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* [[Order of Merit]]
* [[Member of the Order of Merit]]
* [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]
* [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]
* [[Royal Academy of Engineering|President of the Royal Academy of Engineering]]
* [[Royal Academy of Engineering|President of the Royal Academy of Engineering]]
* [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]
* [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]
* [[Royal Medal]] (2019)
* [[Royal Medal]] (2019)
* [[Ludwig Prandtl Ring]] (2019)
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'''Dame Ann Patricia Dowling''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|OM|DBE|FRS|FREng|}} (born 15 July 1952) is a British mechanical engineer who researches combustion, acoustics and vibration, focusing on [[Internal combustion engine#Air and noise pollution|efficient, low-emission combustion]] and reduced [[roadway noise|road vehicle and]] [[aircraft noise]]. Dowling is a Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Mechanical Engineering,<ref>[https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2017-18/special/01/section1.shtml Notice Special No 1, Monday 2 October 2017] - Cambridge University reporter</ref><ref name= "the Royal Academy of Engineering">{{Cite web | url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-president |title = The President - Royal Academy of Engineering}}</ref> and from 2009 to 2014 she was Head of the Department of Engineering at the [[University of Cambridge]],<ref name=CamBio>{{cite web|url=http://www-diva.eng.cam.ac.uk/directory/apd1@cam.ac.uk|title=Professor Dame Ann Dowling, OM DBE FRS FREng — CUED Division A|last=kag1000@cam.ac.uk|publisher=University of Cambridge Department of Engineering}}</ref> where she was the first female professor in 1993.<ref name=UKRC>[http://www.theukrc.org/women/women-of-outstanding-achievement/the-winners-2011/professor-dame-ann-dowling www.theukrc.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530003650/http://www.theukrc.org/women/women-of-outstanding-achievement/the-winners-2011/professor-dame-ann-dowling |date=30 May 2011 }} Women of Outstanding Achievement:Professor Dame Ann Dowling</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1017/S0022112097006484| title = Nonlinear self-excited oscillations of a ducted flame| journal = Journal of Fluid Mechanics| volume = 346| issue = 1| pages = 271–290| year = 1997| last1 = Dowling | first1 = A. P.| bibcode = 1997JFM...346..271D}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1017/S0022112099005686| title = A kinematic model of a ducted flame| journal = Journal of Fluid Mechanics| volume = 394| issue = 1| pages = 51–72| year = 1999| last1 = Dowling | first1 = A. P.| bibcode = 1999JFM...394...51D}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.2514/2.6192| title = Acoustic Analysis of Gas Turbine Combustors| journal = Journal of Propulsion and Power| volume = 19| issue = 5| pages = 751| year = 2003| last1 = Dowling | first1 = A. P. | last2 = Stow | first2 = S. R. }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Anne |last=Dowling |title=Sound and Sources of Sound |year=1983 |publisher=Ellis Horwood |isbn=0853125279}}</ref><ref name="scopus">{{Scopus|id= 7006290420}}</ref> She was President of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]] from 2014–2019, the Academy's first female president.<ref name= "the Royal Academy of Engineering" />
'''Dame Ann Patricia Dowling''' (born 15 July 1952) is a British mechanical engineer who researches combustion, acoustics and vibration, focusing on [[Internal combustion engine#Air and noise pollution|efficient, low-emission combustion]] and reduced [[roadway noise|road vehicle and]] [[aircraft noise]]. Dowling is a Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Mechanical Engineering,<ref>[https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2017-18/special/01/section1.shtml Notice Special No 1, Monday 2 October 2017] – Cambridge University reporter</ref><ref name= "the Royal Academy of Engineering">{{Cite web | url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-president | title=The President – Royal Academy of Engineering | access-date=16 September 2014 | archive-date=20 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020233825/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-president | url-status=dead }}</ref> and from 2009 to 2014 she was Head of the Department of Engineering at the [[University of Cambridge]],<ref name=CamBio>{{cite web|url=http://www-diva.eng.cam.ac.uk/directory/apd1@cam.ac.uk|title=Professor Dame Ann Dowling, OM DBE FRS FREng — CUED Division A|last=kag1000@cam.ac.uk|publisher=University of Cambridge Department of Engineering}}</ref> where she was the first female professor in 1993.<ref name=UKRC>[http://www.theukrc.org/women/women-of-outstanding-achievement/the-winners-2011/professor-dame-ann-dowling www.theukrc.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530003650/http://www.theukrc.org/women/women-of-outstanding-achievement/the-winners-2011/professor-dame-ann-dowling |date=30 May 2011 }} Women of Outstanding Achievement:Professor Dame Ann Dowling</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1017/S0022112097006484| title = Nonlinear self-excited oscillations of a ducted flame| journal = Journal of Fluid Mechanics| volume = 346| issue = 1| pages = 271–290| year = 1997| last1 = Dowling | first1 = A. P.| bibcode = 1997JFM...346..271D| s2cid = 121990505}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1017/S0022112099005686| title = A kinematic model of a ducted flame| journal = Journal of Fluid Mechanics| volume = 394| issue = 1| pages = 51–72| year = 1999| last1 = Dowling | first1 = A. P.| bibcode = 1999JFM...394...51D| s2cid = 120706849}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.2514/2.6192| title = Acoustic Analysis of Gas Turbine Combustors| journal = Journal of Propulsion and Power| volume = 19| issue = 5| pages = 751| year = 2003| last1 = Dowling | first1 = A. P. | last2 = Stow | first2 = S. R. }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Anne |last=Dowling |title=Sound and Sources of Sound |year=1983 |publisher=Ellis Horwood |isbn=0853125279}}</ref><ref name="scopus">{{Scopus|id= 7006290420}}</ref> She was President of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]] from 2014 to 2019, the Academy's first female president.<ref name= "the Royal Academy of Engineering" />


==Education==
==Education==
Dowling was educated at [[Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea|Ursuline Convent School, Westgate, Kent]]<ref name="whoswho">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U14042 |title=DOWLING, Prof. Dame Ann Patricia, (Dame Ann Hynes) |work=Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press }}{{subscription required}}</ref> and the [[University of Cambridge]] (as a member of [[Girton College, Cambridge|Girton College]]), where after studying mathematics at undergraduate level, and following a summer job at the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]], she was awarded a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degree in 1978.<ref name="dowlingphd">{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Ann Patricia|last=Dowling |title=Picoustic Sources in Motion |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=1978 |url=https://www.google.com|authorlink=Ann Dowling}}</ref> Dowling's doctorate was in [[aeroacoustics]], specifically on the [[Concorde]] noise problem.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Professor Dame Ann Dowling|url=http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2013/02/interview-ann-dowling.cfm|accessdate=4 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318014829/http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2013/02/interview-ann-dowling.cfm|archive-date=18 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Dowling was educated at [[Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea|Ursuline Convent School, Westgate, Kent]],<ref name="whoswho">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U14042 |title=DOWLING, Prof. Dame Ann Patricia, (Dame Ann Hynes) |work=Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press }}{{subscription required}}</ref> and the [[University of Cambridge]] (as a member of [[Girton College, Cambridge|Girton College]]), where after studying mathematics at undergraduate level, and following a summer job at the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]], she was awarded a PhD degree in 1978.<ref name="dowlingphd">{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Ann Patricia|last=Dowling |title=Picoustic Sources in Motion |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=1978 |url=https://www.google.com|author-link=Ann Dowling}}</ref> Dowling's doctorate was in [[aeroacoustics]], specifically on the [[Concorde]] noise problem.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Professor Dame Ann Dowling|url=http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2013/02/interview-ann-dowling.cfm|access-date=4 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318014829/http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2013/02/interview-ann-dowling.cfm|archive-date=18 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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Dowling is one of four main panel chairs for the [[Research Excellence Framework]].<ref name=HEFCE>[http://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/panels/ HEFCE announcement of panel chairs] accessed 16 July 2010</ref>
Dowling is one of four main panel chairs for the [[Research Excellence Framework]].<ref name=HEFCE>[http://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/panels/ HEFCE announcement of panel chairs] accessed 16 July 2010</ref>


On 3 February 2012, the oil company [[BP]] announced that Dowling was to become a [[non-executive director]] with immediate effect.<ref name=BP2012>[http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7073260 BP Board Changes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220134058/http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7073260 |date=20 February 2012 }} 3 February 2012</ref> She has been a non-executive board member at BIS since February 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Non-executive board member Professor Dame Ann Dowling|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/ann-dowling|website=www.gov.uk|accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref>
On 3 February 2012, [[BP]] announced that Dowling was to become a [[non-executive director]] with immediate effect.<ref name=BP2012>[http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7073260 BP Board Changes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220134058/http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7073260 |date=20 February 2012 }} 3 February 2012</ref> She has been a non-executive board member at BIS since February 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Non-executive board member Professor Dame Ann Dowling|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/ann-dowling|website=www.gov.uk|access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref>


==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==
Dowling was elected a [[List of female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering|Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering]] (FREng) in 1996 and a [[List of female Fellows of the Royal Society|Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 2003. Her FRS nomination reads: {{centred pull quote|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 [Dowling'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.<ref name="royal">{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo==%27EC%2F2003%2F12%27) |title=EC/2003/12: Dowling, Ann Patricia. Library and Archive Catalogue |publisher=The Royal Society |archivedate=11 February 2014 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6NJho0toP?url=http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=%28RefNo%3D%3D%27EC%2F2003%2F12%27%29 |location=London |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}.
Dowling was elected a [[List of female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering|Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering]] (FREng) in 1996 and a [[List of female Fellows of the Royal Society|Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 2003. Her FRS nomination reads: {{centred pull quote|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 [Dowling'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.<ref name="royal">{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo==%27EC%2F2003%2F12%27) |title=EC/2003/12: Dowling, Ann Patricia. Library and Archive Catalogue |publisher=The Royal Society |archive-date=4 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704062209/http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=%28RefNo%3D%3D%27EC%2F2003%2F12%27%29 |location=London |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}


Dowling was elected an international member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 2008 for advances in acoustics and unsteady flow, and for leadership in collaborative research between industry and universities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dame Ann P. Dowling |url=https://www.nae.edu/31055/Dame-Ann-P-Dowling |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref>
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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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3J92brPmK0hskzhpTV3CrZ0/the-power-list-2013|title=Woman's Hour - The Power List 2013 - BBC Radio 4|publisher=}}</ref> and was the subject of an episode of ''[[The Life Scientific]]'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Radio 4 – The Life Scientific|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m5gth|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref>


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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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3J92brPmK0hskzhpTV3CrZ0/the-power-list-2013|title=Woman's Hour – The Power List 2013 – BBC Radio 4}}</ref> and was the subject of an episode of ''[[The Life Scientific]]'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Radio 4 – The Life Scientific|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m5gth|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref>
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Dowling is a Patron of the [[Women's Engineering Society]] (WES).<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrons: Women's Engineering Society|url=http://www.wes.org.uk/content/patrons|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref>


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Dowling is a Patron of the [[Women's Engineering Society]] (WES).<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrons: Women's Engineering Society|url=http://www.wes.org.uk/content/patrons|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref>
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In January 2014 Dowling was nominated for election as President of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]]. She took up the position in September 2014,<ref>[http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=908 Royal Academy of Engineering Council nominates its first female President]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theengineer.co.uk/channels/policy-and-business/news/royal-academy-of-engineering-selects-first-female-president/1017775.article|title=Royal Academy of Engineering selects first female president|publisher=|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713062622/http://www.theengineer.co.uk/channels/policy-and-business/news/royal-academy-of-engineering-selects-first-female-president/1017775.article|archive-date=13 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Academy of Engineering celebrates its first female President|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2014/september/royal-academy-of-engineering-celebrates-its-first|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> and in that role chaired a 2015 review (the 'Dowling Review') of business–university research collaboration,<ref>[http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2015/january-(1)/the-dowling-review-of-business-research-collaborat The Dowling Review of business university research collaborations launches call for evidence], Royal Academy of Engineering, 23 January 2014. Accessed: 2 September 2015.</ref> published in July 2015.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-university-research-collaborations-dowling-review-final-report Business-university research collaborations: Dowling review final report], BIS, 2 July 2015. Accessed: 2 September 2015.</ref>

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In January 2014 Dowling was nominated for election as President of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]]. She took up the position in September 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=908 |title=Royal Academy of Engineering Council nominates its first female President |access-date=23 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715230443/http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=908 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theengineer.co.uk/channels/policy-and-business/news/royal-academy-of-engineering-selects-first-female-president/1017775.article|title=Royal Academy of Engineering selects first female president|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713062622/http://www.theengineer.co.uk/channels/policy-and-business/news/royal-academy-of-engineering-selects-first-female-president/1017775.article|archive-date=13 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Academy of Engineering celebrates its first female President|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2014/september/royal-academy-of-engineering-celebrates-its-first|access-date=16 September 2014}}</ref> and in that role chaired a 2015 review (the 'Dowling Review') of business–university research collaboration,<ref>[http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2015/january-(1)/the-dowling-review-of-business-research-collaborat The Dowling Review of business university research collaborations launches call for evidence], Royal Academy of Engineering, 23 January 2014. Accessed: 2 September 2015.</ref> published in July 2015.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-university-research-collaborations-dowling-review-final-report Business-university research collaborations: Dowling review final report], BIS, 2 July 2015. Accessed: 2 September 2015.</ref>


She was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 2002 and promoted to DBE in 2007. In 2016 she was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61470 |date=13 January 2016 |page=546}}</ref><ref>University of Cambridge: [http://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-academics-honoured-over-the-new-year Cambridge academics honoured over the New Year] (accessed 19 January 2016)</ref>
She was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 2002 and promoted to DBE in 2007. In 2016 she was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61470 |date=13 January 2016 |page=546}}</ref><ref>University of Cambridge: [http://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-academics-honoured-over-the-new-year Cambridge academics honoured over the New Year] (accessed 19 January 2016)</ref>


The [[James Watt International Gold Medal]] was awarded to her in 2016 by the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] ''for her work associated with efficient, low emission combustion; and understanding, modelling and reducing the noise from cars, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft''
The [[James Watt International Gold Medal]] was awarded to her in 2016 by the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] ''for her work associated with efficient, low emission combustion; and understanding, modelling and reducing the noise from cars, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft''
.<ref>{{cite web |title=JAMES WATT INTERNATIONAL GOLD MEDAL: ANN DOWLING |url=http://www.imeche.org/careers-education/scholarships-and-awards/prestige-awards/james-watt-intl-gold-medal/james-watt-international-gold-medal-anne-dowling |website=Institution of Mechanical Engineers |publisher=Institution of Mechanical Engineers|date=19 August 2018}}</ref>
.<ref>{{cite web |title=JAMES WATT INTERNATIONAL GOLD MEDAL: ANN DOWLING |url=http://www.imeche.org/careers-education/scholarships-and-awards/prestige-awards/james-watt-intl-gold-medal/james-watt-international-gold-medal-anne-dowling |website=Institution of Mechanical Engineers |date=19 August 2018}}</ref>

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In November 2017, Dowling was elected to the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]] alongside 18 foreign individuals including [[Bill Gates]] and [[L. Rafael Reif]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Xiang|first1=Bo|title=Bill Gates elected to Chinese Academy of Engineering |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/27/c_136783270.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127184215/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/27/c_136783270.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2017|access-date=29 November 2017|agency=Xinhua|date=27 November 2017}}</ref>


In 2018, for her has continued work in the engineering industry, Dowling was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science, from [[Royal Holloway, University of London|Royal Holloway University of London]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE awarded Honorary Doctorate from Royal Holloway |url=https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/news/professor-dame-ann-dowling-om-dbe-awarded-honorary-doctorate-from-royal-holloway/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.royalholloway.ac.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>
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In November 2017, Dowling was elected to the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]] alongside 18 foreign individuals including [[Bill Gates]] and [[L. Rafael Reif]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Xiang|first1=Bo|title=Bill Gates elected to Chinese Academy of Engineering |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/27/c_136783270.htm|accessdate=29 November 2017|agency=Xinhua|date=27 November 2017}}</ref>


In 2019 she received the [[Royal Medal]].<ref>[https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/royal-medal/ Royal Medal 2019]</ref>
In 2019 she received the [[Royal Medal]].<ref>[https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/royal-medal/ Royal Medal 2019]</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life/news/newsitem.html?nid=43], [http://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life/news/newsitem.html?nid=69] Sidney Sussex College news
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183711/http://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life/news/newsitem.html?nid=43], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130709021056/http://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life/news/newsitem.html?nid=69] Sidney Sussex College news
*[http://www-diva.eng.cam.ac.uk/directory/apd1@cam.ac.uk Ann Dowling's University of Cambridge Department of Engineering bio]
*[http://www-diva.eng.cam.ac.uk/directory/apd1@cam.ac.uk Ann Dowling's University of Cambridge Department of Engineering bio]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120305170633/http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/issues/issue37/Issue37_Profile.pdf Creating silent skies – Professor Dame Ann Dowling CBE FREng] ''Ingenia'', Issue 37, Dec 2008
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120305170633/http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/issues/issue37/Issue37_Profile.pdf Creating silent skies – Professor Dame Ann Dowling CBE FREng] ''Ingenia'', Issue 37, Dec 2008
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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]

Education

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Dowling was educated at Ursuline Convent School, Westgate, Kent,[2] 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 degree in 1978.[13] Dowling's doctorate was in aeroacoustics, specifically on the Concorde noise problem.[14]

Career

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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, BP announced that Dowling was to become a non-executive director with immediate effect.[16] She has been a non-executive board member at BIS since February 2014.[17]

Awards and honours

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Dowling was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 1996 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2003. Her FRS nomination reads:

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 [Dowling'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.[18]

Dowling was elected an international member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2008 for advances in acoustics and unsteady flow, and for leadership in collaborative research between industry and universities.[19]

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.[20] and was the subject of an episode of The Life Scientific in 2012.[21]

Dowling is a Patron of the Women's Engineering Society (WES).[22]

In January 2014 Dowling was nominated for election as President of the Royal Academy of Engineering. She took up the position in September 2014,[23][24][25] and in that role chaired a 2015 review (the 'Dowling Review') of business–university research collaboration,[26] published in July 2015.[27]

She was appointed a CBE in 2002 and promoted to DBE in 2007. In 2016 she was appointed to the Order of Merit.[28][29]

The James Watt International Gold Medal was awarded to her in 2016 by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for her work associated with efficient, low emission combustion; and understanding, modelling and reducing the noise from cars, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft .[30]

In November 2017, Dowling was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering alongside 18 foreign individuals including Bill Gates and L. Rafael Reif.[31]

In 2018, for her has continued work in the engineering industry, Dowling was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science, from Royal Holloway University of London.[32]

In 2019 she received the Royal Medal.[33]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today Archived 4 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine Prof Dame Ann Dowling
  2. ^ a b "DOWLING, Prof. Dame Ann Patricia, (Dame Ann Hynes)". Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription required)
  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. ^ kag1000@cam.ac.uk. "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)
  13. ^ Dowling, Ann Patricia (1978). Picoustic Sources in Motion (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge.
  14. ^ "Interview with Professor Dame Ann Dowling". Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  15. ^ HEFCE announcement of panel chairs accessed 16 July 2010
  16. ^ BP Board Changes Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine 3 February 2012
  17. ^ "Non-executive board member Professor Dame Ann Dowling". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  18. ^ "EC/2003/12: Dowling, Ann Patricia. Library and Archive Catalogue". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Dame Ann P. Dowling". Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Woman's Hour – The Power List 2013 – BBC Radio 4".
  21. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – The Life Scientific". Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  22. ^ "Patrons: Women's Engineering Society". Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  23. ^ "Royal Academy of Engineering Council nominates its first female President". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  24. ^ "Royal Academy of Engineering selects first female president". Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  25. ^ "Royal Academy of Engineering celebrates its first female President". Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  26. ^ The Dowling Review of business university research collaborations launches call for evidence, Royal Academy of Engineering, 23 January 2014. Accessed: 2 September 2015.
  27. ^ Business-university research collaborations: Dowling review final report, BIS, 2 July 2015. Accessed: 2 September 2015.
  28. ^ "No. 61470". The London Gazette. 13 January 2016. p. 546.
  29. ^ University of Cambridge: Cambridge academics honoured over the New Year (accessed 19 January 2016)
  30. ^ "JAMES WATT INTERNATIONAL GOLD MEDAL: ANN DOWLING". Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 19 August 2018.
  31. ^ Xiang, Bo (27 November 2017). "Bill Gates elected to Chinese Academy of Engineering". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  32. ^ "Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE awarded Honorary Doctorate from Royal Holloway". www.royalholloway.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  33. ^ Royal Medal 2019
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