DallaSWE
The Newsletter of the
Society of Women Engineers
November 2004
CONTENTS:
November 16 Meeting Notice
2005 New Faces of Engineering - Jennifer Ray
EWEEK Runner-up
Career Night Success – congratulations Eric
Stromberg, et al
Job Looking
SWE Region 5 – Nominations Needed
Member News
SPEAKER: Davinia Chism – Raytheon Systems Engineer
TOPIC: Engineering New Heights as a Sky Diver
TIME:
LOCATION: Nedley’s Restaurant – Board Room
GUESTS: Always welcome, no extra charge, order from menu
CONTACT:
Come enjoy an evening learning how engineering has played a dramatic role in the sport of skydiving. From advances in parachute designs to electronic safety equipment to airfoils designed to perfect the body in flight, engineering has changed skydiving and made it a widely enjoyed - and safe sport. The latest skydiving equipment will be on display and videos highlighting the advances will be shown.
Davinia Chism has a BS in Mathematics with a Minor in Computer Science, MBA in Engineering Management, and MS in Systems Engineering. She has 12 years experience as a systems engineer in the defense industry.
Davinia is currently employed as a
Principal Systems Engineer at Raytheon in
Davinia has been skydiving since
1997 and holds an advanced skydiving license, instructor rating and jumpmaster
rating. She is also a Skydive University
Coach and a member of the team that set Texas State Record last year. She has over 700 jumps and has jumped out of
every kind of aircraft imaginable - from small single engine propeller aircraft
to large jets, hot air balloons to helicopters.
She is also a licensed Private Pilot.
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LeEarl’s Corner
2005 New Face
of Engineering
Dallas SWE’s own
Jennifer Ray has been selected as one of SWE’s runner up candidates for the
2005 Engineers Week New Faces of Engineering.
Information on her career has been passed onto the National Engineers’
Week (EWEEK) committee for consideration as one of the featured engineers in
USA Today during EWEEK 2005.
Congratulations Jennifer and keep up the good work.
Engineering Career Night Report
Eric Stromberg
carried off another successful year as chair of our annual Engineering Career
Night for pre-college students, parents, educators, and counselors. Following a year of malaise in 2002/3, Eric
has now chaired this event for the second time and is considering holding a similar
event in spring 2005. A south
Eric’s initial
analysis indicates that we probably doubled last year’s attendance with over 20
students, 23 parents and educators, and 22 volunteers. SWE Dallas extends special thanks to our host
Latika Cheatham and
In addition, there is
no adequate way to express appreciation for the speakers and additional volunteers
who provided the human power for making this activity run smoothly, while also
mentoring those who were there. I t was
especially rewarding, to have those who often have conflicts on our 3rd
Tuesday meeting nights. By the way,
volunteers included Carol Bachman and speaker Candy Robinson of the Fort Worth
Section. Your participation shows real
dedication.
The positive
influence of this event was re-enforced when one of the parents sent a thank
you email to Eric. It turns out that her
daughter attended the event last year and is now an engineering student at Rose
Hullman in
As you might imagine,
we will continue to improve this activity and welcome all who are able to
participate in the future.
Many
EE UTA Grads Still Job Looking
We had at least 3 recent and talented EE grads
at our October meeting who are still job looking. One has asked for help via our newsletter:
“Hi my name is Katrina Croom
and I am seeking experience and employment in the DFW area. I have excellent
communication skills and an eagerness to learn. I am a hard worker and strive
to succeed in everything that I do. My
resume available at
http://resumes.hotjobs.com/katrinacroom/electricalengineer”
katrina_croom@hotmail.com
SWE Region 5 – Nominations Needed
Claire M Shortall, our regions nomination chair, is seeking names
of people who are interested in becoming more involved in SWE at the region
level. You need to let her know via
email at c.shortall@worldnet.att.net. (By the way, our section needs help as
well and we’re a great place to learn and practice your leadership skills. Just let me know at LeEarl@genealogy4fun.com if you’re
available and interested.)
Claire reports that
the available officer positions during the present transition period are Region
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Region Treasurer, and Region Secretary. The
Region Governor will serve a two-year term beginning
The current region
committee positions include: Bylaws, Communications (Webmaster), Membership,
Nominating, Professional Development, Section Vitality, Student Coordinator,
and Student Section Vitality. Most region committee chairs or co-chairs
coordinate region efforts as part of a Society committee.
Member
News
Retirement
We have learned that a long time volunteer and pioneer role model
for women in engineering has retired and moved out of our area. Ida Gutierra reports that she’s moved to the
Condolences
The more astute readers may have notice that this newsletter has
regressed to its rough form of 2003/04.
This is because our new newsletter Roslyn Taylor has been faced with the
recent illness and death of her mother, Ruth Solander. So, Roslyn will be on SWE leave while taking
care of family obligations. Roslyn, take
your time and know that SWE members and friends wish you and your family the
best during this time of loss.
SPEAKER: TBD
TOPIC: Climbing the Engineering Ladder
SPEAKER:
TOPIC: ZOOM! Into Engineering for Engineers’ WEEK 2005
Feb 20 - 27 National Engineers Week Observance
SPEAKER: Sandra Robinson, data architect/Database Administrator, Lockheed
TOPIC: Strategic Planning for Professionals
Chair/contact - -
April 19 Section
Meeting
SPEAKER: TBD
TOPIC: Leading by Example
Region C Conference - April 1-3
LOCATION:
April TBD
Certificate of Merit Program – Nicky
OBJECTIVES
OF THE SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS
• To inform young
women, their parents, counselors, and the public in general of the
qualifications and achievements of women engineers and of the opportunities
open to them.
• To assist women
engineers in readying themselves for a return to active work after temporary
retirements.
• To serve as a
center of information on women in engineering.
• To encourage women engineers to attain high levels of educational and professional achievement.
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