Caroline Baillie

Background

Baillie was born and educated in the United Kingdom, completing her Doctor of Philosophy in materials science and engineering in 1991.

Career

Baillie was formerly a lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and at Imperial College London. Baillie was formerly deputy director of the United Kingdom Centre for Materials Education at Liverpool University, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Baillie worked as the DuPont Canada Chair in Engineering Education at the Faculty of Applied Science at Queen"s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Baillie was the host of Building the Impossible, a four-part documentary commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation in which a team of experts undertook the challenge of building historical inventions to their original specification to see if they really worked.

She is also an associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Education.

Achievements

• Caroline is co-founder and co-director, along with Eric Feinblatt, of Waste for Life, a network of scientists, engineers, academics, designers, and local communities working together to research, implement, and disseminate poverty-reducing solutions to specific environmental problems.

Membership

Baillie is also a member of Critical Stage Company, which is "committed to new writing, or tackling established pieces in a new way.." Through Critical Stage and the Integrated Learning Centre at Queen"s University, she has put on several productions using student and members of the Kingston community that link to the themes of engineering and society.