Renishaw Engineer Shortlisted for Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UK — A female engineer who joined Renishaw as an apprentice at 16 has been shortlisted for a prestigious engineering industry award that aims to banish outdated engineering stereotypes and help change the perception that engineering is only a career for men.
Lucy Ackland, now 26, a project manager in Renishaw’s Additive Manufacturing Products Division working on the company’s next generation of metal 3D printing machines, has been shortlisted for the Institution of Engineering and Technology Young Woman of the Year Awards.