Focus on Female Engineers with Dr. Zenan Ahmed

“I grew up seeing my Dad as my role model. And he is a civil engineer. So I saw him working with interesting tools and software. I remember he had this huge table with massive white papers. It had scribbles of buildings all over it, and a ruler that was taller than me. He also had sketches on his computer. He had lots and lots of books. And all of this really fascinated me. I would even do pretend play when he was not looking.” The wonderful quote above is from this episode’s guest, Dr. Zenan Ahmed, who is talking to Emma Nicholson as part of the series Focus on Female Engineers. Dr. Zenan Ahmed is currently a Senior Energy and Sustainability Engineer at WSP in the United Kingdom. But in her biography below you can read about more of her endeavours. “Starting early during the formative years. I think that it’s really important how each of us are brought up in our household and how the gender bias rules are passed on from one generation to another. I think it’s really important that we eradicate that preconceived notion from a very early age. And it’s not really about forcing people to be an engineer when they do not want to be an engineer. It’s more about exposure and validation and telling them look, this is also for you.” About Dr. Zenan Ahmed Dr. Zenan Ahmed is an experienced Senior Energy and Sustainability Engineer currently employed at WSP in the United Kingdom. Alongside her primary role at WSP, Zenan also volunteers with the European Youth Energy Network, contributing as an Energy Policy Reviewer within the Youth Energy Consumer task force. Additionally, she shares her datascience knowledge by teaching at Le Wagon, a global coding bootcamp. Zenan’s professional interests revolve around the intersection of energy, sustainability, and data. She has previously held roles at Swansea University as a researcher and worked as an Energy Pricing, Forecasting, and Trading Analyst at an energy company in the U...