The overall goals of CEW encourage girls to develop an interest in mathematics and science, and introduce them to engineering career options. The second session runs June 14-20. CEW is administered by the Women in Engineering Program at UT Austin and is funded by 3M, AMD, Dow Chemical, Exxon, IBM, International Paper, Motorola, Procter and Gamble, the RGK Foundation and Texas Instruments. We're excited about giving girls an opportunity to change those statistics. By trying on their hats as engineers during CEW, these girls learn more than just problem-solving skills.
Teachers play a critical role in motivating young people to pursue particular career paths.
CEW participants will have several opportunities to meet outstanding female engineering role models. Sixteen local engineers have volunteered to be advising engineers and spend 90 minutes a day to work with a team of girls on their design challenge. In addition, each team is assigned a CEW e-mail mentor and will maintain daily contact with an engineer at one of the sponsoring corporations. University of Texas the world Searches beyond the OPA site are carried out through the Digital Equipment Altavista search engine.