SWE - Spring 2008 - (Page 3) CONTENTS VOLUME 54, NUMBER 2 pg. 26 FEATURES 18 How Well Do Yousome of the extraordinary women Know the Trailblazers? Test your knowledge of engineers whose pioneering work has benefited society and opened doors for future generations. SPRING 2008 IN THIS ISSUE 12 SWE Retention Study Part 4 16 Honoring Women’s History Month 50 Engineering World: Issues • Events •Technology • People 62 Career Toolbox: People Physics 101 64 Point of View: What Work/Life Balance Means to Me (and SWE) 67 In Memory: SWE Pioneer Betty Lou Bailey, P.E. 68 Book Reviews: Gender Designs IT; Women Don’t Ask 70 SWE Smiles 72 SWE Scrapbook 22 26 32 40 National Women’s Hall of Fame SWE’s Eleanor Baum, dean of engineering at The Cooper Union and executive director of the Cooper Union Research Foundation, is among the 2007 inductees into the hall. Academia Adds an On-Ramp to Its Off-Ramp New attitudes and work/life policies will keep tenure-track women moving forward. Establishing Inclusion and Fairness in the Workplace Fears and misconceptions toward LGBTs still exist, but supporters of anti-discrimination practices see progress. DEPARTMENTS 1 5 7 9 Heritage Club President’s Note View from the Executive Suite Editor’s Page How Do Women Engineers Bridge the Generation Gap? Baby boomers and millennials – and those in between – bring unique and valuable perspectives to the workplace. 10 Readers’ Forum 48 Membership Information & Calendar A&B 71 Opportunity Index ABOUT SWE: The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as women engineers and leaders. ILLUSTRATION: ARTVILLE SWE (ISSN 1070-6232), Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers, is published quarterly with an extra issue in October by the Society of Women Engineers, 230 E. Ohio St., Suite 400, Chicago, Ill. 60611. SWE SPRING 2008 3
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