Hannover Messe honors a young female expert who has made a particularly notable contribution to scientific and technical disciplines every year. Dr Kathrin Rüschenschmidt, Director, Innovation Process & PMO, Emerson and Member, FEMWORX Advisory Board, presented the award in her function as a member of the jury. The initiative seeks to motivate companies to do even more to recognize and promote the achievements and exceptional commitment of their female employees in STEM professions.

Sahana Shastry received her Master of Science in Space Sciences and Technologies from the University of Bremen last year. Since then, she has worked as a systems engineer at DSI Aerospace, focusing on mass storage systems for on-board electronics to support the expansion of ESA’s Copernicus program.

She also heads the Women in Aerospace Europe working group, in which she authored the white papers. This is where measures are being investigated and implemented to bridge the skills and gender gap in the aerospace industry. Shastry serves as an advisory member and COO for the student rocket and space group ASTRA eV from Bremen in her free time. She is also co-author of the chapter on EDI promoting the new spaceflight economy in the Oxford Handbook of New Space Economy.

FEMWORX – Career Congress for Women in Industry

The ongoing 21st Careers Congress is a part of HANNOVER MESSE and will end today. Participants in the most successful networking and discussion event for female leadership in the STEM sector are being offered a platform to experience sessions packed with inspiration and encouraging stories.

The event is sponsored by: Volkswagen AG, Dirk Rossmann GmbH, PowerCo SE, Finanz Informatik GmbH & Co. KG, Lufthansa Technik AG, TenneT TSO GmbH, the Bundeswehr and Computacenter AG & Co.

For more information: www.messe.de