Women in Engineering & Early Career Discussion and Reception: Building Your Professional Voice, Network, and Impact

International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition 2026 · 11 November 2026 · 18:00–19:30 · Room 211, West Convention Center

Women in Engineering & Early Career Discussion and Reception: Building Your Professional Voice, Network, and Impact was a session at International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition 2026 on 11 November 2026 in Vancouver, with 11 speakers on record.

Speakers

• Sarvenaz Sobhansarbandi — Moderator Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, California State University-Sacramento
• Muhammad Jahan — Moderator Associate Professor, SME Journal of Manufacturing Processes (JMP), Elsevier
• Clare Bruff — Moderator Director, Volunteer Engagement and Diversity, ASME
• Karen Horting — Panelist Executive Director & CEO, Society of Women Engineers
• Judith Ann Bamberger — Panelist Senior Research Engineer II, Battelle at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Tina Toburen — Moderator President, T2E3, Inc.
• Donna Post Guillen — Moderator Distinguished Researcher, Idaho National Laboratory
• Leila C. Aboharb — Moderator Manager of Mechanical Systems, Cornell University
• Janis Terpenny — Panelist 145th President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Susan Ipri-Brown — Panelist Founder, Principal, Empowerment Levers
• Andrew Rister — Moderator Project Manager, Duke Energy Corporation