Penn State's Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Institute recently honored contributions by College of Engineering staff, faculty and students over the past year.
Industrial engineering student Stephanie Cubellis was given the WISE Recognition Award in the undergraduate category. The award recognizes someone who has excelled in helping women and girls recognize and achieve their potential in the sciences and engineering. The award's category includes faculty, staff and technical service personnel, undergraduate student and graduate student.
Receiving honorable mentions for the WISE Recognition Award were Julie Bigelow, a chemical engineering student, and Cheryl Knobloch, associate director of the Women in Engineering Program.
The WISE Outstanding Service Award was given to Candace Davison, research and education specialist with the Breazeale Nuclear Reactor; Cheryl Knobloch; Martin Pietrucha, director of the Science, Technology and Society Program; Julie Bigelow; David Meredith, associate professor of engineering at Penn State Fayette; and Janice Margle, associate professor of engineering at Penn State Abington.
The WISE Outstanding Service Award's criteria include a commitment to recruiting and retaining women in the sciences and engineering; mentoring and advising junior women in science or engineering; helping girls and women gain relevant experiences during their training to become scientists or engineers; and implementing or fostering programs for girls and women to gain skills, competence and confidence in their chosen field.
Established in 1994, the WISE Institute was conceived to encourage women to enter and succeed in mathematics, the sciences and engineering.
More information on the WISE Institute can be found by contacting Katie Rung, assistant director, at cxg1@psu.edu or (814) 865-3342.