WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
WITI Announces Women Selected for 2009
WITI Hall of Fame Awards
Four Leaders in Science and Technology to Be Inducted Into
WITI Hall of Fame During WITI’s 20th Anniversary Summit
WITI’s Hall of Fame Winners Moffett Field, Calif. At Ames she develops non-medical
methods that help astronauts adapt faster to space-induced
W
ITI (Women in Technology International), founders of physiological changes. Her research has resulted in the
the world’s premier annual award for women in sci- NASA patented Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise
ence and technology, is pleased to announce the stel- (AFTE).
lar class of women who were inducted into the 2009 WITI Cowings has held several adjunct professorships at many
Hall of Fame during WITI’s 20th Anniversary Summit-World universities and her work is on permanent display in the
Café and Social Media Café- Innovation, Collaboration and Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. She
Reinvention June 14-16, at the Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, engages in community outreach and mentoring programs
CA. and has been featured in several K-12 textbooks on the
“This year’s recipients of WITI’s 14th class of inductees accomplishments of women and African Americans.
include women whose contributions to science and technolo-
gy help shape the next generation of scientists and technolo-
gists and make the world a better place,” said Julie Lubber- Maxine Fassberg,Vice President,Technology and
ing, founding member and spokesperson for the WITI Hall of Manufacturing Group, Fab 28 Plant Manager,
Fame. The selection of four women leaders for induction into General Manager, Intel Israel
the 2009 WITI Hall of Fame includes: Maxine Fassberg is Vice President of the Technology and
Manufacturing Group for Intel Corporation, Fab 28 Plant
Manager and Intel Israel General Manager. She joined Intel in
Patricia S. Cowings, Research Psychologist, 1983 and has held numerous positions since then. From 2000
Human Systems Integration Division, NASA to 2004 Fassberg was Fab 18 Factory Manager. She was
Ames Research Center instrumental in the Fab 18 start-up, ramp and the factory
Patricia Cowings began her winning the Intel Quality Award in 2004.
career at NASA more than 30 She has also received two prestigious Intel Achievement
years ago as the first African- Awards in connection with inter-die electric material prob-
American female scientist to be lem resolution. On Jan 2006 Fassberg became Fab 28 Plant
trained as an astronaut payload Manager and on June 2007 Intel Israel General Manager,
specialist. After working on responsible for the growth and development of Intel Israel
Spacelab Mission Development-3, Site and Fab 28.
a simulated space shuttle mission,
her experiment to study how
astronauts adapt to the weight- Dr. Sharon Nunes, Vice President Big Green
lessness of space was selected to Innovations, IBM Corporation
fly on the STS-51B and STS-51C Dr. Sharon Nunes leads IBM’s Big Green Innovations
shuttle flights in 1985. This led organization, a worldwide team of IT and domain experts
Cowings to design an ambulatory who are developing solutions in water management, carbon
instrument that made it easier to management and photovoltaics. Together with clients and
monitor the astronauts’ physio- partners, Dr. Nunes is demonstrating how information tech-
logical responses in space. nology plays a critical role in managing the world’s water
Cowings has continued to apply her space and aviation systems. Dr. Nunes has held numerous executive positions
experience as the principal investigator of the Psychophysio- leading key growth initiatives for IBM, including the position
logical Research Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center, of Vice President of Technology, working with IBM’s Chair-
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