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May 23 Professional Development Meeting – Juanita DeLoach

by Dallas SWE on in Meetings

We’re excited to welcome Juanita DeLoach, PhD, a NSBE DFW Hidden Figure awardee, as our guest speaker!

When: Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 6:00-8:00pm
Where: Olive Garden – Addison, 4240 Belt Line Rd, Addison, TX 75001
Cost: FREE for SWE Members, $5 for non-members and guests. Food will be available for purchase by the individual.
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Juanita DeLoach began her career as an etch and thin film process engineer with Texas Instruments after completing a PhD in EE with a minor in Materials. While at TI, Juanita was the named inventor on 8 patents and published applications. After a successful career as a process engineer, she transitioned to Intellectual Property law with a focus on patent litigation. Juanita has been involved in litigation from the initial complaint through trial. Also, she is experienced with post grant review with an emphasis on inter partes review proceedings, having been involved in drafting petitions through Federal Circuit appeals. In August 2017, Juanita will clerk with Chief Judge Barbara Lynn in the Northern District of Texas. Juanita was recently recognized by the National Society of Black Engineers DFW Professionals Chapter as one of its Hidden Figures: Top Ten Women of Color in STEM. Juanita is a proud member of the local DFW/NSBE Professionals chapter and a Lifetime NSBE member, recently inducted at the National Convention in March 2017. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her Yorkie, Mercedes, watching musicals, and participating in Toastmasters.

Ballot for Dallas SWE FY18 Leaders

by Dallas SWE on in Announcements

Your vote is very important in determining the future leadership of Dallas SWE.  Voting starts May 1 and closes on May 31. You must be a member of Dallas SWE in good standing with the Society to cast a ballot!

Click here to see the candidate bios for the FY18 Dallas SWE offices of: vote
  • President  
  • Executive Vice President
  • Vice President of Membership
  • Vice President of Outreach
  • Treasurer
  • Secretary
  • Section Representative
  • Investment Committee Member

Click here to cast your vote!

Thank you!
Dallas SWE FY17 Nominating Committee
Teri Cate – Chair
Tessa Hazlett, Zaineb Ahmad, Molly Sing, Rachel Sheppard – Members

SHPE Professional Development Event – April 22

by Dallas SWE on in Special Events
As part of our FY17 initiative for multicultural engagement, SHPE DFW has invited us and NSBE DFW to attend their professional development event at Mockingbird Towers in Dallas this Saturday, April 22nd from 11am – 2pm, with an informal social gathering afterwards.
The topic will be “Taking Your Leadership to the Next Level – Engineering Your Career.” Click here to register!

Volunteers Needed – STEM Outreach at Arlington Southwest Library

by Dallas SWE on in Outreach

The Arlington Southwest Library has a high demand for STEM books for kids like Rosie Revere Engineer. We are collecting donations of STEM books to donate to the library as part of a STEM outreach event at the library on Thursday, May 4 at 5pm.

We will read Rosie Revere as part of the event and then do a creative building project. We need volunteers to help with the build and provide examples of real life engineers (if she can see it she can be it!). Book donations are also welcome! Please email Kate Van Dellen if you are interested in volunteering at this event.

FY18 Dallas SWE Leadership Slate

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The Dallas SWE FY17 Nominating Committee is please to present the following slate of candidates for your consideration to serve during FY18 (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018). Ballots will be distributed electronically in early May and voting will conclude 30 days thereafter.

  • President – Shelley Stracerner
  • Executive Vice President – Uche Maple
  • Vice President of Membership – Amanda Posadas, Shannon Cruise
  • Vice President of Outreach – Terriekka Cardenas, Rosa Leal
  • Treasurer – Liz Hainey
  • Secretary – Amber Scheurer
  • Section Representative (1 position) – Barbara Read, Taylor Boswell, Kim Concillado
  • Financial Advisory Committee (1 position) 3 Year Term – Katie Mills

 

Per the Dallas SWE Bylaws additional candidates may be nominated by petition, provided that:

  1. The member is eligible for the position;
  1. The member has given written consent to being placed on the ballot;
  1. A minimum of two percent or five of the voting members of the section, whichever is greater, have signed a petition or endorsed an email to place the candidate’s name on the ballot; and
  1. The petition, together with the written consent, is submitted to the chair of the nominating committee by April 30 or fifteen days after the slate is announced to the members of the section, whichever is later.

Please forward any nominations by petition with the required endorsements (five members) and consent of the candidate to zgahmad@gmail.com by April 30th.

Thank you!
Dallas SWE Nominating Committee
Teri Cate – Chair
Zaineb Ahmad, Tessa Hazlett, Molly Sing & Rachel Sheppard – Members

Member of the Month: Kim Concillado

by Dallas SWE on in Membership Appreciation

With our Member of the Month program, Dallas SWE seeks to recognize some of our non-officer members whose technical contributions, leadership accomplishments, or SWE volunteer service are particularly noteworthy. If you would like to nominate a Dallas SWE member for his/her contributions, please email us.

Our Member of the Month for April is Kim Concillado. Kim is a controls engineer at Wynright Corporation and received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University. She has been involved in the automation industry since her first internship and enjoys the fast-paced nature of the career. So far, she has developed human interface applications, created 3D system simulations and worked extensively on programmable logic controllers.

Kim’s interest in engineering emerged from a high school experience as the only female in the local round of the annual Ford/AAA Auto Skills Challenge. Her enjoyment of challenging atmospheres motivated her choice in electrical engineering, but passion in the subject only took off after joining a collegiate engineering design team that concepts, builds and races electric motorcycles: Buckeye Current. The leadership and creativity that blossomed from that group motivates her interest in STEM outreach. Providing access to challenging and interesting experiences for students K-12 and beyond are integral to the growth of diversity in engineering.

Kim joined a collegiate chapter of SWE at Ohio State but became considerably more active as a professional, participating in women in engineering panels including Illuminate STEM’s Self-eSTEM event and the spring 2017 Design Your World career panel at SMU. Her favorite experience to date is inviting students to explore circuit design at the Dallas ISD STEM Expo. In addition, her skills in social media can be found on Dallas SWE’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn pages. Kim is relatively new to the Dallas area, but found Dallas SWE to be integral to her acclimation. Outside of SWE, Kim spends her weekends caring for tigers, lions, bobcats and cougars as a volunteer and strong wildlife conservation advocate at In-Sync Exotics. She is also passionate about child abuse prevention and frequents the Dallas courts as a trained advocate of Dallas CASA. She can also be found on the University of Texas – Dallas campus as a Panhellenic alumni advisor for the Delta Zeta chapter.

“Dallas SWE welcomed me with open arms. In a time when I was new in town and didn’t know a soul, I felt like I belonged.“

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