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  Celebrating the Leadership of the Women of MatSE
   
         
  The Women of MatSE

Joan M. Redwing – Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering, Chair of the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State, Secretary of the American Association for Crystal Growth since 2005, and Associate Editor for the Journal of Crystal Growth.

Elizabeth C. Dickey – Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Associate Director of the Materials Research Institute, Director of the Materials Characterization Laboratory, and Chair of the Basic Sciences Division of The American Ceramic Society.

Suzanne E. Mohney – Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Electronic Materials and 2007 Chair Electronic Materials and Processing Division Executive Committee of the American Vacuum Society.

Susan Trolier-McKinstry – Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering, President of IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society, Associate Editor for Applied Physics Letters, Director of the Center of Excellence in Piezoelectric Materials and Devices at Penn State, and inaugural National Security Science and Engineering Fellow.

Coray M. Colina – Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Director of the Center for the Study of Polymeric Systems, and Guest Editor for the Journal of Physical Chemistry.

  

We are honored to showcase the outstanding achievements of the Women in MatSE. The remarkable talents of these women are revolutionizing the field of Materials Science and Engineering.

In 2006 The National Academies Press published Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. The report states that “Career impediments for women deprive the nation of an important source of talented and accomplished scientists and engineers who could contribute to our nation’s competitiveness. Transforming institutional structures and procedures to eliminate gender bias is a major national task that will require strong leadership and continuous attention, evaluation, and accountability.” A workshop on Gender Equity in Materials Science and Engineering in May 2008 organized by the University Materials Council and supported by DOE-BES and the NSF, underscored the importance of change within academia to ensure that “Implicit biases, unconscious attitudes, invisible factors and schemas (do not) influence decision making and continue to adversely affect the progress of women in MSE.”
In January of 2007 the department took on the task of “evaluating the environment within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering as it pertains to women employees, students and faculty”.

The outcome of this group was the creation of an Ombudsperson position. This position will assist in the mediation of gender related issues. We established and publicized through the web a departmental statement emphasizing our commitment to providing a professional, inclusive environment that embraces the gender, racial and cultural diversity of our students, staff and faculty. We have instituted an orientation program for all students that address gender-related climate issues and taken actions to address gender equity within the department. We have started a strong foundation to maintain an environment free of bias, inequities and discrimination.

By creating such an inclusive environment and through deliberate actions duri ine with future women academicians. These women will have the honor to join the ranks of the outstanding women faculty of Materials Science and Engineering.

 

 
 

 

  
     

 
 
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