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Monday 20 June 2022
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Being fearless has helped Dr Lorena Caires Moreira forge a career in the male-dominated world of engineering – now the Coventry University researcher says it is one of her five top tips for future female engineers.
Lorena has been working with engineering and technology for a decade and is a research fellow in Coventry University’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME), where she helps transform engineering problems into innovation opportunities by leveraging the capabilities of emerging technologies.
A recent report released by the House of Commons revealed that companies with a higher percentage of female leaders outperformed those dominated by men and highlights that women should play a major role in the UK’s post-pandemic economic recovery.
Lorena hopes that report will stimulate further change in her industry.
Currently, the very dynamic global scenario including customers’ demands for personalised products, fast technological advancements, connected factories (Industry 4.0), and net zero targets have placed the weaknesses (or limitations) of traditional engineering approaches in the spotlight. The engineering and technology sectors need people who can think systemically, crossing disciplinary boundaries, and capable of assessing the impacts of decision-making for highly complex environments and with considering multiple dimensions – business, process, people and planet.
Such a scenario is reshaping the skills of future engineers and providing a positive environment for women to thrive in the sector. Women have played a major role in engineering and leadership and more of us are needed to help achieving a better, stronger and more sustainable world.
Dr Lorena Caires Moreira, research fellow in Coventry University’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME)
Now Lorena has shared her top tips to help others follow in her footsteps and be a catalyst for change:
Find out how you can develop your engineering career at AME.