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Frontiers of Engineering | Participant Profile
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Adrià Junyent-Ferré He joined the Control and Power Group of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Imperial College London as a Research Associate in 2013 and he was appointed as a Lecturer in September 2014. His research focusses on control and design of power electronic converters for renewable generation and HVDC power transmission. He is interested in developing the control methods that will enable a transition to a future power system with large penetration of renewables while achieving optimal asset utilisation and high levels of reliability. |
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Research Lecturer, Oxford e-Research Centre Dr Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran is a Research Lecturer at the University of Oxford e-Research Centre, UK. Her research focuses on developing methodologies and software tools for data science, including knowledge management and data analysis. She mainly deals with heterogeneous biological and biomedical data, within the context of the ISA infrastructure (http://isa-tools.org) and the BioSharing initiative (http://biosharing.org), engaging with the communities developing standards supporting data sharing, re-use and science reproducibility and promoting their awareness and use. Before joining the University of Oxford, Alejandra was involved with the Computational and Systems Medicine project (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/csm) and the Department of Computer Science at University College London, collaborating, among others, with the National Cancer Research Institute. Before that, she completed a PhD in Computer Science at Queen's University Belfast, and an MSc in Computer Science at Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina. Additionally, she has been a member of the Cancer Research UK Stratified Medicine Programme Informatics Advisory Board. Session co-Chair - Big data in healthcare (UK) |
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University of Campinas - Unicamp (Brazil) Professor Alexandre X. Falcão has degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1988), MSc in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (1993) and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (1997). Since 1998 he is Professor at the Institute of Computing, State University of Campinas. He has experience in Computer Science, with emphasis on Image Analysis and Processing, acting on the following themes: image processing, pattern recognition. Applications of interest involve Parasitology and Public Health, Plant Biology, Human and Veterinary Medicine, Endodontics, Geology, Biometrics, and Agriculture. Participant – Big data in healthcare (Brazil) |
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University of São Paulo – USP (Brazil) Professor André Fujita holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of São Paulo (2003) and PhD in Science (Bioinformatics) from the same university (2007). He works on the development of statistical and computational techniques for the analysis of large-scale data ("omics", EEG, fMRI). He is currently Professor (MS-3) of the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo. Speaker – Big data in healthcare (Brazil) |
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Dr. Beck has dedicated his career to the pursuit of Uncertainty Quantification, Reliability, Optimization & Risk Analysis in Structural Engineering. Dr. Beck obtained his Ph.D. title in 2003, from the University of Newcastle, Australia. Currently, Dr. Beck works as Associate Professor at the Structural Engineering Department, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, where he successively supervised seven masters, one Ph.D. and four Post-Doc students. To date, Dr. Beck has authored over thirty papers in leading international journals, such as Prob. Eng. Mechanics, Structural Safety, Engineering Structures, Applied Mathematical Modelling and Computers & Structures. Dr. Beck also co-authored three book chapters on reliability analysis and optimization under uncertainties. Dr. Beck is particularly interested in life-cycle cost optimization of structural systems and in the effects of expected costs of failure in optimum structural designs. Dr. Beck acts as a reviewer for over seventeen international journals, and is active in the organization of conferences and mini-symposia. Dr. Beck is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Charter Member of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute. Dr. Beck is a member of the Brazilian Association of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (ABCM), where he actively contributes to the Committee on Stochastic Modelling and Uncertainty Quantification. Dr. Beck is an active member of the Brazilian Association for Risk Analysis, Process Safety and Reliability (ABRISCO). Dr. Beck is actively involved in research projects sponsored by Brazilian industries. Funding companies include some of the largest Brazilian companies, like PETROBRAS (Oil & Gas) and VALE (mining). Dr. Beck has so far received over US$ 850,000.00 in research funding as a Principal Investigator, including private and public funding. |
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Adrian is Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers with around 20 years of experience in design engineering, project management and operations management within the oil & gas, nuclear and utility sectors. He has experience of all phases of the project cycle, although specialising at the Concept and FEED stages. He has varied experience in many market areas both within the UK and overseas, including: upstream oil & gas, LNG, coal bed methane, gas treatment, compression and storage, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and pipelines systems. Adrian holds BEng and MPhil degree qualifications in Chemical Engineering and has published technical papers in the field of Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques; in particular Air Injection / In Situ Combustion in Medium Heavy and Light Oil Reservoirs, including presentation of work at an SPE event in Anchorage, Alaska. Adrian started his career as a Process Engineer at Stork Protech, an engineering consultancy company, part of the larger Stork Group based in the Netherlands. After becoming a chartered engineer and working for several years as a Senior Process Engineer he moved into Project Management, gaining further experience mainly within the oil & gas and nuclear industries. From 2004 he spent 4 years as the Operations Manager, being responsible for Engineering and Projects, before being appointed as Managing Director, leading the company until 2011. Adrian joined Foster Wheeler in 2011 where he is currently a Study Manager in Foster Wheeler’s Upstream Oil and Gas Division. He leads teams of multi-disciplined engineers on Feasibility, Concept and Field Development projects which focus on the advancement of oil fields and associated processing facilities both onshore and offshore around the world. Since joining Foster Wheeler, Adrian has led several projects based in Abu Dhabi, with other examples in China and Australia. |
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Dr. Noble is the Technikos Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering. She is formerly the Director of the RCUK center of Doctoral Training in Healthcare Innovation. Her research interests are in the area of biomedical image analysis, with a particular current interest in machine learning applied in ultrasound imaging and microscopy, applied in fetal and neonatal medicine and cardiology. She is also leading an initiative developing research links in India in the area of affordable technologies. Alison’s other academic interests are postgraduate research training and healthcare technology translation. She is a co-founder and CTO of a university spin-out Intelligent Ultrasound (which has licenced in technology from EPSRC funded research) and is playing an active role in developing regional and national academic-industry links in medtech |
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Amy Cameron is a Chartered Chemical Engineer and an Engineering Manager for BG Group. She joined BG Group in 2005 after obtaining a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from Edinburgh University and has worked across all parts of the gas value chain. A graduate of the BG Group International Graduate Program, Amy initially worked as a Process Engineer on brownfield subsea projects before gaining frontline operations experience supporting BG’s UK North Sea Assets. In 2009, Amy transferred to Rio de Janeiro as the lead process engineer supporting BG Groups interests in the deep water Santos Basin. During this time Amy made the transition into Engineering Management with responsibility for providing multidisciplinary engineering support to BG’s non-operated projects and operating assets. Within this role Amy also worked closely with BG Groups Global Technology center, which works in partnership with academia and industry specialists, to coordinate projects to meet current and future technology needs. Amy recently moved to Houston as the Greenfield Engineering Manager for BG Groups Lake Charles 15 mtpa liquefaction project. This project will include a number of both company and industry firsts. |
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Dr. Singer is a Senior Scientist at the NERC center for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), the UK's center of Excellence for integrated research in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their interaction with the atmosphere. CEH is also a major custodian of environmental data, including 89 million records of 40,000 species occurring across Britain and Ireland, as well as records of over 50,000 station years of daily and monthly river flow data, derived from more than 1,300 gauging stations throughout the UK. Dr. Singer’s research is aimed at improving understanding of the impacts of human activity on the world around us and in developing ready-to-use approaches for achieving environmental sustainability. He has published high impact, highly cited research on the bioremediation of persistent organic pollutants in soil and water. His reviews on the chemical ecology of bioremediation and phytoremediation are among the most cited papers in the discipline. He led a NERC-funded Knowledge Transfer Initiative (PREPARE) that aimed at examining the human and environmental risks associated with the widespread use of antivirals and antibiotics during an influenza pandemic. He has been a standing member of the UK Scientific Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee since January 2008, which advises the UK Department of Health and Parliament on issues of pandemic influenza preparedness. He is currently leading research in the use of novel in situ river mesocosms to examine the differential fate and effects of nutrient and pharmaceutical pollution on aquatic microbial communities and their function, employing next-generation amplicon pyrosequencing and metagenomics. Metagenomics and meta-transcriptomics has enabled a step change in our understanding of microbial systems—their functions and response to perturbations and manipulations—all of which can be utilised to further refine our approaches to bioremediation. He holds membership on the NERC Peer Review College, is a PLoS One Academic Editor, was lead on three NERC Innovation Awards, and held positions of Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford, Department of Zoology, Honorary Lecturer at University of Birmingham, and Lecturer at the University of California, Riverside. He has over 40 publications with an h-index of 21. |
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Underpinning Dr. Crowther's approach to engineering is a desire to leave things in a better state than she found it. Having graduated from the University of Bath in 2008, with an MEng in Civil and Architectural Engineering, she then went on to study and work in the USA, Indonesia and Japan gaining an understanding of how she could use her engineering skills to have a positive impact on the world around her. In Indonesia, Angela lived in a community devastated by the 2004 Boxing Day, introducing appropriate construction techniques to the locals, empowering them in their rebuilding programme. Since returning to the UK, she has played a key role on the teams behind a range of exciting building designs, including the 2012 Olympic Velodrome, the Thames Cable Car and the World Wildlife Foundation Living Planet center. Angela’s real enjoyment of engineering comes from collaborating closely with other specialists to create designs that are elegant and sustainable, and these projects are brilliant examples of pushing design boundaries and challenging the industry to do better. Now a Senior Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer at Arup, Angela is currently leading the early masterplan delivery for the redevelopment of the historic BBC Television center. The masterplan focuses on preserving the iconic nature of the listed buildings, whilst opening up the site for the enjoyment of the surrounding community, securing its future for generations to come. |
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Antoniu Pop He continued to work on OpenStream as a postdoctoral researcher at INRIA and Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, exploring static and dynamic optimisation techniques for dynamic data-flow programs, contributing his ideas to several EU FP-6/7 research projects (TERAFLUX, ACOTES, PHARAON), and teaching at Ecole Polytechnique. In 2013, he moved to the University of Manchester as a Lecturer in the Advanced Processor Technologies division. In 2014, he was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship to investigate the design and implementation constraints of programming languages for massively parallel processor architectures. |
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University of São Paulo - USP (Brazil) Bruno Karolski has Bachelor degree in Biological Sciences from University of São Paulo (2003), Msc in Botany from University of São Paulo (2007) and PhD in Biotechnology from University of São Paulo (2013). Since 2013, he is working as Scientific Researcher at CEPEMA (Center for Environmental Research and Training at the University of São Paulo). He has experience in Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Biology acting on the following themes: Bioremediation, Biodegradation, Metagenomics and Molecular Analysis. Participant – Bioremediation (BR) |
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University of São Paulo - USP (Brazil) Bruno Oliva Oishi is graduated in Bioprocess Engineering (2005) and Ph.D in Biotechnology at São Paulo University (2014), developing an academic project in bioremediation, focused on bacterial copper biosorption. Also, he has 6 years of experience in process development in the bioinsecticide, Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki HD1, including lab scale, pilot and industrial fermentation process, downstream process and formulation development, working as a consultant at ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. (formerly Makhteshim Agan Industries). His main differential is a practical and innovative view of the biotechnology market, a perfect bound between academic world and industry. Participant – Bioremediation (BR) |
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University of São Paulo – USP (Brazil) Professor Carlos Moreira has a degree in Biology (1974) from the University of São Paulo (USP), a master's degree (1977) and doctorate (1980) in Genetics from USP. He was a Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin and Cornell University Medical College (1982-84). He was Professor of the Institute of Bioscience and Biomedical Sciences, USP. He is Associate Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, USP, where he coordinates the Laboratory of Pediatric Genomics. He is the NAP Coordinator of the Research Center of Biotechnology USP (1996-2014); vice coordinator of NAP e-Science USP (2012-2016); member of the Board of the Institute of Child HC-USP (2011 - Present). Has experience in the area of genetics with an emphasis in Human and Medical Genetics, developing projects in biotechnology, genomics of complex diseases and systems biology. Participant – Big data in healthcare (Brazil) |
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Big Data Architect Darragh is a Big Data Architect at Kainos Software and is currently leading their Big Data & Analytics practice. Over the past decade, Darragh has worked with customers in financial services, public sector and healthcare, in a variety of roles, including software engineer, architect and consultant. Darragh studied Software Engineering in the University of Ulster at Jordanstown. He graduated in 2005 with a First Class Honours degree and was awarded the UUJ prize for the highest performing student in the software engineering field. Subsequently, Darragh joined Kainos where he was initially responsible for developing and maintaining critical line-of-business systems for retail and investment banks. He then proceeded to become an integrations consultant, specialising in the integration of cloud-based and onsite systems. Darragh undertook the role of Product Architect and then Product Owner for a market-leading, automated testing system, where he was responsible for the strategic direction of the product and for it’s global implementation and operation. Having spent several months as part of the architecture team for a national Government project, Darragh took up his current role, where he heads up a thriving team of engineers and analysts who revel in tackling difficult data challenges. A firm believer in only getting out of life what you are prepared to put in, Darragh is on a life-long mission to learn one thing: more. Speaker – Big data in healthcare (UK) |
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Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Research Fellow Deborah Gunning has spent over 10 years working in the field of developing state-of-the-art neural interface technologies. In 2003, she started her PhD studies in the detector development group at the University of Glasgow. Her research focused primarily on the design, nanofabrication and characterisation of high-density, transparent and planar microelectrode arrays for a high-spatial resolution, electrophysiological study of the retina. In 2007 she was awarded an EPSRC overseas life-science interface fellowship to develop a more advanced micro-needle array for the study of intrinsically three-dimensional neural networks in the brain. During this fellowship she worked at Stanford University fabricating the needle array and at the University of California Santa Cruz applying the technology to recording and electrical stimulation of neural activity in acute brain slices. The success of this project led to her securing a fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2011, which she currently holds at the Institute of Photonics (IoP), Strathclyde University. Her current project is both interdisciplinary and international in nature, involving the design and manufacture of novel three dimensional microelectrode arrays capable of recording from hundreds of individual neurons and benefits from on-going collaboration with neuroscientists, biophysicists and electronics experts from the UK, Europe and the USA. As a permanent member of staff at the IoP, she is building a research group with PhD students working on further development of microelectrode neural interfaces and the application of these technologies to answering fundamental neuroscience questions. General participant (UK) |
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Prof. Denis V. Coury was born in Brazil in 1960. He received a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil in 1983, an M.Sc. degree from São Carlos Engineering School - University of São Paulo, Brazil in 1986 and a Ph.D. degree from Bath University, England in 1992. He worked for the Technological Research Institute (IPT), São Paulo, Brazil from 1985 to 1986. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil in 1986, where he is presently a Full Professor in the Power Systems Group. Prof. Coury spent his Sabbatical at Cornell University (USA) in 1999-2000. His areas of research interest are Power System Protection, Power Quality, as well as new techniques for Power System Control and Protection, including Smart Grids. Moreover, he has been supervising M.Sc. (33 concluded) and Ph.D. (14 concluded) students in projects related to the topics described. On the administrative side, he has been the Head of Department at the Electrical and Computing Engineering Dept. at São Carlos School of Engineering USP twice and the Coordinator of Post Graduate Studies at the same university also twice. He has also been the president of the Post Graduation Commission, comprising ten engineering programs, for the last two years. Additionally, he has been conducting several Research and Development projects directly with Brazilian Utilities. |
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Director of Regulatory Strategy of the EDP - Energias de Portugal in Brazil He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos - USP (1997, with honors) and direct doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos – University of São Paulo (2003), with visits to University of Campinas and Cornell University-USA (Fulbright Scolarship). He is currently Director of Regulatory Strategy of the EDP - Energias de Portugal. He has experience in Electrical Engineering with emphasis on generation and distribution planning, acting on the following topics: optimization of the operation of hydrothermal power systems, energy auctions, marketing rules, modeling and risk management, management and pricing. In academics, he is interested in artificial intelligence, optimization systems and smart grids. |
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Assistant Professor, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo Eduardo Nobuhiro Asada is Assistant Professor at São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is IEEE Member since 1996. Eduardo Asada graduated from the University of Campinas, in 1997, with a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering. In 2000 he got his Master degree in Electrical Engineering and in 2004 his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, all from the University of Campinas. He joined the University of São Paulo as assistant professor in 2006 where he is an active faculty member. Since 2002, he is a member of IEEE PES Intelligent Systems Subcommittee, and he has contributed to the committee with tutorial courses, panel sessions, white papers and book chapters regarding the development and application of intelligent methods to power systems. He is enthusiast about research topics that involves application of modern heuristic techniques to power system optimization problems, multi-agent systems and data analytics for real-time modeling of power systems. |
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Federal University of São Paulo ? Unifesp (Brazil) Professor Elen Aquino has Bachelor degree in Biological Sciences from the State University of Londrina (1998), MSc in Biotechnology from the University of São Paulo-USP (2000) and PhD in Biotechnology from the University of São Paulo-USP (2004). She worked as a Researcher Associate at CEPEMA-POLI-USP (Center for Environmental Research and Training -at the University of São Paulo) from 2005 to 2014. Currently, she is Professor at Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). She has experience in Environmental Microbiology, acting on the following themes: Bioremediation, Biodegradation, Bioprocesses, Bioprospection. Speaker ? Bioremediation (BR) |
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PhD Université de Toulouse III, France, 2008. Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP. Consultant of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil ? CNPq. Assistant Professor at Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica da Universidade Federal de Itajubá, UNIFEI, 03/2010 ? 09/2012. Researcher at Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, 02/2009 ? 03/2010. Researcher at Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, IMFT, France, 09/2004 ? 09/2008. Product Development Engineer at Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. ? EMBRAER, 02/1999 ? 05/2002. FRANKLIN, E.M., The Formation of ripples and dunes on a granular bed sheared by a liquid flow. Sediment Transport: Monitoring, Modeling and Management, Nova Publisher, New York, USA, pp. 1-36, 2013. |
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Prof. Euclides Mesquita studied Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Paraná, from 1974 to 1978. In 1989 he received his PhD (Doktor-Ingenieur) Diplom in Mechanical Engineering from the Institut fuer Mechanik at the University of Hannover, under a Scholarship from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Since 2004 he is full professor at the Dept. of Computational Mechanics from the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Campinas (Unicamp). His research interests have been linked to the development of analytical and numerical tools to model the propagation of waves in unbounded domains. Prof. Mesquita was head of the Department of Computational Mechanics at (Unicamp) for two terms. He did coordinate the Graduate Programs at the Unicamp’s School of Mechanical Engineering for one term. From 2009 to 2013, during the administration of Prof. Fernando Costa, he was vice-president for graduate affairs at Unicamp. He is member of the ASCE-EMI (American Society of Civil Engineers – Engineering Mechanics Institute) and chair of the ASCE EMI Elasticity Committee (2013-2015). Since 2008 he has been member of the Engineering Coordination at the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). |
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Fernanda Caseño Trindade Arioli University of Campinas - Unicamp (Brazil) Fernanda C. T. Arioli received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, in 2009 and 2013, respectively. From 2011 to 2012, she was a Visiting Doctoral Scholar at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, where she worked in projects dedicated to Canadian industry. Currently, she is working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UNICAMP. In July of 2014, she has been approved as Assistant Professor at School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the State University of Campinas. Her research interests are power system automation, monitoring and protection. Participant ? Smart grids (BR) |
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R&D Manager, Power Networks Demonstration center Dr Federico Coffele received the B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and M.Eng. in Electrical Power Systems from the University of Padova, Italy in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He worked for ABB Power Products in Italy, in the R&D department, and then he joined the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland, as a Research Associate working in the area of protection and control of power distribution networks, power system modelling and simulation, and smart grids. During this period he also worked toward his PhD, which he received from the University of Strathclyde in 2012. Currently he is the Research and Development Manager of the Power Network Demonstration center (PNDC) at the University of Strathclyde, which is a world-class facility with dedicated staff to accelerate the adoption of new, smart technologies within present and future power grids, supporting the increased accommodation of renewable energy, electric vehicles and demand side management. The PNDC provides: a purpose-built platform for showcasing state of the art electrical distribution, generation, storage and demand side innovation; a rapid technology pipeline accelerating the proving and deployment of integrated smart grid solutions with commercial partners; a realistic and controllable test bed from primary plant to state-of-the-art control room for the development of emerging smart grid technologies that will support the realisation of a de-carbonised grid. Federico is responsible for the R&D projects portfolio and contributes to the on-going development of the center strategy and recruitment of new members. He is a regular meber of CIGRE B5.54 and he remains active in the academic domain, linking closely with several colleagues and continuing to publish in peer-reviewed journals. In his free time he enjoys playing with his kids, cycling and walking in the Scottish Highlands. Participant – Smart grids (UK) |
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Shell Gary McGee studied Mechanical Engineering at Durham University, graduating in 2003 and then joining Shell UK. He developed his early career as a Pipeline Engineer moving through engineering support and integrity management groups, followed by a period working as a Pipeline Project Engineer, supporting design, construction and commissioning of three Southern North Sea Pipeline Projects. Gary joined Shell International in The Netherlands during 2009 as a Senior Project Engineer in the Kashagan Phase II Pipelines Umbilicals and Cables execution planning team responsible for long lead procurement, quality and project execution planning. He returned to Shell UK in 2011 as Principal Subsea Engineer leading the Front End Engineering Design and early Detailed Design for the subsea and pipeline elements of the Fram FPSO development in the Central North Sea. In 2013 Gary assumed the role of Project Manager for an emergency pipeline remediation project that was successfully completed ahead of schedule in August 2014. Since then Gary has recently taken the role of Pipeline Discipline Lead within Shell UK. Gary is a Chartered Engineer and Member of IMechE. He has held positions as Secretary of Aberdeen IMechE Young Members panel and Young Members Chairman of the Benelux branch of IMechE. In addition to the Engineering and Project Management Roles held within Shell he also coaches and mentors other junior staff to achieve chartered status and supports Shell Graduate recruitment team as an assessor. General participant (UK) |
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Dr. Napolitano works at Queen’s University Belfast as a Senior IM&T Officer, in the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (center for Public Health), and as a Researcher, with the center for Statistical Science and Operational Research. His current research interests are in natural language processing, information extraction, machine learning, medical and biomedical informatics, with particular emphasis on knowledge representation (ontologies). He holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Physics (QUB), Bioinformatics (Manchester), Philosophy (Roma 1) and has a PhD in Applied Mathematics (QUB). With 20 years’ professional and research experience, he has worked in Italy and in the UK and has been involved in several international projects, with the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO) and the Union for International Cancer Control among the others. For his work, he has won an Excellence in Innovation Award and an Innovation in Oncology Award. |
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Senior Lecturer in Biological Chemistry Dr. Hector Keun is a senior lecturer in biological chemistry in the Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London. He graduated in chemistry from New College, University of Oxford and under the supervision of Prof. Iain Campbell FRS, completed doctoral thesis on structural studies of extracellular matrix proteins using NMR spectroscopy. In 2001 Dr Keun joined the Biological Chemistry section at Imperial College London, which under the leadership of Prof. Jeremy Nicholson was advancing the use of NMR to generate metabolic profiles of body fluids and tissues as part of the concept of ?metabonomics?. As a postdoctoral researcher Dr Keun developed approaches for spectral pattern recognition and toxicity classification in preclinical studies using metabonomics. In 2005, Dr. Keun took up his current position within the Imperial College, Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Keun?s research interests are now directed towards the discovery of novel metabolic biomarkers and drug targets for the prevention and treatment of cancer. His research work has focused on the use of metabolic profiling techniques such as NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry to characterise metabolism in body fluids, tumours and cancer cells and also uses bioinformatic approaches to integrate these data with gene expression profiles and other molecular data (?systems biology?). His work to date has resulted in publications detailing the evolution of metabolic perturbations in gastrointestinal cancer and the links between metabolism and response to chemotherapy. His current work seeks to define and explain the metabolic phenotypes linked to carcinogen exposure, cancer risk and tumourigenesis. Part of this research involves the characterisation of biological samples collected as part of large prospective studies on cancer risk such as EPIC. Further work will seek to understand how cancer-associated metabolic changes are linked causally to epigenetic alterations, in particular to tumour suppressive or oncogenic microRNAs. Dr Keun is also working with AstraZeneca/CRUK to develop pharmacodynamic and predictive biomarkers for novel agents targeting tumour metabolism, e.g. lactate transport, for patient stratification and personalised medicine. |
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Dr. Bridle is a Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Research Fellow and a member of the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering at Heriot-Watt University. She jointly heads the Microfluidics Biotechnology research group with Dr Maiwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas, which comprises 4RAs and 5PhDs and has a research turnover in excess of £250,000 per annum. HB has held grants with a compounded value of £1.3million as PI/CoI, published 14 papers, 1 book (“Waterborne Pathogens: Detection Methods and Applications”, Elsevier) and 1 book chapter in addition to holding a patent regarding materials for waterborne pathogen monitoring. She collaborates extensively with industry and is actively involved in public engagement, participating in many local science festivals and hosting school students under schemes like Nuffield and Equate Careerwise. HB is a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy and was a British Science Association Media Fellow in 2012. She obtained her PhD from Chalmers University of Technology entitled “Techniques to manipulate the environment around and inside single cells” in 2008. She has also worked at ETH Zurich with Professor Marcus Textor on a biosensing project. Her current research interests include waterborne pathogen monitoring, microfluidics, filtration, sample processing, polymer-biological material interactions, nanoparticle-pathogen interactions, Raman spectroscopy, molecular detection and biosensors. |
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Head of School of Engineering Professor Igor Guz is Head of School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen. He joined Aberdeen 2002 as a Lecturer becoming personal Chair in Engineering in 2007 and established Sixth Century Chair in Solid Mechanics in 2010. Prior to joining Aberdeen, he worked at various positions in the Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics (Kiev); Vienna University of Technology, University of Cambridge, University of Stuttgart, Imperial College London and University of Paderborn. Professor Guz received the Doctor of Sciences (DSc) degree in 1994. In 1995, he was awarded the Prize of the Academia Europaea, and in 2009, The State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology. He was also a recipient of the Research Fellowships of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1994-1996, 2002), the Research Fellowships of the Royal Society (1994, 1996-1997), Lise Meitner Research Fellowship of the Austrian Science Foundation (1997), the Research Fellowship of the President of Ukraine (1994), and organiser and Co-chairman of the Euromech Colloquium 400 in London. In 2004, he founded the inter-disciplinary center for Micro- and Nanomechanics (CEMINACS) in Aberdeen. Professor Guz's main research interests are in solid mechanics; advanced anisotropic materials; three-dimensional theory of stability; multi-scale 3-D modelling of composite materials and structures; fracture mechanics; numerical methods; rock mechanics; nanomaterials and nanotechnologies. His research work has appeared in more than 300 publications including 4 books and over 130 journal papers. He made over 40 invited talks at leading universities in the UK, USA, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Slovakia, Chile and Ukraine. Participant – Oil and gas (UK) |
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Jose Carlos de Melo Vieira Jr. University of São Paulo ? USP São Carlos (Brazil) Jose Carlos de Melo Vieira Jr. obtained a B.Sc. degree from the Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil in 1996, and received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, in 1999 and 2006, respectively. From 2011 to 2012 he was a Visiting Professor at University of Alberta (Canada). He is an IEEE member since 2007 and member of the IEEE/PES Working Group on Power Quality Data Analytics since 2013. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the São Carlos School of Engineering, São Carlos, Brazil. His research interests are distributed generation integration, power distribution modeling and analysis, and power system protection. Participant ? Smart grids (BR) |
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Dr. Akanji obtained his PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College London in 2009. He is a Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of the postgraduate programme in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Aberdeen. Prior to this, he was the Head of Petroleum Technology Research Group and Coordinator of Postgraduate Programme at the University of Salford, Manchester. He has worked in the oil and gas industry for Pan Ocean Oil Corporation as a Drilling and Operations Engineer and Shell Petroleum Development Company as a Reservoir Simulation Consultant. Recently, he successfully convened an international symposium on energy sustainability and shale play potentials at the Media City, United Kingdom. He is the project lead on Inter-University collaboration between UK and Jean Piaget Angola. He is also a panel member of the Individual Route Assessment of the Energy Institute, UK. Lateef is a Charted Engineer and Chartered Petroleum Engineer. He is a Member of the Energy Institute and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. |
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Dr. Ochoa is Senior Lecturer in Smart Distribution Networks at The University of Manchester (former UMIST), UK. He is an IEEE Senior Member since 2012. From 2007 to 2010 he was a Research Fellow in Energy Systems at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering gained at UNI (Peru), and a Research MSc and a PhD in Electrical Power Engineering, both gained at UNESP Ilha Solteira (Brazil). Dr Ochoa has more than 80 research papers in peer-reviewed top ranked journals and top class international conferences. He is also co-inventor of one patent filed by Psymetrix Ltd. Dr. Ochoa’s current research interests include network integration of distributed energy resources and future low-carbon distribution networks, areas in which he has an extensive portfolio of industrial projects in the UK and abroad. |
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Project Lead ? Low Carbon Network Fund Tier I Lynne completed her education at the University of Strathclyde where she graduated with MEng degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering. She holds the position of Low Carbon Network (LCN) Fund Tier II Project Lead within UK Power Networks? Future Networks Department, directing the recently awarded £5.5m LCN Fund project ? Vulnerable Customers and Energy Efficiency (VCEE) ? which aims to explore the means to engage with fuel poor customers to facilitate their increased participation in energy efficiency and demand side response. Formerly she held the role of the 2013 LCN Fund Tier II Bid Lead for the VCEE project, successfully securing project funding. She also held the position of Low Carbon Project Manager; this role saw her undertaking the role of Technical Communications Workstream Manager for the £10m LCN Fund flagship project ? Flexible Plug and Play ? which aims to trial innovative technical and commercial solutions in order to provide cheaper and faster connection of renewable generation to the distribution network. |
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University of São Paulo ? USP São Carlos (Brazil) Maíra Martins da Silva received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of São Paulo (Brazil) in 2004 and from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) in 2009, respectively. She is currently Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, São Carlos School of Engineering ? University of São Paulo. Her current research interests include flexible multibody systems, motion and vibration control and optimization. Currently, she is coordinating two research projects sponsored by Brazilian Research Foundations on smart machining tools (CNPq) and versatile robotic systems (FAPESP) under an energy efficiency design approach. Moreover, she is collaborating on a FP7 European Project EMVeM (Energy efficiency Management for Vehicles and Machines). Session Oil and Gas |
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University of São Paulo – USP (Brazil) Assistant professor at the department of Computer Science at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, Brazil, he lectures both graduate and undergraduate courses, and his research focuses on processing, analysis and visualization of biomedical images. His research field includes development of Magnetic Resonance, Computer Tomography and Nuclear Medicine image processing and analysis methodologies. He obtained his MS and PhD at Wright State University, USA; and his postdoctoral work was conducted at Yale University, USA on diffusion tensor imaging. Speaker – Big data in healthcare (Brazil) |
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D.Sc. University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, 2013. Assistant Professor at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Substitute Professor at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP). Recipient of ABCM-EMBRAER Award ?Best D.Sc. Thesis in Mechanics?, 2013. EXCELLENT PAPER, 7th International Symposium on Multiphase Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an-China. Research interest in multiphase flow applied to the upstream oil and gas industry. |
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Márcio Venício Pilar Alcântara Regulation Specialist, Aneel (Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency) He is a Regulation Specialist at Aneel (Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency) since November 2008. Worked as Electrical Engineer in the Goiás Energetic Company (CELG) between 2004 and 2008. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from UFG (Federal University of Goiás), Goiânia in 2003. Obtained also his Master's Degree in April 2005 and his PhD in July 2014 both in Electrical Engineering at Unicamp (State University of Campinas), Campinas, Brazil. He has experience in Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Power Systems, acting on the following topics: Smart Grid, Energy Efficiency, Power Distribution and Intelligent Systems. |
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Marilda Mendonça Guazzelli Ramos Vianna University of São Paulo - USP (Brazil) Marilda M. G. Ramos Vianna is a Chemical Engineer. She has Masters and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering at Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo. Since 2005, she is a research associate at the National Institute of Science and Technology for Environmental Studies (INCT-EMA) and Center for Environmental Research and Training (CEPEMA-Poli-USP), coordinating researches with support from funding agencies (FAPESP, CNPq) as well as from private enterprises (Petrobras,Vale). Her research interests include industrial wastewater treatment, characterization, investigation and remediation of contaminated areas. Participant – Bioremediation (BR) |
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Martin joined ScottishPower in 2005 after graduating from the University of Strathclyde with a Masters degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. He then went on to obtain an MBA from Warwick Business School as part of the Global Energy Programme. His experience has been gained across a number of roles including operational roles, Investment Planning and Corporate Strategy. Martin was appointed as Future Networks Manager for SP Energy Networks in 2010 and has overall responsibility for maximising Smart Grid opportunities and Smart Metering. He is currently looking after a variety of Smart Grid and R&D projects across the networks business ensuring SP Energy Networks is at the forefront of this emerging and fast moving sector. |
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Dr.Lucquiaud is a UK Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow and a Lecturer at Edinburgh University in Scotland, UK. He has a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London in the UK and a MEng degree from the National Institute of Applied Science of Lyon (INSA Lyon) in France. Mathieu is particularly interested in the large scale deployment of climate change mitigation technologies and more specifically how to limit total cumulative carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere to safe levels. He has worked on CO2 capture from power stations and industrial processes since 2005 at Imperial College London, and then the University of Edinburgh where he coordinates a £1.5M research effort. His research lies at the interface of mechanical engineering and chemical engineering with techno-economics and energy systems. It examines the broad implications of adding CO2 capture to current and future coal and gas power stations in terms of performance, efficiency and operational flexibility with the electricity grid and CO2 transport networks. Mathieu is also interested in possible ways to remove CO2 from the air and generate carbon-negative electricity by using biomass with carbon capture and storage. |
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Post Graduate Researcher, Geomicrobiology Research Group Obioma Kelechi Mejeha is a post graduate researcher with the geomicrobiology research group, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. She is interested in the the process of biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbon. Presently, she is working on her PhD project which addresses the biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbon in soils co-contaminated with heavy metals. She has presented the results from this study in both local and international conferences, the most recent being the International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology in California, USA. Obioma is originally from Nigeria and was awarded with the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (a nigerian scholarship award specific for petroleum related projects). She has a bachelors degree in Industrial Microbiology from the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria (where she was employed eventually as an assistant lecturer) and a Masters Degree in Environmental Microbiology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She loves to Sing and play tennis or badminton in her spare time. Participant – Bioremediation (UK) |
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Senior Statistician, Nuffield Department of Population Health Orlaith is a Senior Statistician in the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford. Her current research focuses on individual patient meta-analysis for diagnosis of maternal and fetal conditions during pregnancy as part of the Global Pre-Empt Study. Orlaith is involved in a number of healthcare analyses in areas of maternal health, geriatric care and radiological protection. Orlaith is also interested in the understanding and modelling of complex correlation structures introduced by time series data. Other methodological projects include the further development of time-series cross-sectional models and seasonal behaviour models. Alongside her research, Orlaith's work also includes lecturing and statistical consultancy. She is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and Vice-Chair of their Young Statisticians Section, Fellow and Chamberlain at Kellogg College and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority. Participant – Big data in healthcare (UK) |
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Oscar Mauricio Hernandez Rodriguez D.Sc. State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, 2002. Associate Professor of Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo. Coordinator of the Pilot Center Brazil of the European Research Community On Flow, Turbulence And Combustion ? ERCOFTAC. President of the Research Commission of the São Carlos School of Engineering of the University of São Paulo. Consultant of the São Paulo State Research Foundation ? FAPESP. Consultant of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil ? CNPq. 2011- 2013 Secretary of the Fluid Mechanics Committee of the Brazilian Association of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering ? ABCM. 2012-2013 Visiting Scientist, University of Nottingham, UK. 2003- 2004 Associate Researcher, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology. 2002-2003 Associate Researcher, PETROBRAS. Recipient of the ABCM ? EMBRAER Award 2013 ?Best Brazilian PhD Thesis?, as advisor. Recipient of the PETROBRAS Technology Award 2011. TOP 10 CITED, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2006-2011. Author of about 20 journal papers, 50 conference papers and 1 book on Multiphase Flow. Project Head of several research projects with the oil and gas industry. Research interest in multiphase flow applied to the upstream oil and gas industry. |
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M.Sc. Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil, 2006. Master of Science in Control of hydraulic systems. Mechatronics Engineer, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (2003). Maintenance Engineer Mineração Rio do Norte 2006-2007. Quality Engineer John Deere, 2007-2008. Subsea Engineer PETROBRAS. Expert in subsea engineering, integrity and corrosion in pipes. |
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D.Sc.University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, 2012. Rafael H. Nemoto was born in 1985 in Campinas, Brazil. He received the bachelor degree in Mechatronics Engineering in 2008 from University of São Paulo (Brazil), with part of the credits fulfilled at Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany). In 2012, he obtained his D.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering also from USP. Rafael is currently a Subsea Production Researcher of the ?Offshore & Subsea Systems? group at GE Global Research. His research activities are related to the oil and gas industry, with focus on modeling and simulation of petroleum production systems. Prior to joining GE, he was Research Staff Member of the ?Natural Resources? group at IBM Research. Rafael has also worked as researcher at NDF (Fluids and Dynamics Research Group - University of São Paulo), where he has been involved in R&D projects with Petrobras and Prysmian Cables and Systems. Some of the activities developed at NDF are: Design of a virtual flow metering system applied to oil fields, Modeling and simulation of severe slugging in pipeline-riser systems and Flow assurance studies. He also worked at the R&D facility of Bosch-Rexroth located at Schwieberdingen (Germany) as engineering intern. His research interests are mathematical modeling, computational mechanics, fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, flow assurance and petroleum fluids characterization. |
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University of São Paulo ? USP (Brazil) Renato Machado Monaro was born in Brazil in 1982. He received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2007. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2013. At the present, he is an Assistant Professor at the University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil. His main research interests are power system control and protection, power system simulation, generator protection and power quality. Renato Machado Monaro é graduado (2007) em Engenharia Elétrica pela Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos - Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, Brasil. Ele obteve o título de doutor em ciências em 2013 pela mesma instituição. Atualmente é docente junto à Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo. Suas áreas de interesse incluem proteção e controle de sistemas de potência, proteção de geradores, simulação de sistemas elétricos e qualidade da energia elétrica. Participant ? Smart grids (BR) |
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University of São Paulo - USP (Brazil) Dr. Schneider´s Research Interests are focused on the investigation of fundamental and applied aspects of microbial biofilms in both natural and technical environments. Specific areas of work include the development of improved methods for both microbial and chemical characterization of biofilms, bioremediation of contaminated groundwaters, biocorrosion and other biofilm-induced damages in hydroelectric power plants, fouling of microfiltration and reverse osmosis membranes, the development of bioreactors for removal of assimilable organic carbon from both marine and freshwater sources, biomethanation of biodegradable organic wastes and biological metal recovery methods for mining wastes treatment. Dr. Schneider obtained his degree in Natural Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, where he also studied Mechanical Engineering for one year. He completed his PhD studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG). He then spent the next 8 years as a Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia where he was Chief Investigator in a number of ARC Research grants as well as of projects financed by the Cooperative Research Center in Waste Management and Pollution Control. With the award of a Young Investigator Fellowship and Project Grant by FAPESP he returned to Brazil, initially to the Environmental Research Center of EMBRAPA in Jaguariúna. In 1999 he moved to the University of São Paulo, where he took up a Position as Lecturer in the Microbiological Department of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences. In 2014 he moved to the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Polytechnical School, at the same University. Dr. Schneider´s R&D activities in Brazil attracted financing from a range of public agencies (FAPESP, FINEP, CNPQ, etc.) as well as from private enterprise (primarily hydropower equipment manufacturers, environmental consulting firms and membrane systems integrators). Dr. Schneider is one of the Editors of the Journal ?International Biodegradation & Bioremediation?. Speaker ? Bioremediation (BR) |
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Ricardo Augusto Souza Fernandes Federal University of São Carlos ? UFSCar (Brazil) Ricardo Augusto Souza Fernandes is Adjunct Professor at Center of Exact Sciences and Technology, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Educational Foundation of Barretos, in 2006. He received the Master and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of São Paulo, respectively in 2009 and 2011. He was a Lecturer at University of São Paulo in 2012. In 2013, he joined the Federal University of São Carlos as adjunct professor. His research areas of interest are within the field of Smart Grid, Power Quality, Modelling and Simulation of Power Distribution Systems, Intelligent System Applications in Power Systems (more specifically, neural networks, fuzzy inference systems, meta-heuristics and evolutionary algorithms). Participant ? Smart grids (BR) |
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Research Engineer, Lightning & Electrostatics Rhys Phillips is a Research Engineer in the Lightning & Electrostatics team at Airbus Group Innovations where he has worked since 2009. His job involves developing new methods of lightning strike protection for the next generation of composite aircraft as well as research into the fundamental physical properties of fuel in aircraft tank filling scenarios. He is an active STEM Ambassador and his work promoting the sciences the general public and to schools in both the UK and France have resulted in him receiving awards from the Welsh Livery Guild, the Institute of Physics and STEMNet. Rhys is an active IET volunteer in South East Wales and also sits on the Electromagnetics Technical Network Committee and the Young Professionals Communities Committee. In 2012, he was awarded the Paul Fletcher Medal for services to the IET. He is also a member of the Queen Elizabeth Prize Young Search Group. Rhys is one of the six volunteers who founded Cardiff Science Festival in 2012 and is currently preparing the programme for the 2015 festival. He is the presenter of the Monday breakfast show, a jazz music programme, a quiz show and a weekly science & technology magazine programme Pythagoras? Trousers on Radio Cardiff where he also produces the station?s soap opera Sophia Square and reads the news on Saturdays. When not in the lab or on the air, Rhys can be found on stage with his science variety night, The Pythagorean Cabaret or his jazz ensemble, Imperfect Tenth. |
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Ricardo Machado works at Petrobras as a Technical Consultant in Oil and Gas Production. Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering (São Paulo University ? USP); Master Degree in Oil Engineering (Ouro Preto University ? UFOP) and a PhD at Imperial College, London. Experience across onshore, offshore, oil and gas assets, including modelling, optimization and operation. Machado is currently in the Technical Support Team for Pre-Salt Development and Operation Unit, at Santos, SP. Session Oil and Gas |
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Roberto Marcondes Cesar Junior University of São Paulo – USP (Brazil) Full-Professor of the University of São Paulo (USP) since 2008. Graduated in Computer Science from Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho (IBILCE - UNESP - 1992), MS in Electrical Engineering from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP - 1993) and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of São Paulo (USP - 1997) . He is currently a Full-Professor in the Department of Computer Science - IME - USP. He is a member of the Coordination Area of Computer Science of FAPESP and of the Evaluation Committee Capes (Computer Science). He is Director of the Bioinformatics Research Center at USP. He has experience in computer science, with emphasis on computer vision, pattern recognition, image processing, bioinformatics and eScience. Session co-Chair - Big data in Healthcare (Brazil) |
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Dr. Thornton is a contaminant hydrogeologist and Reader in Environmental Engineering Science at the University of Sheffield in the UK. He leads the internationally renown Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group (GPRG) at Sheffield, which conducts fundamental and applied research in processes, monitoring approaches and technology development for the investigation, assessment, remediation and management of groundwater pollution. He has over 20 years research experience in the field of environmental engineering, with particular interests in the application of bioremediation and natural attenuation for the restoration of soil and groundwater contaminated by aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, pesticides, nutrients, heavy metals and landfill leachate, among others. His research places particular emphasis on the integration of stable isotope and molecular microbiological analysis for multidisciplinary characterisation of natural and polluted systems. Steve has published widely in the discipline and delivered advanced professional development training courses on various topics to numerous private and public sector organisations on 3 continents. He has also been an external advisor for the development of UK Environment Agency technical guidance on various groundwater restoration and management concepts. He is currently developing industry best practice guidance on LNAPL fate and transport in the subsurface with an international team of co-authors. He is a Visiting Professor in the College of Water Sciences at Beijing Normal University, China and an Associate Editor of the international journal Groundwater. |
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Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School Dr Suzy Moat is an Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School. Her work exploits data from sources such as Google, Wikipedia and Flickr, to investigate whether data from the Internet can help us measure and even predict human behaviour. In recent studies, in collaboration with Tobias Preis, H. Eugene Stanley and colleagues, Suzy has provided evidence that patterns in searches for financial information on Wikipedia and Google may have offered clues to subsequent stock market moves, and that Internet users from countries with a higher per capita GDP are more likely to search for information about years in the future than years in the past. Suzy was awarded an MSci in Computer Science from UCL and an MSc and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh, and won a series of prizes during her studies. Since 2011, Moat has secured £3.3 million of funding from UK, EU and US research agencies. Her work has been featured by television, radio and press worldwide, including recent pieces on CNN and the BBC. Suzy has acted as an advisor to government and public bodies on the predictive capabilities of big data. She co-directs The Data Science Lab, a team of researchers in Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School working on these questions. General participant (UK) |
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Tamara Holmgren is a Project Manager at Foster Wheeler Energy Limited, based in Reading, England. She leads multi discipline teams of engineers for the design, procurement and construction of petro-chemical plants and maintains a keen interest in the promotion of engineering. Tamara started in engineering as a technician apprentice through the ECITB. She is now a fully chartered Civil Engineer, with a degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA). She has experience of managing teams on a variety of projects in the oil and gas, refining, LNG and chemicals sectors for a range of clients including IOCL, SCOP, Saudi Aramco, Woodside, Texaco, BP and Mobil. Tamara is currently managing the front end design for a Gas-Oil Separation (GOSP) facility to be built in Saudi Arabia. She is a keen to support the promotion of engineering, both within schools and the wider community. This includes promoting engineering at careers conventions, running engineering challenges and fun days and speaking at schools on the benefits of an engineering career. She also mentors junior engineers through to Chartership. Tamara is a finalist in the James Rennie Medal Award run by the Institution of Civil Engineers for demonstrating ‘outstanding qualities in all attributes and a significant contribution in the promotion and development of civil engineering’. |
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Associate Professor Obtained the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), in 1994 and 1996, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in 2001, Brazil. He worked as a Researcher Associate and a Visiting Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada, from 2002 to 2003, 2005 to 2006, 2011 to 2012 and 2013 to 2014. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at UNICAMP. Dr. Freitas has participated as the principal investigator in more than 20 R&D projects for Brazilian and Canadian utilities and govern agencies, published more than 50 journal papers and supervised more than 20 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students. He is an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery and the secretary of the IEEE/PES Working Group on Power Quality Data Analytics. His main research interests are distributed generation, distribution systems and smart grids. Speaker – Smart grids (Brazil) |
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Lecturer, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Dr Weijia Yuan received his Bachelor degree from Tsinghua University and his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He then became both a research associate in the Engineering Department and a junior research fellow at Wolfson College, both at the University of Cambridge. Dr Yuan joined the University of Bath as a lecturer (Assistant Professor) in 2011. He currently holds a research fellowship awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering (2013-18). He has published over 35 peer-reviewed papers in the fields of superconductivity and electrical power engineering. Much of his work is focused on electrical power applications of superconductivity including energy storage, power cables fault current limiter and wireless charging. His RAEng Research Fellowship allows him to concentrate on research in energy storage for renewable energy and electric vehicle integration. He is also investigating Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) systems and their applications in hybrid storage systems. He is working with a number of industry companies (National Grid, Air Bus, Oxford Instruments etc) to explore the application opportunities of superconducting devices in power grids and transportation with end-users in mind. General participant (UK) |
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