Originally an aerospace engineer, Janet Guthrie began racing part time in 1963 on the Sports Car Club of America circuit. By 1972, she was racing full time and in 1977 she became the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.
Bronwyn Adams graduated from Monash University in 1971 as the first female chemical engineer in Victoria, Australia.
Veena Sahajwalla is renowned for her research into the properties of carbon-bearing materials.
One of the Little Rock Nine children who de-segregated their Arkansas schools, she later founded and served as the Editor-in-Chief for Computers in Industry, an international journal of computer science and engineering.
Beverley Ronalds was appointed inaugural Woodside inaugural Chair of the Centre for Oil and Gas Engineering, at the University of Western Australia in 1995.
Beth Coldicutt taught in the Faculties of Engineering and Architecture, University of Melbourne 1939-1979.
US Air Force lieutenant general and NASA astronaut
American astronaut and engineer
Australian engineer who created approximately 2000 successful designs, gaining an international reputation not only for state-of-the-art design of research equipment but for the ability to solve disparate engineering problems.
Naval engineer who developed a computer program to design ships in as little as 18 and 26 minutes, compared to the two years it took before