Ann Dowling

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Dame Ann Dowling
OM DBE FRS FREng
Ann Dowling in Cambridge 2011.jpg
Dowling in 2011
Born Ann Patricia Dowling
(1952-07-15) 15 July 1952 (age 72)[1]
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Alma mater Girton College, Cambridge
Thesis Picoustic Sources in Motion (1978)
Known for Silent Aircraft Initiative
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Spouse Thomas Paul Hynes[4]
Website
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~apd1

Dame Ann Patricia Dowling, OM, DBE, FRS, FREng, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (born 15 July 1952) is a British mechanical engineer who researches combustion, acoustics and vibration, focusing on efficient, low-emission combustion and reduced road vehicle and aircraft noise. From 2009 to 2014 she was Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge,[6] where she was the first female professor in 1998.[7][8][9][10][11][12] She is also the President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Academy's first female president.[13]

Education

Dowling was educated at Ursuline Convent School, Westgate, Kent[4] and the University of Cambridge (as a member of Girton College), where after studying mathematics at undergraduate level, and following a summer job at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, she was awarded a PhD in 1978.[3] Dowling's PhD was in aeroacoustics, specifically on the Concorde noise problem.[14]

Career

Dowling's research career has been at University of Cambridge starting as a research fellow in 1977[1] but she has held visiting posts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Jerome C Hunsaker Visiting Professor, 1999) and at the California Institute of Technology (Moore Distinguished Scholar 2001).[1] Dowling is one of four main panel chairs for the Research Excellence Framework.[15]

On 3 February 2012, the oil company BP announced that Dowling was to become a non-executive director with immediate effect.[16]

Awards and honours

Dowling was elected a Fellow[2] of Royal Academy of Engineering[2] (FREng) and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2003. Her nomination reads: <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

Ann Dowling is a leading authority on developments that are enabling the control of unstable combustion systems in both aeronautics and power generation. She was the first to understand the mechanics of the jet engine instability known as reheat buzz. The two underlying themes of Ann's work are (1) the interaction of sound with unsteady flow, and (2) the control of aeroacoustic instabilities. Her publications range from problem-defining fundamental papers to descriptions of the technology behind successful practical applications. Her research and academic leadership are admired internationally and she is a strong research leader.[17]

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In February 2013 Dowling was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[18] and was the subject of an episode of The Life Scientific in 2012.[5]

Professor Dowling is Patron of the Women's Engineering Society (WES).

In January 2014 Professor Dowling was nominated for election as President of the Royal Academy of Engineering.[2] She took up the position in September 2014,[19][20][21] and in that role chaired a 2015 review (the 'Dowling Review') of business/university research collaboration,[22] published in July 2015.[23]

Professor Dame Ann Dowling has been a Non-Executive Board Member at BIS since February 2014.[24]

References

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Professional and academic associations
Preceded by President of the Royal Academy of Engineering
September 2014–		 Succeeded by
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  6. ↑ Ann Dowling's University of Cambridge Department of Engineering bio
  7. ↑ www.theukrc.com Women of Outstanding Achievement:Professor Dame Ann Dowling
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  12. ↑ Ann Dowling's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier.
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  15. ↑ HEFCE announcement of panel chairs accessed 16 July 2010
  16. ↑ BP Board Changes 3 Feb 2012
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  18. ↑ BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour Power list
  19. ↑ Royal Academy of Engineering Council nominates its first female President
  20. ↑ Royal Academy of Engineering selects first female president
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  22. ↑ The Dowling Review of business university research collaborations launches call for evidence, Royal Academy of Engineering, 23 January 2014. Accessed: 2 September 2015.
  23. ↑ Business-university research collaborations: Dowling review final report, BIS, 2 July 2015. Accessed: 2 September 2015.
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