UCL Engineers and Alumni named on Engineering Icons Tube Map to celebrate National Engineering Day

To celebrate National Engineering Day (1 November), the Royal Academy of Engineering have partnered with Transport for London to develop a themed tube map, highlighting the achievements of Engineering Icons.  

National Engineering Day is run by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The day aims to make engineering more visible and celebrates how engineers improve everyday lives. The goal is to inspire people of all backgrounds to study science, technology, engineering (in particular) and mathematical subjects, and then pursue them professionally.  

The themed TfL showcases and celebrates 274 engineers across 11 themes. It showcases the role engineering has played in shaping society and highlights the importance of the discipline for the future. 

UCL Engineering conducts research across a broad range of disciplines, bringing new discoveries closer to the people wo need them. In teaching, our programmes are designed to engage students and give them the skills to address the world’s challenges. We change the world, and so a number of UCL Engineering researchers and alumni have been featured as part of the Engineering Icons Tube map.  

UCL staff, students and alumni featured include: 

• Alexander Graham Bell, UCL alumni and telecommunications pioneer 
• Prof Sue Black, UCL Computer Science Honorary Professor 
• Prof Dan Brett, Professor of Electrochemical Engineering 
• Sir David Davies, former Head of Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering 
• Sir Anthony Finkelstein, former UCL chair in Software Systems and Engineering and former Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute  
• Sir Ambrose Fleming, first Professor of Electronic Engineering 
• Prof Mark Girolami, chief scientist at the Alan Turing Institute  
• Peter Kierstein, founder of UCL Computer Science 
• Demis Hassabis, UCL Computer Science PhD graduate and CEO/co-founder of DeepMind  
• George Imafidon, UCL Mechanical Engineering alumni and Royal Academy of Engineering Young Engineer of the Year  
• Sir Charles Kao, UCL alumni and Nobel Prize for Physics winner  
• Sir Alexander Kennedy, pioneer of Engineering education  
• Steph McGovern, journalist, TV presenter and  Department of Science and Technology Studies alumna  
• Prof Mark Miodownik, UCL Mechanical Engineering Professor of Materials and Society  
• Prof Paul Shearing, Professor in Chemical Engineering  
• Prof Rebecca Shipley, Vice Dean for Health and Director of UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering at UCL Engineering, as well as co-lead for the development of the UCL-Ventura CPAP device  
• Dr Katerina Spranger, Former post-doctoral research associate and health technology entrepreneur
• Eleanor Stride, UCL Mechanical Engineering alumna  
• Dr Larissa Suzuki, UCL Computer Science PhD graduate and current Google Technical Director  

You can view or download the map here. 

Links

• Engineering Icons Tube Map
• Royal Acadmy of Engineering 
• National Engineering Day
• UCL Computer Science
• UCL Electronic and Electrical Engineering 
• Alan Turing Institute
• UCL Mechanical Engineering
• UCL Chemical Engineering 
• UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering