Message from Chairman PEC Engr. Dr. Muhammad Akram Sheikh

ENGINEER PEC September 2007(Courtesy of http://www.rice.iit.edu/engineersweek/timeline.htm)her part but Asian woman need to transform herself fromshy lady into a professional engineer or scientist. Who likesto be the first Moslem woman Nobel Laureate? Womenjourney from dark ages to full participation level is the sunway lagoon. Marie Curie obtained Nobel Prize twice; firstlyin chemistry (1903) and secondly in physics (1911). Herdaughter, Irene Curie, also got Nobel Prize in chemistry(1935). Females have proved their worth by obtainingNoble Prizes in all disciplines including literature (8),Sciences (10) and Piece (11). In fact woman is considereda symbol of piece in all the cultures. Percentage of womenNobel Laureates in different disciplines is shown in Fig.3.40Percent of Nobel Laureates35302520151050Literature Science PieceBroader disciplinesFig.3 Percent of women Nobel Prize winners (29) invarious disciplinesFig.2 Some well known woman engineers and inventors.Hypatia was the first Egyptian woman mathematician andphilosopher who developed the hydrometer to measurethe specific gravity of fluids and an astrolabe to determineposition of sun and stars. She served as a greatphilosopher teacher in Alexandria University.Fundamentalist Christian monks of Church St. Cyril killedthis great woman in 415 [6]. Augusta Ada daughter ofEnglish Poet Lord Byron is the first woman, tutored byfamous mathematician Augustus De Morgin, whodeveloped computer programming skills like looping,indexing along with binary system used by today’ssupercomputers. Margaret Knight developed paperbagging machine and a rotary engine. Emily Roebling (civilengineer) husband died and she continued his job tosupervise construction of famous Brooklyn Bridge in NewYork. Madame Marie Curie extended human vision to X-rays and got Nobel price twice. Lise Meither (innocentdepth) is considered to be the mother of atomic bombtechnology. H.E. Maria Liesler extended normalcommunication technology to present age spreadspectrum communication concepts. Maria Telkesintroduced solar energy technology to lay down basis ofrenewable energy.Toady women are participating in science and engineeringbut its full utilization is essential for both economic as wellas technical reasons. Western woman is reasonably doingTo author’s perspective if an innocent girl (Lise Meither)can be mother of atomic bomb then what the individualsprove by raising discrimination barriers on their way.Today’s woman is Master of Science and can do as muchengineered job as the professional men of course. Womenscientists such as L. Buck (2004), B. MaClintock (1983), R.L. Montalicini (1986), G. Elion (1988), R. S. Yalow (1977)and C. Nusslein (1995) have got Nobel Prizes inmedicines; Marie Curie (1903), Irene Curie (1935), G. R.Cori (1947) and D. C. Hodgkin (1964) in chemistry; MarieCurie (1911) and M. G. Mayer (1963) in physics; have trackrecord of excellence in innovatory, enabling and emergingfields of science and technology. In sciences they havedemonstrated their capabilities by winning Nobel Prizes inPhysics (2), Chemistry (3), Biochemistry (1) andMedicines (5). Percentage of women Nobel Laureates inpure or applied sciences is shown in Fig.4.Percent of Nobel Laureates50454035302520151050Physics Chemistry Medicine Biochemistry EngineeringSubjectsFig.4 Percent of women Nobel Prize winners in sciences (11)41