Women engineers from industry and academia will speak about their
career choices and offer advice on balancing work and family life at a
Friday, Feb. 10, conference hosted by Princeton graduate students.
The Women in Science and Engineering Conference will take place from
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Friend Center Convocation Room.
The conference is sponsored by the student group Graduate Women in
Science and Engineering (GWISE). Details and free registration are
available online.
“This is an excellent opportunity for women in science and engineering
to either find a mentor or to become one,” said Sonya Nikolova, a
graduate student in computer science and an organizer of the event.
The conference will begin with a welcome address by Maria Klawe, dean
of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Panelists from
industry include: Corinna Cortes, a research scientist at Google;
Florence Hudson and Tal Rabin of IBM; Connie Crawford, senior vice
president and chief engineer at New York City Transit; and Ann Von
Lehman of Telcordia Technologies.
Princeton engineering professors Claire Gmachl, Naomi Leonard and
Jennifer Rexford will talk about their experiences in academia, as will
panelists from the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers and Columbia
universities.
Conference organizers have invited undergraduate students from eight
other colleges and universities in the region to attend the event. “We
hope to encourage undergraduate women who have not yet chosen a major
to consider science and engineering,” said Tara Troy, a graduate
student in civil and environmental engineering.
