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Re: Jane Cosmetics at 2014 Championship

I have to say that I was a bit taken aback when I saw the display that Jane had set up in the pit area. I also had the reaction at first that this could be sending the wrong message, depending on the way the information was communicated to the students. Here is what I would have liked to have seen from Jane:

We employ chemical, manufacturing, programmers, packaging, etc. engineers and graphic design, marketing, project management, etc personnel.
Here is our workshop showing students how to make homemade lipgloss, chocolate asphalt, etc. that they can take with them.
The message is that females can design and configure the electrical, mechanical, software, and be on the drive team and not just perform the Team fund raising, chairman's award presentation, finances, etc. tasks.

I want to see the 30% female involvement increase to 50% and I want to see that 50% be hands on the robot vs. 90% of the 30% performing all the other skills required for a successful team.

With that being said, if you are a girly-girl who loves tech and gaming, please do not give up your femininity either. A pink phone case is your individual taste and you have every right to have it as well as wear make-up, a skirt, or heels. We only request you to be classy and not trashy in your choices because trashy is still sending the wrong message in today's still male-dominated engineering workplace.

If you want to talk to a female engineer who has served on a design team for various space missions, please come find me at an event or send me a PM.

BTW, NASA had hardware in Atlanta one year. I believe it was the Robonaut vehicle.
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