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IEEE WOMEN IN ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2013 The mission of WIE is to facilitate the recruitment and retention of women in technical disciplines globally. IEEE WIE envisions a vibrant community of IEEE women and men collectively using their diverse talents to innovate for the benefit of humanity. The making of these stories do not Welcome to the 60th Issue of just happen; They are made to WIE Featured Person of the IEEE Women in Engineering happen by people who do not just Month Highlights Newsletter with current five- do their jobs but they care and year editorial staff. To mark the they lead, providing guidance and 60th issue of the IEEE Women in encouragement to affinity groups Engineering Newsletter, we bring and individuals, worldwide. These you kind greetings as we celebrate stories also happen because of the having a consistent and dedicated hard work, achievements, and newsletter staff for the last five dedication exemplified by our years. individual members as well, who excel and make a difference in their respective fields . Over the past five years, we have told many great stories of success, The collective achievements of “us achievements, and fascinating experiences and opportunities – all all” are what make “WIE Around the World” a true phenomenon. In The WIE Featured Person of the about our WIE members, about all Month is Katina Michael, editor-in- of you and each of you. light of this, we will bring you greetings over the next few chief of IEEE Technology and Society months from the regional Magazine. After working at OTIS The WIE newsletter staff cannot coordinators from Regions 1 Elevator Company and Andersen begin to express the excitement though 10 who have helped to Consulting, Katina was offered and that goes along with telling the make the 60th Issue of the IEEE exciting graduate engineering stories of the many of WIE, from all Women in Engineering Newsletter position at Nortel in 1996; and her around the world, sharing a the landmark success that is career has been fast track from there. common passion, interest, and today. View greetings from several Read Katina’s story on Page 7. goal – to collectively promote and regional coordinators on page 8 of achieve growth in the STEM fields, this newsletter. We are very proud inspiring other people and of the footprint that the WIE New 2012 WIE Posters Are motivating our youth to embrace commmunity has made in the their talents and innovate their Now Available. fields of Science, Technology, concepts, ideas and knowledge to Engineering and Mathematics. engineer and design products and Please see Pages 16-19 for services for the benefit of the new WIE Poster Series. humanity. – IEEE WIE Newsletter Staff IEEE WOMEN IN ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2013 Message from IEEE WIE Chair. After twenty minutes, she turned off the burners. She placed the carrots in a bowl, the eggs in another and the coffee in a final bowl. She asked her daughter, “What do January and the start of any new term heralds reflections you see?” “Carrots, eggs and coffee,” replied the daughter. on past achievements interwoven with hopes for the future. “No, no, take a closer look,” said the mother. The daughter In 2012, WIE established a strong Facebook presence, noted that the carrots were orange, soft and mushy, the created an inspiring IEEE WIE Video, launched eye- eggs had become hard-boiled and the coffee had blended catching IEEE WIE Posters, published an inspiring WIE to create a rich, wonderful aroma. “What’s the point,” the eBook, supported several conference partnerships, added daughter asked. 41 new affinity groups to bring the worldwide total to 414, and reached 14,700+ total members. These Her mother explained that each of these items had faced accomplishments were made possible by an engaged, the same challenge (boiling water) and had the same vibrant community of volunteers led by chair Ramalatha opportunity but each reacted differently. Marimuthu. I am grateful for their legacy and thank them for their volunteer service. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting but For 2013, I hope to focus on 4 main objectives: (a) softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its communication with our 14,700+ members through our thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior but, after award-winning, professional WIE magazine and social sitting through the boiling water, its inside became media campaigns (e.g., Facebook); (b) engagement with hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique. After industry to provide enhanced member benefit and with they were in the boiling water they had changed the water. conferences to celebrate and highlight WIE (e.g., WIE special events at existing IEEE conferences); (c) outreach Which are you? Are you the mushy carrot or hard-boiled through our 400+ affinity groups to encourage young girls egg? Or are you changing the world around you or being to pursue engineering and to engage current IEEE changed by it? members by providing learning opportunities, networking 2013 will provide many opportunities as well as challenges and support; and (d) fundraising to endow the Frances to each of us in our volunteer, professional and personal Hugle Scholarship ($100k goal). lives. As you take advantage of the opportunities, which I look forward to the opportunities to meet with members invariably come with challenges, I hope you will also around the world as we jointly strive to fulfill WIE’s goal to choose to be the coffee beans and help transform the world inspire and enable WIE members to surpass/realize their around us. As Mahatma Gandhi said, “Be the change that full potential for the benefit of humanity. As we work toward you want to see in the world.” our hopes for the future, I ask you to consider one question Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your 2012 WIE which was recently posed to me: Carrot, Egg or Coffee chair. If you have suggestions on how we can grow our Beans – which are you? membership, execute our programs and effectively serve our members, please share your ideas and thoughts with me. Sincerely, Nita Patel 2013 IEEE WIE Chair [email protected] There is a story of a young girl who is frustrated about the challenges in front of her. One day she approaches her mother to say that she was tired and simply wanted to give up. Her mother took her into the kitchen and filled three pots with water. In the first pot she placed the strong, firm carrots. In the second, she placed the fragile eggs and in the last, she placed the ground coffee beans. The mother let her daughter vent as the water boiled. IEEE WOMEN IN ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER | JANUARY 2013 3 WIE is pleased to introduce….. Angleat Shelikoff Angleat Shelikoff is the Reliability, Manufacturing & Quality Subject Matter Expert in the Armament Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida USA. In this capacity, Angleat advises the Armament Directorate Program Executive Officer for Weapons and Program Offices on matters covering a portfolio of weapon system acquisition programs valued at $52B. She has over 28 years of experience in private sector and government service. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering and master degrees in Economics as well as Systems Engineering. She also holds American Society for Quality certifications in Reliability and Quality Engineering. She works hard at balancing duties as a mother of three with her volunteer work and professional career. Explain why you became a Technical Professional. I chose engineering because I've always loved math and science and was fascinated with how things work. What information or advice would you like to pass on to a young girl interested in engineering? Take as many math and science classes as you can because it will provide a solid foundation for college. How does your work as an engineer benefit humanity? I have a responsibility to the warfighter as well as to the taxpayer to ensure we design, field and maintain operationally effective and suitable systems that meet warfighter needs while minimizing total life cycle costs. Please visit our website at http://www.ieee.org/women IEEE WOMEN IN ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2013 Quote of the Month: interest in Engineering. The IEEE valuable information that could be WIE Committee will administer the shared with others. _________________________ program, and will select one scholar annually to receive a $2,500 This information would offer great “When there is love there is life.” scholarship grant beginning as early insight and knowledge to our as 2013. The scholarship will be members that would be of great presented to one female student in interest to the public and the WIE -- Gandhi her third year of undergraduate study membership. If you are interested in in an Engineering curriculum at an participating as a webinar presenter, accredited university or college in the please email Keyana Tennant at United States of America. Student [email protected]. Psst…. Send in a membership in the IEEE is required. picture of your WIE Financial endorsements of the WIE would love to Profile You. Affinity Group to be scholarship are being sought from organizations and persons to join in WIE will highlight IEEE Women featured in the IEEE Technical Professionals in the IEEE to support young women entering the WIE Newsletter! field of Engineering by making a WIE newsletter! In an effort to donation to this program. The IEEE recognize IEEE women’s achievements in STEM, the profiles What group will be Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization in the US, is accepting will aim to increase the public’s perception of women in STEM featured next month? and managing the donations as indicated below: fields.

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