{"id":6226,"date":"2019-01-31T10:29:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T18:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Solid-Edge-Blog\/Think-Like-an-Engineer-with-Solid-Edge\/ba-p\/562871"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:35:41","slug":"think-like-an-engineer-with-solid-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/think-like-an-engineer-with-solid-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"How to think like an engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Women and girls make up only 25 percent of the science and engineering workforce; <\/span>only <\/span>13 percent of mechanical engineering undergraduates; 14.2 percent of doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering<\/span>. More broadly, women make up 49 percent of the college-educated workforce, but only 14 percent of practicing engineers<\/span> nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When these disparities persist, everyone suffers. Women miss out on opportunities<\/span> in growing and highly paid occupations that require engineering skills.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diverse design teams are more innovative and often avoid key flaws when designing products and systems with which we interact on a daily basis. <\/span>Early airbags designed by primarily male design teams<\/span><\/a> worked for adult male bodies, but resulted in avoidable deaths of female and child passengers. Early voice recognition systems failed to recognize female voices <\/span>because they were calibrated for standard male voices.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s change this. We need female insight and creativity to help solve the problems facing our world. But how do we encourage women to pursue engineering fields? <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Encourage girls and all students to think like an engineer in 5 easy steps. <\/strong>Check out this video and share with an aspiring engineer in your life today.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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