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When Paul Lehrman, senior lecturer and director of the Tufts University Music Engineering program, shared with the IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine team that female students outnumbered male in both his Electronic Musical Instrument Design (EMID) and Computer Tools for Musicians courses in the Fall 2022 semester, we thought this shift in gender balance might make an … [Read more...] about Pipelining: Attractive Programs for Women—Women in Electronic Musical Instrument Design:  A balance shift

In December 2018, sisters Jaqi and Nikki Thompson were working for the federal government of the United States, Jaqi as an analyst for the U.S. Department of Justice and Nikki in the recruitment office for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Both were furloughed, along with approximately 800,000 other federal employees and contractors, in what would become the longest … [Read more...] about Career Advisor— The Furlough Cheesecake: An act of kindness that took off

I feel like every opportunity is an opportunity to change somebody’s life for the better.” That is the philosophy that guides Brandi Burnett of Northrup Grumman, and it is the approach she took when deciding the topic for her presentation at the IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Student Leadership Conference (SLC) in October 2022. She opted to speak about sustainability, an area that … [Read more...] about Women to Watch—Embracing Sustainability: Burnett lives her truth

Homeschooled for much of her adolescence, Amy K. Jones was used to doing things on her own. So, when she got to college, she looked sideways at formal networking efforts, finding them “a little silly.” But when the current display product manager at John Deere and IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Board member found herself adrift in the workforce, it was the networking community she … [Read more...] about Women to Watch—Evolving in Education and Leadership: The Path of Amy K. Jones

I am an imposter.” This is how Julie Smith, senior research physicist in the Space Vehicles Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, begins her presentation, “Removing the Mask: Living With Imposter Syndrome.” She was invited to give this briefing at the November 2022 WIE Forum East conference by Forum cochair and her … [Read more...] about Women to Watch—Overcoming Imposterism: Smith and Reinhart discuss their experiences