{"id":2421,"date":"2021-06-23T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2022-01-20T10:36:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T10:36:46","slug":"international-women-in-engineering-day-2021-our-staffs-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/international-women-in-engineering-day-2021-our-staffs-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women in Engineering Day 2021: Our academics&#8217; heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are very lucky to have our own female engineering heroes at Canterbury Christ Church &#8211; our academics. Of course, they have individuals who they look up to and who have inspired them throughout their careers. Here are just a few of the people our female academics have identified as their female engineering heroes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Anne-N-2021.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Anne-N-2021-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Anne-N-2021-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Anne-N-2021-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Anne-N-2021-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Anne-N-2021.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cranfield.ac.uk\/about\/senior-team\/senior-management\/professor-helen-atkinson\">Read more about Dame Helen Atkinson<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Man-Qi-2021.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Man-Qi-2021-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Man-Qi-2021-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Man-Qi-2021-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Man-Qi-2021-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Man-Qi-2021.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It isn&#8217;t just Man Qi who is inspired by Grace. Fellow Senior Lecturer in Computing, Tina Eager, picks her out as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Tina-2021.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Tina-2021-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Tina-2021-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Tina-2021-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Tina-2021-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Tina-2021.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/president.yale.edu\/biography-grace-murray-hopper\">Find out more about Grace Hopper<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Najah-2021.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Najah-2021-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Najah-2021-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Najah-2021-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Najah-2021-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2021\/06\/Najah-2021.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Join in<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget that you can get involved in the conversation around #INWED21 by checking out our social media including the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CCCUEdgeHub\">EDGE Hub Twitter<\/a>, the main <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanterburyCCUni\">University Twitter account<\/a> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/canterburyccuni\/?hl=en\">Instagram feed<\/a>. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inwed.org.uk\/\">official INWED web page<\/a> for more information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very lucky to have our own female engineering heroes at Canterbury Christ Church &#8211; our academics. 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