This is the website of EurIng Dawn Bonfield MBE FREng CEng FIMMM FICE HonFIStructE FWES HonDEng
I am currently Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at King's College London, and Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering at Aston University. I am Founder & Director of Towards Vision, a Company which works towards a vision of diversity and inclusion in engineering, and founder of the Magnificent Women social enterprise which celebrates the history of women in engineering, and uses our inspiring heritage to encourage the next generation of engineers. I am Past President and former Chief Executive of the Women's Engineering Society.
I am a materials engineer by background and spent many years working in the aerospace industry on composite materials. I am the UK representative on the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) and Deputy Chair of the Women in Engineering Committee focusing on the application of engineering and technology to address the Sustainable Development Goals, with particular emphasis on addressing the disadvantages faced by women. I have recently been a member of the Engineering Design T level Panel.
Other roles:
If you are interested in working with me to bring Inclusive Engineering to your business, please get in touch.
Biography Dawn Bonfield MBE FREng CEng FIMMM FICE HonFIStructE FWES HonDEng
Dawn Bonfield MBE FREng is Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at King's College London working with young people on addressing the Sustainable Development Goals as entrepreneurs. She has been Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering at Aston University since 2017, and is the Founder & Director of Towards Vision, a not-for-profit which works towards a vision of diversity and inclusion in engineering. She is Past President and former Chief Executive of the Women's Engineering Society (WES). Dawn is Deputy Chair of the Women in Engineering Committee of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations working on the application of engineering and technology to address gender inequality globally. Dawn has recently been a member of the Engineering Design T level panel, and serves on a number of educational committees promoting engineering and engineering education. She is founder of the social enterprise ‘Magnificent Women’ which celebrates the history of women in engineering, and she was the founder of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) which takes place on 23 June annually.
A materials engineer by profession - having studied Materials Science at Bath University - Dawn has worked at AERE Harwell, Citroen Research Centre (Paris), British Aerospace (Bristol), MBDA (Stevenage), and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (London).
Dawn received an MBE in 2016 for 'Services to the promotion of diversity in engineering', and in 2015 Dawn won a WISE Award and an Association Congress Award for the INWED campaign, and in 2016 she won the SEMTA award for Diversity in Engineering. In 2016 she was a finalist in the GEDC Airbus Global Diversity Award, and in 2017 she won the Women's Business Council STEM 'Starting Out' award. In 2019 she was named as number 2 in the Inclusive Boards Financial Times Top 100 Women in Engineering List, and in 2021 was in the Forbes / Academic Influence Top 35 Global Influential Women in Engineering List.
She is a member of other groups including:
Please read my blogs and twitter feed (@dawnbonfield) for an idea of my work and thoughts, and please contact me if you have any comments or suggestions.
I am currently Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at King's College London, and Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering at Aston University. I am Founder & Director of Towards Vision, a Company which works towards a vision of diversity and inclusion in engineering, and founder of the Magnificent Women social enterprise which celebrates the history of women in engineering, and uses our inspiring heritage to encourage the next generation of engineers. I am Past President and former Chief Executive of the Women's Engineering Society.
I am a materials engineer by background and spent many years working in the aerospace industry on composite materials. I am the UK representative on the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) and Deputy Chair of the Women in Engineering Committee focusing on the application of engineering and technology to address the Sustainable Development Goals, with particular emphasis on addressing the disadvantages faced by women. I have recently been a member of the Engineering Design T level Panel.
Other roles:
- I work as a consultant advising companies on diversity and inclusion in engineering: how to change corporate culture; how to recruit more diverse teams; and how to retain talent
- Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Education and Skills Committee
- Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Engineers Steering Committee
- Member of the EPSRC Engineering Strategic Advisory Team
- Board Member of the Commonwealth Engineers Council
- Advisory Board Member of GE's Next Engineers Programme
- Member of the Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) committee of Institution of Civil Engineers
- Court member at Bath University
- Member of the Engineering Professors Council (EPC) Ethics Case Study Advisory Group
- Included in Forbes Academic Influence Top 35 Influential Women in Engineering, 2021
- Named number 2 in the Inclusive Boards Financial Times Top 100 Influential Women in Engineering list in 2019
- Developing University undergraduate content on Inclusive Engineering to equip our next generation of engineers with the skills and competencies they need to be inclusive (Further details at here www.inceng.org)
- Working with engineering processes to embed inclusivity into mainstream engineering practice through the tools and processes that we use (e.g. accreditation)
- In 2018 I delivered a year long Year of Engineering Roadshow entitled 'Meet the Parents' taking place throughout the UK
- I published the Top 100 Historical Women in Engineering List in 2019
- I am a member of the steering group for the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Diversity and Inclusion in STEM
If you are interested in working with me to bring Inclusive Engineering to your business, please get in touch.
Biography Dawn Bonfield MBE FREng CEng FIMMM FICE HonFIStructE FWES HonDEng
Dawn Bonfield MBE FREng is Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at King's College London working with young people on addressing the Sustainable Development Goals as entrepreneurs. She has been Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering at Aston University since 2017, and is the Founder & Director of Towards Vision, a not-for-profit which works towards a vision of diversity and inclusion in engineering. She is Past President and former Chief Executive of the Women's Engineering Society (WES). Dawn is Deputy Chair of the Women in Engineering Committee of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations working on the application of engineering and technology to address gender inequality globally. Dawn has recently been a member of the Engineering Design T level panel, and serves on a number of educational committees promoting engineering and engineering education. She is founder of the social enterprise ‘Magnificent Women’ which celebrates the history of women in engineering, and she was the founder of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) which takes place on 23 June annually.
A materials engineer by profession - having studied Materials Science at Bath University - Dawn has worked at AERE Harwell, Citroen Research Centre (Paris), British Aerospace (Bristol), MBDA (Stevenage), and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (London).
Dawn received an MBE in 2016 for 'Services to the promotion of diversity in engineering', and in 2015 Dawn won a WISE Award and an Association Congress Award for the INWED campaign, and in 2016 she won the SEMTA award for Diversity in Engineering. In 2016 she was a finalist in the GEDC Airbus Global Diversity Award, and in 2017 she won the Women's Business Council STEM 'Starting Out' award. In 2019 she was named as number 2 in the Inclusive Boards Financial Times Top 100 Women in Engineering List, and in 2021 was in the Forbes / Academic Influence Top 35 Global Influential Women in Engineering List.
She is a member of other groups including:
- World Federation of Engineering Organisations Women in Engineering Committee Deputy Chair
- EPSRC Engineering Strategic Advisory Team
- Engineering Professors Council Ethics Steeting Group
- Royal Academy of Engineering Education and Skills Committee, and Africa Engineers Steering Committee
- Member of Bath University Court
- Patron at Alton Convent School, Hampshire
- Board Member, Commonwealth Engineers Council
- Advisory Board Member, Next Engineers
Please read my blogs and twitter feed (@dawnbonfield) for an idea of my work and thoughts, and please contact me if you have any comments or suggestions.
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