A mother of two boys and married to a Ford engineer, she needed to study law close to her home in Plymouth.

As the Ford engineers pondered their problem in 1989, they would have to live with that first design decision made three years before.

Passenger safety was a key design aspect for the Ford engineers.

At one point, more than 1,500 Ford engineers were working on this project and it shows.

Ford engineers understood this when they designed the Explorer.

It seemed too light and imprecise, even though Ford engineers said they had focused on it.

Along the way, she married Jim, a Ford engineer, and had a child.

Ford engineers say the system can save and reuse 80 percent of the energy lost in braking.

Finally, Ford engineers decided to take apart the two different transmissions.

These modifications are specified by one of the Ford engineers who designed the transmission.

A mother of two boys and married to a Ford engineer, she needed to study law close to her home in Plymouth.

As the Ford engineers pondered their problem in 1989, they would have to live with that first design decision made three years before.

Passenger safety was a key design aspect for the Ford engineers.

At one point, more than 1,500 Ford engineers were working on this project and it shows.

Ford engineers understood this when they designed the Explorer.

It seemed too light and imprecise, even though Ford engineers said they had focused on it.

Along the way, she married Jim, a Ford engineer, and had a child.

Ford engineers say the system can save and reuse 80 percent of the energy lost in braking.

Finally, Ford engineers decided to take apart the two different transmissions.

These modifications are specified by one of the Ford engineers who designed the transmission.