Mark your calendar for Design Your World 2023 which will be held on May 6th! Our signature outreach event will take place from 10am-3pm at Collin College’s Frisco Campus. We are partnering with Girl Scouts for a day of hands on engineering activities with middle school students. The call for volunteers will be in our March 13th newsletter. Stay tuned for more details!
Join Dallas SWE Outreach and UTD SWE for a High School Career Panel held on Thursday, March 30th from 6 – 7pm! We need panel volunteers to share their experiences applying to college, choosing their engineering majors, and navigating careers in STEM. The panel will be held virtually. Please fill out this EventBrite if you are available to volunteer! The last day to register for the event is March 20th.
SWE’s Individual Awards Program offers 24 different awards to honor members for their contributions to industry, education, and the community. The application deadline is March 31st. Find out more regarding each award and the application packet here.
If you would like to apply for an award, please email dallas.swe@gmail.com. We would love to support you with a nomination and provide any support with gathering your application packet!
Join Dallas SWE for our Spring Social Event on March 18 from 2-4 PM at Cottonwood Park! We will have a variety of art projects for people to work on while networking with fellow SWEsters. Come meet new people and catch with old friends while doing crafts!
Note: If the weather does not cooperate, we will send an updated location.
Register for this event below or on Eventbrite.
The Society of Women Engineers strives to advance and honor the contributions of
women at all stages of their careers as well as recognize the successes of SWE
members, individuals, groups and companies who enhance the engineering profession
through contributions to industry, education and the community.
This year, SWE is honored to recognize Ashley Johnson for being awarded the WE
Local FY23 Local New ELiTE Award. The WE Local New ELiTE Award honors SWE
members with less than ten years of experiences in an engineering, engineering
technology, or science related to engineering profession, who have demonstrated
outstanding technical performance and proactively served SWE, SWE’s partners and
the community.
This is truly an exceptional accomplishment as the awards cycle is very competitive.
Dallas SWE is honored to have nominated and supported Ashley in her application.
Ashley is currently a Systems Engineer at L3Harris. She has 8 years of experience,
progressing through rigorous technical roles at L3Harris. Prior to her current role,
Ashley served as Project Engineer and a Mechanical Systems Engineer. She has led
complex projects for various aircraft systems. She has a Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master of Engineering in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Ashley is currently
pursuing a second Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering from Stevens Institute
of Technology with completion in the fall, 2023.
For Dallas SWE, Ashley has done an outstanding job leading several Outreach
initiatives as well as Membership programs, including the bi-monthly Book Club. For her
contributions, Ashley was nominated as Member of the Month in August, 2022. Dallas
SWE is fortunate to have Ashley in our section and we truly value her contributions and
passion to promoting women and girls in STEM. Ashley will be recognized with her
award at WE Local in Seattle on March 31. Connect with Ashley here.
If you would like to see yourself be nominated for an award, an individual award cycle is
currently open and we would love to hear from you. The requirements for the current
awards cycle is available here. Please email dallas.swe@gmail.com if you are
interested in applying.
If you are interested in attending WE Local, please complete the WE Local interest
survey here. Please see this link for more details on the upcoming WE Local
conferences.
The Dallas Section of the Society of Women Engineers offers scholarships to graduating seniors from Region 10 high schools who will be majoring in Engineering and to SWE collegiate section members who have demonstrated leadership skills. Scholarships for high school seniors are awarded based on academic excellence and need and must be received by April 15. The Annie Colaco Collegiate Scholarship is named in honor of Annie Colaco (1899 – 1991) who epitomized selfless service and lifelong learning and applications must be received by April 30. Recipients will be notified by May 15.
For more information and to apply, please visit the Dallas SWE website.
