Dr Nike Folayan MBE tí a bí ní ọdún 1978 jẹ́ Chartered Engineer àti Telecommunications Engineering Consultant. Ó jẹ́ ọ̀kan lára àwọn olùdásílẹ̀ àti alága fún Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers[1] tí ó ń kéde ethnic diversity nínú ìmọ̀ ẹ̀rọ ní UK.

Nike Folayan
Ọjọ́ìbí1978
Iléẹ̀kọ́ gígaUniversity of Kent University of Sheffield
EmployerParsons Brinckerhoff
Gbajúmọ̀ fúnAssociation for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK)

Ètò-ẹ̀kọ́ àti iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ àtúnṣe

Folayan gboyè MEng nínú electronic engineering ní University of Kent, ó sì gboyè PhD nínú antenna design ní University of Sheffield.[2]

Lẹ́yìn tó gboyè PhD, ó dara pọ̀ mọ́ Mott MacDonald gẹ́gẹ́ bíi Communications Engineer.[3] Ibí ni ó ti ṣiṣẹ́ lórí radio design lóríṣiríṣi àti àwọn communications systems bíi CCTV àti àwọn ẹ̀rọ agbóhùn sáfẹ́fẹ́.[4] Ó dara pọ̀ mọ́ Parsons Brinckerhoff ní ọdún 2013 níbi tí ó ti ń ṣiṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bíi Systems Integration Consultant.[4] Ó ṣiṣẹ́ lórí àwọn infrastructure projects bíi CrossRail àti ṣíṣàtúnṣe Victoria Station.[5] Ní ọdún 2016, wọ́n gbe lọ ipò Associate Director fún Communications and Control láàárín Railways Division of WSP.[6]

Ìkéde fún Ìtànkálẹ̀ àtúnṣe

Ní ọdún 2008, Folayan gba àmì-ẹ̀yẹ "Inspiring Leader within the Workplace".[7][8][9] Ní ọdún 2012, wọ́n ṣàfihàn Dr Folayan nínú Powerlist: Britain’s 100 most influential people of African and Caribbean heritage.[10] Ó jẹ́ ọ̀kan lára àwọn olùgbàlejò tí ó sọ̀rọ̀ ní Higher Education Academy STEM annual conference lọ́dún 2014.[11] Ó jẹ́ ọ̀kan lára àwọn trustee ní Engineering Development Trust àti ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ Science Council àti ẹgbẹ́ Transport for London.[12][13][14] Ó lọ́wọ́ sí ìtànkálẹ̀ Royal Academy of Engineer's. Ní ọdún 2017, Folayan sọ̀rọ̀ níbi ayẹyẹ Institution of Engineering and Technology's "9 % is Not Enough".[15]

The Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers àtúnṣe

Nike Folayan àti àbúrò rẹ̀ Ollie Folayan ló ṣe ìdásílẹ̀ Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK) lọ́dún 2007, wọ́n sì jẹ́ alága ìgbìmọ̀ náà.[16] Lọ́dún 2011, Vince Cable tí ó jẹ́ akọ̀wé fún State for Business, Innovation and Skills nígbà náà fara hàn ní AFBE-UK’s seminar lórí infrastructure ní UK.[17][18] Ní ọdún 2016, ó darí ètò kan tó rí sí àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ láti yunifásítì lóríṣiríṣi ní ìlú London láti kópa nínú àwọn iṣẹ́ lóríṣiríṣi tí ó le ràn wọ́n lọ́wọ́.[19][20]

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