Regina Clewlow

Regina Clewlow has a masters degree in engineering management and is the Executive Director and Co-founder of Engineers for a Sustainable World.

Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is a movement that engages engineers to reduce global poverty. Through education and global service projects, engineering students and professionals are improving lives and building a more sustainable world. For example, in Bosnia ESW has developed computer science curricula for high schools, fostering practical skills to build their struggling economy. Volunteers in Honduras have worked with local technicians to bring clean water to hundreds of communities. ESW has ongoing projects in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, East and Southeast Asia.

ESW is also shaping engineering education. In just two years, the organization has grown to more than 1700 members, with a presence on over 80 campuses (approximately 80% of members are students). Campus chapters at numerous schools, including Cornell, Stanford, CalTech, and the University of Michigan, have started new courses in engineering through which students can work on ESW global service projects.

Clewlow is a member of the Society of Women Engineers.

Regina@esustainableworld.org

Abigail Peele

Abigail J. Peele, a materials engineer for GE Healthcare in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, leads and implements manufacturing process improvements.

In her current role as an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer in X-ray Tube Manufacturing Operations, Peele leads project teams that focus on improving internal and customer quality issues. The teams take data from the customer base and look for areas they feel they can improve upon. Sometimes that leads them to projects in the manufacturing plant and sometimes they go back to their suppliers to fix a problem. Peele earned her Six Sigma Green Belt Certification within one year of working at GE Healthcare. Six Sigma is a quality initiative certification program. One of the Green Belt Projects she led received recognition with GE Healthcare for Operational Excellence. Peele is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers.

Abigail.peele@swe.org

Jennifer Ray

Jennifer Ray, a civil engineer, is a Project Engineer at Parkin-Perkins-Olsen Consulting Engineering in Dallas, Texas.

Ray received her graduate degree in engineering at Texas Tech University. While there, she worked as a research assistant in the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center as part of a team that developed computer software to determine vulnerabilities of buildings components due to high winds. The software was designed to calculate the wind speed at which components of a building will fail during a high wind storm. This software was designed to be used to assess critical facilities such as hospitals and other emergency management facilities in order to determine retrofitting priorities for the Emergency Management agencies.

The first woman engineer at her company, Ray is a structural engineer. She designs the skeleton of a building that makes it stand up. She designed several storm shelters for school buildings. These shelters are independent portions of a larger structure or a small freestanding structure designed to withstand a tornado with wind speeds up to 250 miles per hour. The structures are designed to withstand wind pressures on the building and to resist the impact of windborne debris that accompanies tornadoes.

Ray is a member of the Society of Women Engineers and the Structural Engineering Association of Texas.

ray@ppoinc.net

Amy Welter

Amy Welter is a manufacturing development engineer at Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) in Corvallis, Oregon.

As part of the HP Imaging and Printing Group’s Technology Platforms division, Welter leads the integration of a manufacturing cell for a new inkjet cartridge that will transform commercial printing by increasing print speed and making color affordable. She developed a critical manufacturing process resulting in a trade secret, garnering two “People’s Choice” awards at consecutive Idea Fairs for an invention she co-developed, and is listed on a utility patent currently in the application phase. Welter also attended the first annual HP Tech Con in 2003, an invitation-only conference that showcases the best technical projects within the company.

Welter has contributed to the positive atmosphere at HP’s Corvallis site by starting the HP Young Employee Network (YEN) with four colleagues in her first year at HP. She collaborates successfully with Diversity and Human Resources departments in recruitment and retention efforts. She works as a community mentor for interns as well as a technical mentor for new engineers in Corvallis. An active member of the Willamette Valley SWE section, Welter coordinates workshops, leads the Certificate of Merit program, and volunteers for committees and outreach projects.

Amy.welter@hp.com