Inspire her Future - A Global Celebration of Women in STEM

Women Building the Future

Inspire Her Future: Celebrating the Winners Behind the Stories

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When we opened Inspire Her Future, we wanted to give women in STEM more room to share the work behind their experiences. Not just a role title, award, finished project, or short profile. More of the useful detail: what someone built, what changed di...
- 23 Jun 2026
Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut and Optics System Engineer

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Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic female astronaut to fly in space. (Image Credit: Bill Stafford - NASA – JSC) Ellen Ochoa is famous for breaking barriers as the first Hispanic woman to launch into space. But for engineers, it’s more about...
- 23 Jun 2026
Introducing Fei-Fei Li, The Godmother of AI

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Image: Fei-Fei Li at AI for Good 2017 by ITU Pictures (via Flickr), licensed under CC BY 2.0. Dr. Fei-Fei Li is a pioneer in computer vision who helped establish image recognition as a big part of modern AI. She’s the “Godmo...
- 18 Jun 2026
Radia Perlman - Inventor of STP

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Radia Perlman is famous for inventing the Spanning Tree Protocol for networks. (Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons) Radia Perlman was hailed as a hero in the networking world for solving one of its most serious problems: network loops. Network loops o...
- 19 May 2026
Katherine Johnson and Her Contributions at NASA, the World

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Research Mathematician Katherine Johnson worked for NASA, contributing to various missions, including Project Mercury and John Glenn’s Friendship 7. She calculated trajectories, launch windows, and return paths for the safe, successful early c...
- 1 May 2026
Dr. Donna Strickland Inventor of the CPA Machine and Her Impact

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Dr. Donna Strickland invented the chirped pulse amplification system with Gerard Mourou. (Image Credit: University of Waterloo) Dr. Donna Strickland, called the ‘laser jock,’ has made a huge impact in the scientific world. She’s re...
- 15 Apr 2026
Inventor of Frequency Hopping: Hedy Lamarr

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Hedy Lamarr public photo for The Heavenly Body (1944). (Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/doctormacro.com) Hedy Lamarr isn’t recognized as just a famous actress who starred in Hollywood classics like Algiers. She was also a self-taught technical...
- 30 Mar 2026
Telling Lorraine Underwood's Story: Making Physical Computing Visible, Playful, and Learnable

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When you have the opportunity to watch an element14 presents project video by Lorraine Underwood, you're taken along with her journey as she frames a problem or idea, makes her decisions visible, explains the trade-offs and lets you se...
- 27 Mar 2026
Inspire Her Future – Share Your Story and Inspire the Next Generation

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Women across the world are shaping the future of engineering, electronics, and technology. The element14 Community is celebrating those voices with the #InspireHerFuture campaign, a global initiative encouraging everyone to share their stories about ...
- 9 Mar 2026