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Name
Dr Katherine Critchley PhD MSc BEng (Hons) FWES
Title
Trustee and Board Director, Women's Engineering Society
Bio
Dr Crtichley graduated from Coventry University in 2002 with a PhD in Process Analysis Software for the draw bending of small diameter thin walled tubes. Prior to this she gained an MSc in Computer Aided Engineering (1992) and an Honours Degree in Engineering (1991), from Coventry University.
Dr Critchley started her career in Engineering through a course aimed at getting more women into engineering and joined this course based at Jaguar Cars on the technician apprentice training program. This led to other technician training mainly within the automotive sector in Coventry, gaining a BTEC in Engineering which allowed her to successful join a degree course in the same.
Dr Critchley has had a varied career, within Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, mainly in the area of Computer Aided Engineering. which included some career breaks. She spent time lecturing, but she is now industry based. Dr Critchley is currently the BPM of Configuration Management in an international Aerospace interiors business, currently changing the business processes to enable a part centric approach to the engineering design process and taking an approach that has been developed in one location and ensuring continuity during a global roll out.
Dr Critchley is also a member of The Institution of Engineering and Technology. She is enthusiastic about promoting Engineering as a career path for all, as well as promoting ways to help and support women who have had significant career breaks to find a pathway back into a career in engineering. She is also an active member of the WES Wales cluster and helped organise their WES Centenary conference in Senedd.
Dr Critchley started her career in Engineering through a course aimed at getting more women into engineering and joined this course based at Jaguar Cars on the technician apprentice training program. This led to other technician training mainly within the automotive sector in Coventry, gaining a BTEC in Engineering which allowed her to successful join a degree course in the same.
Dr Critchley has had a varied career, within Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, mainly in the area of Computer Aided Engineering. which included some career breaks. She spent time lecturing, but she is now industry based. Dr Critchley is currently the BPM of Configuration Management in an international Aerospace interiors business, currently changing the business processes to enable a part centric approach to the engineering design process and taking an approach that has been developed in one location and ensuring continuity during a global roll out.
Dr Critchley is also a member of The Institution of Engineering and Technology. She is enthusiastic about promoting Engineering as a career path for all, as well as promoting ways to help and support women who have had significant career breaks to find a pathway back into a career in engineering. She is also an active member of the WES Wales cluster and helped organise their WES Centenary conference in Senedd.
