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
Past Columns / Departments
Letter From the Chair—Shahnaz Welcomes 2023
I welcome you to 2023 with great courage, aspirations, plans, and goals. I feel proud of our enormous efforts to get back to normal overcoming the effects of COVID-19. For more about this article see link below. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9940464 For the open access PDF link of this article please click here. … [Read more...] about Letter From the Chair—Shahnaz Welcomes 2023
Letter From the Editor—Persevering Through Adversity
After a long day attending a conference in Maryland, I walked back to my hotel and noticed a vibrant, quaint store selling cheesecake. The store had an intriguing name: The Furlough Cheesecake. I justified to myself that I deserved to indulge in this delectable treat and ventured inside. It was serendipitous that the customer service person assisting me, Jaqi, was one of the … [Read more...] about Letter From the Editor—Persevering Through Adversity
Women to Watch—Building Safe, Robust Autonomous Vehicles: Athavale propels emerging technologies
Congratulations to 2022 IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award recipient and 2023 President-Elect Candidate Jyotika Athavale, a longstanding IEEE volunteer and IEEE Senior Member who serves as a senior technical leader in automotive functional safety at NVIDIA. For more about this article see link below. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9940512 For the open … [Read more...] about Women to Watch—Building Safe, Robust Autonomous Vehicles: Athavale propels emerging technologies
WIE From Around the World—Farewell to IEEE WIE Chair Jenifer Castillo! Missions accomplished
The arrival of 2023 means the end to Jenifer Castillo’s role as IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Committee chair and she is looking back fondly—but realistically—at two years of accomplishment. “We achieved a lot of great administrative things as a committee that I know the members will not necessarily perceive,” she says, laughing. “Those will certainly help WIE keep growing,” … [Read more...] about WIE From Around the World—Farewell to IEEE WIE Chair Jenifer Castillo! Missions accomplished