Spotlight: Illuminating Engineering (15 May)

Friday 15 May | 7pm

Revealing the ground-breaking research that is helping to improve our lives and expand our horizons.

If you think engineering is all about building bridges and skyscrapers, this show is for you! If you want to know how engineers are helping to tackle climate change and fight infections, this show is for you! If you want to learn how engineering can help us explore space… you get the picture!

Hear from some of Oxford’s most innovative and enthusiastic engineers how advances are being made in understanding flooding…. how hydrogen might help flight in the future … how LED lights might improve internet access…. and what your heart can reveal about your general health!

After six short illuminating TEDx style talks, you’ll be ready to astound your friends and family with the answers to these fascinating conundrums:
- Can LED lights improve your internet access?
- Explosive tech - how safe are the batteries in your devices?
- Flying into the Future: Can Hydrogen Get Us There?
- Is flooding the new norm?
- Reading the Heart’s Signature: What Heartbeats Reveal About Health
- How does cooling aricraft engines help meet net-zero targets?

Duration: 2 hours, with an interval
Age: 14+

• Limelight Theatre
• £5.00
• 15 May 2026
• 120 minutes
• 19:00
• Queens Park Arts Centre
• Limelight Theatre
• Ages 12+