Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The judging panel [9] was chaired by Dawn Bonfield MBE, and included Leon Krill from the Daily Telegraph, Allan Cook CBE, chairman of Atkins, Professor John Perkins, author of the Engineering Skills Survey from the University of Manchester, [10] Fiona Tatton, editor of Womanthology [11] and Michelle Richmond, director of membership and professional development at the Institution of Engineering ...
National Academy of Engineering (elected 1965) Hoover Medal (1966) Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth (née Moller; May 24, 1878 – January 2, 1972) was an American psychologist, industrial engineer, consultant, and educator who was an early pioneer in applying psychology to time-and-motion studies. She was described in the 1940s as "a genius in the art ...
According to the Women's Engineering Society 's statistics document, 12.37% of engineers in the UK are female in 2018. 25.4% of females from 16 to 18 years old plan to have a career in the engineering field, compared to 51.9% of males from the same age group. [42]
Edith Clarke (1883–1959) – First woman professional electrical engineer (EE), first woman graduate degree in EE from MIT, first woman professor of EE, first woman IEEE fellow. Olive Dennis (1885–1957) – Second woman to graduate from Cornell with a civil engineering degree, in 1920.
Of scientists and engineers seeking employment, 50% under 75 are women, and 49% under 29 are women. About one in seven engineers are female. [83] However, women comprise 28% of workers in S&E occupations - not all women who are trained as S&E are employed as scientists or engineers. [84] Women hold 58% of S&E related occupations. [84]
She worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her career. She started as a computer at the segregated West Area Computing division in 1951. In 1958, after taking engineering classes, she became NASA's first black female engineer. After 34 years at NASA, Jackson had earned the most senior engineering title available.
Olu Maduka, Founding Board Member and current Chairman of the Board of Women in Energy, Oil, and Gas Nigeria (WEOG) [161] Karen Quintos, senior vice president and chief marketing officer – Dell Inc. [162] Angie Ruan, vice president of engineering at Chime [163] Lisa T. Su, Ph.D., president and CEO, Advanced Micro Devices [164]
Engineer, businesswoman. Catherine Anselm Gleason (November 24, 1865 [a] – January 9, 1933) was an American engineer and businesswoman known for her accomplishments in the field of engineering and for her philanthropy. Starting at a young age, she managed several roles in the family-owned Gleason Works in Rochester, New York, and later used ...