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The UIF program was created in 2012 as part of an Epicenter (the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation) grant, founded as a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded STEM center and directed by Stanford University, Stanford Technology Ventures Program (Stanford University School of Engineering's entrepreneurship center), VentureWell, and the National Collegiate Inventors and ...
Sherita T. Ceasar, Vice President Product Engineering Planning and Strategy, Comcast Communications [27] Dr. Thelma Estrin (1924–2014), computer scientist and engineer who pioneered work in expert systems and biomedical engineering. She was one of the first to apply computer technology to healthcare and medical research
Women are often under-represented in the academic and professional fields of engineering; however, many women have contributed to the diverse fields of engineering historically and currently. [1] A number of organizations and programs have been created to understand and overcome this tradition of gender disparity.
According to the Society of Women Engineers, women and other minorities constituted approximately 16%-17% of engineering graduate students from 1990 to 2003. Furthermore, in 2003 approximately 20% (approximately 12,000)of new engineers were women, compared with about 80% of men (approximately 49,000). [citation needed]
By 2001, Ruth Schnapp retired at the age of 74 and continued her work of talking to children and adults about earthquake safety and encouraging women to join the engineering field. Schnapp was also active in support of equal rights including the protest at the Pacific Stock Exchange on August 26, 1980.
Her job was to promote and support research on women and gender across Stanford University—from engineering, to philosophy, to medicine and business. In 2010 and 2014, she presented the keynote address and wrote the conceptual background paper [2] for the United Nations' Expert Group Meeting on Gender, Science, and Technology. [3]
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In 1945, Heald wrote a report recommending a research institute on the West Coast and a close association with Stanford University with an initial grant of $500,000 (equivalent to $6,711,000 in 2023). [12] [13] A third attempt was made by Fred Terman, Stanford University's dean of engineering. Terman's proposal followed Heald's but focused on ...