practice_name institutions birth_place image_size nationality article_title discipline birth_date significant_awards significant_projects name
expedition engineering freng friba , frsa , fice , mistructe , rdi , hon london , england -lrb- if image is smaller than 250px -rrb- british chris wise
 structural engineer 1956 istructe gold medal royal academy of engineering silver medal american -rrb- infinity bridge , stockton on tees 2012 olympic velodrome air museum , duxford millennium bridge -lrb- london chris wise
chris wise

professor christopher -lrb- chris -rrb- mark wise -lrb- born 1956 -rrb- is an english academic and engineer .
wise began his career with ove arup and partners in 1979 .
after working in uk , australia and us , he became arup 's youngest director in 1992 , and later became one of five board directors responsible for building engineering 's 500 engineers and support staff .
in 1999 he left arup and co-founded expedition engineering together with seán walsh .
in 2008 wise , walsh and ed mccann , the three remaining shareholders in expedition engineering , gave the company over to the benefit of its employees , becoming the useful simple trust .
wise was the first professor of creative design at imperial college , as well as master of the royal designers for industry 2007 -- 2009 .
he is co-director of the royal designers summer school and has been co-presenter at the bbc 's reconstruction of several pieces of ancient technology .
since 2012 wise has spent two days a week at university college london -lrb- ucl -rrb- as professor of civil engineering design .
wise has been a member of istructe since the 1980s .
he is a fellow of the royal academy of engineering , and was awarded the academy 's highest individual honour , the silver medal , in 2007 .
since 2003 he has been a trustee of the design council .
in 2008 , he became a fellow of the institution of civil engineers by presidential invitation . ''
`` one of the most outstanding engineers of his generation .
projects such as the torre del collaerola , the war museum in duxford and the headquarters of the commerzbank in frankfurt exemplify his design flair .
his enthusiasm and creativity inspire his colleagues and students .
he is one of those rare role models which the profession desperately needs . '' ''
