Women in Engineering Leadership Institute (WELI)

JoAnn S. Lighty
Professor and Director of the Institute for Combustion & Energy Studies
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-1114

Judy M. Vance
Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Virtual Reality Applications Center
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011-2160

Debbie Niemeier
Professor and Director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Davis
Davis, California 95616

Lighty, J. S., Vance, J. M., and Niemeier, D. “Women in Engineering Leadership Institute (WELI),” Proceedings of the 2005 WEPAN/NAMEPA Joint Conference, Copyright 2005, WEPAN/NAMEPA, LasVegas, NV, April 10-13, 2005.

Abstract
This paper presents an overview of the current activities of the Women in Engineering Leadership Institute (WELI) which are being funded through a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Grant. Details on these activities are given, along with an overview of conference assessment to date. In addition, future plans for the organization are discussed.