The Queen's College
High Street, Oxford, Oxford OX1 4AW
UK
The first collaboration between Oxford Females in Engineering, Science and Technology (OxFEST) and Oxford University Engineering Society (OUEngSoc) presents the second speaker of the new series ‘Inspiring STEM’.
Professor Alison Noble is the Technikos Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Oxford’s Department of Engineering who has spent her career combining academic research with technological translation. She has always been interested “in the way science can change the world” and “in particular how academic ideas translate into industry”. It is this attitude that has helped her become a successful entrepreneur who has now set up her second company ‘Intelligent Ultrasound’ which is producing software that will make ultrasound scans an easier and cheaper process. The only female in her class at an all-girls school to apply to engineering at university, she became the first female in three years to get a first class degree at Oxford University. Now, she has over 300 publications and last year was awarded an OBE for services to Science and Engineering in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list as well as being a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
‘Inspiring STEM’ series of talks aims to bring together Oxford’s Women in STEM, showcase the research performed by the very best scientists and engineers, and inspire the audience to realize their potential. It reflects the academic aspect of OxFEST while providing a glimpse into possible career paths that we can take.
Oxford University Engineering Society (OUEngSoc) exists to promote engineering and the futures of engineering science students within the university, to provide students with a wider overview of the various aspects of engineering and a deeper insight into areas that are otherwise outside the scope of the engineering science course.
Entry: FREE. Everyone welcome! Drinks and nibbles served afterwards.