Nelly Mihran Samichkovski-Gidikova
Nelly Mihran Samichkovski-Gidikova (b. 1936) at the University of Sofia researched corrosion- and wear-resistant coatings for steel.
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Dr Mojirade Monsurat Oloruntoba
Research and Development Officer at Prototype Engineering Development Institute (PEDI), Ilesa, one of the institutes of Nigeria’s National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure
Modupeola Oluremilekun Kasim
Probably Africa’s earliest modern woman in chemical engineering, Engr. (Mrs.) Modupeola Oluremilekun Kasim BSC, MSc, FNSE, (1945-2021) gained her degree in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University, followed by an MSc in Operations Research (1975).
Meghan Ireland
Chemical engineer Meghan Ireland is Chief Blender at the WhistlePig distillery in New England, managing the whiskey from barrel to bottle.
Sub-Lieutenant Masego Mosupye
The South African Navy’s first female engineering officer on the chemical engineering side
Dr Mary Davidson Cameron
Believed to have been New Zealand/Aotearoa’s first female engineering academic. She later helped set up the Food Technology Research Centre, an academia/industry knowledge exchange centre.
Mary Bucher
Chemical engineer who earned her MSc from Ohio State University in 1930
Dr Marlene Kanga
The third woman to graduate in chemical engineering from IIT Bombay; when she was appointed as the president of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (2017-19) it was the first time any chemical engineer had taken that role.
Dr Marie Louise Compernolle
Marie Louise Compernolle (1909– 2005) was the first female Flemish chemical engineer.
Maria Elisabeth Stellwag-Bes
Considered to be the first woman to receive an engineering diploma (1904) in the Netherlands, as the first female student at TUDelft