Yewande Akinola
Yewande Akinola (born 1984) is a Chartered Engineer who specialises in sustainable water supplies. She works as Principal Engineer for Laing O'Rourke and hosts television shows about engineering for Channel 4 and National Geographic.
Quotes
[edit]- Purpose is an ongoing thing… You don’t wake up one day knowing all that you’re supposed to be about. It reveals itself through action, the process of trying things.
- Digital engineering sits right at the heart of this progress and the big change is now we have the ability to build a project twice.
- With great times and also challenging times, I have come to really appreciate the beauty of engineering. The creativity, the daring to dream, and the art of storytelling conceptual ideas; achieving an exact expression of sequence, relation, and logic is what creates the built environment and technologies that shape and influence our daily experiences.
- People you work with always require you to demonstrate your expertise in whatever you do, so I am constantly working to ensure that I am able to demonstrate competence, and bring something new and creative to the table.
- Engineering in a work environment is all about finding correct solutions to real life problems/challenges.
- I enjoy carrying out relevant research as well as speaking to lots of people. This always helps to improve my knowledge.
- The biggest difference I’ve noticed is that work is very practical. Engineering in a work environment is all about finding correct solutions to real life problems/challenges. University is mainly about gaining the theoretical know-how to then be applied in industry (work).
- Engineering is about finding solutions that improve people’s lives and there is a great need for the superb, interactive, unique and creative contribution we all have to offer.
- With creativity, amazing Engineering is possible. Learning the principles of engineering is a great way to equip oneself with the ability to design/build some pretty cool things.
- The fact that engineering solutions are so visible is a great reason for young people to consider careers in the profession.
- By concentrating on the opportunities to develop creative solutions for our world, you can ease the sense of being overwhelmed.
- It’s essential to be part of organizations and programs that foster and support growth. Actively seeking out opportunities to learn and acquire valuable skills is crucial.
- Teaching in Further Education can be a powerful way to share your skills and experience to help shape the future workforce and ensure a strong pipeline of talent entering the field.
- Female industry professionals have a profound impact when they share their skills and experiences.
- Be curious enough to explore and understand engineering solutions from different parts of the world. By embracing these opportunities, you can make a significant impact on the engineering industry and inspire future generations to follow in your footsteps.
- At this point, I realised it was not enough just to inspire people. It was essential for me, as best as I could, to share the tools and the mechanisms for women to grab opportunities to thrive in engineering.
- We must keep believing in the changes we want to see, and we must stay true to ourselves and the progress we’re seeking.
- I believe in huge possibilities and I’ve discovered that there is no lack of possibilities and opportunities out there.
- There will be times when people don’t have confidence in you, but the worst thing is to not have confidence in yourself.
- Where there isn’t that much oil, you can see solar panel farms popping up, wind turbine farms, and there’s that accelerated renewable response because of a lack of a natural resource.
- If I’m receiving this amount in grants, it’s because somebody believes in me—somebody thinks that I have a role to play in ensuring that engineering can become the tool for that economic development in my country.
- We need our allies, and sometimes it gets tiring, so it’s a balance. We have to take care of ourselves and step back and know that actually we’re doing it on our own terms.
