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IGEM NEWS | Sir Denis Rooke Memorial Lecture

A LEADING LIGHT

Professor Dame Ann Dowling and Sheila Lauchlan

As one of the UK’s preeminent engineers, Professor Dame years ago to celebrate Sir Denis
Ann Dowling delivered this year’s Sir Denis Rooke Memorial Rooke, a leader in the gas industry and
Lecture, in which she spoke about the power of education, a strong supporter of education,
the challenge of climate change and the demands of the research and innovation – which are
the themes of my talk this evening.”
government’s Industrial Strategy Dame Ann opened by speaking about
the research centres Sir Denis
AS IGEM’S FIRST ever female Royal Academy of Engineering, she established, which saw many firsts in
President, Sheila Lauchlan proudly possesses both a CBE for services to the field of fire and explosion
introduced Professor Dame Ann mechanical engineering and a DBE for engineering, the use of plastic pipes for
Dowling to the stage at The King’s services to science. In 2015, like Sir gas supply, and intelligent pigs for the
Fund, London, to present this year’s Denis himself, she was admitted to inspection of pipelines. She also spoke
Sir Denis Rooke Memorial Lecture. the Order of Merit. about his involvement with international
Dame Anne is one of the country’s “I am very honoured to be asked to innovation projects, such as his work as
most distinguished engineers and is a give the 2018 Sir Denis Rooke technical lead on the Methane Pioneer.
world authority on combustion and Memorial Lecture,” she said. “This “But perhaps Sir Denis Rooke’s
acoustics. Currently President of the lecture series was set up almost 20 greatest technical achievement and

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