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The article that I plan to dedicate the rest of my time this quarter is the page for British engineer Helen Stone (Helen Stone). She is a woman who is very accomplished in

the field of engineering, yet from what I can decipher based on sources mentioning her, her article (which is listed as a stub) does not match her accolades. The article is around 1500 characters, which I feel that I will be able to expand 5-fold by researching more of her early life, time in school (through the use of academic journals from her institution and more) and accomplishments in the field post-graduation. The Journal from the North London Collegiate School, which she attended, is a source that I plan to utilize for information about her studies and her further work that she has done since studying there.

Helen Stone OBE FREng  is an English civil engineer and has held the post of managing director of WS Atkins Structural Engineering, which she joined in 1972.

She attended the North London Collegiate School and after becoming inspired to become a civil engineer through, in her own words, "a trip up the newly-opened M1 motorway when I was 10." She studied civil engineering at the University of Birmingham, obtained chartered status, and has worked on engineering projects including the Channel Tunnel, motorways, a theme park, aircraft hangar and oil refinery.

In 1991 she became only the third woman to become a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and in 2002 she was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. She is known for representing British engineering overseas, and has a particular interest in representing the interests of women in engineering. She served for nine years as a governor at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, and was later the Chair of Governors at the North London Collegiate School, where she conducted oversight on sustainable financial and educational practices as well as offering insight for the wholistic strategies for the university.

During an interview with the Daily Telegraph, she found that in a wide range of countries, women were not being promoted to senior positions in engineering to the same extent as men, and now chairs the Diversity Panel of the Construction Industry Council, where she works with professional bodies, research organizations, and specialist business associations in the United Kingdom Construction Industry. However, despite saying that "I am conscious that I have a responsibility to break down inappropriate barriers which prevent women engineers from making progress," she is not in favour of positive discrimination, believing that it could lead to a lowering of standards.

She is the Chair of the Ethics and Standards Board of the APM Group, an accreditation group.