Why do we need female engineers? #INWED17

Why do we need female engineers? 

It’s a simple, in some ways controversial question, that we put out to IChemE members a couple of weeks ago to mark today’s International Women In Engineering Day.

We received a fantastic response from chemical engineers working all over the world – take a look at them below and stay tuned on Twitter where we will be sharing them throughout the day.

How will you or your organisation be celebrating gender diversity today?

1. Tapiwa Chimbganda, Postgraduate Researcher at The University of Cape Town
2. Aisling Bradley, Manufacturing Technology Group Leader – Chemical Processing & Filling at 3M Drug Delivery Systems Division
3. Liz Halifax MEng MIChemE CEng, Global Process Safety Authority at Unilever
4. Tara Zrymiak PEng, Chemical Engineer and Immediate Past President of The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan
5. Raffaella Ocone, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University
6. Ruweide Schrywer, Junior Process Engineer, Veolia Water Technologies (South Africa)
7. Ann Donaghey MEng, Continuous Improvement Manager
8. Dave Hoggart, Principal Engineering Consultant – Chemicals and Premium, SRG
9. Andrea Hosey, General Manager – Victoria at ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Australia)
10. Mariangel Martin, Environmental Risk Assessor at Syngenta
11. Hannah Forbes, Waste and Resource Management Team Leader at Mott MacDonald
12. Alina Bassi, Senior Process Development Engineer
13. Geapana Izabella, Energy Audit Department Manager
14. Clea Kolster, Postgraduate Researcher at the Grantham Institute, Centre for Environmental Policy and Centre for Process Systems Engineering – Imperial College London
15. Cordelia Selomulya CEng FIChemE, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Monash University
16. Tandeka Mbandezi, Geomatics Masters Student at The University of Cape Town
17. Angela Barugh, Waste Strategy & Modelling Manger at Thames Water
18. Aida Rafat, Postgraduate Researcher at Imperial College London
19. Allyson Black CEng FIChemE, Corporate Development Manager, Caltex Australia
20. Emily Wright MEng CEng MIChemE, Principal Process Engineer at GHD

Get involved

Join us on Twitter throughout the day when we’ll be sharing #INWED17 activity from around the globe, and tweeting the member responses.

You can join in the discussion too. Tell us how you are celebrating the day by using #INWED17, and shine a light on the women engineers at your organisation – #RaisingProfiles

And don’t forget this year’s theme – #MenAsAllies. If you’re a male engineer, how are you helping to improve gender diversity, and why do you think it’s important?