As a female engineer, I aim to design rockets | Temitayo Adedipe

Being the only girl to do an engineering diploma in my school year group has not stood in the way of my ambition to design aeroplanes or work at Nasa

Each time I tell a friend that I'm studying engineering because I want to design aeroplanes, I get more or less the same reaction, along the lines of: "Wow, you must be really smart."

Many of my female friends appear to think my goals are unreachable for them, and male friends seem to admire it as something extraordinary. I hope to see these views change in the next 10 years or so. Engineering needs to be seen differently, not as a tough subject or one specifically for men. It can be challenging, but it's all about mindset and vision.