How do robots perform medical miracles?
Event details
Description
The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) at the University of Sheffield would like to invite you to join us for ‘Women in Control: Robotics and Medical Miracles’. Spend the day with us and attend mini lectures, watch live demonstrations, meet our students and alumni, and visit our labs. This event is for girls in Year 10 who want to find out more about careers in robotics.
The development of medical robots has been a major innovation for the medical industry, enabling huge leaps in both surgery and patient recovery. The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering is heavily involved in the research and development of new technologies used in medicine and healthcare.
Dr Mahnaz Arvaneh works with brain-Computer interfaces and leads pioneering work in stroke rehabilitation. In her mini lecture she will talk about how she applies machine learning which is underpinned by statistics and probability to her research - demonstrating a practical application of maths in bioengineering.
Dr Dana Damian’s mini lecture ‘Living with robots inside our body’ will highlight the increasing number of technologies that have been developed to solve various health issues from identifying diseases to providing therapies.
The final session of the morning is with a former student who will talk about their role in industry and then conclude with the creators of the MediTel robot - a robot that provides remote medical treatment in hazardous environments.
Lunch will be provided in our Engineering Heartspace and you will have the chance to ‘Meet the students & societies’ such as Women in Engineering, BAME Engineers and the Roboteers.
In the afternoon the students will take part in a range of hands-on activities in our labs,including working with a robot arm and coding and programming our Sumobots.
| Time | Session Details | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30-10:00 | Students and Teachers arrive, refreshments and pastries on arrival. |
Diamond building |
| 10:00-10:10 | Welcome & Introduction by Dr Tara Baldacchino | Diamond building |
| 10:10-10:30 | Mini Lecture 1: Brain-Computer Interface, Dr Mahnaz Arvaneh | Diamond building |
| 10:30-10:50 | Mini Lecture 2: Living with robots inside our body, Dr Dana Damian | Diamond building |
| 10:50-11:10 | Mini Lecture 3: ACSE/ EEE Alumni from Industry | Diamond building |
| 11:10-11:35 | MediTel Robot Demonstration, AMRC | Diamond building |
| 11:35-11:45 | Tour of Diamond Building | |
| 11:45-12:00 | Break | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch and ‘Meet the students & Societies’ | Heartspace |
| 13:00-13:45 |
Group 1: Lab session 1 DIA Group 2: Lab session 2 SB202 |
Diamond building and Sir Henry Stephenson Building |
| 13:40-13:50 | Move between labs | |
| 13:50-14:35 |
Group 1: Lab session 2 SB202 Group 2: Lab session 1 DIA |
Diamond building and Sir Henry Stephenson Building |
| 14:35-14:40 | Break | |
| 14:40-15:00 |
Wrap-up session including university admissions, courses, A-levels, access, summer schools Q&A. |
Diamond building |
Prep for event:
We'll be using wooclap - so please bring your mobile devices.
To study engineering you'll need to have taken A level maths and a science. At the Women in Control event you'll learn how maths, computing and engineering underpin medical technologies, and explore how your interest and imagination can lead to a degree in automatic control and robotics at the University of Sheffield.