Peter RN Childs教授是英国帝国理工学院Dyson工程设计学院院长。他的专业兴趣包括：创造性工具与革新、设计、传热学和旋转流、循环经济和可持续能源。他曾担任罗-罗（劳斯莱斯）公司空气-热系统技术中心主任、InQbate主任、萨塞克斯大学教授。他发表了150余篇论文,出版了包括机械工程设计手册、旋转流和实用温度测量在内的多部专著。他负责的研究项目经费总额达到3000万英镑。目前，他担任QBot公司主管和首席科学家。

Prof. Peter RN Childs

Head of School Dyson School of Design Engineering,Imperial College London

Professor Peter Childs is Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. His professional interests include: creativity tools and innovation; design; heat transfer and rotating flow; the circular economy and sustainable energy. Former roles include director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre for Aero-Thermal Systems, director of InQbate and professor at Sussex University. He has contributed to over 150 papers, and several books including the handbook of mechanical engineering design, rotating flow and practical temperature measurement. He has been principal or co-investigator on contracts totalling £30 million. He is Director and Chief Scientific Officer at QBot Ltd.