Fun, food, icebreakers, talking and listening, learning, career exploration, asking professional female engineers questions--what an experience! What access to engineers!
The Oklahoma City Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), composed of professional engineers from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds and companies, offers young female robotics team members the opportunity to relax and visit about the students' interests and future plans as well as the engineers' pathways, jobs and advice.
Agenda
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Registration
3:30 - 3:40 p.m. Opening Remarks - Upekesha Addagatla
Speed Mentoring & Bingo - Adrianne Graham
3:40 - 4:00 p.m. (Round 1)
4:00 - 4:20 p.m. (Round 2)
4:20 - 4:30 p.m. Raffle Drawing for Raspberry Pi - Leslie Crissup
4:30 - 4:45 p.m. Q&A, Closing Remarks/Survey - Caroline Short
Table Mentors Group Photo - Leslie Crissup
4:30 p.m. Mentors' Dinner/Networking at Hudson's Public House - Upekesha Addagatla
Mentor Registration
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| Mentors, encouraged to bring props, arrived early. |
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| Jenna Ziegler & Caroline Short |
Mentee Registration
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| Olsson Associates provided the green bags.The box held name slips for the Raspberry Pi drawing. Attendees also received yo-yos. |
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| Applaud their enthusiasm! Tulsa Memorial Circuit Chargers |
Table Mentoring
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| Coding & mini-robots with Kim Thomas, right |
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| Basic engineering: Spaghetti tower |
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| LASER team from Camdenton, MO |
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| Lizzie Long & two LASER teammates |
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| Shellie Chard, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, brought props to illustrate her job. |
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| Jenks Prime Movers |
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| More Jenks Prime Movers |
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| Boeing's Haylie Zarate with prop |
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| Grove F.R.O.G. |
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| Jordan Fox |
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| Edmond Santa Fe's RoboLobos |
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| All engaged in table visiting & table mentoring! |
Reception Food
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| Queso, salsa, tortilla chips (thin, warm & crisp) |
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| Healthy fruit & decadently delightful brownies |
More in succeeding posts...
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