SWE Celebrates Women in Engineering From the AAPI Community
For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’ve spotlighted some of the women engineers from the community making global headlines. Source
Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
Photo of the Day These people are not in danger. What is coming down from the left is just the Moon, far in the distance. Luna appears so large here because she is being photographed through a telescopic lens. What is moving is mostly the Earth, whose spin causes the Moon to slowly disappear [...]
SWE Expands Member Benefits With New Licensure Prep Partnership with PPI, a Kaplan Company
SWE is expanding its member benefits through a new partnership with PPI, a Kaplan Company, to provide discounted, high-quality FE and PE exam preparation resources that support engineers in their licensure journey. Source
Comet R3 PanSTARRS and Orion
Photo of the Day Orion never had a sword like this. As Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) heads out of the inner Solar System, it is putting on quite a show for long exposure cameras. Currently seen toward the constellation of Orion the Hunter, the distant Orion Nebula is visible on the upper right. Comet [...]
Comet R3 PanSTARRS Before Rigel
Photo of the Day Which way is Comet R3 PanSTARRS going? Not towards the star at the top of the image, because that is Rigel, which, being far in the background, is unrelated to the comet. Not through the nebula in the image middle, because that is the Witch Head Nebula and it, too, [...]
Why the Future of AI Needs More Women in Technology Leadership
SWE member and technology leader Figen Ozmen argues that AI isn't failing because of bad models — it's failing because of who isn't in the room. Source
The Retrograde Dance of Saturn and Neptune
Photo of the Day What does it mean for Saturn and Neptune to be in retrograde? Featured is a composite of images taken over 34 nights from May 2025 to February 2026 tracing Saturn (brighter, foreground) and Neptune (dimmer, background). Over that time, the two planets exhibited retrograde motion, meaning they appeared to move [...]
Stephanie Raeman’s STEM Journey: Engineering, Robotics, and a Life of Adaptation
Computer and systems engineer Stephanie Raeman navigated military life, early coding challenges, and classroom robotics to build a fulfilling career in STEM education. Source
VEX Robotics: Four Seasons, Four Reasons
SWENext Influencer Aarushi K. shares her journey in robotics, including the obstacles she overcame and the lessons that made it all worth it. Source
My Roman Empire: Redefining Leadership Through SWE’s Ignite Leadership Program
Discover how the SWE Ignite Leadership Program helped early-career engineer Melissa Cirillo see leadership as scalable, structured, and limitless. Source