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  Dr. Shini Somara

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Shini provides engineering expertise as an award-winning host, reporter, commentator & speaker.
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Author of 'An Engineer Like Me' - Hachette
Winner of Tech Reporter of 2019 - Inclusive Tech Alliance
(Current) June 2019 CGTN Europe, Producer / Reporter, Science /Tech Show, Razor
Oct 2018 RAND, Cybersecurity
Aug 2018 Okay, but How? Show, Sprint Business
July 2018 Farnborough Airshow, Interviewed Tim Peake 
June 2018 Vidcon
, Interviewed Ray Kurzweil 
April 2018 Cunk on Britain, BBC2 Expert Engineer
March 2018 Crash Course Engineering, PBS Digital studios, host
Feb 2018 Revolutions, PBS / BBC worldwide
Feb 2018 BBC Radio 4 Morning Papers Panel
Dec 2017 University Challenge Xmas Special (Brunel University) 
Dec 2017 - Institute of Engineering and Technology, Young Women Engineers Awards, Guest Speaker
Nov 2017 - Dyson, (Infomercial, on the Fluid dynamics of a Purifier)
Oct 2017 - BBC1, Cunk on Britain, Engineering
Sept 2017 - Shell, Energy Fest, Digital Media Host
Aug 2017 - BBC World and Visit Britain, London, presenter
June 2017 - BBC 1, Invented in…the South East, presenter.
June 2017 - Gatsby Foundation Online, Meet the Apprentices, host
May 2017 - Lego Masters, Channel 4, Engineering episode, judge
May 2017 - Shell, Make the Future, Digital Media Host on Sustainable Technology and Innovation.
April 2017 - Channel 4, Real, Fake or Unknown, science/technology commentator
April 2017 - Big Bang Fair, Judge of Young Engineer of the Year Awards
Oct 2016 - Dyson Documentary for Tmall, China (1 x 1hour)
July 2016 - BBC2, Operation Orkney with Chris Packham, Neil Oliver, Andy Talbott (airs Autumn 2016) (3 x 60 mins series)
June 2016 - James Dyson Foundation, Engineering Challenge Videos (6 x 5 mins videos) 46 episodes to be filmed. 
May 2016 - BBC2, Battle of Jutland: The Navy's Bloodiest Day co-hosted with historian Dan Snow (1 x 1hour)
Feb 2016 - Young Engineers of the Year Awards – Judge and Co-host with Dallas Campbell
June 2015 - BBC1, Tomorrow’s Food with Dara O’Brien, Chis Bavin and Angela Harnett (3 x 1 hours series)
Nov 2015 - PBS Digital Studios, Crash Course, Physics (48 x Episodes)
June 2014 - Bear Grylls: Extreme Survival Caught on Camera, talking head, Thrill Seekers (1 x 1 hour)
Nov 2013 - Al Jazeera America, TechKnow, (filmed over 50 x 30 min episodes – still film with them freelance)
Sept 2013 - BBC1, Watchdog (short 8min science package on cosmetics)
June 2013 - Discovery UK, Worlds Top 5, Series 2, Engineering Talking Head
June 2012 - Sky One, Make Me a Millionaire Inventor, Co-Host with Jem Stansfield (6 x 1 hour series)
May 2012 - Discovery UK, Worlds Top 5, Series 1, Engineering Expert Talking Head.
Dec 2011 - BBC America, No Kitchen Required (10 x 1 hour Episodes)
June 2011 - BBC World News, The Health Show (26 x 30 min Episodes)
2009 - BBC2, ‘Gadget Girl’, Something for the Weekend (7 x 30 min episodes)
2008 - BBC 1, The One Show. Reporter (6 x 8 min science packages)
2008 - BBC1, Inside Out Reporter (3x Science/Factual 8 min Episodes)
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