Category: Women in EEE

International Women in Engineering Day 2021: Sanjana Ganguly

Wednesday 23rd June is the 8th global annual celebration of International Women in Engineering Day, an international campaign of visibility on social media, that aims to shine a light on our diverse engineering role models, and encourage more people to consider engineering as a profession for all. 

This year, women students and staff from EEE have been sharing their journey into engineering and their proudest achievements, along with some words of advice to girls and young women who are thinking about a career in STEM.

Sanjana Ganguly is just completing her final year as an undergraduate, studying Electrical & Electronic Engineering with Management, an option which combines technical engineering skills with specialist business modules from the Imperial College Business School. During her four years of study, Sanjana has been very active in the College’s Indian Society, and has recently been helping with the vaccine roll-out. (more…)

International Women in Engineering Day 2021: Kate Highnam

Wednesday 23rd June 2021 is the 8th global annual celebration of International Women in Engineering Day, an international campaign of visibility on social media, that aims to shine a light on our diverse engineering role models, and encourage more people to consider engineering as a profession for all. 

This year, women students and staff from EEE have been sharing their journey into engineering and their proudest achievements, along with some words of advice to girls and young women who are thinking about a career in STEM.

Kate Highnam is a PhD student in our Intelligent Systems and Networks group, researching cyber security and machine learning. She is also a PhD Representative, helping to run community-building events and discuss issues in the EEE postgraduate student body. (more…)

International Women in Engineering Day 2021: Eleftheria Safarika

Wednesday 23rd June 2021 is the 8th global annual celebration of International Women in Engineering Day, an international campaign of visibility on social media, that aims to shine a light on our diverse engineering role models, and encourage more people to consider engineering as a profession for all. 

This year, women students and staff from EEE have been sharing their journey into engineering and their proudest achievements, along with some words of advice to girls and young women who are thinking about a career in STEM.

Eleftheria Safarika has just finished her first year as an undergraduate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Next year she will be taking on the role of student well-being representative in the department.

Outside of engineering, Eleftheria has a passion for arts and music, and is looking forward to playing the cello in orchestras again soon. She also enjoys latin dance as great way to relax and express herself. (more…)