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Welcome to Diverse, a podcast by the Society of Women Engineers. SWE gives women engineers a unique place and voice within the engineering community. On Diverse, we highlight incredible thought leaders and personalities in the STEM community and discover who they are at home, at work and in between.
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In addition to her role as process development manager at Boston Scientific, Nichole Elff (she/her) is one of the fastest drag racers in the world! She joins us on this episode of Diverse to discuss her journey and share how hobbies can improve your leadership potential in the workplace.
Hear how Elff got started with drag racing and modifying cars, how to integrate your hobbies into your professional brand, and her reflections on being a woman leader in the male-dominated fields of engineering and drag racing.
Wendy Cocke, founder of Engineering Leadership Solutions, shares actionable advice on how to run your engineering career like a small business, embrace flexibility, and navigate the future of work in this episode of Diverse.
In conversation with FY24 SWE President Alexis McKittrick, Cocke also reflects on the impact SWE has had on her career, including a story of how several SWE members helped refine her WE Local Baltimore keynote address.
Inaas Darrat (she/her), director of chemical sector services at Trinity Consultants, joins us on this episode of Diverse to share her journey as a chemical engineer and her insights on how to make STEM fields more welcoming to all.
Darrat reflects on her experiences as an Arab American woman in engineering, including common misconceptions, the positive changes she has seen over time, and ideas for listeners who want to become stronger allies.
Hear how she course-corrected her career by leaving a Ph.D. program, her leadership advice for women engineers, and her own experiences of overcoming unconscious bias.
Two accomplished STEM leaders joined us live in the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to share emerging trends and career advancement tips in the public and private sectors.
Tamika Abbott, director, office of security technology at the U.S. Department of State, discusses innovations in the security space and details her career journey in the public sector that included missions across the globe.
Jackie Reeves, director of IT operations - endpoint solutions at Abbott, reflects on the latest developments in the medical technology industry and shares her experience of reentering the workforce after a career break.
Dive into the stories of Nora Stanton Blatch Barney and Elsie Eaves, two pioneering women engineers who shaped the landscape of STEM, in this episode of “Tales From the Archives,” a sub-series of Diverse.
Troy Eller English (she/her), chief archivist at SWE, explores how these women defied the norms of their time and blazed the trail for the women engineers of today. She shares the career advice Eaves offered to women engineers in the 1930s and encourages present-day listeners to reflect on their own roles in shaping STEM history.
This episode is sponsored by NASCAR.
Andrea Mueller, engineer with Penske Racing, and Brandon Thompson, vice president of diversity and inclusion at NASCAR, joined us on this episode of Diverse to discuss how NASCAR is fostering diversity in motorsports.
Interviewed by Larry Guthrie, director of content strategy at SWE, Mueller reflects on her career journey and details how she pivoted from aerospace engineering to racing engineering.
Thompson shares about NASCAR’s efforts to develop pathways for the next generation of STEM professionals, including an innovative new fellowship program.
Women and people of color have often been hidden figures in STEM, with their important contributions going unrecognized.
In honor of Women’s History Month, Karen Horting, CEO and executive director of SWE, sat down with Dr. Jess Wade, physicist and faculty member at Imperial College London, who has been working to change this.
Dr. Wade has created thousands of Wikipedia pages that highlight the achievements of women scientists and engineers. In this episode, she shares her own STEM journey, the inspiration behind her Wikipedia initiative and the unexpected surprises she has learned along the way.
You’ll also hear her tips for listeners who want to increase the visibility of underrepresented communities in STEM fields — on Wikipedia and beyond.
In this episode, Gabriela Coe and Dr. Mary Bonk Isaac of the SWE Late Career & Retiree Affinity Group share important insights from their engineering careers, including their personal experiences with navigating the underrepresentation of women in STEM.
Hear their advice for women engineers approaching late career and retirement — plus, learn about their advocacy work that is encouraging women and girls to pursue engineering.
Hang Loi of the SWE Late Career & Retiree Affinity Group moderates this conversation and shines a light on how SWE’s Affinity Groups unite members with shared identities, interests and goals.
Author Elaine Lin Hering (she/her) joined us in the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to dive into what allyship truly means and its relationship to learned silence.
Interviewed by Larry Guthrie (he/him), director of content strategy at SWE, Lin Hering explores the ways that individuals and organizations unintentionally silence marginalized voices and how to change course.
She also offers ways to support your teams in speaking up, insights on how to unlearn silence within yourself, and experiments to help you use your voice to advocate for yourself and others.
Engineer, TV host and STEM advocate Tamara Robertson (she/her) joined us in the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to discuss her efforts to instill hope in the next generation of tinkerers and engineers.
Interviewed by FY24 SWE President Alexis McKittrick (she/her), Robertson shares the story of walking away from her corporate engineering job to focus on getting more women into STEM careers.
Hear the events that led to Robertson’s role on “MythBusters,” why comic books and superhero science are natural platforms for STEM outreach, and how SWE’s Invent It. Build It. program is helping future engineers build their skills and confidence.
Deysi Melgar, a longtime facilitator of SWE’s Invent It. Build It. pre-college outreach program, joined us at the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to discuss her inspiring career journey and her passion for introducing students to engineering.
Interviewed by Larry Guthrie, director of content strategy at SWE, Melgar reflects on how she balances multiple passions such as dance, STEM outreach and her full-time career in the aviation sector.
Plus, hear how being a contestant on PBS’s “Design Squad” fueled her interest in engineering and the advice Melgar would give to her teenage self.
Neema Nair (she/her), design & analysis engineering leader for the engine business of Cummins India, joined us live in the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to share her experiences of living and working as an engineer in both the U.S. and India.
Interviewed by Laurie Shuster (she/her), editor-in-chief of SWE Magazine, Nair sheds light on the key similarities and differences for women pursuing STEM careers in these cultures.
Hear her reflections on authentic networking, retaining women in the workforce, avoiding common career pitfalls and advocating for important causes within the workplace.
Alden Sherrill and Eleanor Lyons, two inspiring high school students, joined us live in the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to share their journeys, including their mentors in STEM.
Interviewed by Karen Horting, CEO and executive director of SWE, Lyons and Sherrill reflect on their hands-on experiences in programs such as SWENext, FIRST, and Apple’s Engineering Technology Camp.
Also, hear about their future plans, their story of meeting Tim Cook, and their advice on how professional engineers can better support and uplift the STEM leaders of the next generation.
In this episode, explore how two women engineers navigated workplace stress and imposter syndrome and ultimately found fulfillment by helping others.
Yanet Borrego (she/her), self-mastery coach and speaker, shares about the challenges of high-stress STEM environments and her career pivot from chemical engineering to self-mastery coaching.
Cary Kaczowka (she/her), program manager at RTX, reflects on her experiences of teaching sailing and engine maintenance classes to women and discusses the importance of secondary passions for stress relief. You can discover more about their stories in the Winter 2024 issue of SWE Magazine.
Early career engineers face a unique set of challenges, from navigating new jobs to approaching unfamiliar tasks to assessing whether a workplace is truly the right fit.
In this episode, sit in on a mentoring session with Jenni Johnson (she/her), co-lead of the SWE Early Career Professionals Affinity Group, and her real-life mentor Liz San Miguel (she/her) of the SWE Mid-Career Professionals Affinity Group where they discuss these topics.
Learn how to figure out if a company is the right place for your long-term growth, strategies to change sectors within engineering and why having a mentor can be life-changing for early career engineers.
This episode is sponsored by Fortune Brands Innovations.
In this episode of Diverse, we dive into the world of international engineering projects with Gretchen Curry, director of quality, North America, at Fortune Brands Innovations.
Curry shares her inspiring journey from chemical engineer to leading global projects, including a notable plant startup in Singapore.
Hear her insights on navigating international teams and climbing the career ladder as a working mom, plus learn how Fortune Brands Innovations is supporting women engineers in its workforce.
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu joined us live in the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to share insights on inclusion and equity, particularly for the neurodivergent community.
Interviewed by Laurie Shuster, editor-in-chief of SWE Magazine, Giwa Onaiwu discusses their journey as an advocate, educator and founder of the nonprofit Advocacy Without Borders.
Learn the best piece of advice Giwa Onaiwu ever received, what drives her commitment to social justice, and practical ideas that STEM workplaces can implement to become more accessible to all.
This episode is sponsored by Tetra Pak.
When you sit down to enjoy your favorite food and drinks, do you ever think about the engineers who made that meal possible?
Meet Samantha Bzdawka and Alexus Heldt, two Tetra Pak engineers at different points in their careers who specialize in the equipment that makes cheese and other dairy products. On this episode of Diverse, they discuss the important role engineers play in supporting our food systems.
Dr. Ashley Huderson, STEM and CS Equity Fellow with the U.S. Department of Education*, joins us live in the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to share about building STEM education and career pathways for individuals in underrepresented communities.
In conversation with Karen Horting, Executive Director and CEO of SWE, Dr Huderson details policies and programs that increase STEM access and exposure, such as the “YOU Belong in STEM” initiative.
She also reflects on the best advice from her father, the gifts that come with failure, and why students don’t need straight A’s to achieve success.
*Dr. Huderson is currently on sabbatical.
This episode is sponsored by Bechtel.
Dive into the intersection of manufacturing, leadership, and technology with Catherine Hunt Ryan, President of Bechtel’s Manufacturing & Technology business.
Recorded live at the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio, Hunt Ryan explores recent legislation and trends that are shaping the manufacturing landscape in this interview with SWE Past President Dayna Johnson.
Hunt Ryan also reflects on why women are key to overcoming the construction labor shortage and details the career journey that took her from political science student to her current role at Bechtel.
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