How IEEE Awardee Karen Panetta Became Bewitched by Engineering

Karen Panetta was inspired to pursue engineering by the strong, empowered female leads of 1960s sitcoms Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, who used…

She saw engineering as a form of sorcery. Now an IEEE Fellow and dean of graduate education at Tufts University's engineering school in Medford, Massachusetts, Panetta has made significant contributions to…