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    Though long obscured and overlooked, women have from the beginning played critical roles in science and engineering endeavors.

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    Girls Scouts STEM project
    Take a cue from the Girl Scouts: Provide them with more challenges…and more danger.
    Oct. 24, 2017
    Girl Scouts STEM Career Day
    New badges and journeys are created to increase girls' interest and enthusiasm in a male-dominated field.
    Sept. 15, 2017
    A Brief History of Brilliant Women
    Women in engineering have produced some of the greatest achievements in engineering, yet most endured harsh inequalities—some of which continue today in various forms.
    Aug. 9, 2017
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    Despite efforts to bring more women into engineering, the numbers show only a slight increase. To provide some insight into this issue, some of the stars of the “Women in Microwaves...
    Dec. 8, 2016
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    Ada Lovelace Day celebrates minorities in STEM by remembering figures like Margaret Hamilton, pictured below, who wrote a tall computer program for the Apollo 11 mission, which...
    Oct. 11, 2016
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    Sherry Hess, vice president of marketing at National Instruments, AWR Group, spoke to Microwaves & RF about diversity in the RF/microwave industry.
    April 7, 2016
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    At IMS 2015, the Women in Microwaves (WIM), a subset of the Women in Engineering (WIE) group, is hoping to boost the number of female engineers in the microwave and RF industry...
    April 9, 2015
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    It is impossible to deny that certain technology fields are missing a critical ingredient—an ingredient that has the potential to revitalize engineering fields in desperate need...
    Dec. 11, 2014
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    Despite one big-brand miss, today’s toys, books, movies, and more do an excellent job of promoting STEM interests and careers.
    Dec. 5, 2014
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    Interview by Nancy Friedrich
    Jan. 25, 2012
    RECENTLY, I attended a conference for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) in Phoenix, AZ. Many of the topics, guest speakers, and panels...
    May 18, 2011
    AS THE 2011 WOMEN IN ENGINEERING (WiE) liaison for the Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (MTT-S), my first initiative was to examine the statistics. I hoped that they would...
    May 18, 2011