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Inventing a communication revolution
Professor Lucy Rogers FREng’s career has taken in animatronic dinosaurs, TV robots and even farting cats.
An innovator who fills a vacuum
Professor Trevor Cross FREng is a key player in the development of quantum technology.
The ethics of engineering net zero
Professor Raffaella Ocone OBE FREng FRSE has pioneered teaching ethics to engineering students.
An outsider who changed the system
Dr Agnes Kaposi FREng recounts the remarkable story of her life, from a childhood in Nazi-occupied Hungary to shaping the field of systems engineering.

Sound moorings for a renewable career
Maritime engineer Dr RV Ahilan FREng discusses how his interest in fluid mechanics led him into offshore work and renewable energy.
Facing engineering’s ultimate challenge
Michael Kenward OBE
Dr Luisa Freitas dos Santos FREng is Vice President, R&D Global Clinical Supply Chain, at GSK. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic she has maintained a steady supply of medicines while pursuing new therapies.
Dr Andrew Harter CBE DL FREng - A passion for networks
Michael Kenward OBE
Dr Andrew Harter CBE DL FREng’s RealVNC technology has enabled remote access to a computer anywhere in the world.
Teams that count
Michael Kenward OBE
Dervilla Mitchell CBE FREng, winner of the 2020 Royal Academy of Engineering President’s Medal, has worked on many iconic civil engineering projects.
Leigh-Ann Russell FREng - A vital link in the chain
Since joining BP in 2006, Leigh-Ann Russell FREng has risen up the ranks and now heads up the company’s upstream supply chain.
Life in electrifying times
Michael Kenward OBE
Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE is the new President of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He talks about his career in power engineering and helping shape policy issues in the UK.
Stephen Temple FREng - A spectrum of generations games
Michael Kenward OBE
Stephen Temple FREng has worked as an engineer within government to help shape modern communications.
Jo da Silva OBE FREng - Structures for a sustainable society
Jo da Silva OBE FREng talks of the need to consider the resilience of the infrastructure that sustains cities and their inhabitants.