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The Professor of Civil Engineering is a
professorship Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...
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. The chair was founded in 1842, thirty years before the establishment of the college's first degree program in
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 ...
. It is one of the oldest chairs in civil engineering at any university, surpassed in the British Isles only by the 1840 establishment of the
Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics The Regius Chair of Civil Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1840 by Queen Victoria. In 1872 the endowment was increased by the bequest of Isabella Elder in memory of her husband, John Elder. The name of the ch ...
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. It was previously styled Professorship of the Practice of Engineering in the mid-nineteenth century and Professorship of Engineering from 1960 to 1985. The title was restored to Professor of Civil Engineering in 1986 following the creation in 1980 of new Chairs in Engineering Science.


Succession of Professors of Civil Engineering

* 1:
John Benjamin Macneill Sir John Benjamin Macneill FRS (1793 – 2 March 1880) was an eminent Irish civil engineer of the 19th century, closely associated with Thomas Telford. His most notable projects were railway schemes in Ireland. Life He was born in Mountpleasant ...
(1842–1852; Professor Extraordinary of Civil Engineering 1852–1880) * 2: Samuel Downing (1852–1882) * 3: Robert Crawford (1882–1887) * 4: Thomas Alexander (1887–1921) * 5: David Clark (1921–1933) * 6: John Purser (1933–1957) * 7: William Wright (1957–1985) * 8: Simon Perry (1986–2002) * 9:
Margaret O'Mahony Margaret O'Mahony is an Irish civil engineer. She is the Professor of Civil Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. O'Mahony completed a bachelor of engineering in civil engineering at NUI Galway and a doctorate from the Department of Engineering ...
(2006)


Professors of Engineering Science

Following the reorginisation of the School of Engineering into three departments in 1980, two new Professorships in Engineering Science were created. The Foundation Chair was retained by the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.


Chair of Electronic Engineering (1980)


Professors of Engineering Science

* 1: Maurice Whelan (1981-1991; Professor of Industrial Electronics 1991-1994) * 2: Frank Boland (1994-2016; vacant 2016-2020)


Professor of Electronic Engineering

* 3:
Anil Kokaram Anil C. Kokaram is a Trinidadian engineer and entrepreneur. He is famous for his Oscar-winning inventions enabling the restoration of audio and images and is currently the Chair of Electronic Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. Background ...
(2020-present)


Chair of Mechanical Engineering (1980)


Professors of Engineering Science

* 1: Paul Wallace (1980–1981) * 2: David Talpin (1982-1986)


Professors of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

* 2: David Talpin (1986-1992) * 3: John Fitzpatrick (1992-1998)


Professors of Mechanical Engineering

* 3: John Fitzpatrick (1998-2012; vacant 2012-2020) * 4: Stephen Spence (2020-present) Trinity People Finder
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See also

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School of Engineering (Trinity College Dublin) The School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin is the oldest engineering school in Ireland and one of the oldest in the world. It provides undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research degrees in engineering. It is the highest-ranked enginee ...


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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 ...
Civil Engineering, Dublin