Sydney's Passion for Rock & Roll DOER CHEVRON ENERGY

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Sydney's passion for rock & roll helped turn her love of engineering up to 11. Now, she wants to figure out how our brains work and hopefully help fight degenerative diseases. Ahh, doin' good with STEM, music to our ears. http://www.DOERS.com/STEM Dr. Laura Bottomley (Director, Women in Engineering and The Engineering Place, College of Engineering, NC State University) is mentoring a new generation of DOERS to do good in their own way. They’re learning by doin’ and making a difference in the world. Mother Mentor Champion of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Biography: "Laura joined North Carolina State University in fall of 1997 with the mission of creating a Women in Engineering program. She soon realized the need for and originated a K-12 Outreach program in 1999. She is responsible for the oversight of the Engineering Place and its strategic operations. She is also a frequent creative contributor to program content. She holds primary responsibility for funding operation and personnel. Laura also runs the Women in Engineering program, advises students and teaches the E 101 Introduction to Engineering and Problem-Solving class for first-year students. Laura graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering in 1984 and 1985 respectively. She spent two years at AT&T; Bell Laboratories, before returning to school at NC State for her Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering. She has also taught at Duke University, where she began her work in K-12 Outreach while teaching undergraduate and graduate electrical engineering courses. Since then, she has consulted with Lockheed Martin, IBM, MCNC and others before eventually originating her current position in the Office Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at NC State. Laura is a senior member of IEEE, a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, a faculty advisor for the Society of Women Engineers at NC State, a member of the steering committee for the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) assessment in technological literacy and a frequent guest speaker for various groups. She has been inducted into the YWCA Academy of Women for her work in empowering women and eliminating racism. The combined Women in Engineering and K-12 Outreach Program under her tutelage received the institutional President’s Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring in 2000. In 2009 Laura received the individual President’s Award for Excellence. Also in 2009 IEEE honored her with the Educational Activities Board Informal Education Award. Some of her National Science Foundation-sponsored work with K-12 was featured on the NSF Discoveries website in 2005." ~ North Carolina State University College of Engineering http://www.doers.com/ Human Energy Agency: McGarryBowen (http://www.mcgarrybowen.com/) Director: Richard Sabean Editor: John Zieman (http://www.johnzieman.com/) Music: Finger Music (http://fingermusic.tv/) © 2001-2016 Chevron Corporation (http://www.chevron.com/Doers/USA/) Posted for entertainment and educational purposes only. No copyrights infringed. All works property of the company listed above. Please do not reproduce without their expressed written consent.