Lockheed Martin's Women in Engineering Day Inspires Young Women To Explore Engineering Careers
(Mission Times Courier, San Diego, Ca) - Lockheed Martin introduced over 90 young women from Lewis, Longfellow, Mann, Marshall, Millenial Tech and Pershing Middle Schools to the world of engineering during the company's first annual "Women in Engineering Day" event at its San Diego facility. The event promoted the fields of math, science and engineering to young women with high potential and interest in these areas. The goal was to inspire and help teach students translate their interests in math and science into advanced technology careers. The students explored different engineering disciplines through hands-on activities, panel discussions, participated in a team-oriented project and had lunch with Lockheed Martin engineers to discuss classes, colleges and their experience. The highlight of the day was an engineering design challenge. Given a time limit and set amount of materials student teams designed and built a boat. The boat that held the most pennies without sinking won the challenge. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Team Diamond" tied for first place with their boats each holding $2.30 in pennies.