Faith Wainwright facts for kids

Faith Helen Wainwright (born in 1962) is a super smart British structural engineer. She's a director at a big company called Arup Group. She helped design famous buildings like the American Air Museum and the Tate Modern art gallery. She was even the President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2018! She also helps edit a cool magazine called Ingenia, which is about engineering.

Early Life and Education

Faith Wainwright went to Queen Anne's School. She was one of the first women to graduate from St Edmund Hall, Oxford. She earned her engineering degree there in 1983.

Her Amazing Career

After finishing university, Faith joined Arup, a leading engineering firm. She has worked on many famous buildings around the world.

Designing Famous Buildings

At Arup, Faith helped design incredible structures. These include The Shard in London and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters. She also worked on the Tate Modern art gallery and the Velodrom (Berlin) in Germany. She even helped with the Lycée Albert Camus school in France. Faith has worked with famous architects like Renzo Piano and Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank.

Making Engineering Better

Faith has done a lot to improve the world of structural engineering. She helped create a system called "Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety." This system helps engineers learn from past projects to make future buildings even safer. She was also the first woman on the Joint Board of Moderators. This group checks and approves engineering degrees at universities.

In 2014, Faith helped review the quality of engineering research in UK universities. She also started "Arup University." This is a special program within Arup to help engineers keep learning and growing.

Awards and Recognition

Faith Wainwright has received many important awards for her work.

In 2003, her team at Arup won an award for how they managed information and knowledge. This showed their smart ways of sharing ideas.

She became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2003. This is a big honor for engineers. In 2012, she received an MBE award from the Queen. This was for her great work in building and engineering. The University of Bath also gave her an honorary doctorate in 2014.

In 2015, she was made an honorary fellow of St Edmund Hall, her old college.

On January 11, 2018, Faith gave her first speech as the President of the Institution of Structural Engineers. This was a very important moment in her career.