The Department of Engineering Science is the focus of study of engineering science at Oxford University, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is located on the triangular plot formed by Banbury Road

Banbury Road

Banbury Road is a major arterial road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' at the south end, north towards Banbury through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown, with its local shopping centre. Parallel and to the west is the Woodstock Road, which it meets at the junction with St...

 to the west, Parks Road

Parks Road

Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England, with several Oxford University colleges along its route. It runs north-south from the Banbury Road and Norham Gardens at the northern end, where it continues into Bradmore Road, to the junction with Broad Street, Holywell Street and Catte Street to the...

 to the east and Keble Road

Keble Road

Keble Road is a short road running east-west in central Oxford, England. To the west is the southern end of the Banbury Road with St Giles' Church opposite. To the east is Parks Road with the University Parks opposite...

 to the south. The main building is the tall 1960s Thom Building that dominates the local landscape, especially the view from the University Parks

University Parks

The Oxford University Parks, more normally the University Parks, or just The Parks to members of the local community, is one large parkland area slightly northeast of the Oxford city centre in England...

 to the east. Further lower buildings have been added to the north since. The department shares buildings with the Department of Materials

Department of Materials, University of Oxford

The Department of Materials at the University of Oxford, England was founded in the 1950s as the Department of Metallurgy, by William Hume-Rothery, who was a reader in Oxford's Department of Inorganic Chemistry....

.

The department was originally established in 1908. The first Professor of Engineering Science at Oxford was Frewen Jenkin, grandfather of Lord Jenkin of Roding. The Jenkin Building is named after him. The Thom Building is named after Alexander Thom

Alexander Thom

Alexander "Sandy" Thom was a Scottish engineer most famous for his theory of the Megalithic yard, categorization of stone circles and his studies of Stonehenge and other archaeological sites.- Life and work :...

 (1894–1985), a Scottish engineer who was also a professor of engineering at Oxford. The current (2010) head of department is Prof Guy Houlsby, who took over from Richard Darton

Richard Darton

Richard Charles Darton, OBE, FREng was Head of the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford from 2004 to 2009. For 2008-2009 he was President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers...

in 2009.
The department celebrated its Centenary in 2008 and Lord Jenkin acted as its Patron.

External links

• Department of Engineering Science website
• Oxford University Engineering Society
• Society of Oxford University Engineers — the alumni society for Oxford engineering graduates