Women in Tech

Eco Wave Power Global AB has announced that the company is providing sponsorship to the Israeli Participants- Vanessa Allouche and Ulfat Haider, in the Sahraouiya “Women Challenge for Solidarity” Competition, taking place in Morocco.

New research from EngineeringUK has shown that 16.5% of those working in engineering are female, compared to 10.5% as reported in 2010.

STI Electronics, a full-service organisation including engineering, contract manufacturing and training services and materials, announces the promotion of Erin Lewis from Quality Engineer to Quality Manager.

JFD presented recently the 2022 finalists for the ‘Margaret Award’. Women and girls were invited to apply and share their experiences and innovations in digital technology. Among the finalists are the next winners who will be revealed on the 8th of March at a prestigious ceremony.

The CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2022, which took place in Las Vegas from the 3rd to the 7th of January 2022, saw a multitude of events and exhibitions, many of which were aired virtually due to COVID restrictions. One of these was ZF, whose online presentation is recapped here as it provides a particular focus on what ZF refers to as ‘The future of Autonomous Mobility’ – and how the company plans to accomplish it.

In this week's podcast, Mick Elliot talks with Heather Fulara, Director, IP&E (Interconnect, Passive and Electromechanical), Americas, Director of Interconnect Passives at Premier Farnell about the results of Farnell's Women in Engineering survey.

For this month’s Women in Tech piece, Beatrice O’Flaherty interviewed Nuria Manuel, a Quality Assurance Consultant who recounted her impressive engineering career journey. Rich with experience in a diverse range of fields, Nuria has recently founded her startup, Veriom – a company focused on offering quality assurance to its clients’ software.

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, a global supplier of integrated solutions from our Circuitry, Assembly and Semiconductor divisions that provides unmatched capabilities in electronics design and manufacturing, is pleased to announce that Electrolube’s Senior Technical Manager, Beth Turner, has been awarded NextGen Best Paper.

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) is excited to announce Colleen Harper, MPA, CAE as its new Executive Director, effective March 14, 2022.

Atlas Copco has appointed Lyndsay Quinn as Business Line Manager for Operations within its Compressor Technique Service (CTS) division in the UK.