Women in Engineering: Web Links
http://www.swe.org
The Society of Women Engineers "stimulates women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders."
http://www.awis.org
The Association for Women in Science is "dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology."
http://www.aauw.org
The American Association of University Women "promotes education and equity for all women and girls" and most recently has published "Tech Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age."
http://www.eweek.org/index.shtml
The Web site for National Engineer's Week contains links to many resources for students and adults.
http://www.asee.org/precollege
The American Society for Engineering Education has a special section for precollege students to learn more about what engineering is and what engineers do; advice on how to get aid and scholarships to pay for college is provided.
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/
4000 years of Women in Science is a searchable biographical database with photographs and references.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html
The Women of NASA Project offers profiles, teaching tips, advice, events, and a chat section.
http://www.engineergirl.org
A cool site for cool girls interested in cool careers!
The National Science Foundation's Celebration of Women in Engineering
The National Science Foundation's Celebration of Women in Engineering site. A companion site to Engineer Girl, provides information on how to influence girls' career choices; gives access to resources to learn more about engineering to help foster girls' interest in math, science, and technology.
http://www.begellhouse.com/jwmse/jwmse.html
Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. Publishes "papers that report innovative ideas and programs for classroom teachers, scientific studies, and formulation of concepts related to the education, recruitment, and retention of under-represented groups in science and engineering. Discipline-specific issues related to women and minorities are consolidated to address the entire educational environment from K through post-graduate and on to continuing education. Included are explorations of feminist teaching methods, black student/white teacher interactions, cultural phenomena that affect classroom climate, and new questions to ask of science."
http://www.engineering.tufts.edu/wieo/index.html
Women in Engineering Organization site. Provides resources for K-12 students, teachers, and counselors; parents; college women and faculty; and industry professionals.
http://www.facultyforthefuture.org
A Web site dedicated to linking a diverse pool of women and underrepresented minority candidates from engineering, science, and business with faculty and research positions at universities across the country. Students and candidates can post resumes, and faculty and employers can post positions and search the candidate database. Undergraduates can also search for summer research opportunities on this site.
