Women in Engineering Design Competition

2022 Women in Engineering Competition

If you …

• Are a first- or second-year student studying at Penn State
• Love hands-on activities and design work
• Have an interest in engineering/railway/trains/STEM field
• Are looking for ways to boost your resume
• Are looking for opportunities of winning a scholarship
• Are looking for mentorship from professors and professional role models
• Love to make friends and have fun

You should …

• Participate in the WE (Women in Engineering) Design Competition

Penn State College of Engineering is committed to providing access to programs and opportunities to all qualified students without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Railway engineering is a multi-faceted engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, and operation of all types of rail transport systems. It encompasses a wide range of engineering disciplines, including civil engineering, environmental engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, and production engineering. Today, railway systems engineering continues to be a vibrant field of engineering, accompanied by a lot of modern technology involvement, such as sensing technology, artificial intelligence, big data, and data science, autonomous vehicle, etc. In addition, the railway workforce typically hires employees in many other fields such as business and finance.

As part of the transportation infrastructure, railroad engineering is facing a great need for a younger generation of engineers to build a large and diverse labor force. Junior engineers, men, and women, who are seeking a career life full of fun, opportunity, challenge, and rewards, are in great need. Recent trends are showing more women are now entering the workforce than ever before and gaining careers once only associated with men, like engineering fields. Women professional engineers have demonstrated great success in their respective fields with examples like Lisa Stabler, President of Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI), and Paula Stiffler, Superintendent of Norfolk Southern. In this new environment, more opportunities exist for women than ever before.  Penn State Altoona’s Rail Transportation Engineering program is proud to have contributed to this trend.  Recent graduates include Shelby Stigers, now working for Siemens Rail Automation, and Danielle Cyran, now a railroad track engineer at Norfolk Southern Corporation.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to the following for their support:

• James R. Meehl Innovation Commons at Penn State Behrend
• Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum