Women in Science Update - April 10

December 3

We made a “lamp”. I had to wire the sockets up. It is really interesting to se how these things work, thing I see even more excited. It is cool that the options on and off on a light switch are the 2 commands that can be combined to create something as complex as a computer.

December 10

Window Tour

December 17

Electric Workbench

January 8

Lindsey Sullivan - the water treatment chemical engineer.

She showed me the process that they use to clean the water they get from CWD. 40% is used in water towers, some evaporates, and the 60% super, pure, clean water so clean it would eat up a metal pipe by bonding with the other atoms. It needs to be clean to clean the waffers. And particles would damage them. She walked us through the rooms with all the processes take place. It was interesting, as she spoke, to hear how her job involves so many different science pieces that I have been trying to gather, from chemistry and engineering, to problem solving and even biology because of the microbes in the water and even the ph that they have to take ito account. I liked being exposed to two very smart FEMALE engineers! She went to Case Western University and took a semester off for a Co-op. They also both shared advice with me about the college application process.

January 21

Steve Moffit - chip design

January 28

I talked to a computer science guy and a business/design guy. I like being exposed to so many different paths, jobs, and opinions. They hoften have common advice for a junior beginning the college search process, but every week I learn and take in more. Today was particulaly invigorating. He suggested… to keep your education broad (interdiciplinary!!!), be open, explore schools (and important things to keep in mind, like companies that attend the job fairs, the ability to the class in the diffferent schools, and being on the lookout for opportunities to broaden your horizons The advice is really good as I consider college options. I decided against Amherst and Smith recently partially due to the ideas I’ve been collecting.

February 10

Virginia - Business

March 16

Test Floor Tour

March 23

Failure Analysis

• Ann Smith - talk about college

April 7

Electronic Workbench