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Continue reading →: Man v Bear
I don’t know if you’ve been following the various comments on social media in the last few weeks about an apparently simple question posed to some women. “If you had the choice between meeting a strange man or a bear in the woods, what would you choose?” It didn’t surprise…
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Continue reading →: What does “forging new paths” mean?
When I chose “forging new paths” as the tag line for EngineerHer, I thought long and hard about it. It wasn’t just an off-the-cuff thing. In fact, an earlier rendition had “survival to thrival” as the tagline, but it just didn’t work from a practical point of view… So, what…
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Continue reading →: Creativity and engineering
Engineering is often seen as a technical, logical, scientific career, with little room for creativity. Now, those of us actually working in the field know just how much creativity is needed in some cases, but let’s explore this in more detail as we work through a few ideas. Problem Solving…
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Continue reading →: The problem with “excellent women”
We have an abundance of “excellent” female engineers. Why is this a problem?
