Helen Atkinson

Helen Atkinson CBE FREng [1] (born 29 April 1960) is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Cranfield University's School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing.[2] She was previously Head of the University of Leicester's Department of Engineering and later Leicester's Graduate Dean.[3] In 2010, she was designated one of the UKRC's Women of Outstanding Achievement[4] and featured in the Women of Outstanding Achievement Photographic Exhibition. She was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2007, was a vice-president of the Academy from 2012-2014 and was elected to its Trustee Board in 2014.[5]

Education

Atkinson has a first class degree from the University of Cambridge in Metallurgy and Materials Science, and a PhD from Imperial College, London. Her PhD is on the transmission electron microscopy of grain growth in oxide scales, and was carried out at the Atomic Energy Authority at Harwell.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Academy Fellows recognised in New Year Honours". Royal Academy of Engineering. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Prof Helen Atkinson CBE, FREng". Cranfield University. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  3. 1 2 "University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  4. ↑ "Leading and inspiring women in engineering - Helen Atkinson named as Woman of Outstanding Achievement 2010". Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Academy elects new Board of Trustees". Retrieved 26 August 2015.



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