2015 WEPAN Awards Sponsored by

The Awards event honors key individuals, programs, and corporations for accomplishments that highlight WEPAN’s mission. Honorees demonstrate extraordinary service, significant achievement, model programs, and exemplary work environments that promote the success of women in engineering.

Recognition Awards

WEPAN Women in Engineering Program AwardThe WEPAN Women in Engineering Program Award recognizes an outstanding Woman in Engineering Program that serves as a model for other institutions.

2015 Recipient: UIC Center for Research on Women and Gender’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program

WEPAN University Change Agent AwardThe WEPAN University Change Agent Award honors an individual who has a positive impact on their institution with regard to the climate for women in science, technology, engineering, and math fields, with an emphasis on engineering.

2015 Recipients: Dr. Shobha Bhatia, Professor, Syracuse University Dr. Cristina Crespo, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Oregon Institute of Technology

Research Award

WEPAN Betty Vetter Award for ResearchThe WEPAN Betty Vetter Award for Research recognizes notable achievement in research related to women in engineering. The award is named in memory of Betty M. Vetter, Director of the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, who served as the first treasurer of WEPAN, Inc. and was a founding WEPAN Board member.

2015 Recipient: Dr. Mary Anderson-Rowland, Associate Professor, Arizona State University

Employer Awards

Champion AwardThe Women in Engineering Champion Award recognizes and honors an individual employee in industry for their volunteer contributions to STEM education at the primary, secondary, or collegiate levels.

2015 Recipients: Tracy Drain, Systems Engineer, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Lisa Freed, STEM Program Manager, iRobot

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Evaluation CommitteeRachelle Reisberg, Chair Assistant Dean, Engineering Enrollment Management and RetentionNortheastern University

Proceedings CommitteeElizabeth Litzler, ChairDirector for Research, Center for Workforce DevelopmentUniversity of Washington

Newcomers CommitteeTalina Knox, ChairAssistant Director, Murray Center for Women in TechnologyNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Ann Gordon-Ross Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Florida

Laura Kozuh BistrekProgram Manager, Minority and Women Engineering ProgramsUniversity of Dayton

2015 WEPAN Change Leader Forum Conference & Awards CommitteesConference ChairsLora Leigh Chrystal, Co-ChairIowa State University

Jennifer Groh, Co-ChairPurdue University

Proceedings CommitteeLaura Kozuh Bistrek, ChairUniversity of Dayton

Sheila RossMilwaukee School of Engineering

Program CommitteeBria Barry, Program Co-ChairUniversity of Maryland

Meltem Erol, Program Co-ChairUniversity of California, Berkeley

Cindy Simpson, ProgramAssociation of Women in Science

Mary Fitzpatrick, ProgramUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

Taylor Shire, ProgramIowa State University

Abby Hickman, Session CoordinatorColorado School of Mines

La’Tonia Stiner-Jones, Session CoordinatorThe Ohio State University

Veronica I. Arreola, Promotions & MarketingUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

Aileen Blair, RegistrationWEPAN, Inc.

Stephanie Berry, Tours & Local EventsColorado School of Mines

Sarah Whetsell, Tours & Local EventsThe University of Texas, Austin

Cathryne Jordan, Showcase ChairUniversity of Washington

Sandy Christlieb, ShowcaseMichigan State University

Rachelle Reisberg, Evaluation Chair Northeastern University

Judy Cordes, Newcomers Co-ChairMichigan State University

Elena Gearheart, Newcomers Co-ChairHalliburton

Ann Gordon-Ross, NewcomersUniversity of Florida

Conference Board LiaisonAna DisonThe University of Texas, Austin

Awards CommitteeRachelle Reisberg, ChairNortheastern University

Mary Anderson-RowlandArizona State University

Kimberly Douglas-MankinJournal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

Abby HickmanColorado School of Mines

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Pre-College & WIE Initiative Awards

WEPAN/DiscoverE Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day AwardWEPAN and the Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Program, an initiative of the DiscoverE foundation, work together to recognize major contributions of organizations or individuals to the “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” initiative.

2015 Recipient: Argonne National Laboratory

WEPAN Women in Engineering Initiative AwardThe WEPAN Women in Engineering Initiative Award recognizes an outstanding project or initiative that serves as a model for other institutions.

2015 Recipient: Cynthia Brossman, Director of the Learning Resource Network, Boston University

Service & Recognition Awards

WEPAN Distinguished Service AwardThe WEPAN Distinguished Service Award recognizes a WEPAN member whose individual service has made a significant impact for the organization.

2015 Recipient: Susan Arnold Christian, Assistant Director Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity, Virginia Tech

WEPAN Founders AwardThe Founders Award honors a WEPAN member who exemplifies the spirit of the WEPAN founders through her/his ex-traordinary long-term service to the organization. This award is named for the three founders of WEPAN, Inc. – Suzanne G. Brainard, Jane Zimmer Daniels and Susan Staffin Metz.

2015 Recipient: Dr. Paige Smith, Director, Women in Engineering Program, University of Maryland

Beth HollowayPurdue University

Cathryne JordanUniversity of Washington

Christy LauridsenMcKinsey & Company

Jenna RapaiUniversity of Manitoba

Jan RinehartNortheastern University

Nancy Steffen-FluhrNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Jennifer SwannLehigh University

Awards Board LiaisonBev LouieThe University of Colorado, Boulder