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Create the Future

Create the Future

Written by: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
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Engineering is for everyone and impacts all our lives. At this crucial moment for humanity, it couldn’t be more relevant to listen to engineers, thinkers, and designers as they debate how our future could - and should - look.


Hosts Roma Agrawal MBE, George Imafidon MBE, and Guru Madhavan facilitate deep conversations about how we might restructure and rebuild the world we live in, from space travel to smart cities to a circular economy.


New episodes every other Friday.

Follow @QEPrize on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more. Transcripts available here.

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering - the world’s leading award for engineers - champions groundbreaking invention and bold innovation which benefits humanity.

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Episodes
  • Guru & Roma reflect

    Guru & Roma reflect
    Jun 30 2025

    Two of our podcast hosts, Roma Agrawal and Guru Madhavan, sit down for a conversation about the Create The Future series.


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    25 mins
  • Engineering For Disability

    Engineering For Disability
    Jan 10 2025

    The link between disability, design and engineering tells a complex story. Host Guru Madhavan welcomes two people who have thought deeply on the subject:


    Dr. Ashley Shew, is associate professor of Science, Technology & Society at Virginia Tech, and specialises in disability studies and the ethics of technology.

    Dr. Rory A Cooper is founder and senior researcher at the University of Pittsburgh Human Engineering Research Labs, and a world-renowned expert in wheeled mobility.


    New episodes - conversations about how to rebuild the world better - every other Friday.

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    25 mins
  • The Future of Failure

    The Future of Failure
    Dec 27 2024

    What happens when a bridge collapses? Or a space mission ends in tragedy? You call in forensic engineers to investigate.


    Host Anna Ploszajski contemplates the nature of failure with Dr Sean Brady, who uses scientific and engineering principles to study structural collapses around the world, and who has acted as an expert witness numerous times.


    New episodes - conversations about how to rebuild the world better - every other Friday.

    Find podcast transcripts on our website.

    Follow @QEPrize on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more.


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    33 mins
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