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Lauren Jones is currently pursuing a master's degree in engineering at the University of California, Berkeley,
focusing on integrated circuit design. Jones has
worked with the Center for Educational Engineering Outreach teaching elementary and
middle school students engineering through
in-school and after-school programs. She has
also served on the Nerd Girls research team as
the Electrical Engineering team lead on the Lauren Jones
design of a Solar Vehicle.
Jones previously completed a summer internship at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Dallas, Texas, working
with the Software Test team on High Mobility Artillery Rocket
Systems in 2005. She then transitioned to Microsoft in Seattle,
Washington, as a Software Development Engineer in Test Intern
on the Hardware Team in 2006. At Microsoft she developed a
software tool to emulate Microsoft Hardware products, allowing
the test cycle to begin before hardware prototypes were available. Jones recently completed a third internship at NVIDIA in
Santa Clara, California, working on the GPU products team.
As a 2007 graduate of Tufts University with a degree in computer engineering, Jones knows the academic challenges facing
girls at all academic levels.
"I vividly remember attending a computer science camp in
early elementary school, where we were being taught to program a turtle to navigate its way through a maze," she recalls.
"I remembered my shock as I walked into to the room, only to
be surrounded by boys. I enjoyed the class, and wondered why
so few girls were involved."
Jones entered college as an engineer and soon migrated
into electrical engineering and computer science after taking
mandatory engineering electives. "I realized that in my lifetime, the advancements made in digital computing are not
only aggressive, but have profoundly impacted our lives," she
says. "I can't explain why I have always been drawn to computing, but I have stayed to contribute to an exciting and ever
changing industry, to face challenging problems, and to
always evoke shock and awe when I reveal that my area of
expertise is engineering."
To those girls looking to get into engineering, Jones' advice is
succinct. "Surround yourself with intelligent people, and you
will always be learning. Surround yourself with people who support and encourage you, so you never forget your potential."

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