This race car engineer is changing the industry. (Just don't call her a 'female' engineer.)

This post is part of Mashable's ongoing series The Women Fixing STEM, which highlights trailblazing women in science, tech, engineering, and math, as well as initiatives and organizations working to close the industries' gender gaps

I've got top race car engineer Leena Gade on the phone, and she's telling me she doesn't want to be known as a "woman" race engineer. After all, she's working in an industry that gave her two "Man of the Year" awards — one from BBC Top Gear, the other for her work at the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship, an international competition featuring up to six hourlong races. Read more...