Pipelining – Attractive Programs for Women: IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Service After Graduation

June 1, 2019 by Dauda Ayanda

CAN STEAM EDUCATION HELP LIFT DEVELOPING NATIONS?

Is promoting science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education enough to lift a country out of poverty? How do you promote STEAM instruction in rural schools with a lack of laboratory supplies, no electricity, and pervasive gender stereotyping?

STEAM education can have a significant impact on moving people out of poverty and promoting gender equality if used with the proper cultural, gender, and economic sensitivity. The U.S. Peace Corps, in partnership with the Lesotho Ministry of Education, hosted its first-ever STEAM Camp for 66 students from 11 high schools in the Kingdom of Lesotho, a landlocked country in southern Africa.

Read more about it on IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine is the first magazine to focus on issues facing women who study or work in IEEE’s fields of interest.

IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine strives to recognize women’s outstanding achievements in electrical and electronics engineering as well as enhance networking and to promote membership in IEEE Women in Engineering.

The publication also advocates for women in leadership roles and career advancement for women in STEM professions, and it facilitates the development of programs and activities that promote the entry into and retention of women in engineering programs.

Engineering the Magic

When the Enchanted Tiki Room opened at Disney-land in Anaheim, Calif., in 1963, it was, by all accounts, thrilling. Inside were dozens of talking flowers, totem poles, and birds-colorful macaws, toucans, and cockatoos-and together they per-formed a musical show by dancing and singing along to tunes like the “Hawaiian War Chant.” Huge crowds visited the attraction, excited to get a look at these early Audio-Animatronics-“audio” meaning that sound triggered a series of mechanisms, like cams and levers, that caused a pneumatic valve to open and close, moving an eye, a beak, or part of the body in time with the music. People loved them.

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