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Haifa Takruri-Rizk, BSc, MSc, PhD, MIEE, MBCS, ILTM, MWES

Haifa is leading the ESF partially funded project “Women in North West Engineering” (WEWIN) and previously led the “Developing Female Engineers” project.

Haifa is a senior lecturer in the School of Computing, Science and Engineering at Salford University. Her technical research is within the Centre for Networking and Telecommunications Research, focusing on the development of wireless sensor networks for varied applications.

One of her passions has been, for a number of years, the promotion of engineering, in particular, to young women. Thus, her involvement in a number of initiatives such as Coordinating the MENWU project on behalf of Salford, organising and running the Insight programme at Salford for many years. Insight is an annual national initiative organised jointly with SEMTA (Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies Alliance) and recently with Headstart of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Insight aims at encouraging young women to study engineering for a future career in engineering. Insight at Salford is a valuable introduction to engineering and life on campus.

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Natalie Sappleton, MA

Natalie is currently working as a Research Assistant for “Women in North West Engineering”.

Natalie graduated from The University of Glasgow in June 2002 with First Class Honours in Economics and Politics, and began a career in Policy and Research. In 2003, she began working at the Equal Opportunities Commission on an Investigation into occupational segregation and gender stereotyping in Construction, Engineering, Plumbing, ICT and Childcare. She is particularly interested in strategies for improving the participation of women in the non-traditional occupational areas, especially e-learning and the improvement of workplace culture.

Sunrita Dhar-Bhattacharjee, BA (Hons), MA

Sunrita has worked internationally, in knowledge based industries, since 1999. She completed her Masters in International Relations from Jadavpur University, India in July 1999, and worked in a DFID and Keele University project on pro-poor governance. She has worked towards promoting increased participation of women in the Financial Services sector and has closely worked with EWMD (European Women's Management Development), Austria.

Sunrita is presently working as a Research Assistant for the ‘Women in North West Engineering’ project in the University of Salford. Her interests include developing organisational policies and strategies to improve working conditions for women in the Engineering sector.

Rae Bezer, BSc (Hons)

Rae is currently working as a Project Administration Co-ordinator for Women in North West Engineering.

Rae holds a first degree in Sociology, awarded in 1999, from the University of Salford and has been working in areas of student administration across Salford and Manchester Universities since 2002. She has always been interested in social issues, particularly that of inequality, and also has a strong interest in areas of technological determinism.

In her spare time, Rae also has a growing interest in web design and has over the past year been helping friends and family to design and launch their own websites.