Women in Engineering (WIE)
Location: 301A
Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is a global network of IEEE members and volunteers dedicated to promoting women engineers and scientists, and inspiring girls around the world to follow their academic interests in a career in engineering and science. Our goal is to facilitate the recruitment and retention of women in technical disciplines globally. We envision a vibrant community of IEEE women and men collectively using their diverse talents to innovate for the benefit of humanity.
Let’s meet for a networking and enrichment event during the Raleigh Symposium and share experiences. We, the IEEE WIE and the IEEE EMC Society, invite you to attend this free event. Refreshments are provided. Join us for a festive celebration at the end of the presentation.
Everyone is welcome — men and women — to attend the special presentation!
Agenda
Welcome Presentation
Navigating a Professional Career as a Woman in the Engineering Field
Ms. Tara Kellogg, ETS-Lindgren, EMC Society WIE Chair, Americas, IEEE EMC Chapter Chair, Central Texas
Tara Kellogg is Global Director of Business Development with ETS-Lindgren, where she brings over 18 years of global experience in IEMI, RF, EMP, and EMC applications across the test and measurement, governmental, industrial, and medical sectors. She specializes in turnkey chamber solutions and shielding technologies. Tara also serves as IEEE EMC Society WIE Coordinator for North America and Chair of the IEEE Central Texas EMC Chapter, championing diversity and professional development for women in STEM. She is a proud member of AFCOM (Association for Computer Operations Management) and can be reached at [email protected].
Guest Presentation
Spark the Chain Reaction — Mentorship and Outreach in STEM
Stephanie Zajac, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
What does it mean to be a mentor? How do you find a mentor? How do we become better mentors? Join your peers in Raleigh at the 2025 IEEE International Symposium on EMC+SIPI for an interactive Women in Engineering presentation that will discuss the impact of mentoring and K-12 outreach on recruiting and retention of under-represented groups. Together, we will explore why mentoring matters, how to get the most out of our mentoring relationships, and how we can all be better mentors to one another.
About the Speaker: Stephanie Zajac is a Radiation Effects Engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. She specializes in ionizing radiation effects on electronics and modeling natural space environment phenomena. Stephanie’s love of physics, mathematics, and astronomy motivated her undergraduate and graduate studies, and she has maintained a passionate involvement in STEM outreach activities over the years. She is currently serving in her first year as an Officer at Large on the EMC Society Board of Governors. Stephanie also serves the EMC Society as the Awards Committee Chair. She can be reached at [email protected].
