When it comes to engineering careers such as mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, the ratio of men to women is incredibly high. Women are less likely than men to pursue engineering majors in universities. The ratio of men to women at engineerings schools are drastically high: Worcester Polytechnical Institute (33% women, 67% men), MIT (55% men; 45% women), Rennselaer Polytechnical Institute (70.4% male; 29.6% female), and the list goes on. Perhaps it's something about the way engineering is taught in school that is more well-suited to guys, maybe it's a lack of mentorship or lifestyle choices, but it could be a combination of everything.

In order to reach new markets, SOLIDWORKS needs to figure out a common problem in the STEM community today - how do we get more women to pursue engineering careers? If we figure out this issue, we could grow our market and pave the way to a solution to this problem. What is it about engineering and design-related careers that discourages women from pursuing and how can SOLIDWORKS help?

At SOLIDWORKS, we have tons of brilliant women engineers/designers in R&D, Tech Support, and Web Development - how do we channel their intelligence and mentorship to make STEM (our products included) more exciting to women?