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The Woman Engineer WOMEN’S ENGINEERING SOCIETY VOL 20 • NO 3 - SUMMER 2019 www.wes.org.uk The Woman Engineer 1919 - 2019 Inside this issue...... WES Annual Conference Held in March at the RAF Museum London, the 2019 WES Annual Conference reflected the celebratory mood of our centenary year, highlighting how past achievements are inspiring future objectives. Page 4 Also inside ............. #INWED2019 #TransformTheFuture - make 23 June 2019 our largest International Women in Engineering Day yet, check out how you can get involved at www.inwed.org.uk Page 3 Young Woman Engineers WES Member of the Year Challenge WES Prize winner Lorna Bennet What you can do to help WES explains what award recognition continue to grow from strength to means to her in her quest to spread strength. Page 6 the STEM message. Page 10 the woman engineer - summer 2019 1919 - 2019 1 From the editor’s desk It’s a thrilling year for everyone involved in WES. We have a continued opportunity to showcase President’s Message the enormous capabilities of women It has been a very exciting few months in engineers past and present. We are this our centenary year. delighted to be enjoying our centenary The Annual Conference at the RAF year with such gusto – just ask Museum in March was simply stunning. anyone who has already attended one The event was sold out so there were not of our celebratory centenary events only many familiar faces but also some and they will echo our enthusiasm. amazing new people to connect with. The breadth of subjects covered by the various What is particularly noticeable, as our speakers was very rich and engaging and Lynn Postle, FICME President Dawn Childs pointed out at there were so many life changing snippets our Annual Conference in March, is the made by women engineers in the UK of advice and guidance that I am sure there energy of those keen to champion the in the past one hundred years and we will be a tangible and enduring impact from variety of engineering professions that urge you to take part in our Wikithons the event for many attendees. I had the are quite frankly changing the world and help us show history in its true light privilege of being one of the judges for the and how we live in it. (see page 12 and excuse the pun)! poster competition (which was actually very Certainly there does not seem to We also congratulate all the award demanding!) and I was astounded by the be a better time to be promoting the winners that we are featuring in this widely varied subject matter and passion virtues of an engineering career, issue, who should be proud of the and commitment of the entrants; it gave me as an increasing number of people contributions they are making in all great belief that the women engineers of the are becoming more aware about walks of life. There is much to celebrate near future will not only succeed but excel sustainability and the humanitarian and we are in the mood to do so! in all they do. They all just had so much benefits that engineering can offer to more confidence and purpose than I ever improve lives. Next issue contribution deadline – did at their age and at that early stage of my Whilst we are looking forward, we are 10 July 2019 career. also reflecting on the huge contribution It is so important for WES to ensure that we can help them to realise their magnificent potential. The conference was a great platform to connect them with International Women in later career engineers and I even heard Engineering Day don’t miss conversations and connections occurring 23 June – Global during the poster reviews – this is exactly www.inwed.org.uk what we are here for and I do hope that our WES AGM other centenary events build on this great WES Centenary Members’ start! 19 October – Birmingham Dawn Childs MA MDA BEng CEng FICE FIMechE Lunch www.wes.org.uk FRAeS FWES 23 June – Ognisko, London Tickets cost around £70.00. WES Student Conference Contact: Grazyna Whapshott, email: 8-9 November – Warwick University [email protected] www.wes.org.uk/studentconference Celebrating 100 Years of Check the WES website WES (Merseyside and Wirral for more events and Cluster) 11 July – EA Technology, Capenhurst updates Technology Park, Chester www.wes.org.uk www.wes.org.uk/events addressed to: The Woman Engineer is subscription price of £30.00 Engineer should be sent published by the Women’s per annum (inc postage). to the Editor at the same The Secretary, Women’s Engineering Society. It is Send subscription orders to address. Engineering Society distributed free of charge WES. Cheques should be Michael Faraday House The views expressed in this to members of the Society made payable to: Women’s journal are not necessarily The Women’s Engineering Six Hills Way and to selected professional Engineering Society. STEVENAGE SG1 2AY the views of the Society. Society is a charity women engineers, scientists wes1919 registered with the Charity Tel: 01438 765506 and women undergraduates. Overseas subscriptions: Commission No. 1008913 Email: [email protected] price by surface mail is and a company limited by www.wes.org.uk Produced by: Rivers Media, £40.00 per annum. Sterling @wes1919 guarantee registered in www.rivers-media.co.uk cheques or bank drafts England No. 162096. The Woman Engineer should be made payable Women’s All correspondence Editor: Lynn Postle FICME Subscriptions: the journal to Women’s Engineering Engineering Society regarding membership and Email: [email protected] is available to non-WES Society. All items for the work of WES should be members in the UK at a inclusion in The Woman ©The Woman Engineer 2019 2 1919 - 2019 the woman engineer - summer 2019 INWED 2019 #TransformTheFuture – #INWED2019 Sunday 23rd June will mark this year’s International Women in Engineering Day (#INWED19), when we will be encouraging participants to show the world how they are ‘transforming the future’ in pursuit of more diversity in engineering. This global awareness campaign, co-ordinated by WES, continues to increase the profile of women in engineering worldwide and focus attention on the amazing career opportunities available to girls in engineering and related industries. n 2019, our own centenary year, INWED will aim Ito inspire even greater participation across the INWED can only continue to flourish with the support of forward-thinking globe, both online and through physical activities, organisations such as these. WES President Dawn Childs says of INWED19: “This is the centenary by individuals, schools, colleges, groups and year of the Women’s Engineering Society and we will be celebrating the organisations. rich history of many inspirational ladies who have made their mark in the The theme will be supported by the hashtags #INWED19 engineering world. However, there are still far too few women who even and #TransformTheFuture. understand what engineering is let alone choose to become an engineer. This year during our sixth INWED, and celebrating the International Women in Engineering Day is therefore so important to raise 100-year milestone for WES, we hope you will join us the profile and awareness of the fabulous opportunities that a career in in recognising the outstanding achievements of women engineering can bring. engineers throughout the world. “This year it is more pertinent than ever because our theme is Another important part of the INWED celebrations is the #TransformTheFuture and so many forms of engineering do exactly annual ‘Top 50 Women in Engineering’ (WE50) awards, that. So not only do we want to transform the future for girls and women made possible through a partnership between WES and by encouraging them to start a career in engineering or supporting The Guardian. The winners of these coveted places will be them to excel and thrive in their current engineering career, but we announced to coincide with INWED19 celebrations. This will of course also be transforming the future of so much more with the year’s focus of excellence is ‘Current or Former Apprentices’. engineering that they will do. So please participate in events or initiatives There are several sponsors on board for INWED 2019, with us for INWED and help us to #TransformTheFuture!’’ including: Boeing, Cirrus Logic, Cranfield University, ECITB, GCHQ, Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate To participate in INWED19 celebrations, visit the INWED website Management (IHEEM), Institute of Refrigeration (IOR), www.inwed.org.uk and contact [email protected] for more Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, NSIRC, OPITO, information. QinetiQ, Royal Academy of Engineering, RAF & UKPIA. the woman engineer - summer 2019 1919 - 2019 3 WES Centenary Conference Annual Conference receives rave reviews in centenary year for the largest network of women engineers in the UK Celebrating the PAST, Transforming the FUTURE ES’ history of path” having failed the aptitude Woutstanding women was test to become a pilot twice, celebrated at the RAF Museum despite beating her colleagues in London on 15 March 2019 the air in aerobatics competitions. when 200 delegates gathered There were more “failures” for the annual conference, during training but the support sponsored by the Royal of her course mates helped her Academy of Engineering in to re-think and improve. “By this very special celebratory helping me, they jeopardised their chance to make the cut,” she year for WES. recalled. “This shows the value Welcoming delegates, WES of teamwork – it is vital. We also CEO Elizabeth Donnelly need to open up our thinking enthused: “The women in this to face our failures and move room and those who have gone forward.” before have made WES what it Although a “Top Gun” career is today.
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