Swe Podcasts

On this episode of Diverse, guest host Lynda Grindstaff, Vice President at McAfee and active SWE member, sits down with Julie Castro Abrams, founder and CEO of How Women Lead! Listen as they talk about How Women Lead came to be, the meaning behind its credo and how SWE members can join!

Welcome to an episode of “Un Cafecito with a Woman in STEM”, a sub-series of Diverse, a SWE Podcast. In this episode, Diverse host, Sam East, sits down with Lennis Perez, a wellness engineer, international public speaker, certified meditation teacher and coach. Listen as they talk about her STEM journey, the burnout she experienced and how she uses that experience to help others.

On this episode of Diverse, a SWE Podcast, host Sam East is joined by 17 year-old high school student and FIRST Tech Challenge Dean's List Award Winner! Listen as Diana talks about her passion for STEM, her experience with FIRST Robotics and how advocating for underrepresented students has inspired her direction in life.

On this episode of Diverse, a SWE podcast, host Sam East sits down with Vice President of Global Partner Sales and eCommerce at Keysight Technologies, Kari Fauber. Listen as they discuss Kari's inspiration for pursuing a career in STEM, her experience as a leader e-commerce and her proudest accomplishment thus far in her career.

On this episode of Diverse, a SWE podcast, host Sam East sits down with Vandana Singh, Senior Vice President of Secure Power North America at Schneider Electric. Listen as they talk about Vandana's professional goals, her work with non-profits and how Schneider Electric has adapted as a majority of their employees have transitioned to working remotely.

In this special episode of Diverse, a SWE Podcast, SWE President Rachel Morford sits down with SWE President Elect Dayna Johnson. Listen as they talk about what being the SWE President entails and what their journeys to this position have been like. They also reflect on Rachel's past year as President and talk about Dayna's plans for her presidency.

On this episode of Diverse, a SWE Podcast, host Sam East is joined by Kristen Bridgeman, director of engineering at Cummins Inc. Listen as Kristen talks about how Cummins Inc.'s RePower Group helped empower her to come back to an engineering role after a 20 year hiatus.

On this episode of Diverse, SWE President Rachel Morford sits down with two members of FOX's Domino Master's Wonder Women Team, Farah Bajwa and Brianne Martin. Listen as they talk about their experience on Domino Masters and the engineering knowledge and background they brought to the competition.

On this episode of Diverse, Rachel Morford, President of the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with professors Dr. Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua and Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh. They are the founding co-leads for SWE's Community College Affinity Group! Listen as they talk about their educational backgrounds, their experience as teachers and advice they have for high school students who are considering starting off at a community college.

On this special episode of Diverse, a SWE Podcast, we revisit a Fireside Chat from November with Ranul Jain, M.S. Innovative and Sustainable Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University. In this chat, she discusses her various experiences and share what she thinks is really the trick to adjusting to a new country, climate, and life: embracing it with an open mind.

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Asian American Affinity Group is taking over Diverse for 2 incredible episode to highlight AAPI women engineers who came to the US as international students. Listen to part 2 as host, Sarah Koenig, talks to Marina D’souza, Dung Nguyen and Vanessa Li about what school in America was like for them and what it was like finding their first jobs.

In this episode of Diverse, our host Sam East, sits down with Helenn Gutierrez, capacity engineer senior executive at Equinix. Listen to this episode to hear about what first attracted Helenn to STEM and how her move from the Domican Republic to Florida impacted her decision to pursue engineering.

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Asian American Affinity Group is taking over Diverse for 2 incredible episode to highlight AAPI women engineers who came to the US as international students. Listen to part 1 as host, Sarah Koenig, talks to Nora Lin and Dr. Vidya Chamundeswari Narasimhan about their move to the US while in college and the culture shock they experienced.

In this episode of Diverse, our host Sam East, sits down with Dr. Kathleen Dipple, a research scientist with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Listen as they talk about AFRL, Dr. Dipple’s research goals, and advice she has for young researchers.

In this episode of Diverse, Anne Perusek, Director of Editorial and Publications for the Society of Women Engineers and Troy Eller English, SWE Archivist, sit down with Linda Thomas, a SWE Fellow and a recipient of SWE’s Distinguished Service Award. Listen as they discuss Linda’s long career at Boeing Defense, Space, and Security, her experience volunteering with SWE, and how retirement has allowed her to spend more time on her love for music.

In this episode of Diverse, host Sam East sits down with Rose Hollister and Terra Winston, two members of SWE's eXXec program. They talk about the program, their roles in it, and the upcoming eXXec event in June 2022.

On this episode of Diverse, Rachel Morford, President of the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with returning guest Lisa M.P. Munoz. Listen to the episode to hear about Lisa's research on how women's inequities in the STEM workforce have evolved overtime, the potential causes for women being uncredited and underrepresented, and a few stories about forgotten women in science.

In this SWE Diverse Episode, Rachel Morford, President of the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with Tracy Propheter, Deputy Design Engineer at Pratt and Whitney, owned by Raytheon Technologies. Listen as Tracy shares her journey to becoming an engineer, how she brings her creativity to her work, and her experience volunteering with Girl Scouts.

In this SWE Diverse Episode, Dayna Johnson, President elect of the Society of Women Engineers, sits down with Sara Schonour, winner of Netflix’s Baking Impossible! Sara talks about her experience on the show, how her engineering background prepared her for the competition, and how her life has changed since the show wrapped recording in 2020.

In this special SWE Diverse Episode, Anne Perusek, Director of Editorial and Publications for the Society of Women Engineers, hosts a round table discussion with three incredible women - Lauren Stevens, Vice President of Programs, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Anita Bestelmeyer, Senior Director of Corporate Computer-aided engineering at Becton Dickinson and company, and Luciana Taylor, Senior Director of Keysight’s Pathwave software solutions. They were all featured in the latest issue of the Society of Women Engineer’s magazine in the article, Leadership for a New Resilience.