#ILookLikeAnEngineer
ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è's journey toward gender parity in engineering is a clear signal that diversity in STEM is achievable. In just two decades, CEAS has transformed its engineering landscape, growing its female undergraduate class from 18% in 2003 to 30% in 2023. CEAS fall 2023 class, includes 41% female students, up 27% from two decades ago. ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è clinched a top spot in 2022 for the highest percentage of first-year female engineering students from the American Society for Engineering Education.
Andrea Chamorro, a computer scientist fascinated by cognition and invention shares some of her thoughts on the importance of visibility, listening to your body, and the value of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è.
Why did you choose engineering at ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è?ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è has one of the highest rankings for telecommunication industry and Denver area is an emerging telecom hub of USA. The coursework is great and faculty is industry focused. Beautiful limestone
Why did you choose engineering at ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è?I chose to do engineering at ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è because I wanted to do engineering since I was in 8th grade. After realizing this, I came to tour ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è's engineering department and I fell in love with the
Why did you choose engineering at ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è?I was actually here for the Data Science field before I got interested in Cybersecurity! I also wanted to take a class with ProfessorÌýJim Martin, whose textbook I studied from in my undergraduate. It
Why did you choose engineering at ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è?To me, the amount of resources CU engineering has was really inspiring. We have partnerships and relationships with companies in almost any industry, which empowers CU students to use their engineering
Why did you choose engineering at ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è?Between my passion for creative problem solving and wanting to branch out from my hometown of San Antonio, TX; I was drawn to CU. I knew it had an impressive engineering program and with CU being such a
Why did you choose engineering at ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è?It was a combination of factors. Mainly, I was fascinated by the ongoing research projects on the design of smart materials at the Center for Aerospace Structures in the Aerospace Department. I also was
Why did you choose engineering at ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è?I grew up visiting Colorado with my family almost every year and loved it here. So my dad talked me into applying to CU and after a last minute campus visit, some scholarship offers and a spot in the
Why did you choose engineering at ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è?I realized I wanted to pursue engineering after taking AP Physics in high school. I was really bad at physics, but my teacher was really supportive and encouraged me to keep taking math and physics