Swe Podcasts

On this special episode of Diverse, a SWE Podcast, we revisit a Fireside Chat from November with Ranul Jain, M.S. Innovative and Sustainable Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University. In this chat, she discusses her various experiences and share what she thinks is really the trick to adjusting to a new country, climate, and life: embracing it with an open mind.

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Asian American Affinity Group is taking over Diverse for 2 incredible episode to highlight AAPI women engineers who came to the US as international students. Listen to part 2 as host, Sarah Koenig, talks to Marina D’souza, Dung Nguyen and Vanessa Li about what school in America was like for them and what it was like finding their first jobs.

In this episode of Diverse, our host Sam East, sits down with Helenn Gutierrez, capacity engineer senior executive at Equinix. Listen to this episode to hear about what first attracted Helenn to STEM and how her move from the Domican Republic to Florida impacted her decision to pursue engineering.

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Asian American Affinity Group is taking over Diverse for 2 incredible episode to highlight AAPI women engineers who came to the US as international students. Listen to part 1 as host, Sarah Koenig, talks to Nora Lin and Dr. Vidya Chamundeswari Narasimhan about their move to the US while in college and the culture shock they experienced.

In this episode of Diverse, our host Sam East, sits down with Dr. Kathleen Dipple, a research scientist with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Listen as they talk about AFRL, Dr. Dipple’s research goals, and advice she has for young researchers.

In this episode of Diverse, Anne Perusek, Director of Editorial and Publications for the Society of Women Engineers and Troy Eller English, SWE Archivist, sit down with Linda Thomas, a SWE Fellow and a recipient of SWE’s Distinguished Service Award. Listen as they discuss Linda’s long career at Boeing Defense, Space, and Security, her experience volunteering with SWE, and how retirement has allowed her to spend more time on her love for music.

In this episode of Diverse, host Sam East sits down with Rose Hollister and Terra Winston, two members of SWE's eXXec program. They talk about the program, their roles in it, and the upcoming eXXec event in June 2022.

On this episode of Diverse, Rachel Morford, President of the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with returning guest Lisa M.P. Munoz. Listen to the episode to hear about Lisa's research on how women's inequities in the STEM workforce have evolved overtime, the potential causes for women being uncredited and underrepresented, and a few stories about forgotten women in science.

In this SWE Diverse Episode, Rachel Morford, President of the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with Tracy Propheter, Deputy Design Engineer at Pratt and Whitney, owned by Raytheon Technologies. Listen as Tracy shares her journey to becoming an engineer, how she brings her creativity to her work, and her experience volunteering with Girl Scouts.

In this SWE Diverse Episode, Dayna Johnson, President elect of the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with Sara Schonour, winner of Netflix’s Baking Impossible! Sara talks about her experience on the show, how her engineering background prepared her for the competition, and how her life has changed since the show wrapped recording in 2020.

In this special SWE Diverse Episode, Anne Perusek, Director of Editorial and Publications for the Society of Women Engineers, hosts a round table discussion with three incredible women - Lauren Stevens, Vice President of Programs, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Anita Bestelmeyer, Senior Director of Corporate Computer-aided engineering at Becton Dickinson and company, and Luciana Taylor, Senior Director of Keysight’s Pathwave software solutions. They were all featured in the latest issue of the Society of Women Engineer’s magazine in the article, Leadership for a New Resilience.

In this SWE Diverse Episode, Karen Horting, CEO for the Society for Women Engineers, sits down with Jayshree Seth, a corporate scientist at 3M and 3M’s first-ever Chief Science Advocate. Jayshree is also author of the book “The Heart of Science: Engineering Footprints, Fingerprints and Imprints”, published by SWE in 2020. Listen as she talks about her new book, her experience writing a song, and why the Jayshree Seth Scholarship for Women of Color is so important to her.

In this SWE Diverse episode Anne Perusek, director of editorial and publications for the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with Vi Brown, former SWE President and CEO and founder of Prophecy Consulting Group and Vi Brown Speaks. Nearly 20 years ago, Vi wrote an article for the SWE Magazine, titled “A Segregation of Memory: The 1921 Tulsa Race Riots”. Listen as Vi and Anne discuss the affluent Black Wall Street in Tulsa, the events that led to the riot, and the conspiracy of silence that followed.

In this special SWE Diverse Episode for Black History Month, Joanne I. Hill, the secretary for the African-American Affinity Group for the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with Nina Ahuja, the social media lead for the African American Affinity Group for SWE. Nina also has her own business where she consults with small and medium organizations on their process implementations and improvement initiatives. Listen as Nina talks about her background in engineering and what led her to pursuing a different career while utilizing her engineering degree.

In this special SWE Diverse Episode for Black History Month, Joanne I. Hill, the secretary for the African-American Affinity Group for the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with Tarolyn Buckles, President and CEO of Onyx Enterprises Inc. Tarolyn talks about her leadership style, the ways she gives back to her community, and advice she has for other young women who want to start their own business.

In this SWE Diverse episode, Karen Horting, CEO for the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with Janeen Uzzell, CEO of NSBE, the National Society of Black Engineers. Janeen talks about her background in engineering and her incredible career at General Electric, Wikipedia, and now NSBE.

In this special SWE Diverse Episode for Black History Month, Louvere-Walker Hannon, co-leader of the African American Affinity Group for the Society of Women Engineers sits down with Debra Coleman, co-lead of the SWE African-American Affinity Group and the collegiate development lead for FY22. Debra is also a real time embedded software engineer at the Boeing Company in Seattle. Debra talks about what building a community means to her and how being a black engineer impacts the way she leads in her community.

In this SWE Diverse episode, Kusum Joshi shares about her work, her inspiration to pursue engineering, the importance of collaborating and mentoring to break barriers in IT career.

In this SWE Diverse Episode, Karen Horting, CEO for the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with Priya Chodon, test expert of printer firmware at HP Inc. Listen as Priya talks about her experience working in the quality domain at HP for the past 17 years, how her career revolves around customer-centric solutions, and how she integrates self-care practices into her daily routine.

In this SWE Diverse episode, Dayna Johnson, President Elect of the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with Cassie Rothrauff, a lead engineer for Booz Allen's Global Defense Group (GDG). They talk about Cassie's time at Old Dominion University, her volunteer work with young students as a software robotic coach for FIRST Tech Challenge Teams, and some of her current projects at Booz Allen Hamilton.