Sibongile Manthata Staff Scientist Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) As one of the only women in her highly specialized field as a process design engineer, a South African immigrant, woman of color, and mother of four boys, Sibongile Manthata has had more than her fair share of challenges in her career. And her entre into […]
Women in Engineering
Global alliance formed to promote open hardware support for women and underrepresented individuals
RISC-V International, a global open hardware standards organization, today announced the launch of the Open Hardware Diversity Alliance. The global Alliance, created by CHIPS Alliance, OpenPOWER Foundation,RISC-V, and Western Digital, will develop and provide learning and networking programs, mentorship opportunities and inclusive environments across the expansive ecosystem of open hardware. The Alliance will be focused […]
Women in Engineering: Dr. Amy Wang
Huayan Amy Wang is a world-class technologist and the co-founder and VP Systems at Cogniac, a provider of an enterprise-class software system for automating visual inspection tasks. Prior to Cogniac, Dr. Wang was the Wireless System Performance Lead at Ruckus Wireless, where she applied advanced machine learning algorithms such as reinforcement learning in wireless communications. […]
Webinar: Women in Engineering – February 24
Wednesday February 24, 2020 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN IN ENGINEERING Over the past three years, Design World has featured an annual Women in Engineering (WIE) issue. We are now bringing this great editorial coverage to life through the NEW 2021 WIE CHAT SERIES. Our dynamic team will […]
Women in Engineering: Jennifer McConnell delivers a forensic perspective to engineering
Jennifer McConnell is a Product Manager with Protochips and has a B.S. Chemistry and a Masters in Forensic Chemistry. Protochips is a microscopy solutions provider that maximizes the electron microscope’s resolution capabilities to give scientists, engineers, and researchers the ability to perform dynamic quantitative nanoscale analysis. Here is what she shares with Design World Magazine […]
Women in Electronics announces 4th Annual Leadership Conference
Women in Electronics, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the professional and personal development of women in the electronics industry, today announced its 4th Annual Leadership Conference. Under the theme of Even Better Together, this all-industry event, scheduled for November 10th, offers an incredible lineup of speakers addressing key industry and leadership topics. “The theme […]
Women in Engineering: Calista Redmond unlocks key for open source, collaborative engineering
Calista Redmond is the CEO of the RISC-V International, a global nonprofit association based in Switzerland. Founded in 2015 as the RISC-V International with 29 members, RISC-V is now a truly global organization with over 200 member organizations in more than 30 countries, plus over 300 individual members worldwide. Redmond has over 20 years of […]
Women in Engineering: MS exec follows her star path to engineering and AI
Sophia Velastegui GM of Product, Artificial Intelligence Microsoft Ms. Sophia Velastegui’s love for science and technology started at an early age. Like many of us, watching Star Trek and appreciating the references to science and engineering became a seed that was sown to later sprout into a career in technology. For Sophia, it was the […]
