INDIVIDUAL: Nomination of Dr. Karen Panetta for Innovations in Engineering Education Mentoring for Attracting and Retaining Women in Engineering through her Nerd Girls Program

Karen Panetta博士是电气和计算机工程教授，致力于激励年轻人追求工程和科学事业，并消除对女性工程师的负面刻板印象。她通过塔夫茨大学书呆子女孩项目，亲自指导了16个班级的女性和其他在工程领域代表性不足的群体的成员。在这个项目中，帕内塔博士通过让学生参与到为人类服务的现实世界项目中来，帮助他们建立对自己研究技能的信心。在帕内塔博士的项目中，98%的学生在获得工程学本科学位后的三年内继续攻读研究生学位。

Dr. Karen Panetta, a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is dedicated to inspiring youth to pursue engineering and science careers and to dispelling negative stereotypes about women engineers. She has personally mentored 16 classes of women and members of other groups underrepresented in engineering through her Tufts University Nerd Girls program. In this program, Dr. Panetta helps students build confidence in their research skills by engaging them in real-world projects that serve humanity. Ninety-eight percent of all students graduating from Dr. Panetta's program pursue a graduate degree within three years of receiving their undergraduate degree in engineering.