In September 2024, the United States Department of Commerce announced the launch of the National Semiconductor Technology Center’s Workforce Center of Excellence and a $250 million investment to address workforce development challenges in the national semiconductor industry....

SWE Magazine and Diverse, a SWE podcast, extended their winning streak by earning top honors in the 2024 FOLIO: Eddie and Ozzie competition. FOLIO is the publishing industry’s largest and most comprehensive editorial and design competition, encompassing a variety of media...

CREDIT: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The experiences of a woman chemist facing sexism in science in the mid-20th century seems an unlikely topic for 21st-century popular culture. Yet, Bonnie Garmus’ Lessons in Chemistry1 focuses on just that and has experienced treme...

Many of the most prominent whistleblowers in the technology sector have been women. What does it take to become a whistleblower, how are you perceived — and what happens next? If you were inappropriately propositioned by your manager, how would you react? If you learned y...

Jennifer Coryell, P.E., found a position perfectly suited for her with her former employer — after she had left the workforce for eight years to raise a family. Kristen Bridgeman left the workforce for 20 years to raise her three children and supported them by plunging into ...

Not so long ago, SWE held in-person conferences that included events designed for socializing and lighthearted fun — in contrast to the serious fare of professional development sessions, job searches, and celebrating achievements. In the WE18 conference issue, the Scrapbook ...

By following recommendations compiled from the writings of the late Walter McFall, champion of women engineers’ career advancement, you will make the most of the opportunities at WE21. Longtime SWE friend and advocate Walter McFall, who had been in failing health, died Au...

One grand flight deserves another. On the fifth anniversary of Solar Impulse 2’s historic flight, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, who took turns piloting the plane around the world, took to the skies once more — this time together, in another history-making aircraft: ...

Typical conference attire is both professional and predictable. Attendees at WE18 will notice business suits on job recruiters and job seekers, corporate leaders and conference speakers. Polo shirts and khakis also abound, as do evening dresses for those able to secure ticke...

Cybercriminals have been busy. They’re innovating, specializing, and reinventing themselves, their tactics, and their strategies in profound ways. Ransomware gangs have started renting out their malware to others for a piece of the action in a new business model called “rans...

COVID-19 spread across the globe in 2020, causing major disruptions in how companies, airports, schools, restaurants, small businesses, and mass transit operated. Employees who could work remotely did so, leaving hospital workers, first responders, and other essential worker...