A FEMALE engineer has reached the finals of a national award that recognises women in the industry.
Michelle Garthwaite, 29, a design engineer who works at Komatsu in Birtley, near Chester-le-Street, has been selected as a finalist for the Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award 2003.
The ceremony, hosted by The Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE), will take place at the BT Centre in London on November 18. Princess Anne will present the winner with her award, a £1,000 cheque and a silver rose bowl.
The award was set up to challenge perceptions about engineering and encourage more girls to choose it as their career path.
Michelle, who lives in Cramlington, Northumberland, said she was encouraged into engineering as a career after shadowing a female engineer while on work experience.
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