Chemical Engineering PhD student Humera Ansari has worked in both industry and academia, experience which has raised her awareness of some of the challenges female engineers can face. She shares this experience as she believes it’s an important part of ensuring that chemical engineering is an inclusive and diverse environment.
As part of our blog series for International Women in Engineering Day, Hannah Moran, a Doctoral Researcher in Matar Fluids Group/Clean Energy Process, explores the reasons for the gender gap in science subjects beyond GSCE. She makes the case for raising awareness of engineering as a career option to encourage more young people, particularly girls, into the profession.
My career in higher education has spanned over 20 years and has been positively influenced by my undergraduate personal tutor Dr David Faraday, who has continued to inspire and empower me since we first met.
Dr Kyra Sedransk Campbell is a Royal Society-EPSRC Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. As part of our celebrations for International Women in Engineering Day we asked her to tell us about what sparked her interest in chemical engineering, and the importance of raising the profile of female engineers in order to inspire the next generation.