Women in Tech

Women have played a key role in shaping the engineering industry we know today with some significant scientific developments – however they make up less than 22% of the UK’s engineering sector.

Farnell, an Avnet company, has announced the launch of the annual Global Women in Engineering Survey in partnership with the element14 Community.

The International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) takes place on the June 23rd 2022 and continues to lead the way to provide female engineers with a voice heard around the world.

On International Women in Engineering Day, Electronic Specifier speaks with Maria Heriz, Vice President, Commercial Operations, EMEAI at Tektronix about how it feels to work as an engineer, her interest in technology and the challenges she has faced.

‘Inventors and innovators’ is the theme for this year’s International Women in Engineering Day, and although engineering is an industry typically, or rather, stereotypically, dominated by men, we’re beginning to see an increase in female engineers.

For the seventh year running, the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) are organising the Lottie Tour.

Nyobolt, pioneers of end-to-end fast-charging battery systems, has announced that Professor Clare Grey, Co-founder of Nyobolt, has been appointed as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to science.

Only 12% of the UK’s engineering pool are women and globally, only two percent of all professional engineers are women of colour. Women in Engineering Day - this year on 23 June 2022 - raises awareness over the career opportunities available to girls in this industry and focuses on those women that enjoy successful careers in the sector, like Magda Abdelbasit Abbas.

Tulika Agarwal, Assistant Manager at KPMG, recently won the Rising Star Award at the everywoman in Technology Awards. Electronic Specifier’s Paige West spoke to Tulika about her career and the work she is doing to encourage young girls into the industry.

Sectigo has announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Jennifer Binet, SVP of Enterprise Sales at Sectigo, to its Women of the Channel Power 100 list for 2022.