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News Release from: IIE, The Institution of Incorporated Engineers
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 12 November 2004
Young women engineers compete for top
award
The Young Woman Engineer of the Year prize for 2004 is being keenly contested in the awards promoted by the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE).
The Young Woman Engineer of the Year prize for 2004 is being keenly contested in the awards promoted by the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) Jeannie Rees from Ofcom in Glasgow, Faye Banks of Unilever in Leeds, Claire Woolaghan who works for British Nuclear Group in Cumbria and Katy Linforth of Kirklees Metropolitan Council in Huddersfield are the finalists
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The prestigious award sponsored by IIE, The Caroline Haslett Memorial Trust and supported by BT and Ford Motor Company, will be presented to the winner by Baroness Hogg on November 18 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, while 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, whilst 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 those awards, the Ford WISE prizes will also be presented.
These prizes recognise the outstanding achievements and commitment of women engineering students in UK universities who are in their penultimate year of study.
Ford and WISE (Women Into Science and Engineering) 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 (IEE), IIE and The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
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 kindly donated by Ford Motor Company Ltd.
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