Rose Mary Farenden (born 22 May 1964) is a Northern Irish

mechanical engineer Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations of ...

who was the project manager for the launch of the

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in 1998.

Early life

Rose Mary Farenden was born on 22 May 1964 in

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

in Northern Ireland, where she attended an all-girls school. She gained a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from

Queen's University Belfast , mottoeng = For so much, what shall we give back? , top_free_label = , top_free = , top_free_label1 = , top_free1 = , top_free_label2 = , top_free2 = , established = , closed = , type = Public research university , parent = ...

(QUB) in 1985. At QUB she was the only female studying Mechanical Engineering.

Career

Farenden was employed at BP in 1985 as her first job. Three years later, after her departure from BP, she joined the Ford Motor Company in which she was employed as a

CAD Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve co ...

CAM Calmodulin (CaM) (an abbreviation for calcium-modulated protein) is a multifunctional intermediate calcium-binding messenger protein expressed in all eukaryotic cells. It is an intracellular target of the secondary messenger Ca2+, and the bin ...

specialist. She was deployed at the

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(Small & Medium Vehicle Centre) in Essex. She also worked as a powertrain engineer at Dunton, then in 1999, she transferred to the United States to work for Ford. She became a

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with the

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in May 1995. Later on, in 2002, she moved to Boeing, then to Rolls-Royce. As of present, she works as a director of

Invest Northern Ireland Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) is Northern Ireland's regional economic development agency. It is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Department for the Economy (DfE). According to DETI's website it; "supports business growth and in ...

and

Catalyst Inc Catalyst, formerly known as the Northern Ireland Science Park, was established in March 1999 to create a self-sustaining, internationally recognised, knowledge-based science park in Northern Ireland offering a commercial and research driven centr ...

. Rose Mary is also CEO of 4CurFuture a not-for-profit live event based initiative to engage students aged 12-13 in a variety of career types.

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