women in engineering

Nainika: from Mauritius to Manchester
Student experience 14th November 2022
Meet Nainika Sahye, a fully funded Mauritian state scholar and an aspiring mechatronic engineer. She tells us all about her story and journey as an international student here at The University of Manchester: The 7th of February 2020 – was the day life changed completely for me. I still remember sitting in my living room […]

4th Year MEng Project – inspired or directly funded by industry
Student experience 7th November 2022
Charis Whyte took the time to answer a few questions, telling us about what inspired her to get into engineering, describing the 4th Year MEng year-long team project, and telling us her plans for the future. Tell us a bit about you and your story? I’m Charis, a master’s student originally from Suffolk, England, and […]

Charlotte: My experience as a disabled woman in engineering
Student experience 5th August 2022
Meet Charlotte, an Electric, Electronic, and Mechatronic Engineering student and a Beatrice Shilling Scholarship awardee in her 3rd year of study. She has taken the time to tell us a bit about her story and why she chose engineering: “I am a disabled woman in engineering. An intersection between minority groups, within an industry that […]

Prof Danielle George becomes second female IET President in 150 years
Meet the Department 30th September 2020
Professor Danielle George is to become the new President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) at the start of its 150th anniversary year.

Dr Jelena Ponocko appointed IEEE PES Women in Power representative
Meet the Department 30th July 2020
Dr Jelena Ponocko has been appointed the IEEE Power and Energy Society’s (PES) Women in Power (WIP) representative for the UK and Ireland.