Goals Are Sometimes More Viable Than They Seem: Know That You Can Do It [Career Advisor]

From the already-small number of female students enrolled in undergraduate engineering programs, very few continue to pursue a career in academia. As a result, encountering a woman holding a doctoral degree in engineering is uncommon, and within the research and academia field, in particular, such an encounter becomes rare. However, one visit to the Advanced Realtime Simulation Lab (ARSLab) at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, shows a different perspective. Women, including myself, represent five out of six postdoctoral fellows working at the ARSLab, holding a doctoral degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, while researching in the field of engineering. Each of us has a unique background, challenges, and dreams.