b'16 Member News March 2023EventsYoung Woman Engineer of the Year AwardsAll about breaking the stereotype and shining a light on the extraordinary talent of women engineers up and down the country, the 2023 Young Woman Engineer (YWE) of the Year Awards are now open for entries!Our awards showcase some of the bestOur 2022 YWE ceremony was engineers in the UK to hopefully encourageheld on Thursday, 1 December and inspire the next generation about theat IET London: Savoy Place, possibilities of a career in engineering. Fromhosted by Oti Mabuse. advancements in healthcare technologyAlongside Ama, Eneni Bambara-and designing our future cities to spaceAbban was awarded the WES Prize, exploration and restoring our oceans, thereLauren Smith was presented with are thousands of women engineers doingthe Mary George Memorial Prize amazing things. for Apprentices and Lynn Tomkins took home the Gender Diversity Were passionate about promoting theAmbassador Award. diverse and exciting opportunities that a career in engineering and technology offers,Ama Frimpong MSc MIET,as generally, people arent aware of theAma said:2022 Young Woman Engineer of the Yearincredible breadth of engineering in the 21st century. Engineers are improving our world and shaping our future, bringing ideas toI am incredibly passionate about all things engineering, but life, turning dreams into reality, and makingparticularly engineering in medicine and healthcare and being able solutions to big challenges possible.to change and impact lives that way. As a young girl, I never saw or Even though one in five people work in theknew anyone who looked like me working as an engineer, which is engineering profession, just 16.5% of thosewhy the IETs awards are so important. It is a great platform to be are women. Recognising and celebrating the achievements of women in engineering hasable to encourage more young people into the world of STEM.never been so important, especially when there is a significant shortage of engineers posing a serious threat to the economy. Our past YWE winners and finalists continueEntries for this years awards are now open! So, if you or someone to inspire the next generation and achieveyou know is paving the way for the STEM superstars of the future incredible things, just like Ama Frimpong MScand is engineering a better world for us all, encourage them to apply MIET who was crowned our Young Womantoday. Advance your career, revolutionise the future and show young Engineer of the Year in December 2022. Amagirls that they too have a place in the wonderful world of engineering. is Head of Product Development at 52 North Health, managing the companys engineering teams in the development of NeutroCheck, which is a low-cost, portable device that helps identify people living with cancer who are at risk of neutropenic sepsis - a life-threatening medical emergency occurring in immunosuppressed chemotherapy patients.Head to our YWE website to find out more: theiet.org/yweOur 2022 YWE Finalists'