Kristen Sanderson, Vice President of Engineering, Grid Software, GE Digital BS, Computer Science & Mathematics, Auburn University What first drew you to engineering? / When did you first know you wanted to be an engineer? I had many interests growing up. I loved math and English and considered marketing, journalism, and architecture as career options.…
Profile — Teri Ivaniszyn
Teri Ivaniszyn, Vice President, Distribution, Operational Excellence & Trade Compliance, Digi-Key Electronics BA Business, 1994 University of Michigan BA Communications, 1994 University of Michigan Teri Ivaniszyn is vice president of operational excellence and trade compliance for Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn. With 26 years of experience, she is skilled at ensuring operational…
Profile: Virginie Mialane
Virginie Mialane, Medical Market Manager – maxon France Virginie Mialane earned a Master of Physics from Marseille University and furthered her education with an Engineering diploma in Materials and Interfaces from Lyon Engineering School. Her professional career began in November of 1999 when she joined an industrial SME specializing in biocompatible coatings for orthopedic implants.…
Profile: Lisa Auffrey
Lisa Auffrey, Power Systems Sales Engineer, Sager Electronics Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering/Management Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master of Arts Degree, Business Management, Harvard University Lisa is an engineering professional with more than 30 years of industry experience. After graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, she started her career as a Quality Assurance Engineer…
Profile — Juliet Rene Fajardo
Juliet Rene Fajardo, Director of National Distribution Sales, TDK-Lambda Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), the University of Phoenix-Southern California Campus Juliet Rene Fajardo is an experienced sales professional accomplished in managing the Distribution Sales channel for an electrical and electronic manufacturing company. In her thirty-one years, she has created and implemented strategies on a national…
Profile — Ingrid Tay
Ingrid Tay, Technical Training Manager, Microchip Technology Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Arizona State University; Master of Business Administration, Grand Canyon University Ingrid Tay is a Technical Training Manager based at Microchip’s global headquarters in Chandler, Arizona. In this role, Ms. Tay oversees the Technical Training Writing Services team, which supports the company’s engineering and…
Profile — Jennifer Paukert
Jennifer Paukert, Vice President, Sales, Master Electronics In her role as vice president of sales for Master Electronics, Jennifer Paukert is responsible for overseeing Master’s sales efforts and business development strategies. Prior to this position, she served as regional sales director for the Central region of the United States. She joined Master in 2011 as…
Profile — Tobi Cornell
Tobi Cornell, VP Distribution, Kruvand Associates, Inc. Tobi Cornell Graduated from Texas Christian University in 1994 and entered the electronics industry that same year working for a Manufacturer’s Rep firm, DJ Sales (Dallas, TX), in an Inside Sales position. She went into Outside Sales after 2 ½ years there, and the firm was acquired by…
Profile — Sarah Walter
Sarah Walter, Applications Engineer, Encoder Products Company M.S. Electrical Engineering – University of Colorado Boulder B.S. Electrical Engineering – University of Portland What first drew you to engineering? I grew up in rural north Idaho, and I was recruited to the University of Portland for a golf scholarship. Growing up, I’d always been a tinkerer;…
Caitlin Kalinowski — A problem solver extraordinaire
Caitlin Kalinowski Hardware Director Facebook Reality Labs’ Oculus VR When growing up, Caitlin Kalinowski built a lot of “nerdy little things.” When she was three, four or five, she would do a lot of physical prototyping of ideas that she had. For example, she had little machines that would keep water warm or hand warmers…
Lighting the way
Lighting does more than bring objects into view. The use of lighting can evoke a mood. It can deliver a specific experience. It’s theatrical and can give objects personality. And for many industries, it’s an important design consideration. Kim Peiler is an electrical engineer at Osram where she works in the field of optoelectronics and…
Jenn Donahue — mentoring our way to female engineering leadership
Nobody questioned Jenn Donahue’s credentials when the U.S. Navy tasked her with building a bridge across the Euphrates River during the Iraq war. By that point in her military career, she was already an experienced engineer and operations officer for a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion. It was a reputation built on years of successfully tackling…
Women in Engineering and Maritime: real experiences
Currently, women represent only two percent of the maritime industry, while only eight percent of employees in engineering are women. This is in stark contrast to the UK workforce as a whole, of which women make up 47%. For many women, entering a sector that’s perceived as a “boy’s club” isn’t always appealing. If a…
Why a post-pandemic, post-Brexit Britain needs women in STEM
According to 2019 figures from the UK Government, there are now just over a million women (1,019,400) in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce. This translates to an increase of more than 350,000 women (24%) entering these areas of work. While this may be encouraging to hear, there is still a long way…
Kara Branch: Proving that “Black Girls Do Engineer”
Kara Branch Founder and CEO Black Girls Do Engineer Corp. Math and science are what first drew Kara Branch to engineering. As a child, she always excelled in her coursework, but it surprised her how good she was at math and science. Branch said she knew she was going to do something great in…
Engineering as a springboard to other opportunities — Danielle Lower
Sometimes, life directions can change with a chance conversation or unexpected opportunity. Danielle Lower said she fell into engineering in a completely unintentional way. When she enrolled in university her freshman year, Lower said she had no idea what she wanted to do with her life. “I listed metallurgical engineering as my major at the…
New research from Newark shows strong support for women in engineering
Newark, an Avnet Company and global distributor of electronic components, products and solutions, operating as Farnell in EMEA and element14 in APAC, announced the results of its Women in Engineering 2021 survey. Results showed positive support for women in engineering from all genders and a great similarity between the opinions of men and women about…
maxon celebrates International Women in Engineering Day
The women in engineering (WIE) at maxon work eagerly to contribute to the success of advanced technology in the motion control industry. This week in honor of International Women in Engineering Day, June 23, 2021, maxon wishes to thank these engineering women for their contributions as they continue to help shape the world we live…
Kathrin Rüschenschmidt wins 2021 Engineer Powerwoman award
Emerson is proud to announce that Kathrin Rüschenschmidt who holds a doctorate in physics and serves as director of engineering for machine automation at Emerson, has won the 2021 Engineer Powerwoman Award from Deutsche Messe AG. Rüschenschmidt received the award during the opening of the WomenPower Career Congress at HANNOVER MESSE Digital Edition. The award…
pSemi invites university-level women engineers to apply for internship
pSemi invites university-level electrical engineering majors to apply for its inaugural Women in Engineering Internship Program. From June 14 to August 20, 2021, this 10-week program will offer real-world RFIC design and product development experience including basic design, verification simulations, device testing and measurement. Applicants will be matched to one of five internships supporting Wi-Fi,…
Engineering a career in robotics and flight
Years ago, in 1979, Ella Atkins was one of the first students to participate in a Johns Hopkins University SMPY program, which began in 1971. In this program, she would study mathematics. A grad student from Johns Hopkins was assigned to her as a mentor. “In the very informal correspondence that went on between us,…
Engineering purposeful play — Hester Anderiesen Le Riche
Hester Anderiesen Le Riche CEO and founder of Tover An engineer by training, Hester Anderiesen Le Riche found her passion during design projects that influence people’s behavior and contribute to their health. Today, she is the CEO and founder of Tover, and the creator of a pioneering cognitive stimulation system: the Tovertafel. Anderiesen Le Riche,…
Accepting your differences
One issue that frequently comes up for women who are educated as engineers is dealing with the idea that you are different; different from other women, different from male engineers, different from society’s expectations of you. Jill Tietjen, an electrical engineer with more than 40 years of experience in the electric utility industry, long ago…
Ultimaker expands its commitment to equip young women pursuing careers in STEM
Ultimaker, a global leader in professional 3D printing, today on International Women’s Day announced a donation of more than twenty of its 3D printers through its newly created partnership with America Makes, the country’s leading organization for additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology research, discovery, creation and innovation. The printers will be used in high…
Thinking outside the box
“I’ve been told that it’s rare to find an engineer who loves ballet, but it’s more common than you’d think — it just doesn’t fit the stereotype we were all raised with,” says Amanda French, co-founder and CEO of Emme, a healthcare company that is revolutionizing birth control. Amanda French was a 2016-2017 Innovation Fellow…