REVOLUTIONIZING ARCHITECTURE: THE INTEGRATION OF 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY, VR EXPERIENCES, AIA AND VIDEO GAMES IN ARCHITECTURE.

STEM fields, comprising Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics have been considered for many decades the core preoccupation of male specialists. Yet, beginning with the Second World War, when women started working in military facilities and factories, and took over lots of the masculine responsibilities, but also as a result of the publicity that many women in STEM received due to the simplification of access to communication, these disciplines have increased in interest also because they are associated with the level of inventiveness of a society, but more importantly, with the level of growth in social and economic fields. Once big academic institutions have included in their curriculum gender studies and entrepreneurship for women, more and more girls have started considering the field of STEM as a possible future career. In the case of Romania, career path for women in STEM has been subjected to stereotyping, caused by the cultural and political values that Romania had before the fall of Communism. But today, due to access to information, access to international systems of education and scholarship programs dedicated to women in STEM, more and more girls are engaged in the field, with spectacular results. The present study is an analysis of the most recent statistical data related to women's engagement in the field of STEM, certain comparisons with other countries from the Central and Eastern European region and in the final part offers a set of predictions about the future of girls in STEM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]