About

About Us

For more than six decades, SWE has given women engineers a unique place and voice within the engineering industry. Our organization is centered around a passion for our members' success and continues to evolve with the challenges and opportunities reflected in today's exciting engineering and technology specialties.

Contact us:
UTK Society of Women Engineers
821 Volunteer Boulevard, Greve Hall
PO Box 113
Knoxville, TN 37916
swe@utk.edu

Meet the Officers

Mikayla Ehrsam
President
Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Reliability and Maintainability
utkswe.president@gmail.com
"Joining SWE has easily been the best decision of my college career! Through SWE, I have gained leadership skills, networking abilities, and invaluable friendships. Due to the connections I have made through SWE, I was given the opportunity to intern at Duke Energy this past summer and at Southern Company this upcoming summer."

Lauren Flader
VP of Fundraising
Electrical Engineering
utkswe.fundraising@gmail.com
"With the help of SWE, I have learned to support others without looking for anything in return, to work fiercely for what I want most, and, most importantly, to be heard. These lessons have helped me to do my best work at Oak Ridge National Lab, where I have interned for the last three years. SWE is also responsible for some of my greatest friendships and best memories of my college career thus far, for which I am very grateful."

Kalie Knecht
President Elect
Nuclear Engineering
utkswe.presidentelect@gmail.com

Haley Anne Prater
VP of Special Events
Chemical Engineering with a Concentration in Biomolecular
utkswe.events@gmail.com
"I currently work in a lab on campus through the RISER program, which I learned about through the SWE mentoring program. I also really love painting, crafting, and cross stitching."

Hannah Hajdik
Treasurer
Biomedical Engineering
utkswe.treasurer@gmail.com

Keirsten Brown
VP of Volunteering & Outreach
Chemical Engineering with a Concentration in Biomolecular
utkswe.outreach@gmail.com

Mary Elizabeth Daffron
Recording Secretary
Mechanical Engineering with a
minor in Material Science
swe@utk.edu
"I am currently working at the Fiber and Composites Manufacturing Facility (FCMF) under Dr. Uday Vaidya. I have a minor in Materials Science and Engineering and am in the Grand Challenge Scholars Program. I was an IACMI intern in the summer of 2015 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I love SWE and am so grateful for the opportunities I have been given!"

Abigail Cooper
Communications Secretary
Chemical Engineering with a
Concentration in Biomolecular
utkswe.communications@gmail.com
"I'm currently interning in Process Engineering at Halyard Health. SWE helped me to get this opportunity at National Conference in Philadelphia."