Society of Women Engineers Tampa Bay Area Section

February 2012


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Members List:

President:
Carissa Giblin
Treasurer:
Seung Park
Secretary:
Anjana Swann
Exec. Council:
Jan Ash
Rep & Newsletter Editor:
Sandy Pettit
Webmaster:
Aimee Taylor

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	UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SWE STUDENT WEBSITE
	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA SWE STUDENT WEBSITE
	CENTRAL FLORIDA SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS
	SOUTHEAST FLORIDA SWE WEBSITE

Society of Women Engineers Tampa Bay Area Section

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You Are Invited to Advance Your Career! You Are Invited to Advance Your Career

Aspire,Advance, Achieve

You Are Invited to Advance Your Career!

The Society of Women Engineers is proud to launch the first in a series of professional development web seminars:

Advance Your Career From the Cubicle to the Corporate Office

Career advancement for women in engineering and technology comes with quite a few obstacles. Hear how Deb Grubbe, DuPont Corporate Director and SWE member, has progressed from the cubicle to the corporate office through communication, positive perception, and embracing diversity and change. You will be given real world examples on building your skills to lead, advance, and adapt to life/work changes. Walk away with a new, refreshed outlook on your own career advancement planning!

If you missed this seminar, please use the replay link below to view at your convenience.

Some individuals experienced technical problems which were due to a number of factors: firewall/security issues, pop up prevention settings on their computer, and not receiving the new link due to spam blockers on corporate sites. We apologize for the inconvenience and will be offering a replay from the SWE web site or from the link below to view at your convenience. If you continue to have difficulties accessing the web seminar please contact us at pdweb@swe.org for an alternative solution.

Replay Link

To view a replay of the SWE web seminar go to: www.swe.org/pdwebreplay.

Requirements: In order to view the webcast, you will need Windows Media Player (version 6.4 or higher) or Real Player 8 Basic and sound capabilities on your computer. To download the required software, go to the link above, log in and you will see two icons for either player.

Post Seminar Survey

Please tell us how we did! We want to make sure our future seminars are hitting the mark on valuable content and interaction. You can fill out a short survey at: www.swe.org/webcast218survey.

SWE Memberships - half year dues (1/1/2005 - 6/30/2005)

For non SWE members, you can join this fiscal year - paying half year dues, receiving membership good through June 30, 2005 and the $20 application fee is included so join today at www.swe.org/join.

Past Events 2003 - 2004
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March – SWE-USF AND SWE-TBA WOMEN'S FORUM
February – Florida West Coast National Engineers Week 2004 Banquet, FES and MATHCOUNTS Pinellas County Tournament
January - SWE Safety Harbor Spa Day - www.safetyharborspa.com
December - SWE and WTS (Women’s Transportation Seminar) Tampa Bay Holiday Party - Big City Tavern in Ybor City
November – Great American Teach – Raytheon’s Women Initiative Network

Society of Women Engineers Headquarters
Society of Women Engineers Headquarters

230 E. Ohio Street, Suite 400

Chicago, IL 60611-3265

312-596-5223

312-644-8557 fax

hq@swe.org

http://www.swe.org

SWENEWS is distributed through e-SWE, the Tampa Bay Area Section listserv. If you would like to register for e-SWE (and receive SWENEWS and other announcements), contact carissa.giblin@swe.org

National Women's History Month
National Women's History Month

"Women - Inspiring Hope and Possibilities"

March 2004

In 1980, the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) was founded in Santa Rosa, California, as a nonprofit corporation. The goal was to provide a national clearinghouse for general information about women’s history and for specific information about National Women’s History Week celebrations. With the support and curriculum materials generated by the National Women’s History Project, many state departments of education promoted programs for National Women’s History Week as a means toward achieving a more balanced curriculum.

In 1987, at the request of women’s organizations, museums, libraries, youth leaders, and educators throughout the country, the National Women’s History

Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand the national celebrations to the entire month of March. A National Women’s History Month Resolution

was quickly approved with strong bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. Since 1992, a Presidential Proclamation has carried the directive for what is now a major national and international celebration.

http://www.nwhp.org

Hello Region D!
It's that time of year for region conferences

It's that time of year for region conferences. We are very excited
this year to have our conference hosted by the North Carolina A&T
Student Section and the Charlotte-Metrolina Professional Section. We
have a great schedule planned for professional and students.

Check out www.ncatconference.com/swe for conference information and
on-line registration.

Please join us in Greensboro, NC, March 26th - 28th for "Expect
Success: The Challenge of Diversity".

Hope to see you there!!

Sincerely,

Region D Conference Planning Committee

NATIONAL ENGINEERS' WEEK BANQUET A SUCCESS!
NATIONAL ENGINEERS' WEEK BANQUET, FLORIDA WEST COAST; FRIDAY, FEB 27:

On Friday, February 27^th, several engineering societies from around the Tampa Bay Area joined together to celebrate National Engineers Week 2004. The banquet was held at the Radisson Hotel in St. Petersburg and was represented by the:

· American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) – Tampa Bay Chapter

· American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – Florida West Coast Branch

· Florida Engineering Society (FES) – Pinellas Chapter

· Florida Engineering Society (FES) – Tampa Chapter

On the same Friday, USF kicked off its annual Engineering Expo. USF Engineering Expo provides the College of Engineering with an opportunity to strengthen its relationship with the rest of the community, local industries, and local K-12 students who get a first hand introduction to various areas of engineering career tracks. EXPO provides high and middle school students the rare opportunity of interacting with the leading technical and engineering firms as well as university engineering students and faculty.

A big thanks to Anjana Swann, SWE-TBA secretary, who sought out and secured Dr. Robin Murphy as the Keynote speaker for the event. Dr. Robin Murphy received a BME in mechanical engineering, a MS and PhD in computer science, all from Georgia Tech, where she was a Rockwell International Doctoral Fellow. Since 1998, she has been an associate professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of South Florida with a joint appointment in Cognitive and Neural Sciences in the Department of Psychology. She is Director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue at USF and recipient of an NIUSR Eagle Award for her participation at the World Trade Center. Dr. Murphy's textbook, Introduction to AI Robotics, is the number one selling mobile robotics textbook.

Our Section Rep / Newsletter Editor, Sandy Pettit, was nominated by the SWE-TBA section for Engineer of the Year. Sandy is Project Manager / Professional Engineer for Hillsborough county Public Works Department / Engineering Division. She supervises a team of 7 engineers and inspectors. She holds a BSChE degree from the University of South Florida and a PE license in Florida.

SWE-TBA also honored Arenee Fanchon Teena Smith with the engineering student award. Arenee is the mother of two, a twelve-year-old son Evan, and a four-year-old daughter Lauryn. She volunteers in activities focused on young adults and children at her church. She designed and maintains her church’s website. An avid music lover, Arenee sings and plays the piano. Upon graduation, Arenee plans to focus on a career in the environmental area of civil engineering. Congratulations!