#SpaceSunday with Mercury 13 🚀 13 female pilots were prevented from entering NASA’s space training program even after performing better than their male counterparts in the same rigorous testing procedures. This…
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#SustainabilitySaturday
#SustainabilitySaturday 🔬🌍🌎🌏 source: (https://archive.epa.gov/…/s…/wastewise/web/html/factoid.html)
#TBT – Annie Easley (1933 – 2011)
#ThrowbackThursday honoring Annie Easley (1933-2011) 🔬 Annie Easley worked as a computer for NACA until it was abolished in 1958, becoming NASA, where Easley would develop the software for the Centaur…
#WCW – Dara Elass
#WCW 🔬 Dara Elass is a data engineer for Spotify, but has previously worked for Buzzfeed and participated in data science bootcamps! As a muslim woman, Dara navigate tech conferences…
#TechTuesday – Rayouf Alhumedhi
#TechTuesday with Rayouf Alhumedhi 💻 Rayouf Alhumedhi is only 16 but has helped create the hijab emoji! With around 550 million Muslim women who wear hijabs, creating an emoji that represents…
#MathMonday – Sophie Germain
#MathMonday with Sophie Germain (1776-1831) 🔬 Sophie Germain was a French mathematician who entered a challenge to solve why sand settled into patterns on small glass plates when vibrated. After 6…
#SpaceSunday – Caroline Herschel
#SpaceSunday with Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) 🔬✨ Caroline Herschel was the first woman to: -discover a comet be awarded a prize by the Royal Astronomical Society -be paid for her contribution to…
#SustainabilitySaturday
#SustainabilitySaturday 🔬🌍🌎🌏 source: (https://archive.epa.gov/…/s…/wastewise/web/html/factoid.html)
This is what an engineer looks like.
Yesterday, I graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences, with a focus on Environmental Science and Engineering. When I was in third grade, a student teacher…
#TBT – Grace Hopper
#ThrowbackThursday 🔬 Rear Admiral Grace Hopper is the U.S. Navy’s oldest active-duty officer, who developed the first compiler for a computer programming language, along with UNIVAC I and COBOL. She…
#WCW – Leah Busque
#WCW 🔬 Leah Busque is the founder of TaskRabbit, the leading on-demand service marketplace in the world! 🔬 As a Latina, Leah is passionate about diversity within the entrepreneur culture…