Filipina chemical engineer whose love for the Baguio region, tribal cultures and its biodiversity led to her becoming curator of the Baguio museum and becoming one of the ‘3 Witches of Baguio’ campaigning to save urban treescapes.
Texan Cynthia Oliver Coleman was the first Black woman to graduate in engineering from the University of Houston (1971). She went on to a 33 year career in petrochemical process engineering with Exxon.
First female chairperson of the Chemical Engineering Department of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology in Pakistan
British chemical engineer known for her expertise in the data of the thermo-physical properties of industrially important fluids as used in industries such as natural gas power generation and the chemical and refrigeration industries.
Carmen Montoro (1921-2009) was a chemical engineer with Grace Cocoa (later Ambrosia Chocolate) for 30 years in Manila and may have been a member of the American Association (Institution) of Chemical Engineers.
Hungarian chemical engineer
The Chemical Institute of Canada’s first female chair (2006)
British chemical engineer whose early work was mainly concerned with benzenes and phenyls but post-WW2 she was also working on processes producing materials for the electrical and electronics industries, such as condensers, dielectrics and materials for batteries. From 1950 she was a Civil Service Scientific Officer at the Ministry of Supply’s Atomic Energy Division, and later at the Atomic Research Establishment, where she was Assistant to the Director until she retired in 1975
Ohio State University can claim some very early women chemical engineers, including Helen S. Crooks (BSc 1923)
Nelly Mihran Samichkovski-Gidikova (b. 1936) at the University of Sofia researched corrosion- and wear-resistant coatings for steel.