At the 2021 Annual Conference, two WIED members received national awards.  Dr. Watford was honored with the Sharon Keillor Award and Dr. Hammond was honored with the Chester F. Carlson Award.  More details here.

Thank you to all website division members, officers, and representatives for attending our virtual division meeting on July 29, 2021.  We look forward to seeing you in person in Minneapolis in 2022!

The Story Exchange will award $5,000 incentive prizes to 5 female scientists addressing climate change. Application deadline: July 31.  https://thestoryexchange.org/women-in-science-incentive-prize-2021/

The American Vacuum Society (AVS) is excited to announce the AVS 2021 International Twitter Poster Competition, an online venue for students and early career professionals to share their research with a global audience. Join us to disseminate your latest findings, connect with your research community, and meet new colleagues!  https://avs.swoogo.com/avs_posters21

The Rochester Institute of Technology’s Future Faculty Career Exploration Program is currently accepting applications for the 2021 Cohort – https://bit.ly/3bNQTPA

This program is a rigorous four-day program designed for African American, Latino American, and Native American scholars and artists to experience a “behind the scenes” glimpse into life as a faculty member at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Participants will spend time learning from and networking with RIT administration, faculty and students, practicing their interview skills and job-talk presentation – all while exploring the research, teaching and service expectations of RIT faculty.

This is a competitive application process. The application deadline is March 15. Program and application information: https://bit.ly/3bNQTPA

If you’ve thought about getting involved, now is a great time!  All WIED members are welcome to participate on the Board.  http://sites.asee.org/wied/elections/

Nomination Pack deadline is March 1, 2021.

WIED is proud to be co-organizing the ConECD Conference, which will be held virtually January 24-28, 2021.

The WEPAN Inclusive Culture and Equity Award was awarded to Dr. Beena Sukumaran for exemplary leadership in implementing programs that promote positive change to the climate and culture for women in engineering fields for serving as a model for others. Dr. Sukumaran has served as the Vice President for Research at Rowan University and on August 1, she will be the Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing at Miami University in Ohio. Prior to that she was Professor and Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan. Dr. Sukumaran received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University.

We are pleased to announce that we are accepting nominations for the WIED Executive Board.  If you’ve thought about getting involved, now is a great time!  Open positions include Program Chair Elect, Secretary, Director: At Large, and Assistant Webmaster.  All WIED members are welcome to participate on the board.  Please go https://sites.asee.org/wied/elections/ for additional information.