Only 19% of the College of Engineering and Sciences at Louisiana Tech University are women.
Louisiana Tech students are paving the way for future students and coworkers by engaging with each other and building a community of successful women.
“Engineering has been a male field since it started, so one thing is not only getting women together but educating others to be advocates for women in these fields,” said Allie DeLeo-Allen, the director of enrollment management and employer relations for the College of Engineering and Science.
Louisiana Tech’s College of Engineering and Science is fostering that idea by creating Women in STEM (WiSTEM) which started out of the Office of Women in Science and Engineering by Katie Evans, Krystal Corbett, and DeLeo-Allen, three female faculty members at Louisiana Tech.
Louisiana Tech University mathematics alumnae and professor emeritus Dr. Jenna Carpenter has been selected as the president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the national engineering education society dedicated to the professional needs of engineering educators.
Carpenter served in several leadership roles over 26 years with Louisiana Tech’s College of Engineering and Science (COES). She served as program chair of the mathematics and statistics program, director of multiple programs within the College, associate dean of administration and strategic initiatives, and associate dean of undergraduate studies for the COES.
During her tenure at Louisiana Tech, Carpenter was active in diversity and education initiatives, founding the Office for Women in Science and Engineering to provide professional development and mentoring opportunities for women faculty and students within the College. She also helped found the Louisiana Tech chapter of the National Aca