Pía Torres is a role model in every sense of the word. The electronics engineer, teacher, founder, certified project manager and scrum master, and previous IEEE Women in Engineering Inspiring Member Award recipient has seen more than her fair share of obstacles, but not only did she never give up, Torres has worked to create opportunities for others so that they don’t struggle … [Read more...] about Pía Torres: Helping Others Forge Their Paths
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Joyce Weisbecker: The first indie game developer
Joyce Weisbecker was always interested in her father Joseph’s work. What child wouldn’t be? Joseph was the inventor of the Think-a-Dot and other games, a writer, and a magician who loved learning and teaching. But that’s not all. Joseph was also the engineer who led RCA into a new technological era with his 8-bit microprocessor architecture. Throughout the 1970s, he prototyped … [Read more...] about Joyce Weisbecker: The first indie game developer
Pipelining: Attractive Programs for Women: The Women in Power Sector Professional Network in South Asia Initiative: Increasing the participation of women in South Asia’s energy and power sector
When the World Bank was looking to build an initiative aimed at promoting female engineering in South Asia, it contacted Ramalatha Marimuthu for assistance. Marimuthu is world renowned for her support of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields as a retired professor, an IEEE Impact Creator, former chair of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), founder of … [Read more...] about Pipelining: Attractive Programs for Women: The Women in Power Sector Professional Network in South Asia Initiative: Increasing the participation of women in South Asia’s energy and power sector
