October 13, 2005 Source: University of Western Ontario:
http://communications.uwo.ca/media_newsroom/story.html?listing_id=19938 Attracting Girls to Engineering London, ON. - Girls will have a chance to learn first hand about the excitement of an
engineering career when The Faculty of Engineering at The University of
Western Ontario presents GO ENG Girl, Saturday, October 15 from 9:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Spencer Engineering Building. Girls in grades 7 to 10 and their parents will participate in hands-on
activities such as developing a water purification system and creating
and activating a pneumatic robotic arm to move objects. Attendees will
meet women currently studying engineering and learn about some of the
remarkable things female engineers are doing. Go ENG Girl was developed to address the issue of declining enrolment of
women in post secondary engineering studies. Similar events are being
held at engineering faculties across Ontario on Saturday. "The profession of engineering has changed over the years," says Cynthia
Dunning, Mechanical Engineering professor and co-oganizer of Western's
Go ENG Girl. "Engineering is really a caring profession. We develop
artificial hearts for example and work with the environment - the
opportunities are endless for women." Go ENG Girl is presented by The Ontario Network of Women in Engineering
with the support of the Council of Ontario Deans of Engineering, the
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), ACTUA, Agilent
Technologies Canada Inc., the Lassonde Family Foundation, Inco Limited,
Falconbridge, Pratt & Whitney, MDA, Zenon, IBM and The Woodbridge Group. For more information or to register to attend, visit
www.eng.uwo.ca/comms/goenggirl.htm. - 30 - Western Media contact: Christine Roulston, Communications & Public
Affairs, (519) 661-2111 ext. 85165; Cynthia Dunning, Mechanical
Engineering professor and co-oganizer of Western's Go ENG Girl, (519)
661-2111 ext. 88306; or Jan Sheperd McKee, co-oganizer of Western's Go
ENG Girl, (519) 661-2111 ext. 88359. Go ENG Girl contact: Márta Ecsedi, P.Eng., Chair, Go ENG Girl Committee,
(416) 978-4259, ecsedi@ecf.utoronto.ca Media Newsroom is updated daily by the Media Relations staff at the Department of Communications and Public Affairs.
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