Awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering with support from the Worshipful Company of Engineers, five prizes of £3,000 are presented to early career engineers whose achievements are recognised as outstanding. Suranga Chandratillake FREng, General Partner of Balderton Capital, presented the awards.
Dr Jenni Sidey is a lecturer at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Engineering. Following her PhD investigating low-emissions combustion, Jenni worked as the lead post-doctoral researcher on a European Commission project for a year. She received an industrial research sponsorship from the Rolls-Royce University Gas Turbine partnership.
Jenni is a member of the University of Cambridge Women in Engineering initiative, and a regular speaker at events aimed at promoting diversity in engineering, as well as being a role model for other young women in the engineering department.
She was recognised as the Institute of Engineering and Technology’s Young Woman Engineer of the Year, and in July 2017 was named as the latest recruit to join the Canadian Space Agency’s astronaut corps – one of only two successful recruits from almost 4,000 applicants.
Jenni co-founded the outreach group Robogals Cambridge, which is dedicated to introducing young girls in the Cambridgeshire region to STEM careers through robotics workshops and competitions. She is also involved in initiatives to raise awareness of gender equality issues, both in and beyond the Department of Engineering.
More information on the other Young Engineers of the Year
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