SWE Magazine

SWE, Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers (ISSN 1070-6232), is published quarterly with an additional issue in October. Articles in SWE cover issues of interest to women engineers including the achievements and accomplishments of women engineers, career development, career guidance for and outreach to students, activities within the Society, and technical themes geared to an audience covering a broad range of engineering disciplines. Members may view a complete copy of the latest issue of SWE Magazine by logging into the site and visiting the Communications section of Member Resources. Subscribe to SWE Update your mailing address Table of Contents for Spring 2008 issue

Past Issues

Digital issues of SWE are available in the Member Resources section of the SWE Web site.

Memorable Articles from Past Issues

Survey of SWE to the Presidential Campaigns
NACME: 30 Years, Thousands of Stories
Best of Career Toolbox

SWE Literature Review

Recognizing the long-standing and ongoing need to compile research on women in engineering, SWE

Magazine publishes an annual review of literature on women in engineering. It examines peer-reviewed articles, dissertations, reports, and conferences. Sources range from the mainstream media to academic journals, to engineering/scientific society magazines

Women in Engineering: A Review of the 2006 Literature
Women in Engineering: A Review of the 2005 Literature
Women in Engineering: A Review of the 2004 Literature
Women in Engineering: A Review of the 2003 Literature
2002 Survey of Literature (Zipped)
By Lisa M. Frehill, Jammie Benton-Speyer, and Pamela Hunt
2001 Survey of Literature (Zipped)
By Claire Thielen SWE

Awards

SWE Magazine was recently awarded three Apex awards for publishing excellence. Please click here to view the press announcement. For a full history of awards see the links below: 2007 2007 | Cover On the Ballot: The Best Candidate for Political Office Just Might Be an Engineer Engineering Medical Miracles 2006 2006 | Cover Engineers Seek Ways to Head Off Global Warming America's Water Crisis 2005 2005 | Cover People's Needs, Technology's Power Lillian Moller Golbreth, Ph.D.: A Legend in Her Own Time 2004 2004 | Spring Cover Bridge Builders' Dreams Span the Bay Biotechnology Spawns a Demand for Engineering Skills 2003 2003 | Spring Cover Spring 2002 Cover Space Day 2003: Educating Young People About the Possibilities of Space Travel

Career Tool Box

Winter 2004 – The 3 R's of Teaming: Roles, Rules & Relationships
Spring 2004 – How to Manage Layoffs
Summer 2005 – Journaling --The New Diary
Fall 2005 – How to Negotiate a Career Fair
Winter 2005 – Thinking About Visiting a School During EWeek?
Spring 2006 – Taking Time Off
Summer 2006 – Keeping the Wind in Your Sails
Fall 2006 – Planning for Evaluation Day
Conference 2006 – Strategies for Job Interview Questions
Spring 2007 – Transferring Leadership Skills from SWE to Your Career
Fall 2007 – Submitting a Successful Grant Proposal
Winter 2007 – For Sale: Your Knowledge, Expertise and Intellectual Capital
Winter 2008 – Ten Steps Toward a More Effective Outreach Program

Letters to the Editor
SWE invites its readers to submit editorial response and feedback through letters to the editor. Please submit editorial response via email using the title "Letters to the Editor" to swemag@swe.org, or submit via regular mail to:

Anne Perusek
c/o Society of Women Engineers
SWE Headquarters
230 East Ohio, Ste. 400
Chicago, IL. 60611-3265