Episode 040 - Kemi Akinola

Engineering Success interviews Kemi Akinola a Principal Process Engineer in the Water Industry. Kemi has BSc and MSc degrees from Imperial College London and over nine years' experience in the UK Water Industry. Through her career to date, she has contributed, inter alia, to the design; and enhanced operation, of several water and wastewater treatment works, by providing process engineering expertise for major capital projects and day-to-day site operation.​ Kemi is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Water and Environmental Manager and a winner of several awards including the CIWEM ‘Annual Conference Young Ambassador 2016’ award and Northern Power Women 'Future List 2018' award. ​She is passionate about enhancing people's lives and is currently involved in several International Development initiatives, such as RAEng Frontiers for Development. She also enjoys volunteering with charities such as Compassion UK. As a female Engineer, Kemi actively supports and encourages young and upcoming Engineers. She is also a Sustainability Enthusiast and an Inspirational Blogger. Furthermore, Kemi is the author of the book, Getting Chartered: The First or Next Time, which provides helpful pointers from her chartership journey, for aspiring Chartered Professionals. ​In her leisure time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching movies, listening to music, reading and travelling.

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Engineering Success is a podcast dedicated to help promote the engineering industry and careers in STEM related fields. Creating greater awareness about the amazing opportunities engineering can offer, we interview influential leaders, inspiring engineers, and STEM professionals who are changing the perception of engineering. Discussing their routes into the engineering, and other STEM related industries, we explore their engineering journey, talking about the challenges we face as engineers, how engineering needs to embrace change, and how engineering shapes the future of all our lives.