Women in Engineering
From math to engineering, Mary Gannon • Senior Editor
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Maureen Lincoln, PE, has founded and served as CEO of companies throughout her career but engineering is where her heart lies. As the founder of Kerelaw Engineering, P.C., a Bronx-based product design and engineering agency, she is responsible for steering the company’s engineering team. She has been the Director of Engineering for the company since 2019, and previously served as the company’s Principal Engineer during its first years of business operation, beginning in 2016. An MIT graduate, Lincoln has always been drawn to math and mechanisms. “I’ve always been fascinated by mechanical things, even at a young age,” she said. “My mother tells me I made paper dolls with moving parts, and my brother often reminds me I took apart all his toys. Once I was old enough to ride a bicycle, I was really hooked by mechanism designs and how to use them.” Lincoln found her way to engineering through a deep love for math, which her parents encouraged. She was enrolled in a gifted student program from 4th to 8th grade, where she studied math on an independent basis. “I took all the math coursed available until I exhausted the system. While still in high school, I took undergraduate math classes at a local university. Math was the inroad to my engineering career and success.” 118
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