Eleanor Baum: becoming an engineer was an 'act of rebellion' - now, getting more women to follow her is a labor of love

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Eleanor Baum, dean of the engineering school at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City, first got into engineering in the 1950s as an act of rebellion. Now, one of her chief goals is to draw more women into the profession. According to Baum, Cooper Union is an amazing academic institution, comprising both a superb faculty and the best students she has ever seen. The school's student body is diverse: the engineering school's enrollment is made up of 18 percent African-American and Hispanic students, and 27 percent Asians and Pacific Islanders; 30 percent of the student population is female. The biggest problem for some of the students, Baum says, is that while they were at the top of the class in high school, at Cooper Union they are merely average. According to Baum, the real excitement in engineering comes from its societal and organizational aspects.

Engineering, Education, Personalities, Biographies, Biography, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Baum, Eleanor

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Lau Kofoed Kierstein: Playtime in the land of Lego

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Lau Kofoed Kierstein develops the ideas for new toys and designs them for Lego System A/S, besides helping designers and marketers understand what could be done with electronics. Kierstein is the technical lead on the Galidor Kek Powerizer project, is well received by its target audience of six-to eight-year-old boys.

Denmark, Games, Toys & Children's Vehicles, Game, Toy, and Children's Vehicle Manufacturing, Executive changes & profiles, Games, toys, and children's vehicles, Toy industry, Rankings, LEGO A/S, Technical occupations, Kierstein, Lau Kofoed

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