Genevieve Langdon
Genevieve S. Langdon is a British mechanical engineer whose research focuses on the effects of explosions on materials and structures. She is Professor of Blast and Impact Engineering in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Sheffield.
Education and career
[edit]Langdon studied engineering at the University of Liverpool, earning both a bachelor's degree and a PhD there.[1] After completing her doctorate in 2003, she joined the University of Cape Town in South Africa in 2004.[2] She gave her inaugural lecture as a full professor in 2017.[3] She became director of the Blast Impact & Survivability Research Unit, and was named head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, its first female head.[4]
In 2020, she returned to the United Kingdom as Professor of Blast and Impact Engineering in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Sheffield.[5]
Recognition
[edit]The Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science gave Langdon their silver medal for outstanding research by a person under 40 years old.[4] She co-founded the South African Young Academy of Science in 2011.[3] In 2019 she was elected to the Academy of Science of South Africa,[6] and the University of Cape Town named her to its College of Fellows.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Professor Genevieve Langdon", Blast Impact & Survivability Research Unit, University of Cape Town, retrieved 2024-09-16
- ^ "Professor Genevieve Langdon", Mail & Guardian, 18 August 2017, retrieved 2024-09-16
- ^ a b "Inaugural Lecture: Professor Genevieve Langdon", University of Cape Town News, University of Cape Town, 5 September 2017, retrieved 2024-09-16
- ^ a b "New HOD for Mechanical Engineering", Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment, University of Cape Town, 20 July 2018, retrieved 2024-09-16
- ^ "Professor Genevieve Langdon", Civil and Structural Engineering academic staff, University of Sheffield, 9 August 2024, retrieved 2024-09-16
- ^ Young, Libby (11 October 2019), "UCT researchers honoured by ASSAf & SAYAS", Lung Institute, University of Cape Town, retrieved 2024-09-16
- ^ Swingler, Helen (18 October 2019), "Langdon, Zilla join College of Fellows 'elders", University of Cape Town News, University of Cape Town, retrieved 2024-09-16
External links
[edit]- Genevieve Langdon publications indexed by Google Scholar
| International | |
|---|---|
| Academics | |
| Other | |
