Aoife Ahern is the first woman to be dean of engineering at University College, Dublin.

Biography

Ahern completed her degree in engineering in

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

in 1998 before going to London to the university, where she did a PhD. Ahern returned to Dublin, to lecture in Trinity from 2000 before joining

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...

in 2003. In 2016 Ahern became head of the school of

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

and then went on to become dean of engineering in UCD in 2019. In 2020 she was invited to become a Fellow of

Engineers Ireland The Institution of Engineers of Ireland ( ga, Cumann na nInnealtóirí) or the IEI, is the second oldest Engineering Society on the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and was established in 1835. The institution primarily represents me ...

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