User:Lovelacepullinger

Biography
I am Nina Baker, a former merchant navy deck officer, environmental campaigner and engineer and now an engineering historian.

Research
My principal areas of publishedresearch interest are:
 * Women in engineering, especially Scotland
 * Women in construction trades and professions
 * Women in STEM current and past
 * Construction history, especially labourforce and economic cycles

Other topics I am interested in:
 * Disability issues
 * Gender equality in the workplace
 * Green politics
 * Urban food growing

Education
I have a First Mate's Certificate of Competency (foreigngoing), BSc hons 2.1 in Engineering Design with Appropriate Technology and PhD in the durability of high alumina cement

Memberships
I am a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (FIESIS), Honorary Member of the Women's Engineering Society (HMWES), member of the Construction History Society and a supporter of the Glasgow Women's Library where my collection of books and archives on women in STEM is now housed. I am also a member of the Incorporation of Hammermen of Glasgow.