SWE Maine - Section F004

The Maine Section has been active for over 25 years.  Our members work and live all over the state.  Our professional section meets with the collegiate section, based at University of Maine, Orono Campus approximately twice each year.  We hold our planning meetings each summer in order to set our meeting schedule for the year.  Formal meetings typically begin in September and end in April or May.

Meetings and Activities

​UPCOMING EVENTS:  

The Maine Society of Women Engineers and Friends with the Girl Scouts of Maine
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. to noon
Balloon Car Design Girl Scout Badge 
Maine Department of Transportation (main office building)
24 Child Street, Augusta, Maine

Maine SWE is joining forces with the Girl Scouts of Maine to facilitate the Balloon Car Challenge Badge for 20 junior girl scouts.   Please consider being a volunteer for this event.   Contact:  Cary Hirnak at swe.mainechapter@gmail.com.

The 74th Maine State Science Fair March 28, University of Maine at Orono
Maine SWE is supporting, please consider being a judge.

Judges will engage in constructive analysis and discussion of projects with high school students and determine the strengths and weaknesses of projects according to a rubric.  In addition to evaluating projects, judges also serve as representatives of their field, providing useful feedback, advice, and encouragement to all students. We provide refreshments and lunch and ask judges to be there from 8am to 2pm.

PAST EVENTS

The Maine Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Annual Holiday Brunch - December 14,  2019 - Becky's Diner
Over a dozen intrepid women engineers made their way to the iconic Becky's Diner despite the road closures; the diner was open and we enjoyed a pleasant get together upstairs.  

Speed Resume and Interview Session - University of Maine at Orono; October 7, 2019
Maine SWE Professionals met with groups of Students and discussed resumes and interviews.  The event was well received by the students and our section is building on this year's event and will be adding this event to our next year's program.  

Thursday, September 12th, 2019; Meet and Greet Event       
​Location:  The Compass Room, SeaDog;  South Portland, Maine
Roughly a dozen of Women Engineers around Maine networked and chatted about Maine SWE's goals for the upcoming fiscal year.  


  

High School Certificate of Achievement Program

The Maine Section of Society of Women Engineers offers Certificate of Achievement 
The Maine Section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is happy to again offer our Certificate of Achievement award to high school junior girls who have excelled in math and science during their high school careers.

Our goal is to encourage young women currently attending secondary schools to continue studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classes in order to expand their educational opportunities and to consider engineering as a possible career choice.
Please cut and paste the following in the body of an email to certificates.swe@gmail.com and add the appropriate information.  Please provide us at least three weeks notice to prepare the certificate.  
 
·  School Name:
·  School Mailing Address:
·  Staff contact name: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
·  Staff Title or department:
·  Email:
·  Phone number:
·  Best time to call:
·  Award winner's name:
·  Date by when certificate is needed:
·  Do you wish to have a SWE representative present the award, if one is available? (Yes or No):
·  File Preference (word or pdf):
  
Thank you for your support of all those students who have worked so hard!