You are absolutely right Dennis.
In my days managing a testing lab there were few women in the lab.
But those that we did have were excellent with the equipment they needed to do their Jobs.
I only had one female EE doing electromagnetic engineering and test.
I had one Chemist doing material science analysis who was a whiz with an electron microscope and mass spectrometry,
One Mechanical engineer doing heat flow and thermal analysis that knew her stuff on wind tunnels, thermal cameras and high speed video.
I had a Physisist somewhere in the department, but cannot remember what she did.
That is not many in a lab of 40 or so. We had no women in the test technician category.
That was in the 80's, so I really do hope the ratio has improved since I retired many years ago.
I know when I was interviewing people there were very few female applicants for the EE positions,
but it was better in the software departments of our company.
What is it about electrical/electronic engineering that turns women off that as a career?
The Civils and Mechanicals seem to do far better at attracting women into the profession.
Geoff.
