Outstanding women celebrated nationally at Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards

在赢得, Titi said: “I can’t believe I’ve been named the 2023 Young Woman Engineer of the Year, joining an incredible line-up of outstanding women who have come before me. 我非常热衷于揭秘和推广这个行业, and this gives me an amazing platform to introduce more young people to the world of engineering and show them how they can make a difference in the world through this impactful profession.”

决赛选手乔治娜·安德鲁, Krystina Pearson-Rampeearee, Laura Hoang和Evi Viza都受到了高度赞扬. All winners and finalists will play an ambassadorial role for the engineering and 技术 professions in the forthcoming months, 促进更多的女孩和年轻人从事工程职业.

现在已经是第五年了 性别多样性大使奖 which recognises an individual’s hard work in achieving gender equality within the engineering industry, 是颁给艾德里安·休斯顿的. This lifetime achievement award aims to showcase 创新 and good practice to compliment the YWE Awards, by recognising the support and encouragement of women in STEM careers.

在她的职业生涯中, Adrienne has worked tirelessly to promote engineering to young girls from all demographic areas, 谁想从事STEM职业. Adrienne is someone who actively promotes and supports gender equality and inclusivity, 并积极为提高妇女地位作出贡献, helping to pave the way for a more diverse and inclusive engineering profession.

Adrienne是欧洲真空产品有限公司的老板, 她在2012年创立了这家公司, 专门从事真空和低压压缩机系统. Her company was born out of discrimination she suffered at the time of becoming a mother. She recognised the talent of a diverse workforce and built and fosters an inclusive company culture.

The 新萄新京十大正规网站’s Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards celebrate women working in modern engineering – and aim to help change the perception that engineering is predominantly a career for men by banishing outdated engineering stereotypes of hard hats and dirty overalls.

同时也突出了女性工程师的才能, the awards seek to find role models who can help address the UK science and 工程技术 crisis by promoting engineering careers to more girls and women. 16.5 per cent of those working in engineering occupations are women (source: Engineering UK).

平等事务负责人, 新萄新京十大正规网站的多样性和包容性, Dr Laura Norton said: “Engineering and 技术 have been improving our world and shaping our future for centuries. 工程师不断地改变着我们周围的世界, 我们要庆祝他们为我们所有人创造了一个更美好的世界.

“然而, 由于缺乏对什么是工程的理解, perceived gender norms and not enough visible role models for the next generation, 英国缺少女工程师.

“Our awards tell the stories of incredible women engineers who are changing our world for the better and I’d like to congratulate our fantastic winners and finalists this year. They are a real credit to the engineering profession and make excellent role models to young girls who might be thinking about a career in engineering and 技术.

“It’s vital we champion engineering careers to the next generation – it’s a diverse, 创造性和令人兴奋的职业, 它提供了改变生活的机会, 甚至是整个世界.”

The winners were announced at the 新萄新京十大正规网站年度青年女工程师 Awards ceremony on 7 December at 伦敦:萨沃伊广场.

今年的YWE奖由空中客车公司赞助, 柯林斯航空, Frazer-Nash咨询公司, 莱奥纳多, 伦敦斯坦斯特德机场, MBDA, 国家电网, 诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司, Ofcom, 英国皇家空军, RS组件草根和泰利斯.

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