August 19, 2008
Tricia Berry, director of the Women in Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin, has been elected national president of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network. At the university Berry, chemical engineering alumni, leads the efforts to recruit and retain women in the Cockrell School of Engineering. She concurrently serves as director of the Texas Girls Collaborative Project, an initiative aimed at connecting Texas organizations, companies and individuals working to increase gender equity in science, technology, engineering and math fields. Berry is also executive vice president of 825 Basics, LLC, a professional training company with the mission to help develop healthy, fit and full of energy careers.
WEPAN seeks to transform engineering higher education culture to open the field to women in support of America’s demand for innovation in engineering.
About the Cockrell School of Engineering:
The Cockrell School ranks among the top ten engineering programs in the United States and aspires to move into the top five. With the nation's fourth highest number of faculty members elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the Cockrell School's more than 7,000 students work with many of the world's finest engineering educators and researchers. This environment prepares graduates to become engineering leaders and innovators working for the betterment of society.