Notable Alumni and Researchers
- Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine.
- Nicholas Patrick, astronaut.
- Alec Broers, nanotechnology pioneer.
- Ian Liddell, designer of the Millennium Dome.
- Andy Hopper, founder of Acorn Computers.
- Harry Ricardo
- Sir Bennett Melvill Jones, demonstrated the importance in streamlining in aircraft design.
- John Baker, developer of the plasticity theory of design.
- Carol Vorderman, former Countdown host and mathematical television personality.
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