Women in Engineering Inspire, Engage, Encourage and Empower IEEE Women Worldwide.

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

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Women in Engineering

Inspire, Engage, Encourage and Empower IEEE Women Worldwide.

Dr. Karen PanettaWIE Committee Chair

IEEE FellowNovember 15, 2008

WIE is a committee of the IEEE Board of WIE is a committee of the IEEE Board of DirectorsDirectors

WIE Committee10 Voting Members

LiaisonsExCom Coordinator

IEEE-USA BoardPublication Services and Products Board

Standards AssociationAwards Board

WIE Regional Coordinators

Regions 1 - 10

WIE SocietyLiaisons

* If WIE was compared to an IEEE Society, WIE would be the 5th largest society

Growth of WIE Affinity Growth of WIE Affinity GroupsGroups

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Total Number of Affinity Groups by Total Number of Affinity Groups by RegionRegion

Region 1Region 1 1010 Region 2Region 2 55 Region 3Region 3 88 Region 4Region 4 55 Region 5Region 5 66 Region 6Region 6 33 Region 7Region 7 1515 Region 8Region 8 4848 Region 9Region 9 4747 Region 10Region 10 6868

Currently there are WIE 215 + 4 pending Affinity Groups

WIE HighlightsWIE Highlights

CommunicationCommunication– IEEE WIE Newsletter.IEEE WIE Newsletter.– IEEE WIE Magazine.IEEE WIE Magazine.– IEEE WIE Website.IEEE WIE Website.– Conferences, Forums and Events.Conferences, Forums and Events.– Affinity group support.Affinity group support.

Outreach: Encouraging girls to pursue STEM Outreach: Encouraging girls to pursue STEM as a career choiceas a career choice– STAR Program.STAR Program.– Scholarships.Scholarships.– E-Week/Global Marathon/Introduce a Girl to E-Week/Global Marathon/Introduce a Girl to

Engineering.Engineering.– IEEE TV.IEEE TV.– IEEE WIE/EAB Real World Engineering Projects.IEEE WIE/EAB Real World Engineering Projects.

WIE Events

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) BAE’s 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

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 Girls Collaborative Project

WIE Magazine Winner of the WIE Magazine Winner of the 2008 APEX Award2008 APEX Award

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.

Thank you!