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Changing the Way
the World Works |
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Conference
2010 Boston University Saturday, April 10 Boston, MA |
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Discovering Scientific, Technical,
Engineering and Mathematical Women in U.S. History The accomplishments of pioneering
women engineers, scientists, and inventors over the course of U.S. history
are presented. About the Speaker Jill S. Tietjen, P.E. is the President and CEO of Technically Speaking,
Inc. She has spent over 30 years in the
electric utility industry, and provides planning consulting services to
electric utilities and organizations serving the electric utility
industry. Ms. Tietjen serves as an
expert witness before public utility commissions and other government
agencies. Her technical papers have
been published in Public Utilities
Fortnightly and Transmission and
Distribution. She has co-authored
several Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) papers and
served as an electrical engineering program accreditor on behalf of
IEEE. Ms. Tietjen’s previous employers include the University of Colorado at
Boulder, Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Hagler Bailly
Consulting, Mobil Oil Corporation’s Mining and Coal Division, and Duke Power
Company. She graduated from the
University of Virginia (Tau Beta Pi, Virginia Alpha) with a B.S. in Applied
Mathematics (minor in Electrical Engineering) and received her M.B.A. from
the University of North Carolina – Charlotte.
Ms. Tietjen is a registered professional engineer in Colorado. Ms. Tietjen regularly speaks on women in engineering, historical women
in engineering and science, and leadership topics. Her book Her Story: A Timeline of Women
Who Changed America (HarperCollins, 2008) is a local bestseller and is
featured on C-SPAN2/Book TV. Her
introduction to engineering textbook, Keys to Engineering Success, was
published by Prentice Hall in 2001.
She is the co-author with Betty Reynolds of the Setting the Record
Straight series of which three volumes have been published. She has written articles for and been
profiled in SWE: Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers,
Graduating Engineer, U.S. Woman Engineer, Woman Engineer, and Engineering Horizons. She served as the 1991-1992 National
President of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). As Jill S. Baylor, she is a contributing
author to the 1995 book She Does Math!
Ms. Tietjen has received numerous awards and honors including the 2001
Woman in Technology Award from the Women’s Foundation of Colorado, Subaru,
and News4; Tau Beta Pi’s Distinguished Alumna Award, and she was named a
Woman of Distinction by Girl Scouts – Mile Hi Council. Ms. Tietjen serves on a number of
non-profit boards and was Chair of the Board for Girl Scouts – Mile Hi
Council. She is a member of the Board
of Directors for the Georgia Transmission Corporation of Tucker,
Georgia. Ms. Tietjen was a
Commissioner on the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc., and
served as the Western Zone Vice President for the National Council of
Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.
She is a Fellow Life Member of SWE and a Senior Member of the IEEE
Power Engineering Society. Ms. Tietjen
is listed in Who’s Who in Engineering,
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,
and Who’s Who in Technology. |
Jill S Tietjen, P.E.
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