Message from Chairman PEC Engr. Dr. Muhammad Akram Sheikh

ENGINEER PEC September 2007Frontiers of Science and Engineeringengineer in UK in 1994. By now in 2006 the womenscientists and engineers are executing all the national levelEntail Women Scientists andmega projects as sole responsible officers in almost all theEngineerscountries. According to US vision of the engineer 2020 [2]and new century engineering programs for women [3] the*world population will increase to 9 Billion by 2020 out ofDr. N. Khan, Z. Saleem , A. M. Chaudhary, A. which some 8 Billion will reside in South East Asia so weM. Mirza need to train women to cope with the impending economicstresses.AbstractNational Academic Press (NAP) publications and othersThis work reviews some of the major achievements of elite [2-11] have focused existing generic and future potentialwomen scientists & engineers and explores the uniquefrontiers in science and engineering where probablywomen naturally suit better than men. There are severalfrontiers in science and engineering that have to do withultra-short time scales such a nanotechnology and subattosecondevents; ultra-large large scale system such asinformation technology and telecommunication; and ultracomplexscale systems such as biotechnology and neuralnetworks. Theses frontiers have to merge environmental,life, and applied sciences for stunning new unexploredpossibilities. Research and exploration needs patienceand continued hard work that entails women fullparticipation in all programs. Natural forces of this worldare forcing faculty and students to work together acrosstraditional disciplinary boundaries. This is the world ofenergy, environment, biotechnology, complexmanufacturing methods, product development, logisticsand communications. These frontiers address some of thevery scary challenges to the future of the world. There aremany compelling reasons for opening the doors, removingthe barriers, and encouraging the full access participationof woman wisdom in all fields of science and engineeringas researcher, educator, sales engineer and projectFig.1 NAP free online books on womanmanager.(Courtesy of National Academic Press).Keywordsissues of women scientists and engineers. Few samplesWomen education, Women scientists, Womenare shown in Fig.1. It is important for Moslem countries toengineers, Minority education.let the women share its responsibility in nationaldevelopment.History of Women Scientists and EngineersIn fact, Moslem women due to combined impact of religionIt matters little who was the first woman scientist or and culture are not being allowed enough opportunitiesengineer; however, it matters if one deems women not with full access. Responding furiously elite educatedequivalently intellectual as the men. In certain cases Moslem women even accuse men as unprepared,women have proved even to be superior researchers and unwilling and unfit for era of information technology [4].innovators than the men i.e. Madame Marie Curie [1] won However, it is local issue that is evolving as self sustainingnoble prize twice, first in physics and later in chemistry. It is revolution in Moslem countries and is likely to make its ownwhat men scientists or engineers could not do to date. First way. Women involvement in science and technology iswomen who got engineering degree in UK is Alice since the start of history. Frontiers of science andJacqueline Perry who graduated with a first class honors engineering research have become too entangled anddegree in Civil Engineering from Queen's College Galway complex [5]. I believe the furtherance in research nowin 1906 and Nina Cameron Graham who graduated at requires full women participation in science andLiverpool University in 1912. Women engineers due to engineering to connect up the missing links to synthesizedomestic pressure did not practice but now they do. First the realism of nonlinear nature. Some of the most famouswoman was appointed as government chief highway earlier women scientists and engineers are shown in Fig.2.40