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News Release from: IIE, The Institution of Incorporated Engineers | Subject: Young Woman engineer 2005
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Team on 13 January 2006
Young woman engineer award finalists
announced
Five outstanding women are competing for the prestigious Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award to be presented 17 January 2006
The Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award 2005 Finalists Announced Five outstanding women are competing for the prestigious Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award The Award, providing a definitive date in the diary of all young women engineers, seeks to challenge the perceptions of engineering that society holds
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 23 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Young woman engineer of the year 2004 winner
Faye Banks, 25, a production line engineer for Lever Faberge in Pontefract has been awarded the prestigious title 'The Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award 2004'
The prestigious award sponsored by The Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE), The Caroline Haslett Memorial Trust and supported by BT and Ford Motor Company , will be presented to the winner by Sir Digby Jones, Director-General, CBI on 17 January 2006 at the BT Centre, London.
This year's finalists are - Elizabeth Cornes, Engineering Technician, Network Rail - Rachael Johnson, Automation Maintenance Engineer, Royal Mail - Sara Pullen, Crew Systems Engineer, BAE Systems - Laura Gray, Working Exhibit Technician, Leicester County Council - Abigail Sprankling, Captain, REME.
The winner of the main Award will receive a cheque for GBP1,000, kindly 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 GBP500.
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 GBP500, a silver salver and a certificate.
Further to these awards, the Ford WISE Prize will also be presented.
This prize recognises the outstanding achievements and commitment of a female engineering student at a UK university who is in her penultimate year of study.
The sponsors Ford Motor Company 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), The Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE), and The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
Kiara Harper currently studying Automotive Engineering at Kingston University is the winner of the Ford WISE Prize 2005.
She will each receive a cheque for GBP750 kindly donated by Ford Motor Company .
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