Dorothy Pile

[3] Her role was in the chemical laboratory as an assistant working on physical testing and metallography before she became more involved in sheet metal research.

[4] In 1949, Pile was appointed as a metallurgist at the Design and Research Centre of the Gold, Silver and Jewellery Trade, in London[5] and later became an industrial liaison officer.

[4] Pile was an active member of the Birmingham Metallurgical Association and in 1949 she was elected president.

[7] Pile became the president of the Women's Engineering Society (WES) in 1954, succeeding Ella Mary Collin in the role.

[8] Pile presented WES with a President's Medal on 29th August 1964, featuring the organisation's logo at the time in green enamel.