Stevens Admissions: Ellyn's Blog

Women in Engineering

A few weeks ago, I was asked by one of my professors if I was interested in going and recruiting some friends to go speak at a high school in Clark, New Jersey and talk about women in engineering as part of a "Non-Traditional Career Day" that was being hosted by that school's guidance department.  I jumped at the chance to speak to young high school women and talk to them about why engineering is so great!

This morning, me and three friends went to speak on behalf of female engineers (and for Stevens of course!).  I asked people who had very different majors with different experiences under their belt in their respective field.  All of the women have distinguished themselves as leaders on campus through their involvement.

Here's the breakdown of who went and their majors:
Me - Mechanical Engineering
Lauren - Biomedical Engineering
Sarah - Civil Engineering
Mallory - Naval Engineering

So, there we were... 4 college students talking to 4 groups of freshman and sophomore high school students (groups of approximately 25).  We talked to them about a plethora of different topics: who we were, what we do on campus, what our research and work experience has been, why we chose engineering, what is engineering, what engineers do, and why they should consider it as a future career if it plays to their strengths.

I hope the students got something out of our discussion with them.  I'm hoping that we sparked an interested in some of those young women so they will consider it in their future so that female engineers will no longer be a "non-traditional" career!

Trip to the Sony Wonder Lab with Lore-El

Hello readers!

As RA of Lore-El, I have decided to plan more social activities for the residents of the house to do!  The women in the house all work very hard to promote the various initiatives we support as part of Lore-El, so I decided to take it upon myself to plan some fun things to do... basically, I want to do touristy-type things that I wanted to do on my own and make it Lore-El events!

Being that I'm graduating this semester, there are so many cool things that I've wanted to do in NYC so this is a perfect way to bond with my residents and still accomplish those site-seeing goals.  On the agenda are going to the Statue of Liberty and some of the museums in New York City.

Yesterday, I planned a trip to the Sony Wonder Lab.
I went there for my 20th birthday with my aunt and uncle and thought it was a really cool place that my residents would enjoy (I think that any person at Stevens would enjoy it, to be honest!).  It's a free museum dedicated to teaching people about technology and does it through cool and interactive exhibits.

Below are some cool pictures of me, Katie, and Monica during our trip (photos taken by Katie).

Lunar Eclipse

Last night / early this morning, there was a total lunar eclipse!  A lunar eclipse happens when the full moon passes through the shadow made by the Earth blocking the sun's light.

For the first time in 372 years, an eclipse coincided with the winter solstice.  I was up between 1-3 am to watch it from my room in Lore-El.  It was really cool!

Here are some pictures taken by my sister!

The Bodies Exhibit

I went into the City yesterday and saw the Bodies Exhibit and let me tell you how COOL it was.

It's right next to South Street Seaport (a short walk from the Path station). What an educational and eye opening experience!

It is an exhibit where you can see the wonders of the body... (I'll leave it at that)

It shows exactly what the body looks like.... everything from arteries, veins, organs, muscle tissue, etc.

http://www.bodiesny.com/
I'm sure their website does a much better job than I could to explain what exactly it is.

If you have any interest in Bio or seeing how the body works, it is a MUST SEE!  I originally came into Stevens as a Biomedical Engineering major but have switched to Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Biomedical Engineering, so this was right up my alley.

 

I'm not a child (teenager) anymore... but I still act like it!

Hello all! Today is my birthday! I am 20 years old!

To celebrate, my aunt and uncle came up to celebrate. They were going to take my sister and I into the city to see the Sony Wonder Technology Lab! Unfortunately, my sister had tons of studying to do so she missed out.

But this place is the COOLEST! Despite the fact that all the other kids there were 5 year olds and I am 20, I had a great time! More info about the lab can be found at http://wondertechlab.sony.com/

Upon getting to the lab, we saw TONS of awesome stuff.

 

Yes. This is a GIANT Spiderman on the wall!

My uncle taking his picture for his user card.

IT SAYS ENGINEERS! I had to take a picture!

I did research about nanotechnology this summer, so I knew what they were talking about!

I'm not sure how this worked, but that light somehow sensed where you moved and followed you!

This was the coolest thing I did! I stood in a booth where a sensor monitored my movement and showed up on a screen outside as this cartoon girl! I was dancing to "Get This Party Started" by Pink! You can't really tell in the picture, but let's just say I have some awesome dance skills.

Despite the weather being rainy and muggy today, it was a wonderful day! :)