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Are you interested in learning more about the topic covered in one of our Spring into STEM talks? Our speakers have put together some ways you can explore the ideas discussed further.
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2024
Wednesday 28th February 2024
What role does inclusive design play in shaping the future of technology? How can engineering contribute to a more equitable society?
UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing
UN Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
- Learn more the things covered in Professor Cathy Holloway's talk
Global Disability Innovation Hub | Department of Computer Science - Global Disability Innovation Hub website
- 'Jumping through hoops' blog post - "Great blog from one of the GDI Hub's ICT Fellows on the number of hoops disabled people need to jump through, and the role of inclusive ICT."
- Google’s new accessibility discovery centre
- Wheelz does double back flip in a wheelchair - BBC News "The first ever wheelchair backflip. Wheelz also went on to do the first 360 flip."
- WeTHe15 campaign video
- Paralympic video
- UCL MSc in Disability, Design and Innovation - postgraduate degree programme
- Follow the GDI Hub on Instagram and LinkedIn.
- Learn more about the things covered in Dr Michael Woodrow's talk
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Wednesday 20th March 2024
Unleashing the power of engineering to save lives
UN Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Bookings for this talk are currently open.
- Learn more about the things covered in Professor Tiziana Rossetto's talk
UCL EPICentre | Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering - UCL EPICentre
- CNN Transformers
- UCL Engineering film on tsunami engineering
- Recover with Music – resources for implementing song-making for psycho-social recovery post-disaster in schools
- National Geographic information on tsunami
- UK Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) earthquake and tsunami field mission reports
- Learn more about the things covered in Tim Douglas' talk
Department of Computer Science - Douglas et al. (2024). ‘A Computational Linguistic Approach to Study Border Theory at Scale’, CHI
- Algorithmic policy making project
- How Facebook store their data
Wednesday 24th April 2024
Prosperity & security for our global society
UN Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
- Learn more about the things covered in Dr Anna Maria Mandalari's talk
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering - Learn more about the things covered in Dr Sherry Nakhaeizadeh's talk
Department of Security and Crime Science - Yvonne Kjorlien podcast
- 'The dangers of misinterpreted forensic evidence' TED Talk (YouTube)
- Human Factors in Wrongful Convictions - Confirmation Bias (YouTube)
- UCL Department of Security and Crime Science
- UCL Centre for Forensic Sciences
- The International Centre for Evidence-Based Criminal Law (EB-CRIME)
- Innocence Project
Wednesday 15th May 2024
Everyday issues, affordable solutions: from clean air to quality of life
Resources coming soon.
UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 - Good Health and Wellbeing
UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Wednesday 19th June 2024
Engineering equity into the human experience
Bookings for this talk are currently open.
UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 - Good Health and Wellbeing
UN Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
- Learn more about the things covered in Esther Osarfo-Mensah's talk
Department of Chemical Engineering - Free online Coursera course about extracellular vesicles
- "Oftentimes, the work we do involves Atomic Force Microscopy work in liquids – here is a video of people doing it in the lab environment. In general this is a great place to explore research papers but in video form!"
- The PhD programme Esther's doing, which focuses on characterisation of materials
- Read more about the work Esther and her colleague have done
- Learn more about the things covered in Dr Mike Sulu's talk
Department of Biochemical Engineering - Course about Biochemical engineering - Coursera (can try for free)
- Free Good Food Institute online course about the science of alternative meat - Mike recommends browsing this website for other interesting videos, research papers and content
- In2STEM (previously known as In2Science) and In2Research - coordinat
Tuesday 16th July 2024
Bookings for this talk are currently open. Resources coming soon.
