Four women are competing for the celebrated Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award 2004. These are: Jeannie Rees, Ofcom, Glasgow; Faye Banks, Unilever, Leeds; Katy Linforth, Kirklees Metropolitan Council, Huddersfield; and Claire Woolaghan, British Nuclear Group, Cumbria.
Sponsored by The Institution of Incorporated Engineers, The Caroline Haslett Memorial Trust and supported by BT and Ford Motor Company, the award will be presented to the winner by Baroness Hogg on 18 November 2004 at the BT Centre, London.
The winner of the main award will receive a cheque for £1,000, donated by BT; a silver rose bowl; and a certificate. The runner-up will also receive a certificate and The WES (Women’s Engineering Society) prize of £500. The winner of the Mary George Memorial Prize (offered to a younger entrant who, while academically eligible, has yet to gain the experience and responsibility required for the main award) will receive a cheque for £500, a silver salver and a certificate.
Further to these awards, the Ford Women Into Science and Engineering prizes will also be presented. These WISE prizes recognise the outstanding achievements and commitment of women engineering students in UK universities who are in their penultimate year of study.
The sponsors, Ford Motor Company and WISE, wish to attract more young women to study and commit to engineering as a career path. The winners have been chosen with the support of The Institution of Electrical Engineers, The Institution of Incorporated Engineers and The Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Akanksha Awal, currently studying Electronics and Communications Engineering at London Metropolitan University, is the winner of the IEng Ford WISE Prize 2004.
The winner of the CEng Ford WISE Prize 2004 is Helen Walkden, who is studying Systems Engineering at Loughborough University. Both winners will each receive a cheque for £750, donated by Ford Motor Company.