Being a Woman Engineer, Becoming a Woman Engineer

What does it mean to become and be an engineer as a woman? What does it mean to study and become an engineer at the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs? To answer these relevant questions, the University of Pécs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology announced a photo, poster and video competition for Engineers, Women Engineers and future Engineers, the results of which were announced on 10 November. The competition titled “Being a Woman Engineer, Becoming a Woman Engineer” aimed to showcase through the submissions what the Engineering profession is like from a woman’s point of view, and wanted to show, how the process of learning and becoming an engineer is appealing, interesting and provides self-fulfillment for women in the 21^st century.

The competition was announced in spring, but the deadline was pushed to 1 October due to the coronavirus pandemic; the faculty’s academic staff and current students and alumni were eligible to submit their entries to the competition. Men and women could make submissions regardless of age or nationality. To the delight of the organizers, many foreign students were interested in the competition and so were men. The topic could be presented in three different genres: photo, poster, or video. There were 47 submissions for the competition: 19 photos, 22 posters and 6 videos.

Photo: Réka Guzsvány. “Legally Blonde style” (2nd place on the Photo category)

The entries were assessed by a jury consisting of Sándor Pincehelyi, Munkácsy Price and Artists of Merit Award winning graphic artist, dr. Gabriella Medvegy, dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, dr. Mária Törőcsik, professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics, dr. Tibor Kukai, president of the Baranya county Chamber of Engineering and the representatives of the PTE MIK HÖK student council.

Photo: Kata Eszter Garai. "If you find your passion, you'll do great things" (1st place in the Photo catergory)

MSc architecture engineer student Kata Eszter Garai’s work has won first-place in the Photo category titled “If you find your passion you'll do great things” for representing the multifaceted nature of women. The category’s second-place prize went to BA architecture design student Réka Guzsvány’s work titled: “Becoming a woman engineer Legally Blonde style”. MSc architecture engineer student Rebeka Klára Nagy’ work titled: “2^10-1 aka. one of the girls from the 10^th floor” has won her the third prize in the photo category.

The winner of the Poster category was certified designer Péter Attila Koronczi and his submission titled “építészmérnők MÉRnŐK?”, in which he portrayed the eventful everyday lives of women engineers, their various different roles of their private and professional lives. The category’s second place prize went to architecture students, Brigitta Kovács’ and Eszer Halupa’s team entry called “Like This”. The third-place prize was won by Electrical engineering student Noémi Ficsor Gadoné’s work titled: Engineer and woman – one person.

The first place winner of the video category was architecture engineer PhD student Ons Ben Dhaou’s work titled 'Woman Engineer', which showcases how much effort and work is needed still today for women to prove their capabilities in the field, while men’s abilities are accepted without a word. The second-place prize went to architect student Gombo-Ochir Enkhjin’s video titled: “A story of 3 girls”. While the third-place prize was awarded to television production students Dániel Szauer – Ádám Erdős – Zsolt Szabó’s short movie titled: Bíborka Vámosi – As a Woman in Information Technology.

Along the substantial award distributed in each category, multiple organizations and businesses in cooperation with the faculty have contributed to support the winners.

The third-place photo: Rebeka Klára Nagy’s submission

Submissions to the competition can be found online and are definitely worth a look in the Women in Engineering Gallery »

The competition’s sponsors have been: Pollack Mihály Engineering and Higher Education Development Foundation, Rubinszki Advertisement Studio, Baranya County Chamber of Engineering, Pécs Ladies Charitable Society, Masszi Architect Studio, Neumann János Information Technology Company Baranya County Regional Division.

The programme was organized in the framework of the EFOP-3.4.3-16-2016-00005 project titled “Modern university in the city: Value-centricity, openness and accepting perspective in a 21^st century education model”