Women in Engineering (WIE) is an affinity group within the IEEE which promotes diversity in engineering. A third of WIE members are men!
Diversity is recognised to be of benefit to the engineering field, and there are many programmes around the world aimed at encouraging women and minorities into the field.
“I believe there is a far deeper reason why we require a diverse workforce. Let me give you the argument in a nutshell, and then I’ll try to draw it out more carefully.
First, engineering is a very creative profession. That is not the way it is usually described, but down to my toes I believe that engineering is profoundly creative. Second, as in any creative profession, what comes out is a function of the life experiences of the people who do it. Finally, without diversity we limit the set of life experiences that are applied, and as a result we pay an opportunity cost—a cost in products not built, in designs not considered, in constraints not understood, and in processes not invented.”
William W. Wulf, “Diversity in Engineering”,
Leadership and Management in Engineering,
October, 2001
WIE is a volunteer organisation, made up of individuals who want to contribute to the local and international engineering community. If you would like to become involved, or have any suggestions for us, please do so through our contacts page.