Women in Engineering defeat stigma in new club at NPHS

“We want to create a community among the school and among women in engineering and help defeat the stigma that girls can’t be in engineering and that they can do whatever they want to do,” explained passionate co-founder and president of the new North Penn Club, Women in Engineering, Devon Barkley. Senior Presidents Barkley and Camryn Russell have been anxiously awaiting the long process of starting a new club since last spring.
Both girls have been through the whole Engineering Academy program here at the high school, including IED (Introduction to Engineering Design), POE (Principles of Engineering), CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) or DE (Digital Electronics), and EDD(Engineering Design and Development). They are now amid the year-long EDD project where they will be working on an energy saving roof shingle that will harvest solar energy and thermal electricity to reduce the amount of fossil fuels in the air.