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  • 1.  Engineer Girl

    Posted 02-04-2016 12:47 PM

    I taught a class on coal today at Valley View High School in Archbald PA in their newly created energy course.  This semesters class has grown nicely from last fall, but there is only ONE GIRL in it (one more than last fall).  I know there has bee some discussion about Engineer Girl, I had referred a couple three engineer girls to the group.  Who is the contact in MEC?SME?  Does anyone have any ideas how a high school can put on a program to encourage women to get more involved in energy?

    a little more information about the energy course and its activities  -  http://naturalgasnow.org/valley-view-holds-first-high-school-energy-fair/

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    Michael Korb
    Environmental Program Manager
    Pennsylvania DEP- Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation
    Wapwallopen PA United States
    (570) 826-2371
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  • 2.  RE: Engineer Girl

    Posted 02-05-2016 11:28 AM

    http://www.womeninmining.net/

    http://wimcanada.org/

    http://www.women-in-mining.com/

    http://www.wimsa.org.za/

    http://www.ausimm.com.au/content/default.aspx?ID=236

     

    These are organizations supporting women working in the mining industry.

     

    Dr. Pierre Mousset-Jones

    Professor of Mining Engineering

    Dept. of Mining Engineering

    Mackay School of Earth Science and Engineering

    College of Science

    Mailstop 173

    University of Nevada Reno

    Reno, NV, 89557

    775 784 6959, Fax 775 784 1833

    mousset@mines.unr.edu

     




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  • 3.  RE: Engineer Girl

    Posted 02-05-2016 09:56 PM
    Mike. VT had a program to encourage women to go into mining and were very successful. Perhaps they would be able to help with some ideas.

    DAn
    alex18ander@gmail.com


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  • 4.  RE: Engineer Girl

    Posted 02-08-2016 11:16 AM

    Thanks, everyone, for your great replies on getting women involved in STEM. Another organization you can look in to partnering with is societyofwomenengineers.swe.org. Also, SME member, Pam Wilkinson has the below to add:

     

    How to get girls involved in energy: have women involved in energy do presentations at the school: people are frequently  attracted to disciplines because they see themselves in the person they see in that position.  Or they just have a passion for the type of work: location, money, travel, etc.  A really good thing would be to get female engineers to do activities with students.  How do you do that???  Just keep asking and seeking out people who have a passion for sharing what they do.

     

    As for a contact for Engineer Girl: I guess you could say I am the contact (mine you, I am not an engineer!)  I am just the person who contacted them and complained that the resource engineers were not represented on their website.  Then I worked with them to create the job description and have been actively recruiting young female mining engineers to put their profiles on the website. 

     

    Unfortunately due to the down turn in the commodities market the possibility of getting a company to send an engineer to do a program right now is not very high.  So I think you would have to look locally to see if you could find someone who fits the bill and then invite them in to the school.  I do have to say, I don't think that the large assembly method works very well for recruiting people…small classroom settings or small groups are much more effective…at least that has been my experience. 

     

    I hope this helps, if you need clarification or if you want me to call and talk to Michael Korb, just let me know.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Pam

     

    Pamela A.K. Wilkinson

     




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  • 5.  RE: Engineer Girl

    Posted 02-08-2016 11:31 PM

    February 25th is also Discover Engineering Girl Day.  Visit Girl Day for more information and tools and tips on outreach to girls.

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    Michele Lawrie-Munro
    Executive Director
    AIME
    Englewood CO United States
    (303) 325-5185

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