Transforming How Children Perceive STEM Careers: Engineer-Author Promotes Her Profession Through Butterfly Books [Pipelining: Attractive Programs for Women]

Engineer Kerrine Bryan didn't know what an engineer was until she was 17. At the time, all she knew was that she enjoyed math and science and she'd likely follow her mother into the accounting field. Then a math teacher suggested she try an "engineering taster course" at the University of Glamorgan. She went on to major in electronic and electrical engineering at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.