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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">Women Building the Future</title><subtitle type="html">Supporting the Inspire Her Future campaign</subtitle><id>https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.9.35025">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.9.35025)</generator><updated>2026-03-09T09:54:29Z</updated><entry><title>Dr. Donna Strickland Inventor of the CPA Machine and Her Impact</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/posts/dr-donna-strickland-inventor-of-the-cpa-machine-and-her-impact" /><id>https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/posts/dr-donna-strickland-inventor-of-the-cpa-machine-and-her-impact</id><published>2026-04-15T13:44:44Z</published><updated>2026-04-15T13:44:44Z</updated><content type="html">
Dr. Donna Strickland invented the chirped pulse amplification system with Gerard Mourou. (Image Credit: &lt;a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/science/news/waterloo-celebrates-remarkable-career-professor-donna" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;University of Waterloo&lt;/a&gt;)
&lt;a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/physics-astronomy/profile/strickla" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Dr. Donna Strickland&lt;/a&gt;, called the &amp;lsquo;laser jock,&amp;rsquo; has made a huge impact in the scientific world. She&amp;rsquo;s re...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/posts/dr-donna-strickland-inventor-of-the-cpa-machine-and-her-impact"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29677&amp;AppID=484&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Catwell</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/catwell</uri></author><category term="sensors" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/sensors" /><category term="donna strickland" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/donna%2bstrickland" /><category term="on_campus" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/on_5F00_campus" /><category term="global" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/global" /><category term="lasik" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/lasik" /><category term="women_in_science" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/women_5F00_in_5F00_science" /><category term="university" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/university" /><category term="laser" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/laser" /><category term="impact" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/impact" /><category term="sensor" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/sensor" /></entry><entry><title>Inventor of Frequency Hopping: Hedy Lamarr</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/posts/inventor-of-frequency-hopping-hedy-lamarr" /><id>https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/posts/inventor-of-frequency-hopping-hedy-lamarr</id><published>2026-03-30T06:05:29Z</published><updated>2026-03-30T06:05:29Z</updated><content type="html">
Hedy Lamarr public photo for The Heavenly Body (1944). (Image Credit: &lt;a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hedy_Lamarr_in_The_Heavenly_Body_1944.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Wikimedia Commons&lt;/a&gt;/doctormacro.com)
&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Hedy Lamarr&lt;/a&gt; isn&amp;rsquo;t recognized as just a famous actress who starred in Hollywood classics like Algiers. She was also a self-taught technical...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/posts/inventor-of-frequency-hopping-hedy-lamarr"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29631&amp;AppID=484&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Catwell</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/catwell</uri></author><category term="hedy lamarr" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/hedy%2blamarr" /><category term="profile" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/profile" /><category term="women_in_science" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/women_5F00_in_5F00_science" /><category term="frequency hopping" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/frequency%2bhopping" /><category term="history" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/history" /><category term="wireless" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/wireless" /><category term="innovation" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/innovation" /><category term="historical" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/historical" /><category term="patent" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/patent" /></entry><entry><title>Telling Lorraine Underwood's Story: Making Physical Computing Visible, Playful, and Learnable</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/posts/talking-to-lorraine-underwood-making-physical-computing-visible-playful-and-learnable" /><id>https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/posts/talking-to-lorraine-underwood-making-physical-computing-visible-playful-and-learnable</id><published>2026-03-27T19:50:45Z</published><updated>2026-03-27T19:50:45Z</updated><content type="html">When you have the opportunity to watch an element14 presents&amp;nbsp;project video by Lorraine Underwood,&amp;nbsp;you&amp;#39;re taken along with her journey as&amp;nbsp;she frames a problem or idea, makes her decisions visible, explains the trade-offs and lets you se...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/posts/talking-to-lorraine-underwood-making-physical-computing-visible-playful-and-learnable"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img 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scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/engineering%2beducation%2band%2boutreach" /><category term="lorraine underwood" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/lorraine%2bunderwood" /><category term="element14 community maker projects" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/element14%2bcommunity%2bmaker%2bprojects" /><category term="physical computing in education" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/physical%2bcomputing%2bin%2beducation" /><category term="women in stem engineering stories" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/women%2bin%2bstem%2bengineering%2bstories" /><category term="stem role models" 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The element14 Community is celebrating those voices with the #InspireHerFuture campaign, a global initiative encouraging everyone to share their stories about ...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/posts/inspire-her-future-share-your-story-and-inspire-the-next-generation"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29568&amp;AppID=484&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>cstanton</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/cstanton</uri></author><category term="female engineers competition" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/female%2bengineers%2bcompetition" /><category term="inspire her future" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/inspire%2bher%2bfuture" /><category term="women in technology careers" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/women%2bin%2btechnology%2bcareers" /><category term="women engineers stories" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/women%2bengineers%2bstories" /><category term="share your stem story" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/share%2byour%2bstem%2bstory" /><category term="engineering community competition" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/engineering%2bcommunity%2bcompetition" /><category term="women in engineering community" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/women%2bin%2bengineering%2bcommunity" /><category term="women in stem" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/women%2bin%2bstem" /><category term="stem inspiration stories" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/stem%2binspiration%2bstories" /><category term="stem mentorship stories" scheme="https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/women-building-the-future/archive/tags/stem%2bmentorship%2bstories" /></entry></feed>