Undergraduate
University of Cambridge
It is more than 200 years since Ada Lovelace said, “Understand well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand.”
Although we now understand far more about the world around us than we did in the 1800’s, there is still so much more to discover. We know that women such as Edith Clarke, Grace Hopper and Hedy Lemar, as well as Ada Lovelace, have made significant contributions to our knowledge and understanding of STEM.
Today, inspiring female Engineers, like those interviewed below, are problem solving and playing crucial roles developing products that will make the world a better place.
We’re proud to showcase women working in, or studying, Electronics and hear about what inspired them to become an engineer, the technology that fascinates them, and the innovations that they’re most excited to see – or be a part of – in the next 15 years.
If you have an interest in STEM and want to shape innovations that improve lives – the Electronics industry might just be the place for you.
Vasiliki Xiradaki
Digital IC Design Engineer
EnSilica
Nishika Chettry
Firmware Engineer
Renesas Electronics
Swetha Lakshminarayanan
Mixed-signal IC Design Engineer
MintNeuro
Megan Goodsell
Senior Engineering Process Manager
Sky
Leesa Kingman
Senior Principal FPGA Engineer
MBDA
Sara Pellegrini
Imaging Technology Scout
STMicroelectronics
Anna Gilbert
Design Engineering Director
Cadence Design Systems
Jo Gibbins
Head of Engineering
CML Microcircuits
Dr Carol Marsh OBE
Engineering Director
Celestia UK
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The best thing about being an Engineer is the same, regardless of gender. The problem solving, the creativity, that feeling you get when you see an idea that existed only in your mind, however long ago, as a tangible entity that functions exactly as you designed it.
Emma Curati-Alasonatti, University of Strathclyde
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