A ceramic engineer and former NASA astronaut, Dr. Bonnie Dunbar is currently President & CEO of the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. Dunbar received her M.S. in ceramic engineering from the University of Washington in 1975. Upon graduation she joined…
Thelma Estrin originally intended to become an accountant but became interested in engineering after taking a three-month training course at Stevens Institute of Technology in 1943 and working as a machinist at the Radio Receptor Company. When her…
Realizing that her dream of becoming a concert pianist would not materialize, Ruth Gordon instead decided to pursue a degree in civil engineering at Stanford University. She completed a master's degree in structural engineering in 1950 and has since…
Mary McCarthy was a freshman studying communications technology at an Oklahoma junior college when the United States entered the Second World War. She joined the Civil Service shortly after and spent the war years repairing damaged planes and…