STEM Unfiltered

This week's episode is in honor of a week of being thankful! From the machines that clean our water, the fire suppression systems that keep us safe in buildings, to the medicine we take to relieve head aches, there are a lot of reasons to be thankful for engineers this holiday season. Inspired by a blog post from Texas Instruments, Lexi and Libby share their top reasons to be grateful for engineers and engineering in general. This episode covers things to be thankful for as an engineer in the corporate world, as well as things to be thankful for when going to school to get your engineering degree.

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Reinvented Magazine's mission is to reinvent the general perception of women in STEM fields while inspiring interest in STEM for young women worldwide. Reinvented Magazine aspires to break barriers and aid the movement to get more girls involved in STEM by creating the nation's first print magazine for women in STEM. In addition to creating the first print magazine for women in STEM, RM also creates a 'Princesses in Power Tools' calendar annually, featuring women in STEM. The mission of the Princess in Power Tools calendar is to provide examples to young girls that you can grow up to be a princess AND an engineer, rather than one or the other. 

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What would you do if you could create AI that could do anything? How would we possibly create the ethics around artificial intelligence when people don't always agree on what is moral and what isn't? On this weeks episode, Lexi and Libby had the pleasure of speaking with author and entrepreneur Lois Melbourne. Lois speaks to the accomplishes in her career and the recent launch of her new book, Moral Code. Moral Code is a sci-fi featuring a woman as the main character. This book questions the boundaries of defining morality intersecting the complexity of artificial intelligence in a futuristic setting. In addition to exploring the topics Moral Code covers, this episode is also packed with insight into the process of writing a book and the importance of featuring woman in STEM in media.

All the proceeds from this book are going to incredible organizations supporting abused kids. 

Learn more here:

https://preventchildabuse.org

“Because childhood lasts a lifetime.” Prevent Child Abuse is a 50 year old organization fighting child abuse, building healthier families, parenting classes, and more.

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Thorn is a tech organization, identifying abuse online, providing tech to bridge organizations collecting leads, educating organizations involved to better identified abused and abusers.   

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Boo!! We hope this episode isn't too spooky for you! This week we debate what's spookier: office small talk or submitting a university assignment at 11:59pm. Lexi and Libby go back and forth sharing the scariest things about working in corporate America, and things that were spooky when they were in college. We hope you enjoy this Halloween themed episode!

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Negotiation can be one of the most uncomfortable experiences as a career professional. As a woman in STEM, it can feel wrong to want to negotiate your compensation when you are just grateful to be there and for the job in the first place. In honor of a successful first professional development event, Lexi and Libby spend today's episode discussing times they have successfully negotiated, what went right in the negotiation, what went wrong, and their thoughts about negotiating their compensation in the future. We are thrilled that you found this event valuable, and we can't wait to host more professional development events for you in the future!

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On this episode, the BFE Podcast girls talk about what they are currently loving, their ins, and their outs for season. Lexi and Libby start the episode out by discussing their outs and then end on a high note talking about what is in this fall. Each in//out segment discusses career related things as well as more light-hearted/life related things. Tune in to hear their thoughts on replying to emails when you are out on PTO, sending angsty messages to co-workers, fall outfits and workwear, what shows their watching and more!

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Lexi and Libby spend today's episode talking to podcast guest, Karoline, about her experiences working for a telecommunications company as a software engineer. The company that Karoline works for is similar to the popular project management and note-taking software platform, Notion. She works in an application that specifically focuses on customizing the platform for different businesses. On today's episode, Karoline shares her recent promotion to a management position, and how her engineering classes have prepared her for this point in her career. The BFE Podcast gals also ask Karoline about the internships she's had to prepare her for her career. In this episode,  you'll learn about the different career opportunities available to software engineers. She shares that she even had the pleasure of working for the FBI! Tune in to learn more. 

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Rachel Lilienfeld joins the podcast as today's guest to discuss her experiences as a Fire Protection Engineer for Amazon Web Services. Rachel shares her story of how she started college as a mechanical engineer major and eventually transitioned to and graduated with a fire protection engineer degree. She also touches on her experience as a female engineer in the defense industry prior to infiltrating the tech industry and getting a job with Amazon. This episode has so many good tangible pieces of advice and covers a variety of topics; including channeling your emotional intelligence as a woman in STEM, how to 'find your people' in college, and the mental journey involved with passing the PE. 

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Lexi and Libby discuss the importance of building a professional personal brand at work, in this episode. Brand, or Be Branded; the BFE Podcast girls talk about different personal brand styles that you can curate and how to leverage your reputation for career success. This episode shares 8 easy steps that you can take to discover your own personal brand. Lexi and Libby also share real life examples of how they embody their own personal brands at work. Tune in to hear the expert guide to building a professional personal brand at work. 

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Lexi and Libby sit down with Kimberly Fiock in today's episode. Kimberly studies brain diseases  in a lab and is working toward earning her PHD. With a bachelor's degree in neuroscience & psychology, and a masters in pathology, Kimberly shares her passions and recommendations for how to navigate a PHD program. This episode also touches on mental health. Kimberly shares her personal experiences with having OCD and Bipolar, and gives advice for how to cope with mental health in a high stress STEM field.

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More pathology resources that were talked about in this episode:

https://people.rit.edu/~gtfsbi/Symp/highschool.htm

https://people.rit.edu/~gtfsbi/Symp/Neuroscience.htm

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