Becoming a Role Model: Ying Wan Loh

From rotary drilling on Mars to hybrid-electric aviation and the expansive global supply chains of the aeronautical industry, we explore the engineering life of Ying Wan Loh. In 2019 Ying became the Institution of Engineering and Technology Young Woman Engineer of the Year, a title given to astronaut in the making Sophie Harker in 2018.

Growing up as one of four siblings in Penang in Malaysia, Ying grew frustrated with the Hollywood version of female leaders – princesses who waited to be saved by male heroes. Instead she found her own role models, from Star Wars protagonist Rey Skywalker to the real life first female president of the Royal Aeronautical Society Jenny Body.

Today Ying’s ambition is to become a leader herself and she calls on everyone to talk more about great female scientists and engineers. “Let’s not stop at 12% women in engineering.”

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Ying Wan Loh, Manufacturing Team Leader, Rolls Royce and winner of the IET YWE2019

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