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 Professor Alison Hodge MBE 

Professor Alison Hodge MBE PhD PInstP CPhys FIET CEng FHEA is a professor of engineering leadership at Aston University where her work includes teaching, research, and management in engineering and applied science. She has also previously worked with a large national laboratory and a defence company in applied research. Hodge is an advocate for encouraging women and girls to pursue careers in STEM subjects, especially in the physical sciences and engineering.

 Early life and education 

Hodge attended Sydenham High School, South London. She studied Chemistry, Physics, Pure Mathematics, and Applied Mathematics at A-Level. She then went on to achieve a BSc (Hons) from the University of Reading in Physics with Subsidiary Mathematics. Hodge also trained at the University of Reading as a Research Physicist.

Awards

Queen's Award for Technological Achievement (1989) Team member

Journal of Defence Science (1998) Best Paper Award

MBE Queen's Birthday Honours (2002) for service to the Institute of Physics