The Higginson Lecture is an annual lecture organised by and held at
Durham University. The series was set up in recognition of Sir
Gordon Higginson
Sir Gordon Robert Higginson (8 November 1929 – 5 November 2011) was an English engineer and academic who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southampton from 1985 to 1994. He was co-author of the standard text on hydrodynamic lubricati ...
. Each year a leading engineer is selected to make a presentation, from their own perspective, on a topical issue in engineering.
Higginson gave the inaugural lecture himself in 1997. He then attended all of the lectures until 2009, 2 years before his death.
Lecturers
* 1997 Gordon Higginson
* 1998 Robert Hawley
* 1999
Richard Hornby
Richard Phipps Hornby (20 June 1922 – 22 September 2007) was a British Conservative politician and businessman. He was Member of Parliament for Tonbridge for over 17½ years, from June 1956 to February 1974, holding a junior ministerial posit ...
* 2000
Ian Fells
* 2001
Kevin Warwick
Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954) is an English engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also done ...
* 2002
John Burland
John Boscawen Burland (born 4 March 1936) is an Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Investigator at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Imperial College London.
In 2016, Burland was elected as a member into the Natio ...
* 2003 Mike Sterling
* 2004
Nick Cumpsty
* 2005
Heinz Wolff
Heinz Siegfried Wolff, (29 April 1928 – 15 December 2017) was a German-born British scientist as well as a television and radio presenter. He was best known for the BBC television series '' The Great Egg Race''.
Early life
Wolff was born ...
* 2006
Julia King
Julia Elizabeth King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge (born 11 July 1954) is a British engineer and a crossbench member of the House of Lords, where she chairs the Select Committee on Science and Technology. She is the incumbent chair of the Car ...
* 2007 Nick Cooper
* 2008 Roderick Smith
* 2009 Peter Head
* 2010 Michael Robinson
* 2011 Roger Owen
* 2013
Warren East
(David) Warren Arthur East (born 27 October 1961) is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Rolls-Royce Holdings, a leading UK-based engine manufacturer. He previously held senior positions at ARM Holdings and Texas Instruments.
Educatio ...
* 2014
Paul Hawkins
* 2015
Duncan Dowson
Duncan Dowson (31 August 1928 – 6 January 2020) was a British engineer and Professor of Engineering Fluid Mechanics and Tribology at the University of Leeds.
Biography
Dowson's father, Wilfrid Dowson, was an ornamental blacksmith, and as ...
* 2016
Rob Pieke
* 2017
Naomi Climer
Naomi Wendy Climer, (born 18 December 1964) is a British engineer who has worked in broadcast, media and communications technology chiefly at the BBC and Sony Professional Solutions, and was the first female President of the Institution of En ...
* 2018
Ann Dowling
Dame Ann Patricia Dowling (born 15 July 1952) is a British mechanical engineer who researches combustion, acoustics and vibration, focusing on efficient, low-emission combustion and reduced road vehicle and aircraft noise. Dowling is a Deput ...
* 2019
Anthony Unsworth
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In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same nomen and who claimed descent from a common ...
* 2022
Paul Marsden
Paul William Barry Marsden (born 18 March 1968) is a British writer, businessman and former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury and Atcham from 1997 until 2005. He was most prominently known for his anti-war views an ...
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References
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Awards established in 1997
British lecture series
British science and technology awards
Durham University
Engineering education in the United Kingdom
Science lecture series