Young Woman Engineer of the Year named
Katy Deacon, an electrical engineer from West Yorkshire, has been named 2006 IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year. Deacon works for Kirklees Council, where she helps drive the council’s focus on greater use of renewable energy.
In particular, Deacon has created a renewable energy tool kit to aid architects, engineers and developers to make best use of integrated renewable energy technologies in building development.
IET chief executive Robin McGill said: “This year’s competition attracted hundreds of high calibre candidates, clearly demonstrating the impressive quality of young women now following successful careers in engineering. However, the IET is concerned that only 5.4% of the UK’s engineers are women and more needs to be done to demonstrate that engineering provides an excellent career choice with many great opportunities.”
Other winners at the awards ceremony included: Maire McLoone, who won the Women’s Engineering Society prize; Suzanne Stamford, who won the Mary George Memorial Prize; and Charlotte Dean, who won the Dyson Young Woman Engineering Apprentice of the Year Award.
