Lucy Rogers
Lucy Rogers FIMechE, FBIS is a science author[1], inventor[2], and a judge[3] on the BBC2 show Robot Wars. She is currently the Visiting Professor of Engineering: Creativity and Communication[4] at Brunel University London.
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Rogers presenting at ThingMonk, 2017 | |
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Website | https://lucyrogers.com/ |
Education
After obtaining a BEng in mechanical engineering at Lancaster University she completed a PhD – studying how bubbles are formed in equipment used to fight petrochemical fires.[5]
She attended NASA's Singularity University Graduate Studies Program in 2011, where she co-authored a report on orbital debris.[6]
In 2019, she received an alumni award for "high-flying" Lancaster University graduates[7].
Public engagement with science
Rogers is an active science communicator, giving public talks and media interviews.
In 2008 she published Rogers, Lucy (8 March 2008). It's ONLY Rocket Science. ISBN 978-0-387-75378-2. - a plain English guide to the mechanics of space flight.[8]
In 2013, she was shortlisted for the WISE Award.[9]
The Rooke Award committee highly commended Rogers[10] for her innovative promotion of engineering to the public[11]
In 2018, she founded the Guild of Makers to bring together makers from all disciplines and skill levels.
References
- "Lucy Rogers – It's ONLY Rocket Science". Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- "Can these six celebrity-created inventions change your life?". Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- "BBC Two – Judges Dr Lucy Rogers, Professor Noel Sharkey and Professor Sethu Vijayakumar deliberate – Robot Wars, Series 8 – Behind the scenes". Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- "Visiting Professors - 2019/20 Awardees". Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- "Lucy Roger's page on Lancaster University's website". Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- "Space Team Project – Final Technical Report – Removing Orbital Debris: A Global Space Challenge" (PDF). Space Debris Research. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- "Alumni awards for high-flying Lancaster graduates". Lancaster University. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- Lucy Rogers (8 March 2008). It's ONLY Rocket Science: An Introduction in Plain English. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-75378-2.
- "WISE Awards 2013". WISE Campaign. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- "Royal academy recognition". Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- "Royal Academy of Engineering website". Retrieved 7 March 2018.