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Eileen Harkin-Jones
OBE FREng FIMechE FIChemE
Born
Eileen M. A. Harkin-Jones
Alma materUniversity College Dublin (BEng)
Queen's University Belfast (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsQueen's University Belfast
Ulster University
ThesisRotational moulding of reactive plastics (1992)
Websiteulster.ac.uk/staff/e-harkin-jones

Eileen M. A. Harkin-Jones OBE FREng FIMechE FIChemE is the Bombardier Aerospace-Royal Academy of Engineering professor of composites engineering at the Ulster University.[1][2][3]

Education

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Harkin-Jones studied mechanical engineering at University College Dublin, and received first class honours in 1983.[4] She completed her PhD at Queen's University Belfast[5] working on materials for rotational moulding in 1992.[6]

Research and career

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Harkin-Jones was appointed a lecturer at Queen's in 1993.[6] In 1999 Harkin-Jones became the first woman to be appointed an engineering professor in Ireland.[7] Her research is on polymer processing and the development of materials.[4][8] In 2015, she was appointed the Bombardier-Royal Academy of Engineering professor of composite engineering at Ulster University.[6] At Ulster University she focuses on aerospace composites and sustainable plastic manufacture.[9][10] Using injection moulding, thermoforming and additive manufacture, Harkin-Jones is exploring advanced thermoplastic composite materials for medical devices and aerospace.[11] She has published over 200 peer reviewed papers,[1][2] and secured funding over £12 million.[11]

She is a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Higher Education committee and Deputy Chair of the Northern Ireland Higher Education Authority.[12][13] She is campaigning for gender equality in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at a national level.[14] She is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Manufacturing.[15]

Awards and honours

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In 2017, she was appointed a Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering.[11] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2011.[6] In 2013, she was appointed Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to higher education.[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Eileen Harkin-Jones publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Eileen Harkin-Jones publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Mubarak, Y.; Harkin-Jones, E.M.A.; Martin, P.J.; Ahmad, M. (2001). "Modeling of non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of isotactic polypropylene". Polymer. 42 (7): 3171–3182. doi:10.1016/S0032-3861(00)00606-6. ISSN 0032-3861.
  4. ^ a b Anon (2015). "10 minutes with... Eileen Harkin-Jones". iom3.org. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. ^ Harkin-Jones, Eileen M. A. (1992). Rotational moulding of reactive plastics. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). Queen's University of Belfast. OCLC 53533917. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.317442.
  6. ^ a b c d "EuroNanoForum 2015". euronanoforum2015.eu. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  7. ^ Francis, Thomas Jeatt for Taylor &. "Cogent Engineering Editors | Explore Cogent OA". explore.cogentoa.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  8. ^ "QUB MRG Group". qub.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Plastics: Design and Manufacture for Sustainability - Prof Eileen Harkin-Jones OBE", youtube.com, Centre for Industrial Sustainability, 16 July 2015, retrieved 19 April 2018
  10. ^ "Distinguished engineer appointed to drive Ulster University composites research capability". newmaterials.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  11. ^ a b c Anon (2018). "Our Team". niace-centre.org.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Professor Eileen Harkin-Jones OBE FREng". raeng.org.uk. Higher Education Hub. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  13. ^ Anon (2017). "Higher Education Authority" (PDF). hea.ie. Higher Education Authority. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Eileen Harkin-Jones". ria.ie. Royal Irish Academy. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Prof Eileen Harkin Jones OBE | All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group". policyconnect.org.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Northern Ireland citizens receive their Investitures". gov.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  17. ^ "MSSI Research Forum". ul.ie. University of Limerick. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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