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Women to Watch: Boundless Energy

June 1, 2021 by Leslie Prives

When Dr. Giovanna Oriti was asked to serve as general chair of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) for 2021, she initially declined. “I’m a perfectionist, and I knew this role could be really stressful for me,” she recalls. Realizing she would be the first woman to hold this leadership role, however, Oriti changed her mind. “I saw I had a unique opportunity to bring more women into the conference and encourage them to get involved,” she explains. Now she holds the distinction of not only being the first woman elected general chair for this conference—one of the largest in its field—but also the first female to hold this leadership position for either of its sponsors, the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS).

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A Springboard to Success: Flying High With KOOP

Courtney Middelkoop planned for twists and turns in 2020, but she figured they would come physically, not in regard to her postcollege career. As a new college graduate and talented gymnast, she was training to be a professional acrobat in Las Vegas and had an audition lined up. With the pandemic raging, the audition canceled, and her future plans left unknown, she pivoted to becoming an entrepreneur.

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Neural Pathways: Lieberman Opening Doors to Innovation

Many college students had their plans go awry when COVID-19 hit and, if they were lucky, they found that one door closing led to another opening. For 2021 Santa Clara University graduate Julia Lieberman, however, the habit of looking for those silver linings began well before the bulk of her peer group.

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Onward and Upward: Wilson Helping to Unite Women

As a founding member of Uniting Professional Women Advancing Relationships and Development (UPWARD) Universities Networking with Intel for Tomorrow’s Engineering & Sciences (U.N.I.T.E.S.) Women, a mentorship program for female science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students by Intel, UPWARD, and Santa Clara University, Dr. Sarah Kate Wilson (who goes by Katie) is a mentorship pro. This comes as no surprise, given that she has had some really great support throughout her career.

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Leslie Prives

Leslie Prives is a freelance writer living in New York City.

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Filed Under: Past Columns / Departments Tagged With: COVID-19, Energy conversion, Engineering profession, Industry applications, Leadership, Neural pathways, Pandemics, Power electronics, Silver, STEM, Training

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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.

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