Senior Process Safety Engineer, Titi Oliyide has been named the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year.
Thirty-two-year-old Titi, who is a Senior Process Safety Engineer at Supercritical Solutions, won this prestigious award at the IET’s Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards ceremony last night.
Titi provides technical process safety expertise for innovative hydrogen production technology to facilitate the energy transition, whilst contributing to the energy security strategy and the UK’s net zero plan for 2030. Titi is part of the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK), managing two organisational partner accounts, facilitating their Diversity and Inclusion improvement programmes.
On winning, Titi said: “I can’t believe I’ve been named the 2023 Young Woman Engineer of the Year, joining an incredible line-up of outstanding women who have come before me. I am really passionate about demystifying and promoting the industry, and this gives me an amazing platform to introduce more young people to the world of engineering and show them how they can make a difference in the world through this impactful profession.”
The IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards celebrate women working in modern engineering – and aim to help change the perception that engineering is predominantly a career for men by banishing outdated engineering stereotypes of hard hats and dirty overalls.
As well as highlighting the talent of women engineers, these prestigious engineering industry awards seek to find role models who can help address the UK science and engineering skills crisis by promoting engineering careers to more girls and women. Just 16.5% of those working in engineering and technical occupations are women (source: Engineering UK).
Other winners include Jade Kimpton (22), an Apprentice Substation Engineer at National Grid, who won the Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices, Zainab Adigun (31), a Senior Structural Engineer at Pell Frischmann who won the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) prize, and Adrienne Houston who won the Gender Diversity Ambassador Award. Finalists Georgina Andrew, Krystina Pearson-Rampeearee, Laura Hoang and Evi Viza were all highly commended.
Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the IET, Dr Laura Norton said: “Engineering and technology have been improving our world and shaping our future for centuries. Engineers make an ongoing difference to the world around us, and we want to celebrate those engineering a better world for us all.
“However, due a lack of understanding around what engineering is, perceived gender norms and not enough visible role models for the next generation, the UK has a shortage of women engineers.
“Our awards tell the stories of incredible women engineers who are changing our world for the better and I’d like to congratulate our fantastic winners and finalists this year. They are a real credit to the engineering profession and make excellent role models to young girls who might be thinking about a career in engineering and technology.
“It’s vital we champion engineering careers to the next generation – it’s a diverse, creative and exciting career, which offers the opportunity to change lives, or even the world.”
