We annually recognize influential women engineers through the Margaret Ingels Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering. This year, we are proud to highlight the winners in four categories: 

Margaret Ingels Award for Leadership in Engineering – Lili Zhang, Engineering Director, Commercial HVAC, North Asia

Lili: “To be a role model for someone else is extremely motivating and rewarding. My daughter takes me as a role model to grow up as a very independent, young female. I can see that my engineering discipline, as well as attitude toward work, influenced and formed many traits in her. Watching her to succeed makes me happier than to taste the success myself.”

Jennifer: “I hope to impact the future of women in engineering by being the best at my job that I can be, to be a positive example and influence within my sphere of influence, to share what I have learned and to bring others along if I have the opportunity. Women in engineering have had unique experiences and challenges that we have overcome and passing that on to others is what we should do.”

Kusuma: “This is the perfect time for more girls to kindle their engineering mindset and pursue careers in STEM. Girls can indulge into creative design; we are very focused and exhibit a lot of perseverance by nature when it comes to problem solving.”

Lucy: “One thing I am passionate about is providing young women in engineering the resources and support to build a professional development plan that works for both their career and their personal life.”