Women in Engineering Seminar

To celebrate the contribution of female engineers to our society, STEPS and Engineers Ireland are holding a ‘Women in Engineering seminar’ on 23rd March 2012. This free seminar aimed at second level students will be held in head in 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, D4. Booking required.

The seminar will comprise of three female speakers who are studying or working in the engineering field. Each speaker will talk for about 25 minutes. After the talks there will be an informal meet and greet session with various female engineers, where students can ask the engineers questions in smaller groups. This event will provide students with an insight into choosing, studying and working in engineering and will highlight the opportunities and the challenges associated with the profession.

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Women in Physics – Ireland

The School of Mathematics and Physics at Queens University Belfast and IoPI are inviting your female students to participate in the first “Women in Physics – Ireland” event on the 19th of March 2014. Please email mp.outreach@qub.ac.uk by Friday 13th of December indicating the number of required places, which will be allocated on a first come first served basis. 

The event is focused on promoting Physics among young women in Ireland. We are inviting women at various career stages working in Physics areas (both from academia and industry) to participate in this event, offering a friendly atmosphere that will provide all participants with the opportunity of interacting.

The event will include A-level, undergraduate, master and PhD students, invited speakers, as well as guests from other institutions and industry. It will start with registration at 9.30 am at the Whitla Hall (QUB) and will finish by 4.30 pm, with the option to leave at 2.30 pm if needed. The day will include talks, poster session with prices and a Science Fair (sponsored by Seagate) with both demonstrations and hands-on experiments for everyone to enjoy (see attached information). Among the invited speakers we will have Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (discoverer of the first radio pulsars).

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