Swe Podcasts

n honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, SWE Members Pearl Yamaguchi and Valerie Mencias discuss their experience as Asian Americans and reflect on how their culture has impacted or affected their engineering careers.

In celebration of Mother's Day AND the retirement of SWE's FY19 President Penny Wirsing, daughter Carrie Wirsing asks Penny about her SWE presidency, how she found work-life balance in her career, and what it feels like to retire from her profession.

In celebration of Mother's Day AND the retirement of SWE's FY19 President Penny Wirsing, daughter Carrie Wirsing asks Penny about her SWE presidency, how she found work-life balance in her career, and what it feels like to retire from her profession.

In this Diverse podcast episode, SWE President Penny Wirsing (FY19) speaks with Kerri Phillips, a senior engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and a visiting professor for the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. Kerri, who holds a PhD in aerospace engineering, speaks about her TEDxWomen talk she gave to high school students interested in pursuing STEM careers. The TED talk, "Don't Let the Brushback Pitch Take You Out of the Game," encourages young girls to follow their passions, even in the face of obstacles.

In this Diverse podcast episode, SWE President Penny Wirsing (FY19) speaks with Kerri Phillips, a senior engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and a visiting professor for the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. Kerri, who holds a PhD in aerospace engineering, speaks about her TEDxWomen talk she gave to high school students interested in pursuing STEM careers. The TED talk, "Don't Let the Brushback Pitch Take You Out of the Game," encourages young girls to follow their passions, even in the face of obstacles.

In episode 61, SWE President Penny Wirsing talks to Elizabeth Loboa, the first female dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri. Her path wasn’t always clear, but she stayed with it — and she encourages students to do the same.

In this podcast episode, SWE president Penny Wirsing speaks with one of the eXXec 2019 keynote speakers, Rose Hollister. Rose is a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, a published author and a professor. Listen as Rose talks us through her experience as a woman making her own path in a mostly male-dominated industry, her steadfast belief in the importance of networking, and her advice for technical experts who wish to pursue leadership opportunities or become stronger leaders.

SWE Archivist Troy Eller English and SWE Magazine's Director of Editorial and Publications Anne Perusek, bring you part two of our women engineers breaking boundaries story. Part 1 was recorded live at SWE's Annual Conference in October 2018.

SWE FY19 President Penny Wirsing sits down with Crea Kitcher, operations director with PepsiCo.

Past SWE president's Penny Wirsing and Jessica Rannow talk mentoring in the month of January, hurdles, and direction for finding a mentor, and how SWE has and continues to be a great resource for mentoring guidance.

SWE’s Director of Editorial and Publications Anne Perusek talks about a STEM outreach campaign with Jon Reisfeld, a SWE Magazine writer.

SWE Archivist Troy Eller English talks to Anne Perusek, SWE’s Director of Editorial and Publications, about women breaking boundaries at SWE’s annual conference.

SWE Member Karen Schmahl, a professor of engineering at Florida International University with a Ph.D. in industrial engineering, talks about her 35-year career.

Melody Mojib is an Aerospace Project Engineer supporting Additive Manufacturing at Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, and she has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

SWE Global Ambassador in Canada, Karen Chan, sits down with SWE past President, Jessica Rannow, for an onsite WE18 podcast to talk about advocating for SWE globally.

Cindy Kent SWE's WE18 Opening Keynote sits down with past SWE President Jessica Rannow to talk about her opening remarks and some of the questions that came out of the session.

SWE FY19 President Penny Wirsing talks to Valerie Gervais, SVP of HR for Saint-Gobain North America, as part of our Women Executives in Engineering podcast series.

WE18 Opening Keynote Speaker Cindy Kent speaks with FY19 SWE President Penny Wirsing as part of our Women Executives in Engineering podcast series and a special preview of her remarks at WE18.

Penny Wirsing, SWE FY19 President, discusses SWE’s India Gender Bias Study with lead researcher Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of Law and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law.

FY19 SWE President Penny Wirsing talks to Sonya Benson, an associate principle engineer at PepsiCo with a Ph.D. in Macromolecular Science and Engineering.