Women Engineers (SWE) 2018 career conference, which took place October 18–20 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The three were Patricia Jastrzebska-Perfect, Haley So, and Alice Wu. Lily Zhao, vice president, external, of Columbia’s SWE chapter, also attended.
The not-for-profit SWE was founded in 1950 to empower women in the engineering fields. Its activities include training, development, networking, scholarships, outreach, and advocacy. The society's main annual event is its career conference—the world's largest for women engineers. About half the attendees each year are college students. More than 14,000 attended this year's conference, the theme of which was "Let's Break Boundaries."
A central focus of the conference was the job fair. With more than 350 exhibitors, it included on-site interviews for jobs and internships. Other events were keynote addresses by industry executives, more than 300 presentations, and hands-on engineering activities for girls in grades 6–12.