In 1950, less than 1% of working engineers in the United States were women. The doors that had opened for women in STEM during World War II all but closed as men returned to their jobs and careers. In newspaper clippings and interviews from that time, the few women who persi...

Call them “engineers’ engineers.” Not famous in the usual sense — the 2024 Women Engineers You Should Know nominees are not media stars — they are “sheroes” to their colleagues, to those they have helped directly, and to young people they have inspired to pursue STEM careers...

They lead teams at multimillion-dollar companies. They start their own businesses. They are researchers and inventors. Problem solvers and educators. They were mentored by the women engineers who came before them, and they mentor the women engineers who come next. They co...

Women engineers continue to make important life-changing contributions to society. Many are subject matter experts who hold positions that reflect the breadth and depth of their work: data scientists, environmental engineers, entrepreneurs, engineering executives, senior tec...

Today’s women engineers are multidimensional. They are serial entrepreneurs and educators. They are inventors and pioneers in new and existing technologies. They are key members of technical teams, where they are breaking barriers for themselves and others in ways that impro...