Chris Dent elected Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology

Fellowships are awarded to respected professionals at the forefront of engineering, technology or cognate disciplines

Prof. Chris Dent has been elected a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Fellowships are awarded to high achievers - those respected professionals at the forefront of engineering, technology or cognate disciplines for at least five years or more.

Professor Dent joined the School of Mathematics in autumn 2016, and was promoted to Professor of Industrial Mathematics in 2020. He works broadly across energy system and wider infrastructure analysis and the use of modelling for decision support in public policy. Within the School he directs the Statistical Consultancy Unit.

Miguel de Carvalho, Director of the Centre for Statistics says:

We are delighted for Chris for this well-deserved distinction! This appointment really highlights the breadth of the Centre's activity and how we regard Statistics as a discipline grown in collaboration with scientists from, inter alia, STEM, social sciences, and humanities. The Centre is proud on having Chris serving as a Co-Director for Consultancy, and congratulates him for his  influential contributions in Engineering and Tech—many of which use statistical models so to learn from data.

Read Chris' thoughts on the recent Scottish Qualifications Agency examination grading debate, and look out for further forthcoming blog articles on the Centre for Statistics News page.