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News Release from: Stephenson Gobin
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 29 April 2004
Student makes a big impact on secondment
The intelligent home of the future will have a high tech product developed by electronics graduate Sarah Jackson while on a secondment in the North East.
The intelligent home of the future will have a high tech product developed by electronics graduate Sarah Jackson while on a secondment in the North East Details of the product remain confidential for the time being, but Stephenson Gobin, the UK's leading electromagnet specialist, hopes to unveil the technology - which is a joint partnership between the company, Jackson and Durham University - later this year
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 11 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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All three partners expect the intelligent home product to be at the forefront of the market when it is launched firstly in the UK.
The 2:1 honours graduate is hoping that at the end of her two-year stay, Stephenson Gobin of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, will offer her a permanent position as an electronics engineer.
Her degree is in electronics and electrics, but Jackson plans to specialise in electronics engineering, which makes her the first woman to hold a position as development engineer in Stephenson Gobin's 30 year history.
She is so far the highest qualified female in the company in which more than half the 46 personnel are women.
She said: "I have brought in skills which the company previously didn't have and I am enjoying the experience of working in an expanding manufacturing organisation".
Jackson, 25, originally from Newcastle but now living in Bishop Auckland, spent a year with an electronic component manufacturer in Stuttgart as part of her degree sandwich course.
"It helped me towards my degree and the two year secondment from the University of Durham will hopefully secure my future in electronic engineering", she added.
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