Three young women have been recognised at the IET’s Young Woman Engineer (YWE) of the Year Awards for their work in the automotive, defence and nuclear decommissioning sectors.

IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year: Marisa Kurimbokus (34) is a chartered engineer with a career spanning over a decade in product design and systems engineering within the automotive and power electronics industries, including Jaguar Land Rover, Triumph Motorcycles and Lyra Electronics. Most recently, Marisa was head of engineering and product development at Aeristech, where she led a multi-disciplinary design team to create high speed air compressors, primarily for hydrogen fuel cell applications.

IET Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices: Alexia Williams (25) is a through life technical lead at Rolls-Royce Plc. Alexia improves assets throughout their life, utilising data and information collected to make informed decisions to extend the products operation life and reduce maintenance periods.

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