Allyson Lawless
{{short description|South African structural engineer}}
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Allyson Lawless is a South African structural engineer, businesswoman and an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.{{Cite web|url=http://ally.co.za/wp/index.php/allyson-lawless-about/|title=About – Allyson Lawless and Associates (Pty) Ltd|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-28}} In the year 2000 she became the first female president of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE).{{Cite web|url=https://www.specifile.co.za/news/allyson-lawless-is-made-an-international-fellow-the-royal-academy-of-engineers/|title=Allyson Lawless made an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.|website=www.specifile.co.za|access-date=2019-07-29}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/policy/partnerships/international-policy-and-development/gcrf-international-development/engineering-a-better-world-caets-2016/conference-theme/speakers/allyson-lawless|title=Dr Allyson Lawless FREng- Royal Academy of Engineering|last=|first=|date=|website=Royal Academy of Engineering|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 July 2019}} She was made an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering on 5 November 2012.
Contributions
Lawless created the Computer Aided Design software AllyCAD.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgweb.co.za/article.aspx?pklarticleid=888|title=AllyCAD enhances warehousing design - CG|website=www.cgweb.co.za|access-date=2019-07-28}} 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. She has published two books; Numbers and Needs in 2005, and Numbers and Needs in Local Government in 2007.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LHshAQAAIAAJ|title=Numbers and needs|last=Lawless|first=Allyson|date=2005|publisher=South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE)|isbn=9780620350921|language=en}}
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Category:South African engineers
Category:Alumni of Imperial College London
Category:Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Category:Female fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Category:University of Natal alumni
Category:21st-century South African women engineers
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