Agnes will talk about her journey from being an engineering intern to becoming a Technical Fellow at Boeing. She’ll discuss how her success is based on the combination of technical excellence, hard work, being pro-active, and “luck”. She will provide some examples of the types of problems she has worked on and her engagement with organizations outside Boeing.

Agnes will also address the career opportunities at Boeing for engineers who would like to follow a technical career track. If time permits, she might share some thoughts about combining a career with family life.

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Agnes Blom-Schieber, PhD

Agnes holds a BSc, MSc and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. She is an expert in the design, analysis and manufacturing of composite structures, in particular in the area of fiber placed laminates. Her current focus is on design for manufacturability, model-based engineering, multi-disciplinary analysis and optimization; and data analytics. She is the Product Development Structures focal for thermoplastic primary structure. She is an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington (UW) Mechanical Engineering department. Previously, Agnes worked in the R&D department at Fokker Aerostructures. She has been a member of the technical advisory board of the TPRC (ThermoPlastic composite Research Center) since 2011. Agnes holds 38 US patents and 10 Boeing trade secrets.