Supplying Hospitals in Third World Countries
Andrea Arkin
Program Officer-Caribbean Region
Global Links
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Life saver for third world countries
Katherine Bicer
Mechanical Life Management Engineer
GE Aviation
Yoga instructor and engine guru
Check out Katherine's video!
See Katherine at engineeryourlife.org!
Protecting Inventor's Rights
Kristin Biedinger
Patent Attorney
Chemlmage Corporation
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Kristin helps inventors get the reward for thier hard work!
Robots with Feeling!
Cynthia Breazeal
Professor
MIT
Cynthia makes robots more human. Check out how!
Designing your toys!
Katie Broughton
Toyologist
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Engineer your playtime...
Kay Brummond
Professory of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Web Site
Using chemistry to piece together scientific puzzles
Kay's Webpage
Virginia uses computers in a big way to map tiny things!
Virginia Burger
Graduate Researcher
Joint CMU/Pitt Computational Biology PhD Program
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I take courses and work on research projects in order to fulfill the requirements for a PhD degree and become an independent scientific researcher.
Terri Burns
Magazine Publisher
Telluric Season
Web Site
Ambitious Eco-minded Student
Gaming to Teach!
Idit Caperton
CEO and Chairman
Ma Ma Media
Work is fun and games for Idit.
Check out her awesome work on Parkinsons...
Charleen Chu
Researcher and Diagnostic Pathologist
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Web Site
Researching the relationship between mitochondria and neurons! Don't know what that is? Read the bio and look it up!
Erin Copeland
Restoration Ecologist
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Web Site
Using science to restore Pittsburgh’s natural areas
Listen to Erin's Girl Talk Radio interview.
This Radar Engineer should be on your radar
Sandra Cruz-Pol
Professor of Engineering
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
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I teach engineering and do research with weather radars.
Shaundra Daily
Ph. D. Candidate
MIT
Software Developer who helps girls explore their emotions.
See Shaundra at engineeryourlife.org!
Hear more from Shaundra!
Working to ensure teens use safe cosmetics
Mia Davis
National Grassroots Coordinator
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Web Site
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Are your personal care products safe? I can tell you.
Engineering for Life!
Tejal Desai
Professor/Biomedical Engineer
University of California, San Francisco
On the forefront of nanomedicine.
Bernardine Dias
Professor of Robotics
Carnegie Mellon University
Web Site
A woman from Sri Lanka makes real change happen with technology
Listen to Bernardine's Girl Talk Radio Interview!
Looking for the Cure with Stem Cells
Vera Donnenberg
Research scientist
University of Pittsburgh, Hillman Cancer Center
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Research scientist for UPMC specializing in cancer research
Tonya Edmonds
Founder and Coordinator
Technology Leadership Initiative
Web Site
Innovator, and outgoing leader for the next generation of computer programmers.
Check out Tonya in the News!
Elizabeth Ervin
Engineering Professor and Researcher
The University of Mississippi
Web Site
Creating stronger buildings using physics
Working with REALLY BIG Birds!
Erin Estell
Manager of Community Outreach and Education
National Aviary
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Gabriela Farfan
Geology Major
Stanford University
Gabriela rocks at studying rocks.
Check her out at the State of the Union.
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Ria Farrell Schalnat
Patent Attorney
Frost Brown Todd
Web Site
This patent attorney uses her computer programming background to protect computer inventions and write software licenses.
Erin Fletcher
Project Manager
HDR
Innovative, Compassionate Engineer
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See Erin at englineeryourlife.org!
Is language genetic? Jen's checking it out.
Jennifer Ganger
Research Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
Web Site
I teaching courses and conduct research on how children learn language.
Bat Girl for real!
Erin Gillam
Bat Biologist
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Using bats to help agriculture.
Cindie Giummarra
Materials Engineer
Alcoa
Web Site
This Aussie knows how to fly.
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Teaching Science in Australia!
Megan Goldspink
Science After-school Officer
Scitech
Web Site
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Megan teaches at Scitech in the land down under!
Susanne Gollin, Ph.D
Professor
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Web Site
Professor, Cancer Researcher, Geneticist
Judith Griffin
Medical Researcher
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Web Site
This medical researcher uses science to help kids fight cancer.
Get Blown away by Ameri!
Ameri Gurley
Civil Engineer
Texas Tech University
Ameri is constructively destructive.
Tanya Hagen
Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Program
UPMC’s Center for Sports Medicine
Web Site
Just your ‘average’ training camp Doc for the Steelers
Listen to Tanya's Girl Talk Radio Interview!
Dr. Heidi B. Hammel
Astronomer
Space Science Institute
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She's trying to unlock the secrets of the universe!
Sticky from the sea!
Lesley Hamming
Biologist
Northwestern University
Making glue with some mussels!
Hold the Nano-line!
Christy Haynes
Chemist
University of Minnesota
Is your make-up safe? Mp3 player? Christy is looking into it.
Ayanna Howard
Robotics Research Engineer
Telerobotics Research and Applications Group/ Jet Propulsion Labs
So smart that she can make robots smarter.
A Rising Star at Harvard
Isha Jain
Student
Harvard University
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Young math wiz, researcher, and student at Harvard!
Mary Lou Jepsen
CEO
Pixel Qi
Web Site
Influential, Empowered, and world-traveling inventor of the XO
Jill Johnson
Exhibit Director
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Web Site
From a little girl at the beach to the Smithsonian’s Ocean Hall
Listen to Jill's Girl Talk Radio interview!
Orgainzing the world's information at Google
Nina Kang
Senior Software Engineer
Google
Web Site
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Improving and organizing your life with Google maps!
Erin Kienzle
TV meteorologist
WTAE TV
Web Site
Determined, weather forecasting meteorologist
Making cool new products 4moms!
Mary Koes
Vice President of Operations
4moms
You may have seen her products in stores...
Underwater Robots!
Amy Kukulya
Oceanographic Engineer
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Using Autonomous Underwater Robots to explore our world’s oceans.
Daniele Lantagne
safe water system staff engineer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
hiking, traveling, water quality engineer
Check out Daniele's Video!
See Daniele at engineeryourlife.org!
Lani Lazzari
President and Creator
Simple Sugars
Web Site
Entrepreneur, Sugar Scrub Creating Teen
Judy Lee
Designer
IDEO
Web Site
Creative, silk-screening, energetic, product designer
Check out Judy's video!
See Judy at engineeryourlife.org!
Ariadna Font Llijtos
Doctoral Candidate
Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Web Site
Preserving dying languages with AI
Listen to Adrianda's Girl Talk Radio Interview!
Just a simple bioengineer here.
Kacey Marra
Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Lab Director
University of Pittsburgh
Web Site
I teach courses in the department of bioengineering (biomaterials and tissue engineering courses), advise undergraduate and graduate students, and run a tissue engineering laboratory.
Tanya Martinez
Owner
7thgen
Web Site
Passionate, Culturally Aware, Technological Innovator
Check out Tanya's Video!
See Tanya at engineeryourlife.org!
Jonna Mendez
CIA Intelligence Officer (retired)
Central Intelligence Agency
Web Site
What do I do? Shhhh. It’s a secret
Listen to Jonna's Girl Talk Radio interview!
Emily Mercurio
PhD Student in Volcanology
University of Pittsburgh
Web Site
Dodging hot lava to study how volcanoes have shaped the Earth’s past climate!
Laurie Meszaros
Graduate Student Researcher
University of Pittsburgh Department of Bioengineering
Web Site
Researching muscle cells to fix damaged bones and cartilage.
Kay Miller
Molecular Biology Research on Hearing Loss
Dallos Laboratory, Northwestern University
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I study the proteins found in the hearing organs that amplify sound.
Climbing Trees for Science
Nalini Nadkarni
Forest Canopy Researcher
The Evergreen State College
Science in the field...or in the trees.
A girl explores the wide world of math
Eliza O'Reilly
Mathematics Major
University of Pittsburgh
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All Math Majors are awesome...therefore, Eliza is awesome. There may be some math in that...
Study the Art of Play with Corliss
Corliss Outley
Urban Play Researcher
Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences Texas A&M University
Corliss wants to make innercity play a whole lot more fun.
Lisa Parr
Scientist/Primatologist
Emory University, Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Checking out communication between primates. It isn't all monkey business here. Well it is... Sort of...
Seema Patel
CEO
Interbots
Web Site
Patenting storytelling with robots.
Conquering the field of Bioengineering at Pitt!
Kathryn Reed
Freshman Bioengineering Student
University of Pittsburgh
Web Site
Using engineering and the biological sciences to create “smarter” medicines and products for the healthcare industry.
Anastasia Roda
Student
Harvard University
Studying at Harvard, working on the environment, and being awesome...
Ashley Schmider
Economics undergrad and avid volunteer
Duquense University
Using her platform as Miss Teen Pennsylvania to educate the world about environmental protection.
Naima Sharaf
Student
University of Pittsburgh
Web Site
Studying protein structures to unlock the cures for diseases!
Amanda Shaw
Fiddle Prodigy & Environmental Activist
New Orleans
Web Site
Teen fiddle prodigy, environmental activist, movie star!!!
Nina Simon
Director of the Open Source Museum Project
Tech Museum of Innovation
Web Site
Forward thinking technology guru, blogger and museum specialist.
Look at really small things with really big telescopes!
Becca Stiger
Analytical Testing Manager for Glass
PPG
Web Site
"We look at really small things with really big microscopes, and coax X-rays and electrons to reveal their secrets"
Marianne Takamiya
University of Hawaii Hilo
Proffessor of Physics and Astronomy
Marianne has her head up in the stars.
Tara Teich
computer engineer
LucasArts
Web Site
singing, star wars designing, computer engineer
Check out Tara's Video!
See Tara at engineeryourlife.org!
Check out Tara's Blog!
Serving those who serve and protect!
Caroline Tucker
Vice President, Business Development
Diginonymous
Web Site
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digitally serving and protecting...
Bust Rust with Shiryn and Chemical Engineering
Shiryn Tyebjee
Research and Development
PPG
Web Site
I do research and development for new silica based products for coatings applications ranging from flatting agents (lowering glossiness of coatings) to developing environmentally friendly anti-corrosion (anti-rust) pigments.
Christina Tynan-Wood
Writer
PC World/PC Magazine/Popular Science/Family Circle
Web Site
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She gives "High Tech Heroes" a moment in the Sun.
Manuela Veloso
Professor of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Web Site
Her robots play soccer and can help with pollution.
Planning the Future of PPG
Jenny Warburton
Manager of Strategic Projects
PPG
I help find ways to optimize my company’s performance.
Mary Louise Wotring
Director of Administration
RiverQuest
Web Site
Travelling the high seas for science exploration - or at least Pittsburgh's three rivers!
Listen to Mary's Girl Talk Radio interview!
