Ann Dowling

Professor
Dame Ann Dowling
OM DBE FRS FREng
Dowling in 2011
Born
Ann Patricia Dowling

(1952-07-15) 15 July 1952 (age 72)[1]
Alma materGirton College, Cambridge
Known forSilent Aircraft Initiative
SpouseThomas Paul Hynes[2]
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisAcoustic Sources in Motion (1978)
Doctoral advisorJohn Ffowcs Williams
Dame Ann Dowling's voice
from the BBC programme The Life Scientific, 28 August 2012.[3]
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Websitewww.eng.cam.ac.uk/~apd1

Dame Ann Patricia Dowling (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. Dowling is a Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Mechanical Engineering,[4][5] and 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 1993.[7][8][9][10][11][12] She was President of the Royal Academy of Engineering from 2014 to 2019, the Academy's first female president.[5]

  1. ^ Debrett's People of Today Archived 4 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine Prof Dame Ann Dowling
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  3. ^ "Dame Ann Dowling". The Life Scientific. 28 August 2012. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ^ Notice Special No 1, Monday 2 October 2017 – Cambridge University reporter
  5. ^ a b "The President – Royal Academy of Engineering". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  6. ^ [email protected]. "Professor Dame Ann Dowling, OM DBE FRS FREng — CUED Division A". University of Cambridge Department of Engineering.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ www.theukrc.com Archived 30 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Women of Outstanding Achievement:Professor Dame Ann Dowling
  8. ^ Dowling, A. P. (1997). "Nonlinear self-excited oscillations of a ducted flame". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 346 (1): 271–290. Bibcode:1997JFM...346..271D. doi:10.1017/S0022112097006484. S2CID 121990505.
  9. ^ Dowling, A. P. (1999). "A kinematic model of a ducted flame". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 394 (1): 51–72. Bibcode:1999JFM...394...51D. doi:10.1017/S0022112099005686. S2CID 120706849.
  10. ^ Dowling, A. P.; Stow, S. R. (2003). "Acoustic Analysis of Gas Turbine Combustors". Journal of Propulsion and Power. 19 (5): 751. doi:10.2514/2.6192.
  11. ^ Dowling, Anne (1983). Sound and Sources of Sound. Ellis Horwood. ISBN 0853125279.
  12. ^ Ann Dowling's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)