Margaret Lucas (engineer)

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Margaret Lucas FRSE FREng is a Scottish mechanical engineer specializing in vibration analysis and the applications of high-power ultrasound, including shattering and sampling rock in space exploration, [1] under-sea oil and gas exploration, [2] and ultrasonic cutting devices in robot-assisted surgery. [3] She is Professor of Ultrasonics and Head of Systems, Power & Energy Division in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow. [4]

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Education and career

Lucas was an undergraduate student at the University of Aberdeen, and earned a PhD in mechanical engineering at Loughborough University. She remained at Loughborough as a lecturer, beginning in 1990, and moved to the University of Glasgow in 1996. She became a professor there in 2006. [4]

Recognition

Lucas was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2020. [5] Also in 2020, the Institution of Engineering and Technology gave Lucas the IET Achievement Medal for Ultrasonic Technology. [6] In 2021 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering [7]

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References

  1. McCulloch, Scott (27 January 2014), "Scottish-led space projects win £3.5m funding deal", Insider
  2. "Scottish energy researchers to work on new N. Sea oil field evaluation tool", Scottish Energy News, 11 May 2015
  3. "£6m funding boost for UK ultrasonic surgery project", The Engineer, 12 November 2018
  4. 1 2 "Prof Margaret Lucas", Our staff, James Watt School of Engineering, retrieved 2021-05-19
  5. Professor Margaret Lucas FRSE, Royal Society of Edinburgh, retrieved 2021-05-19
  6. The IET Achievement Medals (PDF), Institution of Engineering and Technology, retrieved 2021-05-19
  7. "Academy celebrates first new Fellows elected under Fit for the Future diversity initiative". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 2021-09-23.