In addition to the scholarship, Ford will provide each recipient with a laptop computer. Picker Fellowships Jean Picker Fellowships for the Study of Engineering are awarded to selected students each year. Picker Fellows are chosen by a faculty committee. Recipients are expected to have an excellent academic record, a strong interest in engineering, and a clear potential for leadership. A whole generation after the women's movement, five out of every six engineering students and nine out of 10 engineering professors are male.
Engineers literally design and build much of the human environment.
Women must not accept so marginal a role in so important a field.