2001 Session

"Women Engineering Success from the Inside Out"

(A Lecture & Workshop Series)

Date : Tuesday November 6, 2001

Venue: 2001 AIChE Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada

Chair: Stephanie T. Sullivan (AIChE Member, WIC)

Engineer/Scientist

Merck Manufacturing Division

Merck & Co., Inc.

4633 Merck Road

Wilson, NC 27893

(252) 246-6103

stephanie_sullivan@merck.com

Vice Chair:Dr. Surita Bhatia (AIChE Member, WIC)

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

University of Massachusetts

Amhest, MA 01003-3110

(413) 545-0096

sbhatia@ecs.umass.edu

Speakers: By Invitation

Sponsors: AIChE Women's Initiatives Committee, Merck Research Laboratories

Description:

On Tuesday, November 6, 2001, the Women's Initiatives Committee (WIC) presented a full day of activities. Please attend - starting with the morning lecture and workshop series entitled “Women Engineering Success from the Inside Out” (Session 18006). This session began with Dr. Carol Muller of MentorNet will be "Opening the 'Black Box' of Mentoring" for us. Third, Dr. Valerie Young offered her acclaimed workshop "Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome: A Workshop for Women".

At 12 noon, WIC's second annual luncheon was held with guest speaker Peggy Layne, P.E. of the National Academy of Engineering discussing the "NAE Program on Diversity in the Engineering Workforce.” Afternoon session (18007) duplicated morning presentations so that AIChE Membership has the best opportunity to attend. Following the afternoon session, the WIC business meeting was held from 5:30 - 7PM which was another great opportunity to learn how to be a part of future WIC achievements including building a WIC presence in Local Sections.

See minutes from the meeting here.