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Four engineers, past or present, who would you invite to a dinner party?

If there’s one thing I’ve missed during the pandemic lockdown it’s having friends over (or going over to friends’ houses) for dinner. I’m not a particularly brilliant cook but I do like to experiment and as the sign on my kitchen wall says… Many people have eaten here and survived… ?


We always like to play the ‘Dinner Party’ game where everyone chooses four people from a specific profession (Actors, Musicians, Politicians, Cartoon Characters, which of the James Bonds etc) that they would invite to a dinner party and explain why they've chosen that person. 


So it got me thinking…


Which four engineers from both past and present (and maybe even from this community) would you choose to invite to your dinner party?


In the spirit of sharing, here’s my four:


Nikola Tesla – I’d like to know if the rivalry between him and Edison was really as bitter as they say.

Elon Musk -  Anyone who can make a rocket take off and then land perfectly again is worth having an interesting chat with in my book!
Andy Millar‍  – I’ve never actually met Andy but we’ve had quite a few conversations online. It would be great to finally sit and have a chat in person. 
OMS‍  – I think we have a very similar taste in music so no complaints about the Dinner Party playlist there. ?


So... who’s coming to dinner at your house and why? 

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  • My four dinner guest would be:



    Dick Strawbridge.  Highly motivational, not risk adverse engineer.  We met at the Issac Newton Lecture and I spent several hours in a bar with him - not adviced!



    Isambard Kingdom Brunel.  What an engineer: ships, railways, trains, bridges; was there no end to this man’s talent.



    James Dyson.  I would like to ask him, that if he used TRIZ whilst developing the cyclone cleaner, would he have come up with the solution quicker than he had?



    Claudia Parson.  A lady who would have got on well with the above fore-mentioned people.  What an inspirational woman. I would love to understand what it was like to circumnavigate the world in a car and what problems she encountered and how she resolved them.


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  • My four dinner guest would be:



    Dick Strawbridge.  Highly motivational, not risk adverse engineer.  We met at the Issac Newton Lecture and I spent several hours in a bar with him - not adviced!



    Isambard Kingdom Brunel.  What an engineer: ships, railways, trains, bridges; was there no end to this man’s talent.



    James Dyson.  I would like to ask him, that if he used TRIZ whilst developing the cyclone cleaner, would he have come up with the solution quicker than he had?



    Claudia Parson.  A lady who would have got on well with the above fore-mentioned people.  What an inspirational woman. I would love to understand what it was like to circumnavigate the world in a car and what problems she encountered and how she resolved them.


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