Woman in Engineering: Memoirs of a Trailblazer. an Autobiography by Monique (Aubry) Frize (Biographies and Memoirs) - Softcover

Frize, Monique

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0776628607 ISBN 13: 9780776628608

Verlag: University of Ottawa Press, 2019

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Her goal: to become a world-renowned biomedical engineer. workingwith scientific societies to improve the role of women in scientific fields andthe way scientists and engineers integrate people and society into their work.By 1979, this goal had become a reality.

In her memoirs, acclaimed biomedical engineer Monique Frize, recalls theevents in her life that taught her to overcome obstacles, become moreresilient, to recognize the importance of mentors and role models and remainfocused on the future, to recognize the critical role played by family andfriends in maintaining the strength and determination required to succeed. Andto succeeding in a man’s world.

Frize fondly remembers her youth in Montreal and in Ottawa, includingher marked interest for math and science. Her entry into the world ofengineering was both romantic – she met her husband – and tragic. She facedprejudice and stereotypes, which she ultimately overcame. She reconciled familyand work life, pursuing a challenging and rewarding international career in avery specialized field at a time when this was still very uncommon for a woman.And she relives the tragic Polytechnique massacre.

These memoirs are sure to inspire young women who have a dream, andmore specifically those who wish to enter sciences and engineering.

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Monique Frize Ph.D., P. Eng., is Distinguished professor at the Department of Computer and Systems Engineering, Carleton University, and Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa. She received countless awards and honors throughout her career. She was made Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 1992, Officer of the Order of Canada in 1993, in recognition of being "well-known in the field of biomedical engineering" and for being "a role model and an inspiration for women seeking careers in science." She received the Gold Medal in 2010 from Professional Engineers Ontario[12] and the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and became Fellow of Engineers Canada in 2010. In 2013, she was awarded the honour of Fellow of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society.

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Themomentous decision I made to study engineering was life-changing. It made menot only a woman in a non-traditional field, but something of a pioneer at atime when the profession was very much a man’s world. It shaped every aspect,not only of my professional life, but also of my private life, both of whichwere studded with happy times as well as tragic events.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Ottawa Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0776628607
• ISBN 13: 9780776628608
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 308
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