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Engineers Nominated By the Society of Women Engineers
Michelle Boven, is a development specialist with Dow Automotive in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Boven leads a multifunctional global team for IMPAXXtm energy management foam. Her responsibilities include successful commercialization of IMPAXXtm energy absorbing (EA) countermeasures and STRANDFOAM tm polypropylene foam. She is also leading a design for a Six Sigma project focused on identifying the needs and product offerings for door energy countermeasures. Previously, Boven was a technical leader for BETAFOAMtm structural foam insert (SFI) technology. She is the primary inventor of the SFI process and a patent was awarded last year. Boven has authored technical papers on SFI and has presented at the 2004 SAE World Congress. She is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers, Automotive Women’s Alliance and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Harmony Gillett has a masters degree in industrial engineering and is a Safety Engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Gillett reviews and manages government contracts to ensure safety requirements and procedures are being met for the space shuttle program. She has also worked as a reliability engineer and design engineer for United Space Alliance, the main space shuttle contractor. She played a key role on a major project to upgrade the Space Shuttle Launch Control Rooms in the Launch Control Center to support Space Shuttle Discovery’s “Return to Flight.” Gillett also helped redesign the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Integrated Electronics Assembly Test Equipment. An active member of the Society of Women in Engineers, Gillett serves as Awards Chair for the national membership committee and volunteers for the Central Florida SWE section.
Jacquelyn D. Schirmer, P.E., a mechanical engineer, is a Marketing and Planning Manager at Washington Group International in Denver, Colorado. Schirmer has been involved in rocket launch facility design and was responsible for $8 million dollars in movable platform systems. As lead engineer, she managed technical teams of up to 25 people and was recently promoted to her new position as manager within business development. Schirmer’s professional and community involvement demonstrates dedication to future engineers. She is a charter member of Washington Group’s Employee Development Council and is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers. Her mentoring activities include volunteering and planning an annual Girls Exploring Science, Engineering & Technology event and speaking at inner city clubs and local schools.
Denise Schultze, a materials engineer for Intel Corporation in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, leads and implements manufacturing process improvements. In her current role as a photolithography process engineer, Schutlze is responsible for the transfer of next generation microprocessor technologies into high volume manufacturing. She has been involved in technical leadership roles on three technology transfers to support Intel’s microprocessor products. Schultze has developed multiple manufacturing systems, including systems to track, manage and schedule product movement more efficiently. Schultze revitalized the Intel recent college graduate network by coordinating a lunch series and publishing the factory integration guide. She is an Intel Ambassador, a Women at Intel Network board member, the site champion for “Making Strides” walk-a-thon, and is the Co-chair of “at-risk High School” mentoring program. Schultze is also active in the Society of Women Engineers and serves as Region B’s membership coordinator and student co-coordinator, and SWE counselor to the University of New Mexico. « BACK |
Michelle Boven
Harmony Gillett
Jacquelyn D. Schirmer, P.E.
Denise Schultze
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