Watt Matters!
Join us on Friday 28 June 2024 at the Museum of London Docklands. Here you’ll get the chance to learn from leading researchers in the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Business, and Psychology. The event will run from 10am to 3pm.
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Watt Matters 2023 highlights
10-11am: From Sci-Fi to medical miracles
Join Heriot-Watt’s Associate Professor, Dr Yuhang Chen, and Heriot-Watt Alumni, Izabela Nowakowska, to discover how the latest research in biomedical engineering is being used.
11-12pm: The Future of Robots is Squishy
Join Heriot-Watt’s Assistant Professors, Dr Alistair McConnell, and Dr. Alessandro Suglia, to explore the latest research in soft robotics, and how it’s changing our ideas of the future.
1-2pm: Study! Start-up! CEO!
Join Heriot-Watt’s Assistant Professor, Dr David Steinberg, and alumni Ayesha Biswas, to discover how current research is helping to shape the business world of the future.
2-3pm: Why people make mistakes
Join Heriot-Watt’s Assistant Professor, Dr Dan Hale, and alumni Oscar Thompson, to discover why a judgement based on partial information is subject to error.
Meet the Speakers
Dr Yuhang Cheng
Dr Yuhang Chen is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. He was trained as a Mechanical Engineer before he became interested and completed his PhD, in biomedical engineering.
Izabela Nowakowska
Izabela is a PhD student at Heriot-Watt University. Her research focuses on developing a method to use cameras to measure tissue deformation during robotic surgery. Izabela did her Masters in Mechanical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University as well.
Dr David Steinberg
Dr David Steinberg is the Associate Professor of Contemporary Management Practices at the EBS, and EBS Director of Graduate Apprenticeship Programmes. David holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and a Masters from City, University of London.
Ayesha Biswas
Ayesha graduated from Heriot-Watt in 2022 with an MA in International Business Management. She now works as a consultant in London, specialising in business & technology - with a curiosity towards sustainability and AI.
Dr Alistair McConnell
Alistair is an Assistant Professor and member of the UK Young Academy. His research focuses on healthcare technologies and soft robotics. He also completed his PhD in Rehabilitation Robotics at Heriot-Watt University.
Dr Alessandro Suglia
Alessandro Suglia is an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University and affiliated with the National Robotarium. He was able to create successful robots that can use natural language to interact with humans to solve real-world tasks.
Dr Dan Hale
Dan was appointed Assistant Professor in Psychology at Heriot-Watt University in 2016. He was a Senior Research Associate at UCL Institute of Child Health focusing on a Department of Health-funded portfolio of research to inform adolescent health policy.
Oscar Thompson
Graduating with a Bsc in Psychology from Heriot-Watt in 2022, Oscar enjoyed studying a variety of different psychology topics, with particular interests in research methods, and social, health, and cognitive psychology.
Why attend this free event?
Subject knowledge
Learn about a different side of your subjects to grow your knowledge
Real life application
Discover how your learning in the classroom is applied in real life
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Book your placeJoin us on Friday 28 June at the Museum of London Docklands, the event runs from 10am - 3pm. Sign up for one, or more talks.
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