Diverse: a SWE Podcast Pioneering Inclusive Change in STEM
Welcome to Diverse, a podcast by the Society of Women Engineers. SWE gives women engineers a unique place and voice within the engineering community. On Diverse, we highlight incredible thought leaders and personalities in the STEM community and discover who they are at home, at work, and in between. Stream episodes online or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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Vidhya Thiyagarajan, FY24 SWE collegiate director and an associate scientist in chemical commercialization technology at Merck, joins us on this episode of Diverse to shine a light on the SWE collegiate experience.
Interviewed by Karen Horting, CEO and executive director of SWE, Thiyagarajan reflects on starting a SWENext Club at her high school and getting involved with SWE at the University of Pittsburgh.
Hear her tips for making the most of SWE during college and her advice for women and girls who are thinking about pursuing engineering.
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Episode 15
Jessica Rannow, FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers, talks with Kendra Eads, Director of Technical Quality and Functional Excellence at Cummins Inc, about the need for deep technical experts....
- Length: 00:14:04
Episode 14
Gene Fraser, Vice President of Programs, Quality and Engineering at Northrop Grumman is featured in our latest Men as Diversity Partners podcast. He established the Women in Leadership program at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems....
- Length: 00:20:23
Episode 14
FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers Jessica Rannow talks to two authors of SWE Magazine’s Annual Literature Review about research related to women in engineering: Peter Meiksins, Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Professor of Sociology at Cleveland State University, and Peggy Lane, Assistant Provost for Faculty Development...
- Length: 00:30:16
Episode 13
Jessica Rannow, FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers, talks with Della Cronin, a principal at Washington Partners, about SWE’s public policy efforts including its congressional outreach....
- Length: 00:21:56
Episode 12
FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers Jessica Rannow discusses SWE’s Climate Control study with lead researcher Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of law at the University of California Hastings College of Law and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law. The results of the study suggest the...
- Length: 00:30:58
Episode 11
Jessica Rannow, FY17 President of the Society of Women Engineers, talks with Mary Beth Biddle about SWE scholarships. Biddle is a mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin Space Systems and SWE’s Scholarship Coordinator....
- Length: 00:16:11
