Overview

International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) is an international awareness campaign which raises the profile of women in engineering and focuses attention on the amazing career opportunities available to women and girls in this exciting industry. 

In 2021, INWED is celebrating its 8th year with a theme of 'Engineering Heroes' to celebrate the work that women engineers around the world are doing not just to respond to the pandemic, but also to support lives, livelihoods and communities every day. INWED is about celebrating the best, brightest and bravest women who recognize a problem, then work to be part of the solution; women who undertake ‘heroics’ not only during the current emergency, but every single day now and in future.

Ahead of the main event on 23rd June, CIHT Dubai are proud to support INWED with this online seminar focused on women pursuing careers in the highways and transportation sector in the UAE. The theme of the seminar is 'My Journey' where a panel of four women, at different stages of their career, will relate what influenced their academic and career choices, describe their current roles and responsibilities as well as the challenges, concerns, and opportunities they have encountered along the way. They will share their experiences and thoughts about how professional women in the sector can meet and balance professional and personal choices along the way.

Our Panel 

Our panel will be chaired by Michelle Wood, Head of Technical Development at PTRC Training, UK. Michelle has over 30 years’ experience as a transport planner both in the UK and internationally. She is a Chartered Transport Planning Professional, reviewer and mentor for the transport planning qualification and lead Professional Development within CIHT Dubai

Jodie Mairs has 20 years’ experience working in the UK and Middle East as a Road Safety Specialist and Transportation Planner. Jodie brings a wealth of experience in road safety, having audited a variety of projects including safer routes to schools, local safety schemes, master plans, local roads and expressways. Jodie also brings experience in road safety strategy, drafting and prioritizing programmes and leading public engagement events. She is a Member of the Committee of CIHT Dubai,

Brindha Sankari Vasudevan is a Senior Transport Planner with over 14 years of experience in UAE, Singapore and India. She is an expert in transport planning and strategic modeling, business case assessment, economic assessments, rail studies, transport assessment, and feasibility studies. Brindha also has experience in big data analysis and data visualisation to create dashboards, interactive maps using software such as PowerBI for a variety of planning disciplines. She is the Web and Data Officer of the Committee of CIHT Dubai.

Nebras Radaideh has over 11 years’ experience, currently as a project control specialist and risks engineer with Parsons International and is the Events Coordinator for CIHT Dubai. During her recent career, she has worked on Route 2020 of Dubai Metro with Systra, a major international engineering and consulting group. Nebras graduated as a civil engineer from Jordan in 2010, holds PMP and RMP Certificates and has worked in the construction sector for four years, followed by six years in the railway industry, latterly in the UAE.

Yara Al Hamdan is a recent graduate into the highways and transport sector and has two years’ experience in the planning and design of transport systems in the UAE. She is currently a transport planner and works within the Strategic Planning & Advisory team within AECOM. Her main areas of specialty are GIS and pedestrian modelling. She has also worked extensively on parking strategies, traffic impact studies and smart city initiatives. Yara is a Member of the Committee of CIHT Dubai, leading initiatives around Young Professionals.

Help & Support

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