The WEP Staff

WEP is made possible through the hard work of a very dedicated group of people.  The WEP office, located in 208 Hammond Building on the University Park campus, is the hub of all of our many activities.  Please stop by and introduce yourself!

Oversees all aspects of the Women in Engineering Program including planning, developing programs and funding, recruiting new women engineering students and working actively with current undergraduate and graduate students.

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.

Manages all the money and resources for the program. She has an Associate’s Degree in Human Services. She has worked in the College of Engineering (COE) for 6 years and has been with WEP for one year now. She describes her job as doing a little of everything: handling WEP budgets, overseeing and hiring of WEP Interns, collecting and organizing scholarships, and assisting both director and assistant director with their duties. She also assists Society of Women Engineers & Phi Sigma Rho with their budgets and COE accounts. Like both Barbara and Cheryl, she also makes time to assist students with problems and helps with recruitment and retention.

Sandra Di Rupo

1. Architectural Engineering
2. 5th Year
3. Construction Management Option
4. 5th Year Student
5. Involved in Penn State Dance MaraTHON, the Student Society of Architectural Engineers
6. Involved with the Women in Engineering Program, Engineering Students for International Outreach, and Phi Mu Fraternity
7. Interned with the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in Baltimore, MD in summer 2007
8. Working full time for Turner Construction in Philadelphia, PA in summer 2008

Jeannine Kane

1. Civil Engineering
2. 3rd Year Student
3. Hometown: Glen Mills, PA
4. Active in Phi Sigma Rho

Cathy Neiderer

1. Architectural Engineering, Construction Management Option
2. 5th Year Student
3. Working with Jacobs Facilities, Inc. in Washington, D.C. after graduation
4. President of EUC (Engineering Undergraduate Council) Involved in THON.

1. Civil Engineering
2. 5th Year Student
3. 2007-08 NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) Vice President
4. PMP Coordinator and Mentor
5. 2005-06 MEP Student of the Year
6. NVR, Ryan Homes Construction Management Intern