ProfessorNina Thornhill, FREng

BIOGRAPHY
2021-
Emeritus Professor of Process Automation
2017-2019
Secondment with ABB Corporate Research Center, Kraków, Poland.
2014-2018
Director of MSc in Process Automation, Instrumentation and Control
2013-2016
Executive Team member and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Chemical Engineering.
2012, 2013
Secondments with ABB Corporate Research in Poland.
2007-2021
ABB/Royal Academy of Engineering Chair of Process Automation, Department of Chemical Engineering.
1984-2007
University College London, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering: Lecturer (1984),
Senior Lecturer (1991), Professor (2003) and Deputy Head of Department (2006).
2005
Secondment with ABB Corporate Research in Norway.
2001-2005
PhD (part-time), University College London. Thesis title:
"Detection and diagnosis of distributed disturbances in chemical processes".
2001
Sabbatical leave at Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
1995
Passed the Design Examination of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
1992-1995
Royal Society Industry Fellowship with BP Oil and BP Chemicals.
1984-2007
University College London, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
1983-1984
British Aerospace, Space and Communication Division. Control Systems Engineer.
1982-1983
MSc Control Systems, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London.
1976-1982
ICI Plastics Division, Research Physicist engaged in product analysis and development.
1973-1976
BA in Physics, University of Oxford.