Allyson Lawless

Allyson Lawless is a South African structural engineer, businesswoman and an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.[1][2] In the year 2000 she became the first female president of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE).[1][3]

Allyson Lawless
NationalitySouth African
EducationUniversity of Natal, Imperial College London
OccupationEngineer
Known forAllyson Lawless and Associates
Websitehttp://ally.co.za/wp/

Education

Lawless holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Natal and a Master of Science, DIC in Structural Engineering from Imperial College, London.[1] She was made an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering on 5 November 2012.[3]

Contributions

Lawless created the Computer Aided Design software AllyCAD.[4] AllyCAD is commonly used in her home country of South Africa. She is also the Managing Director of SAICE Professional Developments and Projects, a non-profit company created to address civil engineering skills development in South Africa.[1] She has published two books; Numbers and Needs in 2005, and Numbers and Needs in Local Government in 2007.[1][5]

References
  1. "Dr Allyson Lawless FREng- Royal Academy of Engineering". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. "About – Allyson Lawless and Associates (Pty) Ltd". Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  3. "Allyson Lawless made an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering". www.specifile.co.za. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  4. "AllyCAD enhances warehousing design - CG". www.cgweb.co.za. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  5. Lawless, Allyson (2005). Numbers and needs. South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE). ISBN 9780620350921.


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