National Women in Engineering Day was originally launched in the UK on 23 June 2014 by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), in order to celebrate its 95th anniversary. Receiving UNESCO patronage in 2016, the initiative became international for the first time in 2017, adopting its now familiar moniker, INWED, and enabling the celebration of women in engineering to become global.
As part of UCL Engineering's INWED 2025 celebrations, we caught up with two researchers from our departments to discover how they are they are changing the world through their work.
Jahafar Nazar | UCL Biochemical Engineering
Jahafar works with UCL Biochemical Engineering as downstream bioprocess engineer, as well as managing the social media pages for Resilience and visiting schools and fairs as part of outreach programmes to inpire future engineers.
Seerat Sekhon | UCL Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Seerat is researching and developing non-invasive pre-screening tools to help detect and monitor cardiac amyloidosis at an early stage. Through her research in UCL Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Seerat aspires to make devices that people are empowered to use in their every day lives as part of their medical care.
