College of Engineering and Computer Science: Dean's Speaker Series - Women in Engineering and Aviation: An Unfinished Revolution

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Women in Engineering and Aviation: An Unfinished Revolution
Eileen, Bjorkman, Ph.D., retired USAF Colonel and Flight Test Engineer

Women have made great strides in many professional fields, including medicine and law. But the number of women in most aviation and engineering careers remains small. Eileen Bjorkman examines the issues that discourage women from entering these fields and discusses some of her own experiences as a flight test engineer in the U.S. Air Force, along with some recommendations on how the U.S. can do more to fully use the talents of women.

Speaker Bio:
Eileen Bjorkman, Ph.D. is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and senior executive with 700+ hours of flying time as a flight test engineer in 25 different types of military aircraft, primarily the F-4, F-16, C-130, and C-141. Her last position with the Air Force was as Executive Director, Air Force Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. In retirement, Eileen sits on the boards of several non-profit professional organizations. She is also a freelance writer and author of three books, most recently The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat. She has both MS and BS degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Ohio, and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Washington in Seattle. She also has a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.