“Engineer the Future, Sharpen your Competitive Edge” was the theme of this year’s WIE Professional Development Seminar held in White Plains, NY on September 25-27, 2009. I had the privilege of attending Friday night opened with an introduction from the conference organizer, Darlene Rivera, and a discussion on WIE from Karen Panetta, WIE Committee Chair. Karen’s talk focused on the perception of women in engineering and how she is working to change that through her Nerd Girls program at Tufts University.