Roma Agrawal

31/07/2022 29 min
Roma Agrawal

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Roma Agrawal discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Roma Agrawal MBE is a structural engineer and author with a physics degree.
She has designed bridges, skyscrapers and sculptures with signature architects. She spent six years working on The Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe, and designed the foundations and the ‘Spire’.
In addition to winning industry awards, she has been featured on BBC World News, BBC Daily Politics, TEDx, The Evening Standard, The Sunday Times, Guardian, The Telegraph, Independent, Cosmopolitan and Stylist Magazines. She was the only woman featured on Channel 4's documentary on the Shard, The Tallest Tower. Her books include Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures and How Was That Built?


Bharata Natyam https://www.culturalindia.net/indian-dance/classical/bharatnatyam.html


Emily Warren Roebling https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2014/06/emily-warren-roebling.html


Foundations of structures https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-01-mn-55439-story.html


ICSI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracytoplasmic_sperm_injection


Chaat https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/chaat/


The science of knitting and crochet https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/science/math-physics-knitting-matsumoto.html



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