Profiles
Profile articles are now a regular item in Ingenia issues. These are listed below.
A total of 57 items listed.
Integrating metrology in business and academe
Professor Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang FREng
Professor Jane Jiang’s interest in measuring began when she worked on a bus production line in China.
Professor Paul Newman FREng
Instilling robots with lifelong learning
Professor Paul Newman FREng explained to Michael Kenward how he came to lead the Oxford Mobile Robotics Group and why the time is right for a revolution in autonomous technologies.
Professor Nick McKeown FREng
Evolving the internet
He may have given the world the technology that speeded up the internet, but in his next move, Professor Nick McKeown FREng plans to replace those networks he helped create.
Dr Ralf Speth FREng
R&D investment makes good business sense
In five years as CEO, Dr Ralf Speth FREng has increased investment and R&D at Jaguar Land Rover, overhauled the company’s production facilities, and incorporated energy-saving technologies and new materials
Michelle McDowell MBE FREng
Michelle McDowell is a civil engineer known for her user-centered design approach; she has led on a portfolio of large-scale construction projects including the restoration of the Royal Albert Hall
By Michael Kenward OBE
Professor Mark Miodownik FREng
His marvellous materials
Professor Mark Miodownik’s fascination with materials
and their properties has led to a career as both a successful
researcher and a high-profile communicator of science and
engineering in the media
By Michael Kenward OBE
Professor William Webb FREng
A strategic thinker
William Webb FREng kick-started his career by changing
the way wireless communications carry data.
By Michael Kenward OBE
Judith Hackitt CBE FREng
Culture of Safety
Safety has been a constant theme in a career that has taken Judith Hackitt from running large processing plants to chairing the UK’s Health and Safety Executive.
by Michael Kenward OBE
Nick Cooper FREng
Applying Newton's Laws
Nick Cooper talks about his passion for applying the basic laws of physics to solve diverse engineering problems.
By Michael Kenward OBE
David Braben FREng
An Elite Entrepreneur
An early interest in computing led to a career designing
award-winning and profitable games as well as helping
co-found the Raspberry Pi Foundation
By Michael Kenward OBE
Professor Chris Wise FREng
Trailblazing engineer
Professor Chris Wise has a successful career in civil engineering and now teaches university undergraduates about architecture, design and structural engineering
By Michael Kenward OBE
Jane Atkinson FREng
Licence to troubleshoot
Jane Atkinson built an international career commissioning and troubleshooting steel plants; she now oversees a sustainable energy business
By Michael Kenward OBE
