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Bridget Mary Eickhoff CEng FREng FIMechE MBE is a chartered engineer working in the field of railway engineering, within the United Kingdom. As of 2025[update] she was principal infrastructure engineer at the Rail Safety and Standards Board,[1] covering rail transport in Great Britain.
Publications
edit- Eickhoff, Bridget; Mazzola, L.; Bezin, Yann; Tucker, Gareth J.; Haigermoser, A; Chollet, H; Landais, J (August 2015). "Track loading limits and cross-acceptance of vehicle approvals". doi:10.1177/0954409715575092 – via University of Huddersfield.
- Eickhoff, Bridget (20 April 2020). Gauging Historic Infrastructure for the 21st Century. Nottingham & Derby Section. Permanent Way Institution.
References
edit- ^ Harris, Sim, ed. (16 June 2025). "King's Honours for railway people". Rail News. Wellingborough. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
Bridget Eickhoff … Rail Safety and Standards Board … principal infrastructure engineer, has received an MBE for her services to railway engineering. … developing computer software to aid understanding of rail vehicle dynamics, … reduce the risk of derailment.
Further reading
edit- "Professor Herbert Walker Swift". Graces Guides. 1961. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- "Professor Bridget Eickhoff's Inaugural Lecture". University of Birmingham. 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
5 December 2018, 17:30 - 18:30
- Waters, Craig, ed. (16 August 2019). "Women Inspiring Rail: A Q&A with Bridget Eickhoff, Principal Infrastructure Engineer, RSSB". Global Railway Review (Interview). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- "Bridget Eickhoff" (Biography). New Fellows 2019. Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- "RSSB employees awarded in King's Birthday Honours list" (Press release). Rail Safety and Standards Board. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- "James Clayton Prize 'runs in the family'". News. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
the family connection: "The James Clayton Prize was awarded to my great-uncle, Professor Herbert Walker Swift (1894‒1960), in 1952. He was a professor of mechanical engineering at Sheffield University …"
- "Murray Edwards alumnae recognised in the King's Birthday Honours". College News (Press release). Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell - Companion of Honour … Broadcaster Claudia Winkleman … Karen Addington … CEO of Breakthrough T1D UK … Anna Shiel … Chief Investment Officer of Better Society Capital … Professor Bridget Eickhoff … over 20 years, Bridget has played a key role in IMechE's Railway Division, including serving as Chair of the Railway Division in 2012‒2013, … Honorary Professor at Birmingham in 2018, … visiting lecturer on the MSc programme in Railway Systems Engineering at the University of Sheffield in 1995. … railway postgraduate programmes … at the University of Birmingham. … the practical weekend in Wirksworth, … PG Cert in Urban Railway Engineering (Singapore). … October 2019, Bridget was made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers.
- "Registrants recognised in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours List". Engineering Council. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) … Bridget Mary Eickhoff MBE CEng FIMechE … Principal Infrastructure Engineer, Rail Safety and Standards Board. For services to Railway Engineering
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