The Challenges and Benefits of Change [Women in Engineering]

Emily Porter describes her professional life, highlighting the challenges and benefits of working in different countries. She shows us what it means to be a woman in electrical engineering in Europe and the United States and how this has changed during the past 10 years. Dr. Porter is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin. She is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including multiple URSI Young Scientist Awards, the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Award, the Irish Research Council “New Foundations” Grant, and the Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Grant.