TEDxQueensUniversityBelfast 'Engineering our Sustainable Future' will showcase the staff, students and alumni of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Engineers and scientists are at the heart of creating a sustainable future for the benefit of current and future inhabitants of our precious planet. The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences wants to share, with the rest of the world, the exciting research, and ideas that we are developing in pursuit of this goal.

‘Engineering our Sustainable Future’ offers a glimpse of the innovation, creativity and discovery taking place; highlighting exciting projects and ideas, involving technology, design, people and natural resources, that may help engineer a more sustainable future for all.

SPEAKERS
1. Professor David Rooney, Engineering and Physical Sciences Dean of Internationalisation and Reputation, Queen's University Belfast
TEDx Talk - 'Why we need zero carbon engineers'

2. Dr Emma Campbell, Research Fellow in Architecture, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast
TEDx Talk - 'Can bees help us to design sustainable supermarkets?'

3. Ralph Lavery, PhD Student, The Bryden Centre, Queen's University Belfast
TEDx Talk - 'It’s Complicated: The History of Ammonia and the Human Race'

4. Dr Magdalena Rychlowska and Dr Gary McKeown, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast
TEDx Talk - 'Teaching algorithms responsibly – Lessons from cold spaghetti and emotion research'

5. Professor Greg Keeffe, Professor of Architecture and Head of the School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast
TEDx Talk - 'Accelerating the decarbonisation of neighbourhoods'

6. Dr Mathew Anderson, Co-Founder, The Why Elephant and Adjunct Professor of Disruptive Leadership at KEDGE Business School
TEDx Talk - 'How leaders win and lose the transformative power of trust'

7. Dr Katrina Thompson, Head of Research, Artemis Technologies
TEDx Talk - 'Flying boats. The race to decarbonise maritime transportation'

8. Anastasia Perysinakis, MEng Chemical Engineering Student, Queen's University Belfast
TEDx Talk - 'People-Centered Engineers Will Fix the Health and Social Care Crisis'

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