Lucy Rogers

Lucy Rogers
Rogers presenting at ThingMonk, 2017
Alma mater
Occupation Writer, television personality edit this on wikidata
Website https://lucyrogers.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

Lucy Rogers FIMechE, FBIS is a science author[1] and a judge[2] on the BBC2 show Robot Wars.

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.[3]

She attended NASA's Singularity University Graduate Studies Program in 2011, where she co-authored a report on orbital debris.[4]

Public engagement with science

Rogers is an active science communicator, giving public talks and media interviews.

In 2008 she published It's ONLY Rocket Science. ISBN 978-0-387-75378-2. - a plain English guide to the mechanics of space flight.[5]

In 2013, she was shortlisted for the WISE Award.[6]

The Rooke Award committee highly commended Rogers[7] for her innovative promotion of engineering to the public[8]

In 2018, she founded the Guild of Makers to bring together makers from all disciplines and skill levels.

References

  1. ↑ "Lucy Rogers - It's ONLY Rocket Science". Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  2. ↑ "BBC Two - Judges Dr Lucy Rogers, Professor Noel Sharkey and Professor Sethu Vijayakumar deliberate - Robot Wars, Series 8 - Behind the scenes". Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  3. ↑ "Lucy Roger's page on Lancaster University's website". Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  4. ↑ "Space Team Project - Final Technical Report - Removing Orbital Debris: A Global Space Challenge" (PDF). Space Debris Research. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "WISE Awards 2013". WISE Campaign. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  7. ↑ "Royal academy recognition". Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  8. ↑ "Royal Academy of Engineering website". Retrieved 2018-03-07.
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