The Royal Academy of Engineering has launched a new online Q&A series to explore the different ways that the engineering profession is contributing to the COVID-19 response. Through a series of interviews with engineers involved in innovative projects and multidisciplinary efforts, we will highlight the ways in which the community has mobilised to rapidly add expertise to the ongoing battle against the virus, and learn lessons from innovating and scaling at pace.
VentilatorChallengeUK is a consortium of significant UK industrial, technology and engineering businesses from across the aerospace, automotive and medical sectors, which has come together to produce medical ventilators for the UK. Companies in the consortium have now received formal orders from the Government for in excess of 15,000 units. The Q&A session was chaired by Professor Mark Miodownik MBE FREng.
Dr Graham Hoare OBE FREng
Dick Elsy CBE FREng
