Equivalent Too

Eneni Abban is a robotics engineer with an expertise in computer vision. She shares her experiences, ambition and wisdom as a black woman in the industry and explains how she is using her skills to empower her people.

Mimi Nwosu talks about the different masks she had to wear at work in Civil Engineering!  Its inspiring to hear the reasons why she found her authentic self and is proud of all that she is today, despite some setbacks!  

Siddhi is full and energy and bursting with confidence. Thats probably what happens when you have spent years on a trading floor. She started out in computer science and swears by the benefits to all when when the study STEM. Now an entrepreneur, all her tough experiences have given her a thick skin to run her own business.

Dr. Natalia Falagan is an Agricultural Engineer.  She is passionate about improving the way we grow, harvest, store and transport food to reduce waste.  She also has the most positive and uplifting attitude, without being forceful.  How is it possible to be so quiet and yet so confident.  She demonstrates that these things go hand in hand!  

Demurrage Analyst, Annamaria Miko is not my conventional guest, but she also found herself in the male-dominated industry of shipping.  She shares her own experiences and wisdom with us, and reveals how in searching for her own self, she now helps to shed light on others peoples journey.  

Dr. Christina Drake is a materials engineer and CEO of her own technology company.  Despite some tough experiences growing up, she has an attitude of strength, resilience and gratitude in all her experiences.  Her approach to getting what she wants, sounds so easy.  Dr. Drake has everything she wants, it hasn't been easy juggling so much, but fulfilling her own expectations and ignoring the expectations of others, has been key to her having it all.  

This week on Innervation, I talk to Robotics Engineer Lan Pham, who focuses on using magnets to bring space debris back down to Earth.  She is passionate about what she does, and feels that you won't be happy at work, unless you have a genuine interest in what you do.  That said, she also prioritises a healthy work life balance for ultimate contentment.   

This week I talk to Dr. Ana Cruz-Ruiz, a robotics engineer who is managing 40 other robotics engineers, as they develop technology for healthcare.  She talks about being inspired by her dad and her perfectionism, and what she has learned along the way of being a highly accomplished woman in engineering; where she was regularly questioned by others, as to why she was there in the first place.  

Jenny Olsen is a biomedical engineer, who genuinely cares about helping people to improve the quality of their lives, whilst combining her passion for mechanical engineering.  She is the perfect example of a true engineer, because she is fundamentally a problem solver.  There are many dimensions to her character and she explains how she stays balanced and content.  

This week I talk to neuroscientist Yue Li, who talks about being adaptable and self-aware of our behavior and thinking.  Most negativity is due to stimulating a certain type of ares in the brain, and we are somewhat in control of that - but being plastic, as in 'malleable' is key!