SWE Maine - Section F004

The Maine Section has been active for well over 40 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 once 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, with several opportunities for all interested to participate.    Our scholarship program is now offering $1,000 for the selected woman senior high school student who is planning on studying engineering or related field.  

Meetings and Activities

​UPCOMING EVENTS:  



Maine SWE Virtual Video Discussion Networking Event via Zoom
March 30, 2021 from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.  
Want to meet other Women Engineers in Maine?
Join us on Tuesday March 30th from 8 pm to 9 pm as we discuss ways to prepare for the next transition in the pandemic.  We'll be discussing the following videos
·  TED Talk (Amy Purdy, 9:36): Living Beyond Limits
·  TED Talk (Jennifer Jones, 13:10): How Adaptability Will Help You Deal With Change
Please email us at swe.mainechapter@gmail.com 

​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!

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PAST EVENTS
Maine SWE and Friends Speed Networking Event via Zoom
February 23, 2021 from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.  

Girl Scouts of Maine and Maine SWE - STEM Event
November 14 from 1-2:30 - 
Maine SWE Engineers met with the Girl Scouts of Maine to present an engineering career discussion.  The virtual event allowed the Cadet Girl Scouts to participate real-time and ask questions as our presenters described various aspects of different types of engineering, with hands on activities.   This included a demonstration of a  3-D printer rendering of the State of Maine.  Really Cool.  

Professional Tour - City of Bath Water Treatments, Bath Maine
Maine SWE and Friends - Meet and Greet -  October 8, 2020
  Tour of the City of Bath Water Treatment Plant and dinner followed at Brunos on Front Street in Bath.
    
Speed Resume and Interview Session with the University of Maine at Orono; September 2020

MEET AND GREET AT THE TOPSHAM SEADOG - August 17th
Our group occupied a couple of outdoor tables over looking the beautiful Androscoggin River.   We networked and learned more about various engineering projects and assignments throughout Maine and New England.

The 74th Maine State Science Fair March 28, University of Maine at Orono
Maine SWE is supporting, please consider being a judge.   For more information see:
​: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tdX0R7NUdSFvkDztbrQfQvRt2SYVMw3Y

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.

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

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