Professional Development
For Our Members Seeking Career Enhancement
Associated Societies
Societies that we work with in Southern NH
- Northern New England ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
- NH IEEE WIE (Women in Engineering)
- NH SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)
- NH SPE (Society of Professional Engineers)
- NH ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
- Structural Engineers of NH
- NH ACEC (American Council of Engineering Companies)
- NH ASQ (American Society of Quality)
Blogs/Related Articles
blogs/articles that our members may find interesting
Outreach
General
- National Girls Collaborative Project
- IEEE Pre-University Education
- UNH Tech Camp (Grades 7-10)
- Wind with Miller
- Thinkfinity
- Books/Downloadable Reading Materials
- History of Women and Computers
- Young Women in Science: Forging New Pathways
- Beating the Odds: Remarkable Women in Science
- Career Trends: Careers Away from the Bench
- Career Basics: Advise and Resources for Scientists from Science Careers
- Why so few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
- A Closer Look at Engineering Professions
For Middle School Students
- OpticsForKids.org (Optical Society of America)
- U. Mass Lowell Design Camp
- FIRST Place Summer camps
- UNH Keepers
For High School Students Considering Engineering
- Explorer’s Post
- FIRST
- OpticsForTeens.org
- TryEngineering.org
- Girls Who Code
- Data Science
- U. Mass Lowell Design Camp
- Women in Aviation weekend
- Women in Science and Technology Conference for High School girls
- UNH Tech camp
- Christa Macauliffe Center – Various programs related to engineering and science – page updated year-round
- NASA INSPIRE Program
- BAE Systems
- Engineering Career Day – Aims to introduce New England high school students to various disciplines of engineering
- WPI Programs
- Frontiers – Two-week, summer residential program for soon-to-be juniors and seniors interested in science, mathematics, and engineering. Are you interested in interactive media and games? Does electricity excite you? Would investigating DNA be fun to you?
- Launch – Five-day program for soon-to-be freshmen and sophomores interested in biology, chemistry/biochemistry, intereactive media and game development, and robotics. Does problem solving interest you? Do you want to get into a laboratory and discover?
- Strive – Five-day residential program for minority high school students. Do technology and science interest you? Do you want to have the opportunity to discover more?
- Wunders – Residential program for girls entering 9th and 10th grades who are interested in engineering, science and math. Do you think technology might be fun?
- Venture Camp – Experience this week long, day camp for teens who like the idea of starting a new business or social venture. Discover your strengths and passions.
- Camp Reach – A two week day camp that allows girls entering 7th grade to learn more about technology, science, and engineering. WPI has over 500 female students who find technology really interesting.