Paige Fischer, chemical engineering (B.S. ’13, M.S. expected ’15)
Recruiting women: “I believe the problem with attracting women to engineering starts at a younger age when women decide they are not interested, or are told they are not good at either math or science.”
Impact: “I hope to get my doctorate in chemical engineering with an emphasis on cancer research. I hope I will be able to help in the process of discovering more about cancer and its causes, as well as finding better diagnostic and prognostic techniques.”
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Petroleum engineering student Anita Khannikova performs research in Professor Vladimir Alvarado's lab. |
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Anita Khannikova, petroleum engineering (B.S. ’14, M.S. expected ’15)
Recruiting women: “What better than a woman on a mission? I believe more women will take engineering
because it allows them to be creative and think critically about a lot of different
subjects. Job accessibility is very appealing, as well as the flexibility.”
Impact: “I want to pursue a job with an oil and gas operator and work in enhanced oil recovery.”
Margaret Kimble, civil engineering (B.S. ’12, M.S. ’14), engineer with GEI Consultants
Recruiting women: “I chose structural engineering after high school tech lab. We designed balsa wood
towers and bridges and load tested them to failure. It was a fantastically fun project,
and I was hooked. Girls need to be exposed to the types of projects that they could
do in a fun setting.”
Impact: “I find many of the challenges that engineers are faced with very interesting, and
I want to work toward their solution. … I see designing infrastructure as a great
way of being able to help people.”