Azerbaijani academician, chemical engineer-technologist whose career at the Chemistry and Technology of Oils department, Azerbaijan State Institute of Petrochemical Processes led to her becoming a professor (1987), and extremely prolific author of reports and patents.
Initially a film actress, Izzet Khanim Mirzaaga Orujova (1909-1983) graduated from the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University in Baku as a petrochemical technologist (1932).
She became the first African-American hired into a technical position at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as a ‘computer’. JPL sent her on a programming training course at IBM and she learnt speed coding and was promoted to ‘mathematician’.
Hungarian-Australian chemical engineer
Irish aviator
Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman in space, and later politician
Jean Armstrong has led the way in encouraging women into the engineering profession in Australia.
Her long list of accomplishments includes creating and commercializing satellite radio, founding a biotechnology company that seeks to provide an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, setting world records for electric flight and delving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with her work on digital immortality.
Professor Nancy Millis made significant contributions to agriculture, protection of the environment, science, medicine and engineering.
After inventing a greener way to manufacture nylon and winning several student pitch competitions, Daniela Blanco pivoted her company to focus on creating AI tools to help others across the chemical industry operate more sustainably.