Did you know that by 2020, there will be 1.4 million jobs available in computing related fields, but that women are on track to fill just 3%? Girls Who Code is a club for middle- and high-school aged girls interested in computer science that was founded with a single mission: to close the gender gap
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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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We’d like to introduce you to one of our rock star engineers, Aparna Vaidyanathan – a senior technologist, mother of two beautiful school age girls, a singer and a GE Girls volunteer. Last year, Aparna spent a week collaborating with GE Girls on STEM projects at Rice University in Texas. Let’s find out what got Aparna
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