Women in engineering

Letter From the Editor: Changing Hearts and Minds

June 28, 2022 by Karen Panetta

"The only way to know about the future is to create it.” These are the words of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) member Lalitha Suryanarayana. As engineers, we strive to use our talents to benefit humanity and solve problems we see in our communities or challenges we may have personally encountered throughout our lives. Changing futures requires changing mindsets, which also … [Read more...] about Letter From the Editor: Changing Hearts and Minds

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.

IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine strives to recognize women’s outstanding achievements in electrical and electronics engineering as well as enhance networking and to promote membership in IEEE Women in Engineering.

The publication also advocates for women in leadership roles and career advancement for women in STEM professions, and it facilitates the development of programs and activities that promote the entry into and retention of women in engineering programs.

Engineering the Magic

When the Enchanted Tiki Room opened at Disney-land in Anaheim, Calif., in 1963, it was, by all accounts, thrilling. Inside were dozens of talking flowers, totem poles, and birds-colorful macaws, toucans, and cockatoos-and together they per-formed a musical show by dancing and singing along to tunes like the “Hawaiian War Chant.” Huge crowds visited the attraction, excited to get a look at these early Audio-Animatronics-“audio” meaning that sound triggered a series of mechanisms, like cams and levers, that caused a pneumatic valve to open and close, moving an eye, a beak, or part of the body in time with the music. People loved them.

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