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Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers, Lindsay Fricano, and Mechanical Engineering (ME) Associate Professor Tamara Reid Bush hosted a workshop for women engineers in the machine shop. The primary goal of the event was for women to learn how to use the machinery and to become familiar with the shop environment prior to beginning their design classes. The event included shop safety training as well as hands-on work with the drill press, band saw, lathe and mill. Each piece of machinery was taught by a senior level mechanical engineer. Four stations were formed so that attendees received exposure to the most commonly used machinery in the shop with small groups of women at each station. Over 20 women attended the event which received excellent feedback. A big thanks to Rick Castaneda, Brianna Forsthoefe, Ruiwei Sui, and Jack Michalski - all helped with safety and machine training!!