Research talks

Semester Two 2013

Our research talks are free to attend and open to all.

February 2013

Date Talk Location Dept/ Inst
Mon 4th 1-2pm Do sunny holidays = water poverty? - Helen Cranston, The Makhad Trust Cambridge, Coslett Buiding 406 GSI
Weds 6th 1-2pm Great bowerbirds as artists and magicians- Laura Kelley Cambridge, Helmore 305 LS (AERG)
Weds 6th 2-3pm Visual experience and myopia - Colm McGonigle Cambridge, University Eye Clinic Seminar Room or UEC121 VHS
Weds 6th 2-5pm Usability / User Experience- Using a Hybrid Method to Evaluate the Usability of a 3D Virtual World User Interface (inc. a session for short presentations) - Will Sawyerr Cambridge C&T
Tues 12th 1-4pm L'UX shedding light on user experience - 20 minute appetisers and 'fishbowl' with industry experts - Adam Foskett, BBC, Ryan Haney, Red Gate, Peter Andric, Qualcomm, UX Team Expert, Citrix, Will Sawyerr Cambridge, Bryant 002 C&T
Weds 13th 12-1pm Origin, development, Purpose and Properties of Galleting: Theory and Practice - Colin Arnott Chelmsford, MAR111 Eng & Built Env
Weds 13th 1-2pm Plant-Pollinator Interactions: From Individuals to communities! - Tom Ings Cambridge, Helmore 305 LS (AERG)
Weds 13th 2-3pm Extending Allport's Contact Hypothesis: Using imagined and parasocial contact to improve intergroup attitudes. - Dr Daragh McDermott Cambridge Psychology
Mon 18th 1-2pm If You Behave Green Do I? - Hazel Pettifor, University of Essex Chelmsford, Michael Ashcroft Building 007 GSI
Tues 19th 7-9pm Cloud Security - tbc (speaker from industry) Cambridge C&T
Weds 20th 12-1pm Investigation into design of earthquake endurable structures- Mohmmedhossein Harbimonfared Chelmsford, MAR111 Eng & Built Env
Weds 20th 1-2pm tbc (Learning and Teaching session) Cambridge, Helmore 305 LS (AERG)
Weds 20th 2-3pm Optometry in Croatia - Mr Alen Stranjik mag. Ing.aeronaut. Department of Human Resources, Marketing and General Affairs, University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica Cambridge, University Eye Clinic Seminar Room or UEC121 VHS
Weds 20th 2-3pm Multifactoral effects of sleep problems on children with developmental disorders. - Dr Dagmara Annaz\nInstitute of Education, University of London Cambridge Psychology
Weds 20th 2-3pm Children's acuity charts - Yvonne Norgett Cambridge, University Eye Clinic Seminar Room or UEC121 VHS
Weds 27th 12-1pm RF MEMS active switch performance analysis on integrated wireless systems & applications - Mohammed Al-Amin Chelmsford, MAR111 Eng & Built Env
Weds 27th 1-2pm Developing methods for studying social learning in the field - Will Hoppitt Cambridge, Helmore 305 LS (AERG)
Weds 27th 2-3pm Listen to your Heart: using internal bodily signals to probe and perturb self-consciousness - Dr Jane Aspell Cambridge Psychology

March 2013

Date Talk Location Dept
Mon 4th 1-2pm Working with the GSI ? Showcase of GSI seed funded projects - Beatriz Acevedo, Sergio Fava and Nancy Harrison Cambridge, Coslett Building 406 GSI
Weds 6th 12-1pm Dynamic response of a novel form of interlocking panel dwelling (AURA project)- Filip Gurkalo Chelmsford, MAR111 Eng & Built Env
Weds 6th 1-2pm Biodiversity Soup: rapid, cost-effective and comprehensive biodiversity censusing using mass DNA-barcoding- Catharine Bruce, University of East Anglia Cambridge, Helmore 305 LS (AERG)
Weds 6th 2-3pm Tests for visual stress - Laura Monger Cambridge, University Eye Clinic Seminar Room or UEC121 VHS
Weds 6th 2-3pm Dismantling the speech production system (so that we can put it back together again) - Dr Oiwi Parker Jones, Welcome Trust Centre for Imaging Neuroscience, UCL Cambridge Psychology
Weds 6th 4-6pm Presentation of Ph.D. research on the semantic web (includes session of short (5 ? 15min) presentations )- Arooj Fatima Cambridge C&T
Weds 13th 12-1pm Dynamic contact mechanics in the ovine knee joint following partial meniscectomy- Yazan Deri Chelmsford, MAR111 Eng & Built Env
Weds 13th 1-2pm tbc (Learning and Teaching session) Andrew Smith Cambridge, Helmore 305 LS (AERG)
Weds 13th 2-3pm Neural systems for learning to read: Combining artificial language learning paradigms with fMRI - Dr Joanne Taylor, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge Cambridge Psychology
Mon 18th 1-2pm Are we as good at recycling as we think we are?- Alison Stowell, LAIBS and David Broadwell, Cambridge City Council Cambridge, Lord Ashcroft Building 207 GSI
Weds 20th 10am-4pm Faculty Research Conference Cambridge, Lord Ashcroft Building FST
Weds 20th 12-1pm Public Heritage Buildings- efficacy of long term sustainability options- Femi Akande Chelmsford, MAR111 Eng & Built Env
Weds 20th 2-3pm tbc - Dr Theodora Zarkadi Cambridge Psychology
Weds 20th LAN Based Security Vulnerabilities and demonstration - Adrian Winckles Cambridge C&T

April 2013

Date Talk Location Dept
Mon 15th 1-2pm Are there limits to economic growth? - Victor Anderson Chelmsford, MAB 008 GSI
Tues 16th 6-8pm Cloud Computing Three views - Three of our PhD students to present their current work on different aspects of cloud computing. Followed by a workshop session to look at areas of contact between these diverse approaches. Cambridge C&T
Weds 17th 12-1pm Building energy demand management of low carbon dwellings - Saiful Bhuiyan Chelmsford, MAR111 Eng & Built Env
Weds 17th 2-3pm Occupational and clinical application of colour vision assessment - Matilda Biba Cambridge, UEC121 VHS
Weds 17th 2-3pm Seventy years after Kanner?s account, what do we think causes autism in 2013? - Dr Angelica Ronald\nGenes Environment Lifespan (GEL) laboratory, Birkbeck, University of London Cambridge Psychology
Weds 24th 12-1pm London's other architects: Design and planning of speculative housing 1870-1939 - David Kroll Chelmsford, MAR111 Eng & Built Env
Weds 24th 2-3pm tbc - Dr Rob Leech, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London Cambridge Psychology
Mon 29th 1-2pm Taking Care of the Future - Joe Smith, The Open University Cambridge, LAB207 GSI
Tues 30th 12-1pm An intermittent, graduated, sequential, compression device for treating venous ulcers - Ioannis Prionidis Chelmsford, MAR111 Eng & Built Env

May 2013

Date Talk Location Dept
Weds 1st 2-3pm tbc- Prof Tony Marcel, Department of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire Cambridge Psychology
Weds 8th 10-11am Experiences in biotechnology - Prof Chris Lowe, Director of the Institute of Biotechnology, Professor of Biotechnology, Cambridge University Cambridge, COS404 LS (CPMG)
Weds 8th 12-1pm Planning detailed design process in construction and procurement interface - Dr Adrian Mitchell Chelmsford, MAR111 Eng & Built Env

Semester One 2012/13

Our Faculty research talks are free to attend for students and members of the public.

December

Date Title Location
Mon 3rd 1 - 2pm Sustainable food tales: low carbon/low budget and the offal truth! - Dr Rosie Robison, Global Sustainability Institute & Lucy Moore, author of offallygood blog. MAB101 (Chelmsford)
Weds 5th 2 - 3pm Global Burden of Diseases Project -Dr Holly Price. LAB215 (Cambridge)
Weds 5th 9 - 10am Use of camera traps for deer conservation - Dr Arnold Cooke, Formerly NERC centre for Ecology and Hydrology. LAB307 (Cambridge)
Weds 5th 1 - 2pm Animal Behaviour: Did the earth move for you? - Hilary Conlan. & The status of the small fescue elphax imitans on Coe Fen - Alex Dittrich. HEL305 (Cambridge)
Weds 5th 12 - 1pm Transformation typologies: learning and environmental responsibility in UK construction - Alison Pooley. MAR111 (Chelmsford)
Weds 12th 2 - 3pm Occupational and clinical application of colour vision assessment - Matilda Biba. LAB215 (Cambridge)
Weds 12th 1 - 2pm Diving with penguins in 3D - Fabrizio Manco. HEL305 (Cambridge)
Mon 17th 1 - 2pm Health, healthcare, sustainability and climate change. Line in the sand or head in the sand? - David Pencheon, NHS Sustainable Development Unit. LAB222 (Cambridge)
Tues 18th 2 - 3pm Computer Reliability - by Jonathan Kimmitt COS402 (Cambridge)
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