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IT Women's Pizza Lunch April 11, 2008 at noon in 101 Walter RSVP TO wipa@umn.edu BY APRIL 1, 2008. Dr. Hong Wan is an engineering manager in the Sensor Center of Excellence in Honeywell Aerospace. She manages a multi-location engineering team developing advanced magnetic sensors and personal navigation products. Her team is responsible for designing, developing, and launching new products into market. Hong is a Honeywell Plymouth site leadership team member and a patent portfolio manager. She is also an active inventor with more than 20 published patents and numerous pending patents. She is the recipient of Honeywell prestige H.W.Sweatt Engineer-Scientist Award, and several technical achievement awards. Dr. Hong Wan received her Physics Ph.D. in 1988 from Beijing University, worked in University of California, San Diego, Center for Magnetic Recording Research from 1993-1995 and University of Delaware from 1989-1993. She is the mother of two sons and lives in Plymouth, Minnesota.
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Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture Series
Monday, March 31
RSVP TO women@umn.edu OR 612-625-9837. Robots: A New Type of Companion
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Girl Scouts Who Dunnit? Crime Scene Investigation
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
RSVP to wipa@umn.edu BY APRIL 7, 2008. Help Brownies and Juniors uncover the identity of a thief who stole the Thin Mint cookie recipe! Activities include kiddie versions of powder analysis, lip and finger printing, and blood typing. No experience necessary!
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Survival Guide to Graduate School by three graduating students. |
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Read Meg Urry's article "Diminished by discrimination we scarcely see" |
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American Institute of Physics statistics/reports on women in physics and astronomy: http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/gendertrends.html
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Interested in graduate school? Planning for graduate studies in Physics and related fields is a good resource from the American Association of Physics Teachers
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Women In Physics
And Astronomy 116 Church St SE |
2007-2008 Officers: Pearl Sandick (Coordinator) Jennifer Docktor Jolene Johnson Yun Chen Jessica Ennis |
The Women in Physics and Astronomy (WiPA) group was established to raise awareness throughout the entire school of not only the important contributions women have made and continue to make in physics and astronomy, but also about the various mechanisms that make it difficult for women to make those contributions. Planned activities raise the visibility of women within the school and encourage interactions amongst female graduate students, faculty and/or research associates. It is hoped that the Women in Physics and Astronomy group will encourage a respectful climate for women in the school. |
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