Established by the U.S. Congress in 1863, the National Academies were designed to provide guidance to the United States government in the numerous fields of scientific endeavor. Over the past one hundred and forty years, the Academies expanded to include the National Research Council, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. To say that the Academies perform an essential...

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is a well-known organization whose goal is to increase women's role in the engineering profession. SWE's homepage provides links to each regional association in addition to information for the society at large. Included in General Information are member profiles, organizational information, and web sites concerning women and minorities in science and...