Women in Engineering

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Women in Engineering Inspire, Engage, Encourage
and Empower IEEE Women Worldwide.
Dr. Karen Panetta WIE Committee Chair IEEE
Fellow November 15, 2008
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WIE is a committee of the IEEE Board of Directors
If WIE was compared to an IEEE Society, WIE
would be the 5th largest society
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Growth of WIE Affinity Groups

• Total Number of Affinity Groups by Region
• Region 1 10
• Region 2 5
• Region 3 8
• Region 4 5
• Region 5 6
• Region 6 3
• Region 7 15
• Region 8 48
• Region 9 47
• Region 10 68

Currently there are WIE 215 4 pending Affinity
Groups
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WIE Highlights

• Communication
• IEEE WIE Newsletter.
• IEEE WIE Magazine.
• IEEE WIE Website.
• Conferences, Forums and Events.
• Affinity group support.
• Outreach Encouraging girls to pursue STEM as a
  career choice
• STAR Program.
• Scholarships.
• E-Week/Global Marathon/Introduce a Girl to
  Engineering.
• IEEE TV.
• IEEE WIE/EAB Real World Engineering Projects.

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WIE Events

• United Arab Emirates University
• Sarjah University, Dubai
• Region 10 WIE/GOLD Congress in India
• Silicon Oasis Authority, Dubai
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• Massachusetts Clean Cities
• 33rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
• Mathworks
• Solidworks
• IEEE RF ID Conference
• IEEE PELS Conference (June 2008)
• IEEE PES conference (July 2008)
• IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop
• IEEE Homeland Security Conference
• European Microwave Week, Amsterdam (October 2008)
• IEEE Region 8 Student Branch and GOLD Congress
  (August 2008)
• Chinese Women's Association of Science and
  Technology (October 2008)
• Engineers without Borders

• National Academy of Engineering, Diversity
  Workshop
• National Academy of Engineering and the National
  Science Foundation Engineering Education
  Dissemination project.
• Society of Women Engineers
• Computing Research Association
• WEPAN (collaborative proposal written and
  submitted to the NSF)
• BAEs FIRST Robotics program
• Science Club for Girls
• Girls Inc.
• The Women at Work Museum opening exhibit for the
  IEEE Foundation funded traveling engineering
  exhibit.
• Dr. Martin Luther King Science and Technology
  School in New Orleans
• Edgar P. Harney School in New Orleans
• Dubai Cable Company
• Dubai Aluminum Company

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WIE Magazine Winner of the 2008 APEX Award
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WIE Next Steps

• Magazine
• Secure more advertisers for the magazine.
• Future issues of the WIE Magazine will be shipped
  with Spectrum.
• Available for sale to the general public.
• Facelift for the WIE website.
• Worldwide WIE Conference.

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Thank you!