Marie Laplante

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Marie Laplante earned her B.S. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a certified City of Houston First Grade Stationary Engineer and Six Sigma Green Belt. She is employed at KBR as Chief Technical Engineer for Utilities in the Project Definition Group. Her early career was focused in operations and project management in chemical manufacturing. Moving to the business side, she sold environmental technologies and helped American customers reduce emissions in the refining, petrochemical, and power generation sectors. She also worked in project management leading product development programs for coal gasification.

She has been very active in the Society of Women Engineers and has served at the local,regional and national levels for more than 20 years. She is currently a section representative. She also serves as CFO for Global Institute for Technology and Engineering (GIFTE). Marie has also been a judge with For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (F.I.R.S.T.) robotics for more than 10 years at regional and championship competitions. She is also a longtime member of MentorNet and enjoys working with young women who aspire to enter the science and engineering professions. She has been recognized for contributions as an engineer, as a leader in the community, and mentor to younger engineers with awards from her university and SWE.

FY 2012 Section Representative

FY 2011 Section Representative

Past FHPW Women of Excellent Recipient

FY 1996 SWE-HA President