Society of Women Engineers @ UIowa
What roles do Madie and Kendall hold on the executive board?
VP Internal (Madie) and VP External (Kendall)
What engineering discipline has the most female involvement as of 2025?
Biomedical Engineering
How many undergraduate engineering degrees are offered at UIowa?
9
Where were the 2016 summer Olympics held?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
How many points do you need to be an active member in SWE
10
When was the national organization of the Society of women engineers founded?
1947-1949, officially in 1950
What does EPB stand for?
English-Philosophy Building
What element are humans primarily composed of?
Where is SWE conference being held this year?
Boston, Massachusetts
How many U.S. engineering programs have female deans or directors?
113 (and Iowa is one of them!)
When was the university of Iowa established (month, day, and year!)
February 25th, 1847
Who is the youngest person to ever win a Nobel Prize?
Malala Yousafzai at 17 years old
How many people do we have on the executive board?
What major U.S. university granted the first engineering degree to a woman?
University of California-Berkeley
How many former Iowa women's basketball players are currently playing in the WNBA
4
What is the only continent without an active volcano?
Australia
Name 2 of the 4 main tenants of our SWE chapter
Community and Belonging; Professional Excellence; Sisterhood and Support; Leadership Development
Hedy Lamarr, notable for pioneering the technology used for Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth, also was well known as this profession.
Actress
What is the name of the Giant sloth that resides at the Museum of Natural history in Macbride Hall?
Rusty
What was the original purpose of bubble wrap?
Textured wallpaper