The Annual Industry Lecture

The School of Engineering hosts an annual lecture by a distinguished member of the engineering community. The Annual Industry Lectures are free to attend and are open to both engineering students and practising engineers, as well as the general public.

Lectures

2022 - Jacqui Murray (Deputy Director, Faraday Battery Challenge) and Jackie Butterfield (LB Foster Rail Technologies) - Generation Engineer - Manufacturing Success in the 21st Century
2020 - Terry Spall (President Elect, Institution of Mechanical Engineers) - Global Megatrends – their impact on mobility and how we are responding
2019 - Professor Danielle George (MBE, FIET) - Innovative Engineering: MM-Wave technologies for future radio astronomy observatories
2018 - Professor Mark Miodownik, MBE, (UCL Professor of Materials & Society) - Materials for the 21st Century
2017 - Professor William Webb (past President of the IET and CEO of Weightless SIG) - The Internet of Things: when engineers connect everything are we heroes or villains?
2016 - Paddy Lowe (Executive Director (Technical), Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula Once) - Formula One: More Than Just a Sport
2015 - Professor Ann Dowling (President of the Royal Academy of Engineering) - Towards a Silent Aircraft
2014 - Bob Joyce (Main Board Director, Jaguar Land Rover) - Developing the next generation of luxurious and sporting vehicles for a sustainable world
2013 - Stuart Wood (Chief Engineer, Concept and Design, Triumph Motorcycles) - Integrated Design for Passionate Customers
2012 - Alan Berman (Berman Guedes Stretton Architects) and Thomas Pearson (Arup Design)
2011 - Hugo Spowers (Riversimple LLP)
2010 - Jem Stansfield (Presenter of BBC's "Bang Goes the Theory")