[1][3] She spent the next 20 years working with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), rising to the rank of Major in 1964.
[3] This work included visiting industrial firms and military organisations in order to seek out opportunities for engineering graduates.
[9] In 1975, she led a group from WES to the fourth International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES) in Cracow, Poland.
[2] In 1979 she was promoted to Fellowship of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and was also elected as a Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
[2] In 1973 Gwendolen Sergant married Lt Cdr John Howard[3] in Aldershot, who she first met while studying at Loughborough College.