Photo of the Day Want to visit a planet that has 3.14 days in a year? Then plan a trip to K2-315b, an earth-sized planet orbiting around a cool, red, M dwarf star about once every 3.14 days. The exoplanet's discovery, based on publicly available data from the planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope's extended K2 [...]
As part of their spotlight month, the Global Women Engineers AG conducted a Q&A with their leadership team. Source
SWE Executive Director and CEO Karen Horting met with congressional staff to discuss key issues affecting the engineering workforce ahead of the organization’s upcoming Congressional Outreach Days. Source
Reigniting my confidence and career with the SWE Return to Work Program. Source
In January, SWE Late Career and Retiree Affinity Group (LCR AG) members published the Springer book, Women Engineering Legends 1952 - 1976: Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award Recipients. Source
Technical skills got SWE Global Ambassador Mili Dhingra in the room. Learning to combine them with business thinking allowed her to lead and eventually build something of her own. Source
Photo of the Day Is this a cosmic monster ready to devour an unsuspecting galaxy? Thankfully, that is not the case. The red “monster” shown in the featured image is Cometary Globule CG 4, 1,300 light-years away in the Constellation Puppis. CG 4 is a molecular cloud, where hydrogen becomes cold enough to form [...]
Photo of the Day Are lasers from giant telescopes being used to defend the Earth? No. Lasers shot from telescopes are now commonly used to help increase the accuracy of astronomical observations. In some directions, Earth atmosphere-induced fluctuations in starlight can indicate how the air mass over a telescope is changing, but in other [...]
Systems engineer Maria Palamara leveraged persistence and a love of learning to navigate a male-dominated field, earn 12 patents, and ultimately reinvent her career to help others thrive as a mental health counselor. Source
To take the next step in leadership, Anna Frebel, Ph.D., discusses why women leaders must first pause and decide where they want to go — and who they want to be when they get there. Source
