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Diversity and Inclusion Event - All are welcome !
More Work To Do in STEM for Diversity and Inclusion
- A Conversation on Underrepresented Genders
Registration
Please sign up at this link
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and send the check (with attendee's name written on check) to
SWE Hawaiian Islands
P.O. Box 37426, Honolulu, HI 96837
by Wednesday 05/22
Cost
SWE Collegiate Member : $10
Non-SWE Student : $15
SWE Professional Member : $20
Non-SWE Professional : $25
Retiree/ Professional with Hardship: $15
Time
Saturday May 25, 2019
8:30AM - 12:00PPM
Location
East West Center, Asia Room
1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848
Please sign up at this link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lXymYqm07SPq5vzzWfau0eA8rvsVKdVRncw8vekVdIM/edit
and send the check (with attendee's name written on check) to
SWE Hawaiian Islands
P.O. Box 37426, Honolulu, HI 96837
by Wednesday 05/22
Cost
SWE Collegiate Member : $10
Non-SWE Student : $15
SWE Professional Member : $20
Non-SWE Professional : $25
Retiree/ Professional with Hardship: $15
Time
Saturday May 25, 2019
8:30AM - 12:00PPM
Location
East West Center, Asia Room
1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848
Agenda
At this event, speakers will discuss the māhū gender role in the Hawaiian culture, the topic of advancing nonbinary and transgender engineering students, and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE)'s diversity and inclusion effort. Also the SWE Hawaiian Islands professional section will announce its 1st endowed scholarship - Mae Nakatani Nishioka Scholarship - perpetuating the legacy of our 1st woman engineer in Hawaii (1950).
Speaker Biography
Dr. Kalaniopua Young
Dr. Young is a Kanaka ‘Ōiwi Maoli (Native Hawaiian), Māhū+ (queer/transgender) scholar-activist, and a former community organizer with the United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance, Seattle. She received her doctorate from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her dissertation "Constellations of Rebellion: Home, Makeshift Economies and Queer Indigeneity" (2019) is based on three years of fieldwork at the largest outdoor encampment in Hawai’i and the longest roving tent city in Washington State.
She will present the māhū gender role in the Hawaiian culture.
Andrea Haverkamp
Andrea is a doctoral candidate in Environmental Engineering and a student in the Queer Studies Ph.D. minor program at Oregon State University. Her research investigates the experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming undergraduate students in engineering education. The project’s approach centers framing gender in engineering through modern queer theory and using feminist research methods to elevate the community’s voice and participation. She on the editorial board for the International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace and is the FY18-19 Diversity & Inclusion Liaison for the Graduate Society of Women Engineers.
She will present her research on advancing the nonbinary and transgender students in engineering.
Fran Stuart
Fran Stuart is a Senior SWE Member with over thirty-five years of membership and has served the Society at all levels including six years on the Board of Directors. Fran has had many SWE, work, and life experiences that resulted in a SWE Distinguished Service Award in 2016. Fran has focused on diversity and inclusion, outreach, and development. Her work experiences include positions in male dominated environments with three years in the military, nineteen years with four large aerospace companies, and eleven years with a small engineering company. Fran earned her bachelors degree in 1979 at Georgia Tech which was a very male dominated school at the time. Fran enjoys travel, needle crafts, cooking, and spending time with friends. Fran is also Mom to two parakeets. Since her husband Mike’s passing in 2017 Fran has devoted time and money to several philanthropic pursuits including working on Mike’s legacy scholarships and having something named after him at the University of Missouri – Columbia College of Engineering to honor his twenty-seven patents for medical devices and other engineering accomplishments.
Fran will discuss SWE's effort in diversity and inclusion.
At this event, speakers will discuss the māhū gender role in the Hawaiian culture, the topic of advancing nonbinary and transgender engineering students, and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE)'s diversity and inclusion effort. Also the SWE Hawaiian Islands professional section will announce its 1st endowed scholarship - Mae Nakatani Nishioka Scholarship - perpetuating the legacy of our 1st woman engineer in Hawaii (1950).
Speaker Biography
Dr. Kalaniopua Young
Dr. Young is a Kanaka ‘Ōiwi Maoli (Native Hawaiian), Māhū+ (queer/transgender) scholar-activist, and a former community organizer with the United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance, Seattle. She received her doctorate from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her dissertation "Constellations of Rebellion: Home, Makeshift Economies and Queer Indigeneity" (2019) is based on three years of fieldwork at the largest outdoor encampment in Hawai’i and the longest roving tent city in Washington State.
She will present the māhū gender role in the Hawaiian culture.
Andrea Haverkamp
Andrea is a doctoral candidate in Environmental Engineering and a student in the Queer Studies Ph.D. minor program at Oregon State University. Her research investigates the experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming undergraduate students in engineering education. The project’s approach centers framing gender in engineering through modern queer theory and using feminist research methods to elevate the community’s voice and participation. She on the editorial board for the International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace and is the FY18-19 Diversity & Inclusion Liaison for the Graduate Society of Women Engineers.
She will present her research on advancing the nonbinary and transgender students in engineering.
Fran Stuart
Fran Stuart is a Senior SWE Member with over thirty-five years of membership and has served the Society at all levels including six years on the Board of Directors. Fran has had many SWE, work, and life experiences that resulted in a SWE Distinguished Service Award in 2016. Fran has focused on diversity and inclusion, outreach, and development. Her work experiences include positions in male dominated environments with three years in the military, nineteen years with four large aerospace companies, and eleven years with a small engineering company. Fran earned her bachelors degree in 1979 at Georgia Tech which was a very male dominated school at the time. Fran enjoys travel, needle crafts, cooking, and spending time with friends. Fran is also Mom to two parakeets. Since her husband Mike’s passing in 2017 Fran has devoted time and money to several philanthropic pursuits including working on Mike’s legacy scholarships and having something named after him at the University of Missouri – Columbia College of Engineering to honor his twenty-seven patents for medical devices and other engineering accomplishments.
Fran will discuss SWE's effort in diversity and inclusion.
Join us for an interactive webinar on How to Get Company's Sponsorship for Your Professional Society Involvement on Thursday September 27 at 4PM Hawaiian Standard Time.
Our 1st Oahu meeting will be on Monday 08/27/2018. Come learn about SWE, share ideas about what you'd like to do, and listen to our panel speakers on Work/ Life Balance.
FY18 (2017-2018) Events
Electric Lighting of Honolulu
Date:
Friday, March 23, 2018
Time:
10:30-11:00am
Location:
Iolani Palace
364 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813
The IEEE society will be a hosting celebration of the 130th anniversary of the Electric Lighting of the Town of Honolulu in a ceremony at Iolani Palace. There will be 4 speakers: IEEE President; Governor Ige; Director of Iolani Palace; HECO representative
Date:
Friday, March 23, 2018
Time:
10:30-11:00am
Location:
Iolani Palace
364 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813
The IEEE society will be a hosting celebration of the 130th anniversary of the Electric Lighting of the Town of Honolulu in a ceremony at Iolani Palace. There will be 4 speakers: IEEE President; Governor Ige; Director of Iolani Palace; HECO representative
Pau Hana
Date:
Friday, March 23, 2018
Time:
5:00pm
Location:
Bethel Union
1115 Bethel St, Honolulu, HI 96813
Pau hana! We will provide food and attendees to pay their own drinks.
Date:
Friday, March 23, 2018
Time:
5:00pm
Location:
Bethel Union
1115 Bethel St, Honolulu, HI 96813
Pau hana! We will provide food and attendees to pay their own drinks.
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Introduce a Girl to Engineering DayMaui
Thursday, February 25th, 2016 at 9:00 am The goal of the event is to expose girls in grades 7 and 8 to the field of engineering and to encourage them to become engineers themselves. |
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Precision Polarimeters Probing Solar MagnetismMaui
Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 at 5:30 pm Malcolm Center in the Maui Research and Technology Park This presentation will summarize the primary scientific goals of Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), discuss the engineering challenges surmounted by its design, and illustrate the advanced technologies developed in support of high-precision polarimetry of the solar atmosphere. Tom Schad is an astronomer of the National Solar Observatory (NSO) working with the DKIST project on Maui. |
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Maui Design Professionals and Engineers Annual Holiday LunchMaui
Thursday, November 18th, 2015 at 11:30 am Dunes at Maui Lanai Meet and network with other Maui Design professionals and engineers! |
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Ice Palace SocialOahu
Friday, December 18th, 2015 at 5:30 pm Ice Palace We will introduce our FY16 leadership and have a quick general meeting |
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Roselani Ice CreamMaui
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 at 5:30 pm Networking: 5:30 ‐ 5:45pm Presentation and Q&A: 5:45 - 6:45 Presentation by Cathy Nobriga Kim Cathy Nobriga Kim, Board of Directors Treasurer and Vice President of the Frozen Division at Maui Soda & Ice Works, will be giving a presentation about the operation of Roselani Ice Cream and the background of its parent company, Maui Soda & Ice Works. Cathy started working part-‐time for Roselani, her family’s business, when she was 15 years old. A third-‐generation ice cream maker, Cathy is the creative force behind new flavors at Roselani. She has served on the Maui Chamber of Commerce Made in Maui Trade Council and on numerous boards including the Maui Food Bank, Maui Economic Development Board, and A Keiki’s Dream. |
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Tumbling Rates of Inactive GEO Satellites
Maui
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 at 5:15 pm Presentation by Rita Cognion, PhD Rita Cognion, PhD, a senior scientist at Oceanit Labs, has conducted observation campaigns and analyses in support of space situational awareness since 2006. Her presentation will discuss tumbling rates of inactive geosynchronous (GEO) satellites. Space debris, traveling at high speed, can cause catastrophic damage. An inactive satellite appears as a spinning, tumbling, and uncooperative target to any debris mitigation solution. Therefore, knowledge of the satellite’s rotation rate is crucial for the development of debris mitigation efforts and satellite harvesting programs. |
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PDC’s DisasterAWARE: tracking disasters with technology
Maui
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 at 5:30 pm Networking: 5:15 pm Presentation by Andrea Chatman (Pacific Disaster Center) Andrea Chatman of the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) will give us a brief presentation on PDC’s DisasterAWARE tool and tracking disasters with technology. The presentation will be followed by pupus & drinks (on your own). |
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