Ann Dowling

Dame

Ann Dowling

OM DBE FRS FREng
Dame; Ann Dowling; OM DBE FRS FREng
	Dowling in 2011
Born	Ann Patricia Dowling; 15 July 1952
Alma mater	Girton College, Cambridge
Known for	Silent Aircraft Initiative
Spouse	Thomas Paul Hynes
Awards	Order of Merit; Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire; President of the Royal Academy of Engineering; Fellow of the Royal Society; Royal Medal (2019);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mechanical engineering; Aeroacoustics;
Institutions	University of Cambridge; Cambridge–MIT Institute; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; Caltech; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; BP;
Thesis	Acoustic Sources in Motion (1978)
Doctoral advisor	John Ffowcs Williams
Website	www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~apd1

Dame Ann Patricia Dowling OM DBE FRS FREng (born 15 July 1952) is a British mechanical engineer who researches combustion, acoustics and vibration, focusing on efficient, low-emission combustion and reduced road vehicle and aircraft noise. Dowling is a Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and from 2009 to 2014 she was Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, where she was the first female professor in 1993. She was President of the Royal Academy of Engineering from 2014 to 2019, the Academy's first female president.

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