Kathryn “Kitt” Farrell-Poe, Ph.D., liked the idea of being the only woman in the agricultural engineering course at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
On the first day of class in 1976, she sat in the back row and the men sat in front. The next class, she sat in the front row and the men sat behind her. At the third class, she sat in the middle, and the men encircled her. She has set the pace and the course ever since.
Her love of math, science and problem solving found perfect expression in her role as a water-quality specialist with emphasis on
