February 2, 2017 // 7pm – 9pm // 119A Fluke Hall
The WNF is proud to announce our first Womxn in Nanotechnology and Science (WINS) Speaker: Zhenya Yuferova. Zhenya will speak about her personal experience finding the right career & company, as well as life after graduation in the tech industry.
Zhenya Yuferova graduated from the University of Washington Chemical Engineering program in 2015. During college, Zhenya worked for Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF) located on UW campus where she gained firsthand knowledge about semiconductor processing. This experience later lead to her career at a leading edge semiconductor company called IM Flash. IM Flash Technologies is an Intel and Micron joint venture located in Lehi, Utah. Just 30 minutes away from Salt Lake City, IM Flash offers a positive work culture, a chance to work on innovative technology, and a proven track record of world class safety. At the end of 2015, Zhenya received an IM Flash Impact award for a cost savings project that she co-lead within the company.
Join us
Enjoy a great night of food, drinks, networking and learn more about Zhenya’s career experiences, challenges and successes as a recent UW ChemE graduate and WNF Alumna!
Please RSVP and download the event poster.
All gender and sexuality expressions/identities welcome!
About the Womxn in Nanotechnology and Science Speaker Series
Thanks to a generous gift from the Washington Research Foundation, the WNF launched in 2017 a quarterly speaker series focusing on womxn’s expertise and career accomplishments in Nanotechnology and Science. Our main goal is to reach out to and spike curiosity among womxn and other underrepresented students towards careers in Nanotech and Science.
Why is “womxn” spelled with an X?
The WNF adopted the name “Womxn in Nanotechnology and Science Speaker Series” to show solidarity with the trans community, and is one of the many ways that we seek to promote intersectionality in our speaker series, and in nanotechnology, science, and engineering more generally. Intersectionality acknowledges that distinct forms of discrimination intersect, overlap, and reinforce each other, and takes into account discrimination based not only on gender but also race, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, faith, class, disability, immigration status and other backgrounds.