Roger Kemp (engineer)

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Roger John Kemp MBE FREng CEng FIET [1] is a professorial fellow in engineering at Lancaster University. [2] [3] He was engineering manager for the Docklands Light Railway in London and managed the design and development team at Eurostar. [4]

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References

  1. Royal Academy of Engineering: List of Fellows Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  2. "Professor Roger Kemp MBE FREng CEng FIET - The IET". www.theiet.org. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. University, Lancaster. "Roger Kemp | Engineering | Lancaster University". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  4. "MBE honour for Lancaster University's Eurostar engineer". www.thevisitor.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2017.