Judy Butland
Engineering software designer who pioneered the use of computers at universities, her ‘Butland curves’ software still being in use.
Engineering software designer who pioneered the use of computers at universities, her ‘Butland curves’ software still being in use.
British defence electronics engineer and CAD pioneer.
Defence electronics engineer Betty Killick was also the first woman to become a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
The founder of the UK’s first independent software house
Pioneering software engineer who laid the basis for CAD for engineers of today.
Kathryn Peddrew spent over 40 years working for the NACA/NASA, mainly working in balance in the Instrument Research Division.
The first African-American female supervisor of the NACA, advancing to become an expert in digital computers and their applications in NASA programs.
Mathematician and computer scientist focused on graph theory and combinatorial algorithms, and databases and data security. She published over 200 papers including significant articles on aspects of graph theory and algorithms such as the Train Marshalling Problem.
Software engineer
Dr. Carol Newton developed the first computer program to calculate electron therapy treatments, the Univac I, C-10 Code in 1958 and was a founding fellow of the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering and a fellow in the American College of Medical Informatics.