Dr Lucy Rogers MBE FREng is an engineer, inventor, author and speaker.

She has more than 25 years’ experience as an independent engineer and consultant, working on practical problems involving mechanical systems, prototypes, manufacturing, troubleshooting and unusual environments.

Based in Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, Lucy takes on short, hands-on engineering assignments across New Zealand, the Pacific and internationally. Sometimes that means visiting a supplier or checking progress on a project. Sometimes it is investigating a problem, attending a test or site visit, helping with a prototype, or being the experienced engineer on the ground when sending someone from overseas makes little sense.

Lucy is Honorary President of the Institution of Engineering Designers, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Her work has included fluid dynamics, industrial consultancy, robotics, invention and prototyping. She was also a judge on BBC Robot Wars.

She is developing the Extreme Environments Engineering Hub (ExEEH), looking at the practical engineering problems created by pressure, temperature, isolation and difficult logistics in places such as Antarctica, the deep ocean and space.

Lucy also writes and speaks about engineering, invention, creativity and how things work. She has a particular knack for making complicated technical ideas understandable without stripping out what makes them interesting.

She is at her best when there is a real problem to look at, people to talk to and something practical that needs sorting out.