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and could not tal7, she learned en'ineerin' on the fly- and
$ecame the real technical
leader of the pro8ect
li.a$eth MacGill – first oman to 'raduate in at ) ?oronto, or7ed
for (ustin
Motors hich ent into aircraft manufacture durin' @@, she ent to
) Michi'an for
aeronautical en'ineerin' and $ecame first oman to earn a
master!s de'ree in thissu$8ect, she ent $ac7 to "anada and desi'ned
an aircraft trainer called the Maple #eaf
?rainer @@, first oman to chair a committee of the )+
#illian Gil$reth – PhD in M, tau'ht en'ineerin' at three ma8or
universities, developed
time and motion tools for industry, first oman in the *ociety of
Mechanical n'ineers,
the $oo7 and movie "heaper $y the Do.en- is $ased on ho she and
her hus$and
mana'ed their household
*tephanie >ole7 – 7non for the invention of >evlar, or7ed
for DuPont and advanced
to their research la$s, has 19 )* patents, aarded +ational Medal
of ?echnolo'y Ahi'hest
aard in en'ineerin' in )*B
Maryly van #eer Pec7 – PhD in chemical en'ineerin', $ecame an
en'ineerin' educator,research on fuel com$ustion for the +avy,
family ith four children
Denise Denton – professor and Dean of n'ineerin' at ), research
on MM* ith $iolo'ical applications, has or7ed to 'et students
involved ith research early in their
academic careers and to 'et more omen into en'ineerin'
&or8ana Mi7ic – $iomedical en'ineer and professor at *mith
"olle'e
Gail &oydston – chemical en'ineer ith li #illy "o,
developin' ne types of insulin,
forecasts orld ide manufacturin' capacity needs for chemical and
$iotech facilities,responsi$le for mentorin' and trainin' ne
en'ineerin' hires at li #illy
"arol Muller – (ssociate Dean of n'ineerin' at Dartmouth,
developed pro'ram to lin7loer class en'ineerin' students to upper
classmates, head spin5off nonprofit company
moniternet- to lin7 female en'ineerin' students to female
en'ineers in industry, no
4::: pairs and used at over =: universities
&ar$ara Mc"lintoc7 – one of pioneers in field of
$ioen'ineerin', or7ed in 'enetics at
"ornell and had ma8or research $rea7throu'hs, her success ir7ed
male peers and she as
fired, continued her or7 in 'enetics and aarded +o$el Pri.e
(nita Casavada – $iomedical en'ineerin' faculty mem$er at *),
en8oys teachin' and
her research on impact of hiplash on nec7 muscles
li.a$eth Messer – aerospace en'ineer at +(*(, led a team that
developed and tested the
Marshall %y'en "old5flo /acility, first female en'ine test
director at +(*(!s *tennis
*pace /li'ht "enter
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#indsay Mar'nAEB – nuclear en'ineer ith )* +avy or7in' on the
nuclear propulsion
pro'ram, supervises over F: people runnin' a nuclear
reactor
&ar$ara illiams – $ioen'ineerin' technical person ith ma8or
$iomedical company,
first (frican (merican oman to $e named division head, developed
improved pace5
ma7ers for do's and company hopes to use these innovations to
move into ones forhumans
6osalind lsie /ran7lin – doctorate from "am$rid'e, studied 5ray
diffraction in Paris,research at >in'!s "olle'e A#ondonB, made
important contri$utions to discovery of D+(
Marie "urie – from Poland $ut doctorate in Paris, research on
properties of steel in
concert ith industry needs, helped develop fundamental
understandin' of radioactivity,on to +o$el Pri.es
#ise Meitner – PhD in physics $ased on studies of heat
conduction, 7non as the mother
of the atomic $om$-, provided 'reat insi'ht to radioactive decay
processes, colla$oratedith %tto Hahn ho discovered nuclear fission
and other important scientists +iels &ohr,
Ma &orn, Ma Planc7, olf'an' Pauli, 0ames "hadic7 and (l$ert
instein, insteinreferred to her as ?he German Madam "urie-
Mildred Dresselhaus – professor of en'ineerin' at M@?, made
advances insuperconductors for use in solid5state electronics, has
received many honors and aards
"hien5*hiun' u – ori'inally a researcher in nuclear physics, did
eperimental
verification of #ee and Yan'!s theory a$out $eta decay Athey 'ot
+o$el Pri.e $ut notherB, or7ed on the Manhattan Pro8ect and
developed a process for separatin' )3F from
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