SWE History
SWE’s mission focuses on empowering women to achieve their full potential in this field
What is Engineering?
This chemist and physicist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize
Who is Marie Curie?
This BU engineering major combines biology and engineering principles.
What is BME?
This is BU's mascot
Who is Rhett the Terrier?
This is the oldest public park in the United States.
What is the Boston Common?
The year the Society of Women Engineers was founded
What is 1950?
This astronaut became the first American woman in space in 1983.
Who is Sally Ride?
These are the Engineering majors that BU offers
What are Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering?
This is the best dining hall at BU
What is Marciano Commons?
This sports team is the Boston Red Sox's most intense rival
Who are the New York Yankees?
What is New York City, 1951?
This Theranos founder is currently serving a federal prison sentence for wire fraud and conspiracy after misleading investors about blood-testing technology (hint: Amanda Seyfried plays her in Hulu series, The Dropout)
Who is Elizabeth Holmes?
This on-campus space lets students prototype, 3D print, and work on design projects.
What is the Engineering Product Innovation Center (EPIC)?
This notable alum graduated with a degree in systematic theology in 1955 and went on to be a prominent American civil rights leader (hint: there is a holiday in their name)
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
In 1990, more than $500 million worth of paintings were stolen from this museum
What is Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum?
This state held the first national gathering of the Society of Women Engineers (hint: Snooki)
What is New Jersey?
NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson, helped calculate orbital mechanics for early space missions and was featured in this movie starring Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer.
What is Hidden Figures?
This CAD software is widely used by engineering students at BU to design parts and assemblies
What is SolidWorks?
These colors were chosen as a symbol of the equality of the two sexes at BU
What are scarlet and white?
This is the only one in the world where a boat can sail under a train going under a vehicle driving under an airplane
What is the BU Bridge?
The dates and location of the SWE Annual Conference 2026
What is November 5-7, 2026 in Boston, MA?
She is the current dean of BU's College of Engineering
Who is Dr. Elise Morgan?
This law states that current is directly proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to resistance, or V = IR
What is Ohm's Law?
This number of BU athletes competed in the 2026 Winter Olympics
What is twelve?
The Boston Marathon, the world's oldest annual marathon, began in this year
What is 1897?