Faculty of Engineering

For information on current activities see Faculty of Engineering.

Name Profession Qualifications
The Rt Hon Lord Chilver FRS FREng Professor of Civil Engineering, Vice-Chancellor of Cranfield University (1970-1989), former Chairman of English China Clays and RJB Mining.

BSc Mechanical Engineering 1947, PhD Civil Engineering 1951, DSc Civil Engineering 1962, Honorary DSc in Engineering 1983

Professor Paul Dirac (1902-1984) Scientist and Nobel prize winner: described as 'one of the greatest scientists in the 20th century', he specialised in quantum mechanics. His famous wave equation introduced special relativity into Schrodinger's equation. BSc Engineering 1921
Colin Green CBE FREng

Former President - Defence Aerospace, Rolls Royce Plc. Colin is also a past President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies and a director of the UK Council for Electronic Business.

BSc Mechanical Engineering 1971, Honorary DEng 1997
Roger Holmes Managing Director of Change Capital Partners, Formerly Chief Executive of Marks and Spencer  BSc Mechanical Engineering 1981
Dr Nigel Horne FREng IT Partner, and special adviser KPMG (1989-1998), non-executive director Aspex Semiconductor. BSc Engineering 1962, Honorary DEng 1993
Anton La Guardia Defence and Security Correspondent for The Economist, and formerly Diplomatic Editor at The Telegraph, Anton is the author of Holy Land, Unholy War: Israelis and Palestinians. BSc Aeronautical Engineering 1983

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