In my senior year I was exposed to materials research, the study of engineering materials such as metals, ceramics, polymers, semi-conductors, and compositesQany material, that is, that builds anything. Materials are the foundation of technologies, and it's according to the use of materials that human societies have changed. Chung was one of the first four women to graduate from Cal Tech, and the very first to graduate in engineering. She didn't really experience discrimination as a student, she says, but that was mainly because she trained herself to ignore it. It's quite consistent, I don't know why.
Women have at least as much ability for engineering as men.
But women will sometimes shy away from engineering because they don't think they have the backgroundQthey never played with transistors as children. Which only goes to prove that little girls should be given a broader range of toys. You can see that reflected in pay differentialsQthe chances are that male engineers earn more. You can certainly see that in my case. Men in similar positions to me at UB are earning more than I do.