WE50 2022 – Inventors and Innovators

The 2022 Top 50 Women in Engineering: Inventors and Innovators winners are listed below (in alphabetical order):

  • Hannah Abend, Chief Operating Officer, Wood Thilsted
  • Dr Tosin Adedipe-Elusakin, Technical Project Coordinator, Cranfield University
  • Ruth Amos, Inventor, Stairsteady/ Kids Invent Stuff
  • Mercedes Ascaso Til, Principal Engineer, DLT Engineering Ltd. (formerly Dorman Long Technology)
  • Eleanor Ball, Co-founder and Director, Graphic Structures
  • Hani Baluch, Solutions Delivery Manager, bp
  • Divya Bhanderi, Senior Engineer, Arup
  • Dr Qianyu Chen, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
  • Jessica Coldrey, Digital Skills Mentor, Birmingham Open Media
  • Evelyn Cropper, Technical Manager, Stirling Dynamics
  • Philippa Davies, Engineering Director, Reaction Engines Limited
  • Beth Dickens, Director, Quoceant Ltd
  • Dr Ama Frimpong, Head of Product Development, 52 North Health
  • Dr Jennifer Glover, Graduate Acoustic Consultant, AECOM
  • Bethany Hall, Electrical Engineer Aerospace, Rolls Royce/Aerospace Technology Institute
  • Dr Yiheng Hu, PhD researcher, University of Huddersfield
  • Rowena Innocent, Group Head of STEM strategy, Spectris plc
  • Tina Irvine, Engineer, Arup
  • Dr Ornella Iuorio, Associate Prof., University of Leeds
  • Prof Caroline Jay, Head of Research, School of Engineering, University of Manchester
  • Alice Kan, Pharmaceutical Director, Kan Do Ventures
  • Prof Eiman Kanjo, Professor and head of Smart Sensing Lab, Nottingham Trent University
  • Natalie Kerres, CEO, founder, NK Technology Ltd. (SCALED)
  • Palvisha Khan, EMEA Strategy and Transformation Lead, Reliance Worldwide Corporation
  • Dr Alalea Kia, Research Fellow, Imperial College London
  • Lucie Killen, Structural Engineer, Price & Myers
  • Guneet Kohli, Engineer, Arup
  • Marisa Kurimbokus, Mechanical Engineering Team Leader, Aeristech Ltd
  • Sarah Lu, PhD Researcher, University of Southampton
  • Noor Mansur, Senior Electronics Engineer, Dyson Technology Ltd.
  • Prof Serena Margadonna, Head of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Swansea University
  • Prof Gabriela Medero, Professor in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Heriot-Watt University
  • Dr Nausheen Sultana Mehboob Basha, Project Manager and Researcher, Imperial College London
  • Prof Aline Miller, Professor and Associate Dead, University of Manchester
  • Sophie V Morse, Research Fellow, Imperial College London
  • Dr Youmna Mouhamad, Royal Academy Enterprise Fellow 2020, Myana Naturals Ltd
  • Dr Priti Parikh, Associate Professor, Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, Head of Engineering for International Development Centre
  • Krystina Pearson-Rampeearee, Senior Flight SysteEngineer, BAE Systems
  • Rachel Pether, Director of Water Utilities, Consultancy, Binnies UK
  • Dr Agnieszka Rutkowska, Electrochemistry Lead, Depixus
  • Prof Lidija Šiller, Professor of Nanoscale Science, Newcastle University
  • Radhika Srinivasan, CEO & Founder, EcoTextura
  • Swati, Director, Anant Biomedical Limited
  • Sarah Teliani, Project Manager, Arup
  • Dr Navya Thomas, Research Fellow in Membrane Crystallisation, Cranfield University
  • Georgia Thompson, Assistant Design Programme Manager, BAM Nuttall
  • Carolina Toczycka, Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Lenz Labs
  • Georgina Wharton, Director of Technology, Parkside Community School
  • Jane Wright, Emerging Leaders Scheme (Decarbonisation Strategy and Engineering), Transport for London (TfL)
  • Nadja Yang, President, European Young Engineers

Judges of the WE50 Awards

  • Dr Bola Olabisi – Founder & CEO of the Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GlobalWIIN) (Head Judge)
  • Lauren Touré – Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA (WE50 Sponsor)
  • Dawn Childs FREng – CEO, Pure Data Centres (Operations), and President, Women’s Engineering Society
  • Carl Hayward – Business Excellence Manager, Costa Express
  • Dr Giorgia Longobardi – CEO, Cambridge GaN Devices
  • Mara Makoni – Consultant, PA Consulting & Board Member, Association For Black Engineers
  • Dr Mark McBride-Wright CEng MIChemE – Founder and Managing Director, Equal Engineers, Equal Engineers
  • Libby Meyrick – Chief Executive, Institution of Engineering Designers
  • Susan Robson – Principal Consultant, National Grid & Board Member, Women’s Engineering Society
  • Emily Spearman – Head of PMO, Orsted & Board Member, Women’s Engineering Society
  • Dr Christelle Abadie, University Assistant Professor in civil engineering, University of Cambridge
  • Zainab Adigun, Senior Strcutral Engineer, Pell Frischmann
  • Melissa Ahmed, Managing Director, Techwuman Ltd
  • Dr Farida Amrouche, Enviroment consultant, CETEC Professional Scientific Solutions
  • Dr Yadira Bajon Fernandez, Senior Lecturer in Bioresources Science and Engineering, Cranfield University
  • Dr Marzia Bolpagni, Head of Building Information Modelling – Associate Director, Mace
  • Dr Delphine Byford, DE&S Environmental Consultant and Deputy Discipline Lead, Science, Defence Equipment & Support
  • Dr Paula Carey, Chief Technology Officer, Carbon8 SysteLtd
  • Alison Cartwright, Senior Project Manager, CNG Services
  • Dr Tessa Charles, Lecturer, University of Liverpool
  • Dr Katie Chong, Senior Lecturer, Aston University
  • Blessing Danha, Senior Director, Ankura
  • Sarah Day, Teaching Fellow, University of Strathclyde
  • Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo, Senior Lecturer, University of Bath
  • Dr Francesca Donadoni, Co-founder & CTO, The PS Collective
  • Beccie Drake, Digital Offshore Wind Leader, Arup
  • Emma-claire Dunning, Automotive Braking Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover
  • Federica Franceschini, Management Consulting Senior Management Level / Founder, CEO and Director., Accenture / Exploring Factory
  • Dr Cinzia Giannetti, Associate Professor, Swansea University
  • Chloe Goulding, Structural Engineer, Arup
  • Claudia Hernandez, Graduate Process Engineer, C-Capture
  • Prof Louise Horsfall, Chair of Sustainable Biotechnology, University of Edinburgh
  • Dr Adrienne Houston, Company Director, Eurovacuum Products Ltd.
  • Leen Jabban, PhD student, University of Bath
  • Natalia Jawiarczyk, PhD Student, Cranfield University
  • Hannah K, Analyst, GCHQ
  • Alexandra Knight, CEO, STEMAZING
  • Jessica Korzeniowska, Senior SysteEngineer / Requirements Manager, UK Atomic Energy Authority
  • Jennifer Lake, Director, Fredericklake
  • Prof Alice Larkin, Head of School of Engineering, University of Manchester
  • Oana Lazar, Student, University of Southampton
  • Dr Eluned Lewis, Senior Fellow, Defence Equipment and Support, UK MOD
  • Dr Zhe Liu, Sustainability Lead of the Lightweight Manufacturing Centre, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
  • Dr Candice Majewski, Senior Lecturer, The University of Sheffield
  • Kirsten McCormick, SysteEngineer, General Dynamics Mission Systems
  • Fiona McIntosh, Product Safety Engineer – Graduate, BAE Systems
  • Dr Claire MacLeod, Principal Scientist, AstraZeneca
  • Prof Marcelle McManus, Professor of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Co-Director, Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies, University of Bath
  • Jessica Nanayakkara, Carrington Facility Operations Supervisor, Air Products
  • Dr Sofiat Olaosebikan, Lecturer in Computing Science, University of Glasgow
  • Misha Patel, PhD Student, University of Oxford
  • Rosanna Plant, Project Engineer, Centrica
  • Dr Catherine Ramsdale, SVP Technology, PragmatIC Semiconductor
  • Kirstin Rouse, Senior SysteEngineer, General Dynamics Mission Systems
  • Karen Spenley, Technology Sustainability Advisor, Schlumberger
  • Anna Sutherland, Associate Director – Buildings Digital, Arup
  • Dr Anupma Thakur, Postdoctoral Researcher, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indiana, USA
  • Kate Todd-Davis, Manufacturing Engineering Apprentice, Rolls Royce
  • Dr Shruti Turner, Postdoctoral Researcher, Imperial College London
  • Dr Carol Verheecke-Vaessen, Academic Fellow in Applied Molecular Mycology, Cranfield Universit

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