Rachel Thomson | |
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Born | Rachel Clare Thomson |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | [1] |
Institutions | Loughborough University |
Thesis | Carbide composition changes in power plant steels as a method of remanent creep life prediction (1992) |
Doctoral advisor | Harshad Bhadeshia [2] |
Website | www |
Rachel Clare Thomson FREng FIMMM is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Pro Vice Chancellor of Teaching [3] [1] [4] at Loughborough University. She is known for her expertise [1] in measuring and predicting the behaviour of materials for high temperature power generation, as well as the development of higher education and research programmes.
Thomson read the Natural Sciences Tripos at Newnham College, Cambridge (BA 1989, MA 1992). [5] In 1992 Thomson subsequently completed her PhD in Materials, also at the University of Cambridge, on the composition of carbide supervised by Harshad Bhadeshia [2] [6] and funded by National Power and the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC). [7]
After Thomson received her PhD she continued to work in Cambridge as a postdoctoral research fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge, [5] before moving to a lectureship in the Department of Materials at Loughborough University in 1995. [5] In 2002, she was promoted to a Personal Chair (i.e. full Professor) and in 2006, she became Director of the Materials Research School. [5] Her career at Loughborough progressed further as in 2011 she became Head of Department, in 2015 she became Dean of the School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering, and from 2016, Thomson has been the Pro Vice-Chancellor of teaching. [5] Her research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). [8]
Her awards include:
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