“Go women engineers!” – a zyBooks Panel Discussion (plus links)
Today, just 15% of engineers are women. It’s a statistic that zyBooks is committed to improving.
To mark International Women in Engineering Day this June 23rd, we brought together an esteemed group of our engineering colleagues to talk about their own professional journeys, the challenges they and other women face in the field, and how to inspire more girls and women to become engineers.
Watch the highlights and the full conversation below, and check out a list of related links to research, articles, resources, and more, to help you take action.
The zyBooks Panel
Yasaman Adibi
PhD Electrical Engineering, Engineering Content Author, zyBooks
Smita Bakshi
PhD Computer and Electrical Engineering, Senior Vice President of Academic Learning, Wiley
Alicia Clark
PhD Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Content Developer, zyBooks
Sophia Flucker
BS Mechanical Engineering, Corporate Technical Director & Engineering Content Author, Wiley
Nikitha Sambamurthy
PhD Engineering Education, Editorial Director, zyBooks (moderator)
What are the challenges women face in engineering?
How do you inspire more women to become engineers?
What advice do you have for women on their engineering journey?
Women in Engineering Day 2023 Panel Discussion
Resources
Advocacy
How to be a great advocate for women in engineering (PDF)
Role models
Girls in STEM: Is it a female role-model thing?
Research
Women in engineering: A review of the 2019 literature
I am done with this! Women dropping out of engineering majors
What universities are doing
Professional organizations
National Society of Black Engineers
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
National Society of Professional Engineers
Articles
What managers can do to keep women in engineering (Harvard Business Review)
A year into the pandemic: an update on women in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine
