Professional Development

SWE-CI is looking for volunteers to join the Professional Development Committee! The goal of the PD Committee is to put together events for members that encourage them to attain high levels of educational and professional achievement, encourage and assist women engineers and allies in readying themselves for a return to active work after a period of absence, and conduct any other activities approved by the Section membership to further enhance of the professional development of its members.

The Committee is responsible for putting together professional development events by selecting event topics and speakers that assist in achieving SWE’s Society level and local level Professional Development goals.

You should join this committee if you are interested in furthering Professional Development for SWE members around the Central Indiana Section.

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Past PD Events

WE21

"Tech Talk: Chlorinated Solvent Technologies and New Fluorocarbon Challenges" February 19, 2021

On February 19th, SWE hosted a virtual event to from an industry expert about the suite of remediation technologies used by environmental engineering professionals to clean up one of the most common groups of contaminants released to the environment, chlorinated solvents. 

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"100 Anniversary of the Women's Vote and SWE Capitol Hill Days" - October 13th 2020

On October 13th, SWE hosted a virtual event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Women's Vote, and hear from Award Winning Kate Maxwell and her experience at the SWE Congressional Outreach Days. The event started with a fun trivia game focused on Women's Rights. After trivia, Kate Maxwell spoke about her experience attending a SWE Capitol Hill Day as well as advice for how to be involved in a future Congressional Outreach Day. The recording of this event can be found below.