Cheryl Knobloch, Associate Director

Coordinates, directs, and develops curriculum for all Women in Engineering pre-college recruitment initiatives (Girl Scout Saturdays, MTM Engineering Camp for Girls) and undergraduate retention initiatives (Women in Engineering Program Orientation, WEP Facilitated Study Groups, WEP Wednesdays). Coordinates and directs career development initiatives for undergraduate women, and enrichment initiatives for graduate women engineering students. Instructs EMIX engineering internship development class, and two mechanical engineering first-year seminars (ME 101 and ME 102). Provides leadership training and development to undergraduate women; serves as Advisor to Phi Sigma Rho engineering sorority. Interfaces with prospective students, parents, corporate sponsors and networks nationally with WIE colleagues.

Helen Edson, Administrative and Outreach Manager

Manages all the money and resources for the program. She has worked in the College of Engineering (COE) for 6 years, handling MEP and WEP budgets, overseeing and hiring of Interns, collecting and organizing scholarships, and assisting both director and assistant director with their duties. She has great knowledge and understanding of how to get something finished when it needs to be done. If there is a task at hand, she knows how to solve the problem and complete it, by doing everything needed to make it happen.