Hey there GE Girls! For this perspectives interview, we spoke with Caroline Key, a Senior Staff Engineer at GE Aviation in Cincinnati, OH who has worked with the company for 12 years. Caroline works supporting the CF6 Engines Systems Engineering team. Caroline has a background in mechanical design, and she loves working with a team
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Many of us have heard the stats. Women make up half of the total U.S. college-educated workforce, yet only 29% of the science and engineering workforce. GE Girls is a summer camp program designed to address these numbers by encouraging girls to explore the world of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and STEM-based careers. Since
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The internet is a part of our daily lives. We use email and text to communicate with friends and family. We buy things online. And we share information about ourselves on social media. There are many benefits, but there are also pitfalls. When we’re online it’s important that we take steps to protect our private
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Every year, we celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8. This day gives us an opportunity to think about the women who have changed or are changing the course of history, and to celebrate the special women in our lives. I’m fortunate to be surrounded by countless incredible women who are in the field of science, technology,
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Water and oil don’t mix. But if you add something fizzy to make bubbles, you’ll get a very interesting result. Materials: • Clear bottle (a plastic water or pop bottle will do) • Vegetable oil • Water • Food coloring • ‘Fizzy’ tablets, like antacid or denture cleaner – make sure the label says “effervescent”,
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Create your own bath bombs with your favorite fragrances and colors, too! Bath bombs are fun to use and even more fun when you make them yourself because you can choose your favorite fragrance and color! And it’s a cool science experiment, too! How does it work? Two of the main ingredients, sodium bicarbonate and citric acid, make the bath bomb
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What could be more fun that creating your own solar oven to cook s’mores as we enter this beautiful fall season. Solar ovens use solar energy (light and heat emitted from the sun) to cook food. So, what is the science behind it? Fuel: Sunlight Sunlight is the fuel. A solar cooker needs an outdoor
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Materials A plastic bucket Water Instructions Head outside…just in case you get wet! Add water to the bucket, but don’t fill it to the top. You should be able to easily lift the bucket. Swing the bucket in a circle above your head. What happens to the water? STEM Second Why did the water stay in the
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