{"id":34701,"date":"2021-01-05T11:46:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=34701"},"modified":"2021-02-23T15:15:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:15:35","slug":"utc-engineering-grads-discuss-life-in-the-real-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/utc-engineering-grads-discuss-life-in-the-real-world\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC engineering grads discuss life in the real world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_34706\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"34706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/utc-engineering-grads-discuss-life-in-the-real-world\/tw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/TW.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"411,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TW\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/TW.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-34706\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/TW.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/TW.jpg 411w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/TW-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/TW-137x200.jpg 137w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/TW-274x400.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tammy Womack<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_34705\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"34705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/utc-engineering-grads-discuss-life-in-the-real-world\/mp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/MP.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"476,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MP\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/MP.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-34705\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/MP.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/MP.jpg 476w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/MP-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/MP-159x200.jpg 159w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/MP-317x400.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marjorie Parsons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tammy Womack had planned to be a high school math teacher \u2026 until she started talking about becoming an engineer. Maybe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody told me that I couldn&#8217;t do that,\u201d she said. \u201cMany people who know me know that my personality does not mix very well with being told \u2018No,\u2019 and that I don&#8217;t have the ability to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She enrolled in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, eventually earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering in 1998 and a master\u2019s degree in electrical and electronics engineering in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie Parsons, meanwhile, graduated from UTC with a bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical engineering in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Both now work at the Tennessee Valley Authority, Parsons for 33 years, Womack for 10. Both are living proof that women can be very successful engineers, despite some people\u2019s perception that they aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons shot that belief out of the water in 2019 when she was selected for the O.J. \u201cIke\u201d\u00a0Zeringue Award as TVA Engineer of the Year, the organization\u2019s highest honor for an engineer. She is the first woman chosen for the award, which is named after the former TVA president, chief operating officer and chief nuclear officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very honored to be chosen as TVA\u2019s Engineer of the Year.\u00a0 I am even more excited about being the first woman to receive this award and, with engineering becoming more diverse, I\u2019m confident that there will be many more women to follow,&#8221; she said when she received the award.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, she was selected as one of the top 10 professional engineers in federal government by the National Society of Professional Engineers. The two awards are not only personally gratifying, she said, they also show that the glass ceiling for women in engineering is cracking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy about that,\u201d said Parsons, now senior program manager in TVA\u2019s Transmission Planning Department, which focuses on new and more efficient ways for the utility\u2019s vast electrical power networks.<\/p>\n<p>As an engineer\u2014be it electrical, chemical, civil, industrial, whatever\u2014you must be willing to work hard, sometimes switching companies in order to move up the chain of experience, Parsons said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust remember, engineering is not easy. It&#8217;s not meant to be easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now a nuclear program manager in electrical engineering projects, Womack analyzes \u201canything and everything\u201d about power coming from electric transmission networks into TVA\u2019s nuclear power plants.<\/p>\n<p>Dealing with those who look down their noses at her is a pain, but she just goes on with her job and pretty much ignores the naysayers. She admitted that it\u2019s a good feeling to prove she\u2019s as good an engineer as anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s people you run into that you sort of want to pinch their heads off and not deal with it, but you don&#8217;t remember it as much as you remember the triumph. You don&#8217;t remember it as much as you remember winning the fight. Sometimes you just like a good fight,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a woman in a male-dominated field like engineering takes determination, confidence and knowledge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/utc-engineering-grads-discuss-life-in-the-real-world\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":34705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,123864,3,48048,8244,64],"tags":[83393,99319,998],"class_list":{"0":"post-34701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-advancement-and-alumni","8":"category-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science","9":"category-community","10":"category-electrical-engineering","11":"category-honors-and-awards","12":"category-news","13":"tag-marjorie-parsons","14":"tag-tammy-womack","15":"tag-tva","16":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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