February 22, 2002

Engineering a Warmer Welcome for Female Students

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

The discipline tries to stress its social relevance, an important factor for many women

Conventional wisdom holds that women are more inclined to study subjects they find socially relevant. Sonia Lopez, a junior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, wasn't one of those women when she first arrived on campus. The math whiz from Florida had been hooked on engineering ever since the day her dad, a mechanical engineer, let her tag along to the office. In college, though, uncertain that any

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