Dawn Bonfield Explained

Dawn Bonfield [1] is a materials engineer and founder and director of Towards Vision,[2] a company which aims to work towards a vision of diversity and inclusion in engineering. She is past president and former chief executive of the Women's Engineering Society (WES),[3] and in 2018 was an ambassador for the Year of Engineering,[4] [5] promoting engineering careers through a roadshow aimed at meeting parents.

Career

A materials engineer by profession, training and experience - having studied materials science at Bath University - Bonfield has worked at AERE Harwell, Citroen Research Centre (Paris), British Aerospace (Bristol), MBDA (Stevenage), and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (London).

In 2017, Bonfield was appointed a Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineers at Aston University,[6] developing undergraduate content on inclusive engineering to equip the next generation of engineers with the skills and competencies they need to be inclusive. She also co-founded IncEng in 2017,[7] a platform to bring together under-represented groups in engineering.

Activism

Bonfield joined the council of the Women's Engineering Society in 2011 and was elected president in 2014.[8] She then became CEO in 2015. Bonfield was the founder of National Women in Engineering Day in 2014 and in 2015 established the inaugural 50 Women in Engineering List with the Daily Telegraph.[9] She established and still runs the "Magnificent Women" schools outreach project and website,[10] and the Sparxx project to support STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) students.[11] She is a STEM ambassador who regularly promotes engineering and materials in schools.

Awards

In 2015 Bonfield won a WISE Award[12] and an Association Congress Award for the INWED campaign, and in 2016 she won the SEMTA Skills Diversity Award.[13] In 2016 she was a Finalist in the Airbus GEDC Diversity Award,[14] and in 2017 she won the Women's Business Council STEM 'Starting Out' award.[15]

She was made MBE in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours list[16] for 'Services to the promotion of diversity in engineering'.

Membership of groups

Bonfield has been a member of the following groups:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Fellows 2022 . 21 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Towards Vision Home Page. Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering.. Towards Vision. en. 2018-08-19.
  3. Web site: Dawn Bonfield MBE Women's Engineering Society. www.wes.org.uk. en. 2018-08-19.
  4. Web site: 2017-11-16. 2018 will be the year of engineering. live. 2020-03-11. GOV.UK. https://web.archive.org/web/20171128213841/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/2018-will-be-the-year-of-engineering . 28 November 2017 .
  5. Web site: Dawn Bonfield. live. 2020-03-11. Aston University. https://web.archive.org/web/20171227013644/http://www.aston.ac.uk:80/eas/staff/a-z/dawn-bonfield/ . 27 December 2017 .
  6. Web site: Visiting Professor of Inclusive Engineering Appointed. live. 2020-03-11. Aston University. https://web.archive.org/web/20180225072920/http://www.aston.ac.uk:80/news/releases/2017/september/visiting-professor-of-inclusive-engineering-appointed/ . 25 February 2018 .
  7. Web site: IncEng: strengthening the voice of diversity and inclusion in engineering International Fire Professional Latest News. Administrator. en-GB. 2020-03-03.
  8. Web site: Presidents Past and Present. live. 2021-03-11. Women's Engineering Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923083424/http://www.wes.org.uk:80/content/history/presidents-past-present . 23 September 2017 .
  9. Web site: Engineering Heroes – The 2021 Top 50 Women in Engineering #WE50. live. 2021-03-11. Women's Engineering Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20160626123521/http://www.wes.org.uk:80/we50 . 26 June 2016 .
  10. Web site: Magnificent Women. live. 2021-03-11. Magnificent Women. https://web.archive.org/web/20190322085608/https://www.magnificentwomen.co.uk/ . 22 March 2019 .
  11. Web site: Unlocking engineering's appeal to girls. live. 2021-03-11. The Engineer. https://web.archive.org/web/20160801030612/http://www.theengineer.co.uk/unlocking-engineerings-appeal-to-girls/ . 1 August 2016 .
  12. News: WISE Awards 2015 - Welcome to the WISE Campaign. Welcome to the WISE Campaign. 2018-08-19. en-US.
  13. Web site: Diversity award for inspirational Dawn. semta.org.uk. en-gb. 2018-08-19. 19 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180819214256/https://semta.org.uk/mediacentre/5143-diversity-award-for-inspirational-dawn. dead.
  14. News: Airbus GEDC Diversity Award. airbusgroup. 2018-08-19. en-US.
  15. Web site: WBC Awards 2017 – Women's Business Council. www.womensbusinesscouncil.co.uk. en-US. 2018-08-19.
  16. Web site: Order of the British Empire: Jacqueline Dawn Bonfield. The Gazette. 11 June 2016.
  17. Web site: Membership of T level panels for 2020 and 2021 delivery. November 2017. 19 August 2018.
  18. Web site: Engineering diversity and inclusion - toolkit and survey launch event. 19 August 2018.
  19. Web site: Increasing diversity and inclusion in engineering. 19 August 2018.
  20. Web site: Royal Academy of Engineering diversity and inclusion leadership group (DILG) - measurement. 19 August 2018.
  21. Web site: University of Bath Court MoM January 2018. 18 August 2018. 24 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180224225848/http://www.bath.ac.uk/statutory-bodies-committees/court/docs/160118.pdf. dead.
  22. Web site: Patrons of Alton School. 19 August 2018. 7 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180207122408/https://www.altonschool.co.uk/about/community/patrons/. dead.
  23. Web site: City University Gender Equality Advisory Group. 19 August 2018.
  24. Web site: Visiting Professors Management Group. 2020-03-11. Royal Academy of Engineering.
  25. Web site: Womens Business Council 2016 Progress Report. live. 2021-03-11. Women's Business Council. 17. https://web.archive.org/web/20170327100459/http://www.womensbusinesscouncil.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/6.2658_GEO_WBC_3-years-on_v5_web-1.pdf . 27 March 2017 .
  26. Web site: IOM3 Women in materials group. 19 August 2018.

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