Welcome to our site!

This chapter is part of the IEEE Women in Engineering organization. The focus is to serve the membership through stimulating further involvement with IEEE and providing opportunities for professional development and networking. Please see the Calendar of Past Events for a sampling of the activites sponsored in the recent past.

Participation in meetings is open. Both women and men are encouraged to participate.

• The Austin branch of the IEEE CenTex Women in Engineering chapter has been active since Fall of 2002. Starting in January 2007, Cheryl Tulkoff is CenTex WIE Chair, Sherry Gillespie is Treasurer, and Vicki Almstrum is Webmaster.
• The San Antonio branch began to meet during Spring 2006, but ended activities as leaders moved away from the area.

We welcome participation from throughout Central Texas. Please visit the Get Involved page for information.

Please see this letter of welcome from the past chapter chair, Sherry Gillespie.

Upcoming CenTex WIE Events

Managing Retail Transaction Costs with IT by Alina Chircu, UT Austin June 20, 2007 at 6:30pm

Highlights

	Highlights from the exciting panel presentation on accessibility held 9/20/06, Friend or Foe? Accessibility, Technology, and People
	Highlights from the 5/12/05 IEEE Central Texas Section 75th anniversary celebration
	Award winners from Student Poster Contest at Texas Symposium on Software Engineering on 8/28/04
	Access Scholarship and Award information in the Student Concourse

Featured Items

	The BEST Initiative (Building Engineering and Science Talent), launched in September 2001, recently published "The Quiet Crisis: Falling Short in Producing American Scientific and Technical Talent"
	The Texas Conference for Women scholarship program includes six $5,000 scholarships. Applicants must be women currently enrolled in an accredited Texas institution of higher learning.
	The Women in Engineering Program at the University of Texas at Austin features a variety of programs, some that support female engineering students at UT Austin and others designed to encourage young women to consider engineering as a career option.
	Visit the IEEE History Center's exhibit on Women in Engineering and Technology! The exhibit includes articles, biographies, and a guided tour
	New Faces in Engineering: Biographies that highlight the interesting and unique work of young engineers and the resulting impact on society.

Resources for pre-college students

	Discover Engineering On-line, a resource for precollege students
	TryEngineering.org, a portal about engineering and engineering careers for students (ages 8-18), their parents, their teachers, and their school counselors
	TryScience.org, a gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide