Kira stone

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Kira Stein (born March 8, 1952 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German mechanical engineer .

Life

Kira Stein was born as the daughter of the interpreter Luella Stein and the vehicle store owner Alfred Stein.

In 1977 she completed her mechanical engineering degree at the Technical University of Darmstadt . In 1983 she did her doctorate in materials science at the Staatliche Materialprüfungsanstalt Darmstadt . She was the first woman to do a doctorate in mechanical engineering in Darmstadt.

In addition to her work as an engineer, she has been dealing with the topics of women in science and technology , job motivation and job description as well as discrimination, funding opportunities and quota regulations since 1977 .

Kira Stein was a member of the board of directors of the Deutschen ingenieurinnenbund eV , on the board of the German Women's Council , on the board of the competence center Technology-Diversity-Equal Opportunities as well as a founding member of the association Women in Science and Technology . Today she is an honorary member of the competence center - technology - diversity - equal opportunities

Awards

Fonts

  • Engineer - why not? Job description and job motivation of future engineers - an intercultural comparison. Campus, Frankfurt / New York 1994, ISBN 3-593-35079-3 .
  • Engineers: Daniela Düsentrieb or Florence Nightingale of technology. Talheimer Verlag, Mössingen-Talheim 1996, ISBN 3-89376-060-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Successful for a lifetime and closely associated with TU Darmstadt. Hall of Fame. TU-Darmstadt , accessed on May 11, 2014 .
  2. Kira Stein's website , accessed March 30, 2013.
  3. Homepage board , association competence center - technology - diversity - equal opportunities, last accessed January 17, 208
  4. Kompetenzz.de ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kompetenzz.de
  5. TOP25: The 25 most influential women engineers in Germany. Deutscher Ingenieurinnenbund eV, accessed on May 11, 2014 .
  6. Dr.-Ing. Kira Stein - Top 25th German Association of Women Engineers , accessed on May 27, 2014 .