ABSTRACT
Michelle Segrest gives us the history of ways women have been forging ahead in science and creating pathways for other women to break these glass ceilings. She tells us about the journeys of five women and how they have changed the way we perceive women in STEM. Jayne Beck usually hosts a session at the “Introduce a girl to engineering” program at Siemens and relates how she got into this role as well as ways we can help change the perception of engineering form being only male dominated. Elena Rodriguez is also highlighted in her role as a water engineering director, which takes her across the globe to solve unique challenges. Next, Rendela Wenzel’s maintenance and reliability journey is explored as we follow her thought processes on investigating equipment failures and development of programs for them. Gina Hutto Kittle’s passion for encouraging diversity especially within the reliability sector and her experiences being the only female on job sites or at conferences such as SMRP are shared as well. Lastly, Rebekah Macko shares her ability to understand the mechanics of machines and her journey, which led here to Gieger where she works with the quality assurance program and spearheaded the company’s achievement of ISO 9001 certification.
