Member Benefits SAE International's AWIM program, funded by the SAE Foundation, reaches over 100,000 students annually. " Mentor Mixers " has diverse professionals offer their insights on technical and/or " soft " matters. In May, a Mentor Mixer was held on the topic of " Women in Engineering & Effective Communication. " Six distinguished women served as hosts and offered their insights. Ninety comments were posted. Maura Chmielowiec, a young engineer and strong SAE advocate, offered the following insight during the mixer: " As a super car n erd personally and working in the automotive industry, I have had UPDATE experiences with people assuming that I wasn't as knowledgeable about vehicles as my male counterparts. I bought my first car when I was 14 off the side of the road as a project car and to learn more about how a vehicle worked. Working on the car growing up was an amazing experience and gave me enough knowledge about the car as a whole system to talk with other car enthusiasts. " Additionally, my exposure to my project car growing up encouraged me to pursue a career in the auto industry. I have found December 2020 17https://connection.sae.org/mentoring/mentor-mixer https://connection.sae.org/communities/community-home/viewthread?GroupId=67&MessageKey=5b2e8317-2db3-426c-b916-dbea0acb1cb1&CommunityKey=39c496e6-00c8-4e04-ae53-622bd1b560bb&tab=digestviewer&ReturnUrl=%2fcommunities%2fcommunity-home%2fdigestviewer%3fCommunityKey%3d39c496e6-00c8-4e04-ae53-622bd1b560bb https://connection.sae.org/communities/community-home/viewthread?GroupId=67&MessageKey=5b2e8317-2db3-426c-b916-dbea0acb1cb1&CommunityKey=39c496e6-00c8-4e04-ae53-622bd1b560bb&tab=digestviewer&ReturnUrl=%2fcommunities%2fcommunity-home%2fdigestviewer%3fCommunityKey%3d39c496e6-00c8-4e04-ae53-622bd1b560bb