National Women in Engineering Day 2016

To celebrate National Women in Engineering Day 2016 on Thursday 23rd June an exciting and informative morning of talks, networking opportunities with refreshments and poster competition will be held in Post Graduate Centre, Edinburgh Campus.
The event chaired by Professor Rory Duncan promises to be an interesting morning with three excellent speakers lined up;
• Judith Abolle will give you a warm welcome address.
• Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer will share some interesting statistics with us and share some of her personal experiences.
• Dr Sila Pla Pueyo will talk of the importance of female role models for women in engineering and science and the influence that other female scientists have had in her development as a scientist.
To register for the event please go to the Eventbrite page https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/edit?eid=25720826685
A networking lunch and poster competition provides a unique opportunity for engineers to present their work, engage with fellow researchers and raise the profile of women in engineering at Heriot-Watt University.
The ‘Engineering’ poster session is sponsored by the Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering and the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society.
The prizes awarded by Dr.Yuhang Chen will be;
• 1st Prize £150
• 2nd Prize £100
• 3rd Prize £50
The lunch is sponsored by EPS Career Development Committee & EGIS Athena SWAN Committee.