Carolyn Griffiths
Carolyn Griffiths FREng CEng FIMechE is a railway engineer. She founded and lead the UK's Rail Accident Investigation Branch, where she had the position of Chief Inspector, reporting directly to the Secretary of State for Transport. She was president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for 2017/18.[2][3][4][5]
Dr Carolyn Griffiths | |
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| Chief Inspector of the UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch | |
| In office 7 October 2005 – 2015[1] | |
| Preceded by | none |
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| Education | British Rail: Trainee |
Griffiths joined the rail industry in 1979.[6] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2013.[7]
For her services to the rail industry she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Cranfield University in the same year.[1]
References
- Carolyn Griffiths (23 June 2017), presidential address 2017 (PDF), IMechE
- Dr Carolyn Griffiths CEng FIMechE FREng, Engineering Council
- Carolyn Griffiths, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2018
- David Shirres (4 May 2018), "Past presidents call for IMechE special meeting", The Rail Engineer
- "Carolyn Griffiths", Railway Gazette, 10 July 2017
- "Dr Carolyn Griffiths: Royal Academy of Engineering". Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- "New Fellows 2013". Retrieved 15 August 2018.
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