Profiles
Profile articles are now a regular item in Ingenia issues. These are listed below.
A total of 65 items listed.
Lord Drayson FREng
Driving force
The successful entrepreneur and three-time Minister of State is now developing the world’s first ‘Formula E’ electric racing car.
By Michael Kenward OBE
Jeni Mundy FREng
Mobile systems specialist
The CTO of Vodafone UK talks about the evolution of mobile networks and their extension into money transfer, telematics and cloud computing
By Michael Kenward OBE
Sir John Parker FREng
Engineering Success
The new President of The Royal Academy of Engineering, talks about how his engineering background has helped shape his business experience
By Michael Kenward OBE
Edward Dubois FREng
Architect at sea
Ed Dubois’s career has moved on from designing yachts built for speed to building top-of-the-range superyachts
By Michael Kenward OBE
Professor David Delpy FREng FMedSci FRS
Encouraging innovative research
The Chief Executive of the EPSRC talks to Ingenia about his career and the organisation’s current research focus
By Michael Kenward OBE
Carol Burke FREng
A vision for manufacturing
An engineer in the automotive business, she describes some of the ways Unipart intend to tackle the economic crisis
By Michael Kenward OBE
Chris Mairs FREng
A Sound Communicator
A software engineer who is taking on the obstacles that technology imposes on blind and partially sighted users
By Michael Kenward OBE
Professor Charles Kao CBE FREng
Man who lit up the world
Professor Kao proposed a practical optical fibre communication system and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009 for his work.
By Michael Kenward OBE
Professor Andy Hopper CBE FREng FRS
Computing and Sustainability
One of the pioneers of the UK’s computer industry and a prolific creator of spin-out businesses.
By Michael Kenward OBE
Stephen Payne OBE FREng
Queen Mary 2
How the designer of the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner was inspired by Blue Peter and now campaigns for young people to become engineers
By Michael Kenward OBE
Professor Mandy Chessell FREng
Prolific Inventor
How a prolific inventor got started with IBM and how she has helped the culture of innovation at the multinational infornation technology company.
By Michael Kenward OBE
Professor Richard Kitney OBE FREng
Biological Systems Pioneer
How an engineer’s approach to biological systems could lead to new methods of manufacturing.
By Michael Kenward OBE