New Book Profiles Women Engineers Shaping Today's World and Inspiring a New Generation

摘要

Engineering is the backbone of the technology that drives our world, from television to transportation, from automobiles to architecture. Why is it then, when so much of our world depends on engineering for its advancement and sustainability, society doesn't encourage young women to become engineers? The Extraordinary Women Engineers Project Coalition (EWEP) launched, during the recent Engineers Week, Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers (by Sybil Hatch; published by the American Society of Civil Engineers). The book was launched during a reception at the National Press Club.