{"id":111,"date":"2021-06-20T18:26:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T17:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/electrical-engineering\/?p=111"},"modified":"2021-06-23T10:05:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T09:05:17","slug":"maelle-guerre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/electrical-engineering\/2021\/06\/20\/maelle-guerre\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women in Engineering Day 2021: Ma\u00eblle Guerre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wednesday 23rd June is the 8th global annual celebration of <a title=\"International Women in Engineering Day\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inwed.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">International Women in Engineering Day<\/a>, 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.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ma\u00eblle Guerre<\/strong> is a third year undergraduate student on our Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE) course, with a interest in FPGAs and Machine Learning. Ma\u00eblle is a STEM mentor for Imperial College, and has recently developed a COVID app which is being used in schools.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-114 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/electrical-engineering\/files\/2021\/06\/Maelle-e1624210296396-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maelle\" \/><strong>How did you become an Electrical \/ Electronics Engineer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Curious about how a computers work, I applied for EIE to get an overview of how to build a computer from scratch as well as a deep understanding in the specific subfields that I love \u2014 digital electronics, programming. <span lang=\"EN-US\">I&#8217;m currently interning at Morgan Stanley, on a 6 month placement\u00a0 as part of my degree course, building Machine Learning models to automate tasks. 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