Dame Karen Holford | |
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 Professor Karen M. Holford | |
| Born | Karen Margaret Holford 1962 (age 61–62)[2] |
| Education | Newent Comprehensive School[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Wales (BEng, PhD) |
| Awards | Suffrage Science award (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanical engineering Acoustic emission[1] |
| Institutions | Cranfield University Rolls-Royce Holdings Cardiff University |
| Thesis | The nondestructive testing of wire ropes by acoustic emission (1987) |
| Website | https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/about/senior-team/professor-karen-holford |
Dame Karen Margaret Holford DBE FREng FLSW FIMechE (born 1962)[2] is a Welsh-domiciled engineer, professor of mechanical engineering and vice-chancellor and chief executive of Cranfield University. She was formerly deputy vice-chancellor at Cardiff University.[3] She is also a former pro vice-chancellor of the College of Physical Sciences and Engineering and head of the School of Engineering. She is an active researcher of acoustic emission[1][4] and her work has been applied to damage assessment inspections on industrial components.
- ^ a b Karen Holford publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ a b c Anon (2017). "Holford, Prof. Karen Margeret". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U286206. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Karen Holford on Twitter
- ^ Baxter, Matthew Geoffrey; Pullin, Rhys; Holford, Karen M.; Evans, Sam L. (2007). "Delta T source location for acoustic emission". Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 21 (3): 1512–1520. Bibcode:2007MSSP...21.1512B. doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2006.05.003. ISSN 0888-3270.
