Lucy Rogers

For the American politician, see Lucy Rogers (politician).

Lucy Rogers MBE CEng FREng FIMechE
Lucy Rogers presenting at ThingMonk in 2017
Born	Lucy Elizabeth Rogers May 1973 (age 51)[1]
Alma mater	Lancaster University
Website	lucyrogers.com
Scientific career
Fields	Mechanical engineering Public awareness of science
Institutions	Brunel University London Oxford Brookes University[2] Rolls-Royce Power Systems[2] Makertorium[1]
Thesis	Foam formation in low expansion fire fighting equipment (2001)
Doctoral advisor	Martin Widden[3]

Lucy Elizabeth Rogers (born 1973)[1] is a British author, inventor, and engineer.[4][5][6] She is a visiting professor of engineering, creativity and communication[7] at Brunel University London and has served as a judge on the BBC Two show Robot Wars[8] from 2016 to 2018.

Education

Rogers studied mechanical engineering at Lancaster University with an industrial placement year at Rolls-Royce Power Systems.[2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree.^[when?] She stayed in Lancaster for her PhD which investigated how bubbles are formed in equipment used to fight petrochemical fires.[3][2]

Career, research and public engagement

She attended NASA's Singularity University graduate studies program in 2011, where she co-authored a report on space debris.[9]

In 2008 she published It's ONLY Rocket Science, a plain English guide to the mechanics of spaceflight.[4]

Rogers hosts The DesignSpark Podcast with comedians Bec Hill and Harriet Braine.[10]

In 2018 she founded the Guild of Makers to bring together makers from all disciplines and skill levels, which ran until 2020.[11]

Awards and honours

Rogers is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2020.[12] The Rooke Award committee highly commended Rogers for her efforts to promote engineering to the public.[13] She is also a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE).

In 2024 she received an MBE for "Services to Engineering".[14]

In 2022 she won the "Women in Aerospace and Aviation Committee Award"[15] from the Royal Aeronautical Society and became an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Designers.[16]

In 2019 she received an alumni award for "high-flying" Lancaster University graduates.[17]

In 2013 she was shortlisted for the WISE Campaign award.[18]

References

1. Anon (2021). "Lucy Rogers Makertorium". gov.uk. London. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022.
2. Anon (2016). "Meet our alumni: Dr Lucy Rogers". lancaster.ac.uk. Lancaster University. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
3. Rogers, Lucy Elizabeth (2001). Foam formation in low expansion fire fighting equipment. lancaster.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Lancaster. doi:10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1239. OCLC 1261383567. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.250575.
4. Lucy Rogers (2008). It's ONLY Rocket Science: An Introduction in Plain English. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-75378-2. OCLC 1125858748.
5. "Can these six celebrity-created inventions change your life?". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
6. "Ingenia - Inventing a communication revolution". www.ingenia.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
7. "Visiting Professors - 2019/20 Awardees". raeng.org.uk. Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
8. "BBC Two – Judges Dr Lucy Rogers, Professor Noel Sharkey and Professor Sethu Vijayakumar deliberate – Robot Wars, Series 8 – Behind the scenes". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
9. "Space Team Project – Final Technical Report – Removing Orbital Debris: A Global Space Challenge" (PDF). spacedebrisresearch.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
10. "Comedy and the art of STEM communication". theengineer.co.uk. The Engineer. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
11. "Guild of Makers". guildofmakers.org. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
12. Anon (2020). "Academy welcomes 53 leading UK and international engineers as new Fellows". London: Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
13. Lalloo, Manisha (2013). "Professor Mark Miodownik wins prize for public engagement with engineering". raeng.org.uk. Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
14. "Page B23 | Supplement 64423, 15 June 2024 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
15. "RAeS Honours, Medals & Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
16. "Lancaster University on LinkedIn: Congratulations to Professor Lucy Rogers, one of our alumni awardees in…". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
17. "Alumni awards for high-flying Lancaster graduates". lancaster.ac.uk. Lancaster University. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
18. "WISE Awards 2013". wisecampaign.org.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2018.