering (NEES) is pleased to offer unique opportunities this summer for outstanding undergraduate students to participate in state-of-the-art research at eight of the NEES laboratory sites (UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, Oregon State, U. Nevada Reno, Illinois, Lehigh and Buffalo). For more infrmation click here.
January 4, 2012
The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering (NEES) is pleased to offer unique opportunities this summer for outstanding undergraduate students to participate in state-of-the-art research at eight of the NEES laboratory sites (UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, Oregon State, U. Nevada Reno, Illinois, Lehigh and Buffalo). For more information click here.
The University of Maryland’s Maryland Robotics Center, with support from the National Science Foundation, is offering exciting research opportunities for undergraduate students
in the area of miniature robotics. For more information click here.
December 19, 2011
The Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS) at UC Berkeley is accepting applications for our summer research program. For more information click here.
December 12, 2011
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is seeking proposals for its K-12 Teacher Workshop on Engineering Education. This 9th Annual workshop, “Employing Engineering for STEM Learning”, will take place on June 9, 2012, the day before the annual conference, in San Antonio, TX. For more information click here.
Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) Program (formally known as DMP) is now soliciting summer 2012 applications for students and faculty mentors for the CRA-W/CDC. For more information click here.
November 28, 2011
Nominate a worthy colleague for the Isadore T. Davis Award for Excellence in Collaboration of Engineering Education and Industry! The deadline is Jan. 15th.
November 16, 2011
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is seeking collaborative assistance in producing short, pithy entries for our K-8 student blog that highlight the positive potential of engineers and engineering to change the world for the better.
The International Center for Executive Leadership in Academics at Drexel University is pleased to announce the launch of the Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering (ELATE at Drexel) program for senior women faculty in engineering, computing, and related disciplines.
The application for the 2012 NDSEG Fellowship Program is now available online!
Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) is pleased to announce its 23rd Annual Conference to be held in Columbus, Ohio from June 25 - 27, 2012. Submit an abstract!
October 24, 2011
Join the Webinar: "Mentoring Millennials: Evolving practices for guiding a new generation of women engineers to career success". The Webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 1:00pm-2:00pm EDT. To register click here.
October 12, 2011
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) announces the Grassroots Development Fellowships. IAF Fellowships support dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean undertaken by students who have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy in a university in the United States. Fellows must be U.S. citizens or citizens of the independent Latin American countries. For more information click here.
September 29, 2011
The White House and National Science Foundation Announce New Workplace Flexibility Policies to Support America's Scientists and Their Families. For more information click here.
September 26, 2011
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) Program seeks to identify outstanding mentoring efforts that enhance the participation and retention of individuals (including persons with disabilities, women and minorities) who might not otherwise have considered or had access to opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The awardees serve as leaders in the national effort to develop fully the nation's human resources in STEM. This White House award (through the Office of Science and Technology Policy of National Science Foundation) is an outstanding opportunity to recognize those who enhance the participation of individuals in STEM fields. For more information click here.
Raise the heights of innovation with more than 5,000 women engineers and technologists at the WE11 Conference, October 13-15 in Chicago. Check out this site for more information regarding sessions, speakers, and registration http://we11.swe.org/.
If you are a female faculty member in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering or Math, please take a few minutes to complete this survey on workplace attitudes being conducted by Dr. Leslie Ashburn-Nardo and her student Emily Allenback. Helping one women in research can help all! For more information visit this link.
September 21, 2011
STEM Equity Pipeline project of WEPAN is organizing the "Identity and Persistence in STEM" webinar on Thursday, September 22, 2011. The presenter of the webinar is Dr. Marie-Claire Shanahan, an Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of Alberta. Her research focuses on social factors like language, identity, and motivation that impact participation in science. To register for the webinar click here.
September 19, 2011
The National Postdoctoral Association's ADVANCE project has developed a new online resource, "A Postdoc's Guide to Pregnancy and Maternity Leave." Click here for more information.
September 14, 2011
Kadir Has University and the National Science Foundation are sponsoring the Workshop on Women in Industrial Engineering Academia (WIEA) 2012 for the U.S. and the Eastern Mediterranean from May 30 through June 1, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey.This workshop builds on the foundation and success of WIEA 2008 held in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey, and focuses on issues for women in academia in industrial engineering, operations research and related technical fields. Applications for participation in this workshop are currently being taken here.
September 1, 2011
Raise the heights of innovation with more than 5,000 women engineers and technologists at the WE11 Conference, October 13-15 in Chicago. Check out this site for more information regarding sessions, speakers, and registration http://we11.swe.org/.
New research is underway at Indiana University-Purdue University to examine workplace attitudes and mentoring relationships of women faculty in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Click here for more information.
The College of Engineering at Virginia Tech is organizing a Graduate Recruiting and Professional Development Forum. Click here for more information.
August 24, 2011
The Engineering Education Service Center is organizing the 7th Annual "Grand Challenges for Engineering" psoter contest. Click here for more information.
The College of Engineering at Virginia Tech University is offering a Graduate Recruiting and Professional Development Forum. Click here for more information.
July 11, 2011
The College of Engineering at The University of Washington has established the Suzanne G. Brainard Scholarship for women in engineering. For more information, contact primody@uw.edu.
June 22, 2011
Please check out the recently released “Measuring Diversity: An Evaluation Guide for STEM Graduate Program Leaders” at this link.
May 11 , 2011
The article below provides tips on how to plan for taking time off as a new mother or father, and how to minimize the disruption to your research. The article is by Bob Grant in The Scientist, March 1, 2011, Volume 25, Issue 3, Page 64. Click here for the article.
April 22 , 2011
Shahla Mazdeh is a doctoral student at Drexel University looking for women engineer participants for her dissertation research. It's a great opportunity to reflect on how your childhood experiences with technology impacted your path to engineering, whether you are just starting your career or retired! Please pass this on to others who might be interested and direct responses and questions to sm434@drexel.edu Click here for more information on the research.
April 18 , 2011
Sun Electronics International is offering an internship in the solar/photovoltaic industry in Miami, FL. Click here for more information on the program.
Can we declare victory for women in their participation in science? Not yet...according to Marie-Claire Shanahan.Click here for the Scientific American article.
Microchip Technology recently sat down with three of their talented Female Engineers from the USA, Mexico and Ireland for a unique perspective on the semiconductor industry. Hear their inspirational stories and advice for women looking to embark on this exciting career path. Click here to view the video.
WIED members may be interested in this link to “The Princeton Steering Committee on Undergraduate Women's Leadership report”. Click here for more information.
March 9 , 2011
New research provides evidence that female instructors may be key to encouraging talented female STEM students to stay in those disciplines. Click here for more information on the research.
Please tell your undergraduates about our new NSF REU Program at Clemson University- Interfaces and Surfaces: Exploring and Experiencing Science. Click here for more Information about our program, along with application materials.
Are your undergraduate students or a colleague's undergraduate students looking for an interdisciplinary summer research opportunity? Consider the Biophysical Society Summer Course, a 12-week scholarship program that introduces undergraduate minority students, disadvantaged students and students with disabilities to the field of biophysics. Click here to sign up.
The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering (CCE) will conduct a Summer 2011 "Innovations in Nanotechnology" research program for undergraduate students. The final deadline for receipt of applications is March 28, 2011. Click here for more information.
February 12, 2011
Engineers Week is just around the corner (February 20-26). Why not Introduce a Girl to Engineering on Thursday 2/24? For ideas on how to participate in E Week, click here. For ideas on what to do, check out the Society of Women Engineers K-12 outreach site at aspire.swe.org.
WEPAN is seeking nominees for 2011 Awards honoring key individuals, programs, and corporations for accomplishments that correspond with the mission of WEPAN. Presented at the annual conference, these awards recognize extraordinary service, significant achievement, model programs, and other important contributions that support the success of girls and women in engineering. Click here for more information on awards prior to February 15, 2011
Announcing a FREE one hour Webinar for all interested university computing faculty and professionals - sign up today!!! Retaining Undergraduates in Computing Through Mainstreamed Interventions- will take place on February 15, 2011 at 12PT/1MT/2CT/3ET. The Webinar will be presented by NCWIT Social Scientist Dr. Lecia Barker. Click here to sign up.
Do your female students participate equally with males during hands on activities? Do you want to see more women in your technology classes, but you don't know where to start? Are you short on time, low on budget, but want results next semester? This online training will get you started with proven, research-based strategies you can implement right away. Click here for more information.
Once again, Professor Ray Landis is offering his three day Chautauqua short course on Enhancing Student Success through a Model "Introduction to Engineering" from May 25-27, 2011 at California State University, Dominquez Hills in Carson, CA (Los Angeles area). Click here for more information.
The Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (JWMSE) will be establishing groups of Associate Editors and Reviewers that will allow the broad range of papers to be reviewed by experts who have professional qualifications and familiarity with the nature of the manuscripts. Click here if interested and Save file to a local drive,
The National Science Foundation is presenting a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Fluid Mechanics with Analysis using Computations and Experiments (FM-ACE), hosted by the University of Alabama. Have your students apply here if interested.
The National Academy of Engineering's Committee on Engineering Messages, co-chaired by Ellen Kullman (DuPont) and Chuck Vest (NAE), announced the official launch of the Changing the Conversation website in early February. Click here for more information.
Midwest Mother/Daughter TEA (Technology Engineering Aptitude) Train the Trainer Workshop Deadline Approaching! Come to this extraordinary event on Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri. Click here to sign up!
The Department of Engineering Education (ENGE) in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech invites you to our Graduate Student Preview Event. Prospective PhD students will have the opportunity to meet current graduate students and faculty, attend our weekly research seminar, and learn about the program curriculum, application processes, and research opportunities. Click here for more information.
February 2, 2011
UC Berkeley's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences is proud to be offering SUPERB-ITS:Summer Undergraduate Program in Engineering Research at Berkeley-Information Technology for Sustainability, sponsored by the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program. Click here for flyer. Click here to apply .
FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center)—a National Science Foundation Center for excellence in high-tech manufacturing at Hillsborough Community College in Brandon, will receive the 2010 HI-TECH Innovative Program award. Click here for more details.
The Renewable Energy MRSEC Program at Colorado School of Mines invites exceptional undergraduate math, science, and engineering students to participate in a ten-week summer research program 6/1through 8/10 addressing fundamental materials issues related to the science and technology of renewable energy while nurturing a greater sensitivity of our place and role in the world in which we live. The application deadline is March 1, 2011. Click here for more information.
http://eemawod.org/ or http://engineeringaworldofdifference.org/is a new Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education website that highlights role models who have used an engineering education to innovate products, processes, and services that improve human health, welfare, and happiness. From Monday, 1/31 through Thursday, 7/14, we will release a new video on our website twice weekly (less than 30 seconds long) for mobile download.
The School of Engineering Education is pleased to announce its spring open house for prospective PhD students beginning at 5 pm March 9 until 5 pm March 10 at Purdue University, West Lafayette IN. Click here for more information.
USC PhD student Araceli Espinoza is interested in speaking with individuals who are recent college graduates—one year out of college as of 2009/10; who possess a bachelor’s of science in engineering; identify as African American, American Indian, or Latino; and are employed in the engineering industry sector for her research study "Engineering an Understanding of the College to Occupation Pathway". Click here for more details.
January 14, 2011
The department of Mechanical Engineering at Oakland University (OU) will once again be hosting a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site, “AERIM:Automotive and Energy Research and Industrial Mentorship Program at Oakland University.” Click here for more details.
A new Dear Colleague letter was released by NSF today on the Science of Broadening Participation (SBP). For more information on the types of research and how to apply for funding, please see the letter at the following URL. Click here for the letter. Click here for information on SBP.
ASEE is seeking nominations for the Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education to be presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Awards Banquet in Vancouver, BC, Canada in June 2011. Click here for more details.
ASEE is seeking nominations for the DuPont Minorities in Engineering Award to be presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Awards Banquet in Vancouver, BC, Canada in June 2011. Click here for more details.