The IET has announced the winners of the Young Woman Engineers of the Year Awards.
The Young Woman Engineers of the Year Awards celebrate women working in engineering; the IET hopes that they will create role models and challenge the stale perception of engineering as a career for men in hard hats and overalls. According to Engineering UK, just 12 per cent of people working in engineering and technical occupations are women.
The IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year is 28-year-old Ying Wan Loh, a manufacturing engineer for Rolls-Royce. After completing her postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge, Ying co-founded a tech start-up which has grown rapidly.
“I am so honoured to receive this award. I have a great team and support system behind me and this is an amazing feeling,” Ying said. “This award isn’t just about me, it’s about all the outstanding women changing the world through engineering. The IET gives female engineers a voice to be heard and I want to use this platform to raise the profile of women in STEM and capture the imagination of young girls everywhere, showing them that they too can be an engineer.”
The IET Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices was awarded to 21-year-old Samantha Magowan, an applications engineer for Dale Power Solutions, who works with customers to find solutions to their requirements. The Women’s Engineering Society Award was given to Dr. Claire Lucas, 33, an associate professor of systems and Information engineering, who is also responsible for teaching in systems, biomedical and general engineering.
The IET has also introduced the Gender Diversity Ambassador Award, which recognises an engineer’s work towards gender equality in the industry. The award was given to Wing Commander Glynis Dean, who led the Royal Air Force Youth and Diversity Team from 2008 to 2018.
(eandt.theiet.org)
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