Douglas Faulkner

Background

Faulkner, Douglas was born on December 29, 1929 in Gibraltar. Son of Vincent and Florence Emily (Weller) Faulkner.

Education

RCNC, Registered Nurse College Greenwich, London, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1976; Doctor of Science, Technology U. Gdansk, Poland, 1993; FEng., Royal Academy of Engineering, London, 1981.

Career

Constructor Lieutenant, Registered Nurse Sea Service, 1954-1955; assistant constructor, Ship Department, Bath, United Kingdom, 1955-1957; assistant constructor, Her Majesty Dockyard, Devonport, United Kingdom, 1957-1958; constructor, Naval Construction Research Establishment, Dunfermline, Scotland, 1958-1963; assistant professor, Registered Nurse College Greenwich, London, 1963-1968; chief constructor, Ship Department, Bath, 1966-1968, 71-73; various to John Elder Professor, head department naval architecture, U. Glasgow, Scotland, 1973-1995; constructor Chinese Relief and Development, British Embassy, Washington, 1968-1970; defense fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970-1971; professor emeritus, U. Glasgow, Scotland, since 1995. Member department of energy advisory group on offshore structures, London, 1976-1981. Member standing committee United Kingdom representatives International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress, 1976-1985.

Chairman Conoco-ABS Tension Leg Platform Design Code Committee, Houston, 1981-1983. Visiting professor VPI Blacksburg, Virginia, 1986. Governor BMT Quality Assessors, Stirling, Scotland, since 1990.

Technical assessor Lord Donaldson's Assessment, Derbyshire, London, 1995, Department of Transport Investigation, London, 1996-1997. Chairman Conoco-ABS Rule Case Committee, 1981-1983.

Achievements

• Douglas Faulkner has been listed as a noteworthy Education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Douglas Academy School Council, Milngavie, Glasgow, 1975-1978. Fellow Institution Structural Engineers, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (David Taylor medal 1991), Institution of Engineers and Schipbuilders in Scotland (member county since 1975, president 1995-1997), Royal Institution of Naval Architects (William Froude medal 1992). Member Whitworth Society (president 1997-1998, scholarship 1950).

Connections

Married Jenifer Anne Cole-Adams(divorced 1986). Children: Wendy Ruth, Karelia Ann, Alison Claire. Married Isobel Parker Campbell, August 11, 1987.

Father:

Vincent Faulkner

Mother:

Florence Emily (Weller) Faulkner

Spouse:

Isobel Parker Campbell

Spouse:

Jenifer Anne Cole-Adams

child:

Alison Claire Faulkner

child:

Wendy Ruth Faulkner

child:

Karelia Ann Faulkner