Fabulously Fabricate the Future
Are you looking for a fun, creative career that pays well and allows you to grow? Do you enjoy making new things and working with your hands? Do you like problem solving and working with a team? If the answer is yes, a job as an advanced manufacturer or engineer may be for you. In these careers, you design and build new products for cutting-edge industries like aerospace (think airplanes and spacecraft!), automotive (think cars!), electronics, energy, precision automation (think robots and machines!) and more. Even today, these fields are dominated by men. However, more and more women are discovering the advantages and benefits these jobs offer. We hope you will join them and help fabulously fabricate the future.
WHY #Womanfacturer?
Advanced manufacturing and engineering allow you to flex your creativity, remain financially competitive and help lead the world’s evolving technology. Engineers and advanced manufacturers design and make over 90 percent of everything we use today.
RESOURCES
Many supportive and educational resources exist for young women pursuing careers in advanced manufacturing and engineering. These tools were created with you in mind to help expand your career knowledge and connect you with other young women like you.
OPPORTUNITIES
Opportunities abound for young women beginning and continuing to build their careers in advanced manufacturing and engineering. These opportunities are literally at your fingertips.
ABOUT US
Institute for Advanced Learning and Research Interns Anna Brooks and Kaitlyn Lipscomb dedicated their summer internship to studying the underrepresentation of women in advanced manufacturing and engineering. After further research, the two realized this issue affected their own community and identified possible ways to bring awareness to this matter.
