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"Women in Engineering Day" - Bridging the Gender Gap

By EGIS Athena Swan Team

Date and time

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 · 12:30 - 2pm GMT+1

Location

Heriot-Watt University

EGIS William Arrol Building Gait 4, Level 1, Crush Area EH14 4AS United Kingdom

Description

About the Event:

Heriot-Watt University is proud to invite you to celebrate the "Bridging the Gender Gap" event on National Women in Engineering Day - 23 June 2015 in the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS) William Arrol Crush Area, Level 1. This is part of the programme of Athena Swan activities carried out within EGIS.

As part of this event, Professor Paul Jowitt, OBE, Former President of ICE will unveil a picture of Mary Isolen Fergusson, OBE. Mary Fergusson was an Honorary Doctorate of Science, Heriot-Watt University, with a BSc Hons in Civil Engineering, University of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers.

Robert Peacock will give us a delightful rendition about Mary Fergusson's life at Blyth & Blyth and what it was like to work with her.

Speakers will include a number of successful women engineers from academia/industry who will talk about their careers and what influenced their decision to embark on an engineering career and we therefore welcome Sara Thiam, Director, ICE Scotland and from Heriot-Watt University, Dr. Gillian Menzies, Associate Professor - Environment & Climate Change/Senior Director of Studies - Architectural Engineering and Dr. Mehreen Gul, Assistant Professor - Architectural Engineering/PG Dissertation Co-ordinator.

The purpose of this thought provoking event is to focus attention on the challenges and opportunities for women in engineering.

Please come along and enjoy a free networking lunch from 12.30pm until 2.00pm

Heriot-Watt University is a member of Athena SWAN and is committed to tackling the under representation of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.

The venue is wheelchair accessible. If you have any specific requirements to enable you to participate in this event please contact the organiser.

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