4 Purdue Women Engineers You Should Know

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Purdue graduates can be found all over the world, and beyond, doing amazing things. Here are five women who graduated from Purdue engineering and were able to make changes that have shaped our world as students, engineers, and people.

       1. Mary Ellen Weber, Class of 1984, Chemical Engineering


A Purdue astronaut, Mary Ellen Weber played an important role in delivering a communications satellite into orbit as well as working on the construction of the International Space Station (ISS). In 1995, Weber helped to deploy the TDRS-G satellite into orbit, during the mission she also performed biotechnology experiments, learning more about how colon cancer tissue grows. In 2000, Weber was a crew member for a mission which entailed repairing and installing life-support and electrical components of the ISS. In addition to her accomplishments with NASA, she is an accomplished pilot, scuba-diver, and sky-diver, having received 13 silver and bronze medals from the U.S. National Skydiving Championships.

       2. Doreen M. Mitchell, Class of 1981, Civil Engineering

If you’ve been to Disney World, you’ve seen Doreen Mitchell’s work. She first came in contact with Disney when she worked with a firm responsible for building Imagination Pavilion during the construction of the Epcot center. Following this initial success, in 2014 Mitchell also led the project management organization for the launching of MyMagic+, a planning program at Disney parks which helps guests customize their experience. Mitchell is currently working as the Vice President of Experience Development for Disney’s Parks and Resorts sector where she works on enhancing guests’ experiences.

       3. Pat Galloway, Class of 1978, Civil Engineering

Interested in civil engineering, if so, you’ll have Pat Galloway to thank for your course structure. After serving as the first female president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) from 2003 to 2004, she created a proposal for an engineering education reform, improving the education process of civil engineers in many places. Galloway also served on the US National Science Board from 2006 to 2012 and was inducted into the National Academy of Construction. Galloway currently serves as CEO of Nielsen-Wurster Group, a risk management and consulting firm that serves legal, industrial, and construction sectors, among others.

      4. Janice Voss , Class of 1975, Engineering Sciences

Best known for her work as a NASA astronaut and engineer, Janice Voss journeyed into space give separate times. She currently shares the record for most trips in space as a female astronaut. Janice’s missions included multiple  rendezvous with the Mir space station and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, where she helped to produce what was at the time the world’s most accurate topographical map of the Earth. Voss continued her career at NASA when she served as Science Director for the Kepler Space Observatory, which is an orbiting satellite purposed with finding Earth-like planets. You can see Voss’s impact on Purdue’s campus today in Discovery Park, where a large scaled model of our solar system is dedicated to her.

These women were able to make big changes, in their fields and in our world. Purdue offers exciting and unique opportunities which allow you to go and make your own mark on the world, just like these women.

- Shelby Hedges, NE ‘22

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