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Series Highlights Women’s Accomplishments
Seven volumes have been published in the Springer Women in Engineering and Science
Series, with more to follow.
By Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., F.SWE
T he Springer Women in Engineer-
ing and Science series showcases
women’s accomplishments in scientific
and engineering fields. The goal of the
series is to raise awareness of the pivotal
work women are undertaking that is of
key importance to our global commu-
nity. Seven volumes have been published
64 SWE CONFERENCE 2019
to date, and others award recipient, is co-editor for the
are under contract nanotechnology volume.
and in process. Each • Florence Hudson, past member of
volume illuminates the SWE board of directors and
women’s research and SWE Suzanne Jenniches Upward
achievements within Mobility Award recipient, is the
a specific STEM topic. editor for a volume on securing the
As such, each volume future with trust, identity, privacy,
is edited by a woman protection, safety and security
and the 10-12 (or more) (TIPPSS) for the internet of things.
chapters in each volume She is considering a second volume.
are written by women. • Alice Smith, Ph.D., is the editor for
The books also include the industrial and systems engineer-
biographies of the ing volume. Dr. Smith is committed
authors — not simply to a second volume on computa-
the standard resume tional intelligence.
items — but discussions Volumes have also been published
of their accomplishments on sustainable agriculture and food
through the lens of why biotechnology, and security. Topics for
they chose STEM fields upcoming volumes include biomedical
and why they stay in the engineering; controls; electric trans-
field. These biographies mission and distribution; aerospace
are envisioned as role- materials (volume editor, Mary Kinsella,
modeling pieces. Ph.D., F.SWE); semiconductor materi-
SWE members are als; mechanical engineering and the
actively involved in the environment; precision agriculture and
series: 3D Printing (Stacey DelVecchio, F.SWE,
• Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., SWE past president).
F.SWE, past president, Recruiting for volume editors on ad-
series editor, wrote the ditional STEM topics is ongoing. 
foundational volume,
which is a history of Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., a SWE Fellow and a life
women in engineering. member of the Rocky Mountain Section,
Tietjen also recruits editors served as 1991-1992 Society president. She
for the various volumes.
• Deb O’Bannon, Ph.D., P.E., F.SWE
and a recipient of the SWE Dis-
is the author of nine books, a national
speaker, and an electrical engineer who
has been inducted into both the Colorado
tinguished Engineering Educator Women’s Hall of Fame and the Colorado
award, is the editor for the water Authors’ Hall of Fame.
quality volume.
• Pam Norris, Ph.D., SWE Distin-
guished Engineering Educator