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Women in Engineering: Pioneers and Trailblazers introduces the visionary women who opened the door for today s female engineers. Pioneers such as Emily Roebling, Kate Gleason, Edith Clarke, and Katherine Stinson come to life in this anthology of essays, articles, lectures, and reports. In this book, the significant contributions women have made to engineering, in areas as diverse as construction management, environmental protection, and industrial efficiency, are finally placed in their proper historical context. Studies on women engineers in the 1920s and in the years following World War II, underscore how far women have progressed in engineering, and how far they have to go. With selection...
Margaret Layne illuminates the professional lives of today's women engineers through articles, lectures, reports, and essays dating back to the 1920s.
Vrouwen kiezen nog steeds veel te weinig voor het beroep van ingenieur. Niet alleen in België is het geen evidente studiekeuze maar ook in de Verenigde Staten zoals uit deze publicatie blijkt. Het boek is geschreven door een vrouwelijke ingenieur die zich afvroeg, uit eigen ervaring zij was tijdens haar studie en ook meestal in haar loopbaan één van de weinige vrouwen, waarom vrouwen zo zelden voor dit beroep kiezen. In de Verenigde Staten is het beroep van ingenieur de op één na grootste beroepsgroep. Zoals de Amerikaanse nationale wetenschapsraad het formuleert blijven wetenschap en technologie de motor van de economische groei en nationale veiligheid. In deze bloemlezeing komen de pioniers aan bod. Vrouwen die vanaf het einde van de negentiende eeuw het pad voor zichzelf en de vrouwen na hun effenden. De levens van enkele bekende ingenieurs komen aan bod, zoals Emily Roebling die de coördinatie en constructie van de Brooklyn Bridge op zich nam. Verder wordt ook de evolutie van de ingernieursstudies en de particpatie van vrouwen hierin geschetst.
Special issue of Leadership and Management in Engineering, October 2001, Vol. 1, No. 4. This special issue contains 12 papers focused on understanding and learning about diversity, with an emphasis on how the profession of civil engineering is adapting to the many differences among owners and stakeholders.As noted by Gloria Jean Jeff, Chair of ASCE's Committee on Diversity and Women in Civil Engineering, Diversity is more than gender, race, ethnic background, or the replication of the traditional 'civil engineer' behavior patterns. Diversity is about opportunity and excellence. As leaders, ASCE must act upon the vision of diversity by providing opportunities to all. These papers address diversity issues involving women, Hispanics, mentoring, cross-cultural communication, management, and the nondiverse.
The Official Register is published annually to provide ready access to governing documents, statistics, and general information about ASCE for leadership, members, and staff. It includes the ASCE constitution, bylaws, rules, and code of ethics; as well as information about member qualifications and benefits; section and branch contacts; technical, professional, educational, and student activities; committee appointments; past and present officers; honors and awards; CERF/IIEC; the ASCE Foundation; and staff contacts. There are also sections with constitution, bylaws, and committees for Geo-Institute; Structural Engineering Institute (SEI); Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI); Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI); Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute (COPRI); Construction Institute (CI); and Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI). The 2003 Official Register will be available for free as PDF downloads through the "Members Only" section of the ASCE website. For the convenience of those who do not wish to download these files, this print version is available for purchase.
This enlightening volume examines core areas of development in electric power systems, emphasizing the pivotal contributions of women engineers to the industry’s evolution. The authors cover a broad spectrum of key topics, including generation technologies, transmission and distribution progress, environmental challenges, worldwide electrification, and workforce issues. Advances in conventional and renewable energy technologies, in parallel with growing environmental concerns, and in conjunction with the aging of both the infrastructure itself and the workforce, have led to imposing and fascinating challenges for the engineers of tomorrow. This book documents the critical role of women engineers and their pioneering discoveries, relates their stories of success and struggle in their own words, and shares their perspectives on how these challenges will be addressed in the decades ahead.
“What caused a few women to counter the trends and choose these professions? What difficulties did they face in fields so new to them? And did the influences that marked their early histories reveal themselves in their work and careers? Anna Lewis’s book raises these questions, central for young people considering the future.” —Denise Scott Brown, cofounder of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates Women of Steel and Stone tells the stories of 22 determined women who helped build the world we live in. Thoroughly researched and engaging profiles describe these builders’ and designers’ strengths, passions, and interests as they were growing up; where those traits took them; and what t...
In 1880, forty-three women walked into the president's office at the University of Kentucky (UK) and signed the student register, becoming the first female students at a public college in the commonwealth. But gaining admittance was only the beginning. For the next sixty-five years—encompassing two world wars, an economic depression, and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment—generations of women at UK claimed and reclaimed their right to an equitable university experience. Their work remains unfinished. Drawing on yearbooks, photographs, and other private collections, Our Rightful Place: A History of Women at the University of Kentucky, 1880–1945 examines the struggle for gender...