Moroccan engineer Asmae Mhassni has built an unconventional career spanning medical devices, supercomputers and cybersecurity, rising to become a Principal Engineer at Intel. She now helps lead global efforts to secure AI systems through the Coalition for Secure AI while advocating for greater representation of women in technology.
A recent study has confirmed that the underwater tunnel project linking Morocco and Spain is technically feasible, with the first phase expected to take between six and nine years and total costs estimated at around €8.5 billion.
Engineer Hafsa Chakibi, born in Casablanca, spent much of her life in Béarn, a historic region in southwestern France. It was there that she later decided to return to Morocco, where she rekindled her early passion for chemistry through the distillation of roses from Kelâat M’Gouna.
Amina Belkhayat, a 22-year-old mechanical engineering student from Casablanca, is competing for a seat on Blue Origin’s New Shepard through the SERA program, aiming to become the first Moroccan in space. Alongside her studies and outreach platform Space Darija, she researches space food security using medicinal plants and advocates for the creation of a Moroccan space agency.