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    Women in STEM Episode 34 – Naseem Alizadeh, Licensed Architect, Developer & Urban Designer

    Interview with Naseem Alizadeh who is a licensed architect in Massachusetts, Michigan, and California. She currently lives in Oxford, England, with her husband and two young daughters, but practices both in the US and in the UK.
    She opened her own practice, Bureau for Architecture & Urbanism, in 2009. BAU focuses on client-led work and development projects. Naseem holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University (2002) and a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University (1998).

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    2020 Girls — Introducing Girls to the Thrills of Science, Design, Engineering & Tech

    There is no doubt that there is a need for professionals in the STEM fields in this country, especially women. ITEC in Lansing, in partnership with MCWT, is jump-starting girls’ interest in STEM with their 2020 Girls program, launched just this year. About 100 middle school girls are participating in programming, engineering and design activities…

  • The Engineer Who Hated Math

    As an engineer, I had what most would consider a ridiculous amount of math in college.  Here’s the thing — I hated every math class I ever had, except maybe high school algebra.  Why?  I found them fairly boring and disconnected with the real world (especially proofs). Obviously math is very important to engineering, and…