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'''Helen Atkinson''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=907|title=Academy Fellows recognised in New Year Honours|date=2 January 2014|publisher=[[Royal Academy of Engineering]]|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> [[Royal Academy of Engineering|FREng]] (born 29 April 1960) is Graduate Dean at the [[University of Leicester]] and was previously the Head of the Department of Engineering.<ref>http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/engineering/people/academic-staff/helen-atkinson</ref> In 2010, she was designated one of the [[UKRC]]'s Women of Outstanding Achievement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imeche.org/news/institution/all/10-03-31/Leading_and_inspiring_women_in_engineering_-_Helen_Atkinson_named_as_Woman_of_Outstanding_Achievement_2010.aspx|title=Leading and inspiring women in engineering - Helen Atkinson named as Woman of Outstanding Achievement 2010 |date=31 March 2010 |publisher=[[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]]|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> and featured in the [[Women of Outstanding Achievement Photographic Exhibition]].
'''Helen Atkinson''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=907|title=Academy Fellows recognised in New Year Honours|date=2 January 2014|publisher=[[Royal Academy of Engineering]]|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> [[Royal Academy of Engineering|FREng]] (born 29 April 1960) is Graduate Dean at the [[University of Leicester]] and was previously the Head of the Department of Engineering.<ref name=":0">http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/engineering/people/academic-staff/helen-atkinson</ref> In 2010, she was designated one of the [[UKRC]]'s Women of Outstanding Achievement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imeche.org/news/institution/all/10-03-31/Leading_and_inspiring_women_in_engineering_-_Helen_Atkinson_named_as_Woman_of_Outstanding_Achievement_2010.aspx|title=Leading and inspiring women in engineering - Helen Atkinson named as Woman of Outstanding Achievement 2010 |date=31 March 2010 |publisher=[[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]]|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> and featured in the [[Women of Outstanding Achievement Photographic Exhibition]].


Helen 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Academy elects new Board of Trustees|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2014/september/board-of-trustees|accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref>
Helen 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Academy elects new Board of Trustees|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2014/september/board-of-trustees|accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref>

== Education ==
Helen has a first class degree from the [[University of Cambridge]] in Metallurgy and Materials Science, and a PhD from [[Imperial College London|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]].<ref name=":0" />


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 23:45, 26 February 2017

Helen Atkinson, CBE[1] FREng (born 29 April 1960) is Graduate Dean at the University of Leicester and was previously the Head of the Department of Engineering.[2] In 2010, she was designated one of the UKRC's Women of Outstanding Achievement[3] and featured in the Women of Outstanding Achievement Photographic Exhibition.

Helen 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.[4]

Education

Helen 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Academy Fellows recognised in New Year Honours". Royal Academy of Engineering. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/engineering/people/academic-staff/helen-atkinson
  3. ^ "Leading and inspiring women in engineering - Helen Atkinson named as Woman of Outstanding Achievement 2010". Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Academy elects new Board of Trustees". Retrieved 26 August 2015.