Faith Wainwright
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Faith Wainwright | |
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| Born | 25 May 1962 |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Structural engineer |
| Employer | Arup |
| Known for | President of the Institution of Structural Engineers 2018 Civil Engineer |
Faith Helen Wainwright CBE (born 1962)[1] is a British structural engineer, and a director of Arup Group. She has led in the structural design of multiple landmark buildings including the American Air Museum and the Tate Modern and holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath.[2] Wainwright was the 2018 President of the Institution of Structural Engineers[3][4] and is the Editor-in-chief of Ingenia (the educational magazine of the Royal Academy of Engineering).[5]
Wainwright attended Queen Anne's School.[1] She was one of the first female graduates of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, whence in 1983 she took a BA in Engineering.[2]
Career
Wainwright joined Arup after her graduation. At Arup she has contributed to The Shard, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters, Tate Modern, Velodrom (Berlin), Lycée Albert Camus (in Frejus, France) and has worked alongside architects such as Renzo Piano, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, and Ken Shuttleworth.[2]
Wainwright has been instrumental in transforming the structural engineering community, including influencing the "Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety"[6] and has served as the first-ever woman on the Joint Board of Moderators[7] (the professional body which regulates accreditation of university degree programmes in Civil engineering).[2]
In 2014 Wainwright sat on the Research Excellence Framework sub-panel 14 (Civil and Construction Engineering)[8] to assess the quality of University-based academic research in the UK.
Recognizing the importance of education and structural engineering, Wainwright established Arup University.[9]