Extraordinary Women Engineers Project

Today, just 20 percent of undergraduate engineering students are women.

Even more astounding is the number of women engineers in the professional workforce - less than ten percent!

The Extraordinary Women Engineers Project is an unprecedented awareness and outreach program designed to encourage young women to choose engineering as a career and to develop a new generation of role models for those already in the field.

What Do Girls Want?

What motivates the career decisions of teenage girls? To find out, the Extraordinary Women Engineers Project conducted research to examine why academically-prepared young women do not consider engineering a desirable profession.

• Read about the findings in the Needs Assessment Final Report (.pdf)
• View the video (23MB Quicktime .mov). View researcher Kito Robinson presenting the findings.
  

"Changing Our World"

The Extraordinary Women Engineers Project Coalition (EWEP) has released "Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers", a colorful, 256-page celebration of the contributions of women engineers to every aspect of modern life. The book is a collaborative effort of many different individuals and organizations to address the long-standing under-representation of women in the engineering profession. Click on the book for more information.

Engineer Your Life
A New Message for Girls:  Dream Big. Love What You Do.

Why are academically prepared high school girls not choosing engineering?  Could it be the message they get from practicing engineers, teachers, and parents?

View the ENGINEER YOUR LIFE report (.ppt) prepared by EWEP coalition member WGBH-TV, Boston’s PBS station. (PowerPoint, 271 KB)

See the Engineer Your Life website for more information, including a new message that resonates with girls and young women.

Spread the word about engineering!Volunteer for a few hours at a high school college fair and have a good time as did these volunteers from the University of Rochester.All materials provided. Click here (.pdf) for locations and more information.

National Engineers Week Foundation
1420 King Street   Alexandria, VA 22314
tel. 703.684.2852   email: eweek@nspe.org