Professor Dame Julia King MA, PhD, CBE, FREng, DBE

Julia's early work was in fatigue and fracture in metals. After her time at Churchill, she joined Rolls Royce, working to make jet engines more efficient and eco-friendly. She also worked on nuclear propulsion, the 'electric ship', and on the application of aero-engine technology to ships, envisaging fast cargo vessles powered by gas turbines driving waterjets. In 2007-8 she led the King Review for the government looking at decarbonising road transport, and looking ahead to ultra-low emission cars powered by electricity or hydrogen. As a member of the Committee on Climate Change she recommends the levels at which the UK's legally binding 'Carbon Budgets' should be set, and as Vice-Chancellor of Aston University she has introduced a comprehensive 'green' agenda; it's the first campus fitted with a CO2 emission metre. Another of her missions is to increase the presence of women in engineering. She remains a Fellow of Churchill.

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