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Áine Brazil is an Irish engineer.

A chartered engineer, Brazil is a fellow of Engineers Ireland and vice chair of Thornton Tomasetti, a New York engineering firm. A graduate of the University of Galway, Brazil won the award for International Engineer of the Year at the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards in 2014. She was conferred with a Doctor of Engineering ( honoris causa ) by NUI Galway in June 2015. [1]

Brazil was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2018 for her leadership in the design of innovative buildings and contributions to engineering literacy.

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References

  1. "Honorary Conferrings". Cois Coiribe. Winter 2015. p. 49.