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Professor Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang FREng - Integrating metrology in business and academe
Michael Kenward OBE
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
Michael Kenward OBE
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
Michael Kenward OBE
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
Michael Kenward OBE
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
Michael Kenward OBE
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
Professor Mark Miodownik FREng - His marvellous materials
Michael Kenward OBE
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
Professor William Webb FREng - A strategic thinker
Michael Kenward OBE
William Webb FREng kick-started his career by changing the way wireless communications carry data
Judith Hackitt CBE FREng - Culture of Safety
Michael Kenward OBE
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
Nick Cooper FREng - Applying Newton's Laws
Michael Kenward OBE
Nick Cooper talks about his passion for applying the basic laws of physics to solve diverse engineering problems
David Braben FREng - An Elite Entrepreneur
Michael Kenward OBE
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
Professor Chris Wise FREng - Trailblazing engineer
Michael Kenward OBE
Professor Chris Wise has a successful career in civil engineering and now teaches university undergraduates about architecture, design and structural engineering
Jane Atkinson FREng - Licence to troubleshoot
Michael Kenward OBE
Jane Atkinson built an international career commissioning and troubleshooting steel plants; she now oversees a sustainable energy business