Harshala Patil, senior quality and reliability engineer at Samsung Austin Semiconductor, realized that she was at the nexus of historic events when the bipartisan Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act became law in the United States in August 2022. For more about this article see link … [Read more...] about Career Advisor – Modeling Leadership for Women in Semiconductor Engineering: At the forefront of groundbreaking work
Leadership
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
WIE From Around the World: Applying Machine Learning to Health Care: Improving access for all
Growing up in India, Dr. Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer listened to her mother talk about her work as a physics professor who taught electronics, and it piqued her interest in engineering. She calls this a position of both privilege and good fortune, in that having a female role model so highly educated was not the norm. While at the time, the concept of education in India was seen … [Read more...] about WIE From Around the World: Applying Machine Learning to Health Care: Improving access for all
WIE From Around the World: My Experience as the Chair of an IEEE WIE Affinity Group
I was appointed chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group of the College of National University of Sciences and Technologies at the Pakistan Navy Engineering College (NUST-PNEC) on 5 June 2020 amid lockdown due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. It was a great honor for me to become the leader of an international Society where my leadership and team management … [Read more...] about WIE From Around the World: My Experience as the Chair of an IEEE WIE Affinity Group
Women to Watch: Boundless Energy
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 … [Read more...] about Women to Watch: Boundless Energy
