Power Engineering International is new partner of women in engineering awards

PEi will sponsor and support WE50, which celebrates 50 engineers on International Women in Engineering Day

I am delighted to announce that Power Engineering International is the new partner and sponsor of the WE50 awards, an annual celebration of women engineers linked to International Women in Engineering Day.

Founded by the Women’s Engineering Society in 2016, the awards adopt a different theme each year: previously it has been sustainability and inventors – this year it will be safety and security.

The winning 50 engineers will be announced on International Women in Engineering Day, which is Friday 23 June.

Last year’s 50 innovators and inventors included Prof Eiman Kanjo, head of Smart Sensing Lab at Nottingham Trent University,
Prof Gabriela Medero, Professor in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, and Sarah Teliani, Project Manager at Arup.

PEi is delighted to be a partner of WE50. We are year-round advocates of highlighting existing women engineers, promoting engineering as a career, and encouraging the development of initiatives to get more girls to study STEM subjects.

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The importance to the energy sector of bringing more women into engineering – and having them progress to management level – was highlighted again this week in Munich at the Women Energize Women conference.

Dr Simone Peter, President of the German Renewable Energy Federation, said “a fair and successful energy transition is not possible without gender equality".

"By participating in the energy transition, women can not only contribute to climate protection, but also improve their own living conditions.”

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And at the same event, Dr Franziska Brantner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action, said: “The increasing pressure for a rapid energy transition underlines the urgency of gender equality in the energy sector.

"The renewable energy sector will require 42 million skilled workers by 2050. Female experts will be depended on to reach that goal, in terms of both their expertise and innovation," she added. Read the full story here.

PEi will be bringing several inspiring stories of engineers as part of International Women in Engineering Day, as well as publishing the full list of the WE50 winners. Watch this space…