Penn State Altoona's Rail Transportation program is hosting the Women in Engineering Design Competition, open to first-year and sophomore women at any Penn State campus. There are three rounds to the competition. The first is an online quiz which includes questions about all aspects of engineering and its impact on society, economics, and politics. This round is open until Sunday, Feb. 3.
Penn State’s student chapter of the American Concrete Institute has not only been restarted following several semesters of hiatus, but it is also being spearheaded by its first-ever all-female leadership team.
Voith Hydro Inc. has awarded scholarships to students enrolled in the Women in Engineering Program. The company, which traces its American hydropower manufacturing roots back 140 years, set up the annual scholarship as a way to give back to the community that supports it.
In a targeted effort for a broader representation of women in engineering professions, Voith Hydro Inc., whose U.S. headquarters are located in York, Pennsylvania, is sponsoring $25,000 in annual scholarships, which will be awarded to mechanical engineering students enrolled in the Penn State College of Engineering’s Women in Engineering Program.
The Penn State Society of Women Engineers (SWE) won their fourth consecutive Outstanding Collegiate Section Gold Collegiate Mission Award, the highest possible collegiate recognition, at WE17, the world’s largest conference for women engineers, held in October.
Kathryn Jablokow, Great Valley engineering professor and associate chief academic officer, and Karen Norheim, campus advisory board member, are working to unify and empower women who work in the manufacturing industry. The two recently traveled to Hartford, Connecticut, where Jablokow led a workshop at the Women in Manufacturing annual summit.
This year marked the 12th year for Women in Engineering Day, which was held Friday, Nov. 3, at Penn State Behrend. More than 150 area high school girls attended.
A total of 50 seventh-and eighth-grade female students attended GE Girls @ Penn State Behrend during the week of June 19-23. The program — one of just 20 in the world — is a weeklong science, technology, engineering and math camp held on campus.
Thanks to the curiosity of a Penn State Berks faculty member and support from 10 Penn State Berks female engineering majors, nearly 60 middle school girls discovered not only the possibility of becoming engineers, but also gained the confidence to choose this career traditionally dominated by men.
A women’s high school robotics team demonstrated their new creation for students enrolled in the Philadelphia regional undergraduate general engineering at Penn State Great Valley.
A total of 137 area high school girls attended Penn State Behrend's Women in Engineering Day, an outreach effort designed to introduce high school girls to engineering fields and careers through a series of hands-on activities.
Though universities across the country have placed more of a focus on engineering entrepreneurship programs, the fields these programs emphasize – engineering, entrepreneurship and technology – often struggle to attract and retain female students.
It’s All About M.E. recently received a Diversity Action Grant from the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME). It’s All About M.E. is a student group working to create a strong community of women in engineering.
“Engineering Lights up Our Lives” was the theme for E-Days, a Dec. 2 program that brought more than 100 gifted students from six local middle schools to Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, for a day to think about science and careers. School districts participating this year included Laurel Highlands, Connellsville, Mount Pleasant, Elizabeth-Forward, Frazier and Kiski.
More than 160 high school students participated in Women in Engineering Day at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Friday, Nov. 21. This marked the ninth year for the event, which is designed to introduce high school girls to engineering fields and careers through a series of hands-on activities.
