About Us

Our Goals

To encourage young women to see engineering as a viable and exciting potential career path.

To empower and motivate girls to take the most challenging math and science courses in high school.

To expose girls to the field of engineering and to challenge its common stereotypes.

Where We're From

The UW College of Engineering. Check out the UW focus on Women in Science and Engineering.

How It Works

UW women engineering students from a variety of engineering departments give 45-90 minute presentations to middle and high school girls.

Presentations include

hands on activities to engage students in thinking about engineering concepts

discussion of real projects presenters have worked on

information and examples of the many different types of engineering

fun details about the life of an engineering student

Some Feedback from Past Presentations:

What did you think engineering was before you saw our presentation?

“I really didn’t know much, but I thought it had to do with complicated math”

“I thought engineers were people who work on trains”

“I used to think it was mostly building buildings”

“I thought that engineering had something to do with being a blacksmith”

What was your favorite part of the presentation?

“The personal slides to show that engineers are normal people and can be cool”

“The give-aways were awesome and building the bridge was fun!”

What did you did you learn about engineering?

“I learned about the many different kinds of engineering and that there are many women in the field”

“It is vital to the advancement of society”

“It takes a lot of work... It can be fun to make things and then see them work.”

“I learned engineers don’t just deal with math all day long”

University of Washington Women’s Initiative