This is the website of EurIng Dawn Bonfield MBE FREng CEng FIMMM FICE HonFIStructE FWES HonDEng
I am President of the Commonwealth Engineers' Council, and one of the UK representatives and Board Member of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations. As Professor of Practice in Engineering for Sustainable Development at King's College London, I work to embed sustainable development in engineering education and Higher Education more broadly, and I also teach a Masters and Degree Apprenticeship module in Professional Engineering at Aston University in my role as Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering. 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, and founder of the International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), which takes place on 23 June annually.
I am a materials engineer by background and spent many years working in the aerospace industry on composite materials. At the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) as Deputy Chair of the Women in Engineering Committee I focus 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 developing the content for the Engineering Design & Development T Level.
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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 Professor of Practice in Engineering for Sustainable Development at King's College London working with young people on addressing the Sustainable Development Goals as engineers and entrepreneurs. She is President of the Commonwealth Engineers' Council and works Internationally through the World Federation of Engineering Organisations where she is UK representative and Executive Board Member. Dawn is also Deputy Chair of the Women in Engineering Committee of the WFEO, working on the application of engineering and technology to address gender inequality globally. She has been Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering at Aston University since 2017, and is a Visiting Professor at Bath University working with engineering students on entrepreneurship. She is the Founder & Director of Towards Vision, a not-for-profit which works towards a vision of diversity and inclusion in engineering, and is Past President and former Chief Executive of the Women's Engineering Society (WES). 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. In 2024 she was awarded the IOM3 Outstanding Contribution to EDI Award.
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 President of the Commonwealth Engineers' Council, and one of the UK representatives and Board Member of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations. As Professor of Practice in Engineering for Sustainable Development at King's College London, I work to embed sustainable development in engineering education and Higher Education more broadly, and I also teach a Masters and Degree Apprenticeship module in Professional Engineering at Aston University in my role as Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering. 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, and founder of the International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), which takes place on 23 June annually.
I am a materials engineer by background and spent many years working in the aerospace industry on composite materials. At the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) as Deputy Chair of the Women in Engineering Committee I focus 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 developing the content for the Engineering Design & Development T Level.
Main roles:
- Professor of Practice, Engineering for Sustainable Development, King's College London
- Honorary Professor of Inclusive Engineering, Aston University
- Visiting Professor at Bath University in the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
- President, Commonwealth Engineers' Council
- UK Representative and Executive Council Member, World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO)
- Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering 'Engineers 2030' Steering Group: the Africa Engineers Steering Committee; and member of the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC)
- Member of Research England's UKRPIF Advisory Board and Selection Panel
- Member of UKRI EPSRC EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) Strategic Advisory Network (SAN)
- Steering Group member of EDICa (the UKRI EDI Caucus)
- Member of Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) International Committee
- External Advisory Board Member, Aston University Civil Infrastructure Engineering
- Member of LCARSIN Advisory Group (Life Cycle Analysis Regulatory Science and Innovation Network)
- Member of IOM3 Sustainable Development Group
- Member of the Engineering Professors Council (EPC) Ethics Case and Sustainability Advisory Groups
- Judge and panel member on a number of competitions and grant funds including Equal Engineers; Growing Business Awards; UKRPIF; Collaborate to Innovate
- Honorary Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge 2024
- Honorary Doctorate from Cranfield University, 2024
- BBC Radio 4 The Life Scientific, 24 July 2024
- IOM3 Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award (2024)
- Top 35 of the World’s Most Influential Women Engineers by Forbes/Academic Influence (2021)
- Top 20 WISE Award winner from past 20 years of WISE Awards (2020)
- Isabel Hardwich Award winner, Women’s Engineering Society (2020)
- Honorary Doctor of Engineering, Bath University (2019)
- Named #2 in Top 100 Influential Women in Engineering List, Inclusive Boards/Financial Times (2019)
- Women's Business Council STEM award (2017)
- Honorary Fellowship of Institution of Structural Engineers (2017)
- MBE for 'Services to the promotion of diversity in engineering’ (2016)
- SEMTA award for Diversity in Engineering (2016)
- Global Engineering Deans Council (GECD) / Airbus Global Diversity Award Finalist (2016)
- WISE Award and an Association Congress Award for the INWED campaign (2015)
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 Professor of Practice in Engineering for Sustainable Development at King's College London working with young people on addressing the Sustainable Development Goals as engineers and entrepreneurs. She is President of the Commonwealth Engineers' Council and works Internationally through the World Federation of Engineering Organisations where she is UK representative and Executive Board Member. Dawn is also Deputy Chair of the Women in Engineering Committee of the WFEO, working on the application of engineering and technology to address gender inequality globally. She has been Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering at Aston University since 2017, and is a Visiting Professor at Bath University working with engineering students on entrepreneurship. She is the Founder & Director of Towards Vision, a not-for-profit which works towards a vision of diversity and inclusion in engineering, and is Past President and former Chief Executive of the Women's Engineering Society (WES). 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. In 2024 she was awarded the IOM3 Outstanding Contribution to EDI Award.
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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