Robert B. MacMullin To Receive the Electrochemical Engineering and Technology Award

2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 121C-122C ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Electrochemical Engineering ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Technology Award

scholarly journals Q&A: Bristol biochemists champion women scientists

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Biochemical Journal ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
Journal Editorial ◽  
Academic Network ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University ◽  
To Receive

Bristol University's Department of Biochemistry has won a prestigious silver SWAN (Scientific Women's Academic Network) award for excellence in recruiting and encouraging women in SET (science, engineering and technology). It is the first biochemistry department in the country to receive the honour. The department has increased the number of female academic staff and significantly increased the number of women applying for, and securing, promotion. Bristol University won a bronze SWAN award last year. Head of Department and Chair of the Biochemical Journal Editorial Board Professor George Banting said: “The department appreciates this external recognition of what it considers to be ongoing good practice within the Department of Biochemistry. The Royal Society's Athena organization is an august body and we are proud to be the first biochemistry department in the country, and the first department in the University of Bristol, to receive a silver SWAN award.” The Biochemist asked him to tell us more.

scholarly journals Stewart Crichton Miller, C.B.E. 2 July 1934 – 7 August 1999

2002 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 323-329
Author(s):  
Philip Charles Ruffles
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Mechanical Vibration ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cavendish Laboratory ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
The Status ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University ◽  
To Receive

Stewart Crichton Miller, a mechanical engineer of great distinction, was the former Director of Engineering and Technology for Rolls-Royce plc, where he worked for over 40 years. Stewart was a foremost contributor to several of the company's most important development projects, chief among them being the RB211-535 engine project, which is used on Boeing 757 aircraft. Stewart was born on 2 July 1934 to William and Grace Miller in Kirkcaldy, Fife, where he spent his childhood. His primary school education at Kirkcaldy Fife High Primary School started on 4 September 1939, the day after war was declared. A contemporary, with whom he was a close friend during school years, is Archie Howie (F.R.S. 1978), a distinguished physicist and former Head of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Professor Howie recalls that he and Stewart vied with each other for school prizes, etc., with Stewart emerging as the Dux of the primary school. On leaving primary school, Stewart attended Kirkcaldy High School from 1945 to 1951. It was there that he received the Scottish Higher Learning Certificate in 1950 and an award in the Edinburgh University Bursary Competition. He continued his education at the University of Edinburgh from 1951 to 1954, enrolling as an engineering degree candidate. His choice of engineering as a career was considered unusual by others for someone of his high academic abilities. However, this doubt only increased his determination. His research emphasis while studying was on mechanical vibration, which served as useful background for his later work at Rolls-Royce on turbo-machinery. He graduated in 1954 from Edinburgh with a BSc (firstclass honours) in mechanical engineering. After leaving university, Stewart spent two years completing a graduate apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce that marked the beginning of his extensive career. Spending his first year gaining workshop experience and his second in all the major technical offices, Stewart subsequently qualified to receive the status of Chartered Engineer.

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