Past events

Past events, seminars, conferences and more from the School of Engineering.

Event date
Feb 10 2025 -

IMT Seminar - Gretar Tryggvason

We have the pleasure to host Prof. Gretar Tryggvason. The title of the talk is "Numerical Simulations of Complex Multiphase Flows"

Multiscale Thermofluids Further information
Feb 05 2025 -

IMT Seminar - Anne Juel

We have the pleasure to host Prof. Anne Juel. The title of the talk is "Inertialess sedimentation of rigid and elastic sheets".

Multiscale Thermofluids Further information
Jan 31 2025 -

Materials Challenges for Sustainable Aerospace Propulsion

Mr Neil Glover FREng (Head of Materials from Rolls-Royce) will give a talk with title of Materials Challenges for Sustainable Aerospace Propulsion.

Chemical Engineering Materials and Processes Further information
Nov 27 2024 -

Jonathan Mason: Translating research from IDCOM to cancer clinics worldwide

Industry took a keen interest in our work, and I have been working at Elekta, a leading radiotherapy device manufacturer, since 2020, where we have directly translated work from our research at IDCOM into a product and have realised the benefits we envisioned. In this talk, I will share this journey and the things I have learnt about industrial research, IP and product development.

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Imaging, Data and Communications Further information
Nov 25 2024 -

USIM2024 IBPSA Scotland’s Biennial uSIM Conference

University of Edinburgh hosting IBPSA-Scotland’s biennial uSIM conference on the 25 November 2024, at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI).

Civil and Environmental Engineering Infrastructure and Environment Further information
Nov 14 2024 -

Prof Peter Grant: Cavity Magnetron Designs which Enabled World War 2 Microwave Radar

The development of the cavity magnetron in 1940 by Birmingham University researchers and GEC engineers revolutionized microwave technology, enabling high-power radar systems during World War II and later transforming civilian life through its widespread use in microwave ovens.

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Imaging, Data and Communications Further information
Nov 07 2024 -

Thomas Melistas, Nikos Spyrou, Nefeli Gkouti: Benchmarking Counterfactual Image Generation

In this talk we will present our work on building a comparison framework to thoroughly benchmark counterfactual image generation methods. We integrate all models that have been used for the task at hand and expand them to novel datasets and causal graphs, demonstrating the superiority of Hierarchical VAEs across most datasets and metrics. Our published framework is implemented in a user-friendly Python package that can be extended to incorporate additional SCMs, causal methods, generative models, and datasets for the community to build on.

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Imaging, Data and Communications Further information
Oct 30 2024 -

Inaugural Lecture of Professor Alasdair McDonald, Chair in Renewable Energy Technologies

During this pre-Halloween lecture, we’ll look at wind turbine technology, explore how those turbines work and reflect on some of the challenges faced by modern wind turbine designers. Although some of the modern turbines are monstrously large and the engineering science challenges are fiendish, we don’t need to be spooked.

Energy Systems Further information
Oct 25 2024 -

Fabian P. Hagen: Carbon nanoparticles: From particle structure to macroscopic properties

Carbon nanoparticles (CNP) represent the most produced nanomaterial worldwide. CNPs are employed as functional- or electro-material, however, are also encountered in aerosols from combustion, as pollutants from fires, energy conversion processes, and internal combustion engines.

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Imaging, Data and Communications Further information
Oct 17 2024 -

Michael Baur: Channel Estimation in Underdetermined Systems Utilizing Variational Autoencoders

In this talk, we utilize a variational autoencoder (VAE) for channel estimation (CE) in underdetermined (UD) systems. The basis of the approach forms a recently proposed concept in which a VAE is trained on channel state information (CSI) data.

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Imaging, Data and Communications Further information