Membership Information

It's Easy to Join!

To join SWE, download an application from the National SWE Membership web-site.

Professional membership dues are $100 ($95 if paid before June 30).
Student SWE members can upgrade to member for $20 each year for the first two years after graduation.
Students becoming SWE members pay $20 for the first year and $50 for the second year.
Reduced dues ($37.50) are available for members who are
- Unemployed
- Retired
- Submitting membership application after January 1 of the fiscal year

The fiscal year of SWE is July 1 to June 30.

When you join SWE as a member of the national organization, you are automatically a member of a section. SWE membership is open to all women and men engineering students, engineers in all disciplines and non engineers with equivalent engineering experience.

For an application contact:
Society of Women Engineers
230 East Ohio Street, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60611-3265
(312) 596-5223 (phone)
(312)644-8557 (fax)

So Where Do Our Members Work?

Here is a list of just some of the companies:
Aircraft Design Services, AMD, Applied Materials, BAE Systems, Carter & Burgess, Cisco Systems, DELL, ESS, Federal Express, Freescale Semiconductor, HNTB. IBM, Intel, LCRA, National Instruments, SBC Communications, Southwest Research Institute, Synopsys, Tech Now, Tivoli, TNRCC, and University of Texas at Austin.

Benefits of being a SWE member

With a continuing development program of networking events and speakers, SWE provides opportunities to network with other women engineers and gain knowledge both professionally and technically. With the satisfaction of introducing students to the world of engineering, SWE provides a breadth of community volunteer opportunities to motivate students in math and science as well as mentor women engineering students at local universities.

SWE has many opportunities to take on leadership positions both locally and nationally in a supportive environment. SWE leaders gain new skills to use in their workplace as well personal satisfaction of operating a successful organization.

Most important are the members of SWE. Members vary from women (and some men) that work in a diverse mix of engineering disciplines including business owners, senior engineers and recent college graduates. The value of being a member in SWE are the members you meet both locally and nationally in a national organization that just celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2000.

Come join SWE or just attend some of our meetings and see the value of being a member in this accomplished organization!

Building Skills in your career: There are opportunities to plan meetings and career guidance events. If you present a paper at the National Conference, you will gain visibility for yourself and your company. Being active in a professional organization can show your manager that you have the initiative to take on more responsibility.
Experience of other members: Meeting women from other companies and even reading about the careers of successful members in the SWE Magazine can provide you with role-models. within our section, you can receive advice and even first-hand testimony on issues like getting promoted, sexual harassment, etc.
Networking: SWE offers many opportunities for gaining contacts at large and small companies. When you consider all the mergers, spin-offs, and divestitures that have occurred in the past few years, a network is a necessity.
Effect on your career: A positive one when you need to make a career change. Besides our local section, there are nationwide resources to help your job search. Send in your information to the SWE resume database. The annual Career Fair at the National convention is another great place to find a job.
Fun: Every month it's fun to get together with SWE friends, but some meetings are planned for more socializing such as our holiday socials.
Community: The SWE Southwest Texas section plans activities throughout the year that benefit the community. Our holiday socials support the local organization SafePlace. We host a Girl Scouts workshop in the Spring for the girl scouts to earn an engineering badge.
Information: Our speaker meetings are designed to inform. Topics are chosen from member suggestions. New ideas and speakers are always welcome.
Time For yourself: Don't you deserve a night out every once in a while? At our meetings, you can converse with a peer group that is hard to find at work or in the neighborhood.
Support: As women engineers we can feel isolated in the workplace. SWE gives you feeling of belonging, with members to reassure you that you can survive the sports and car talk.

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