Tag: Webinars

WTUN for International Women in Engineering Day 2025

17th June 2025

Join us to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day 2025 on Monday 23 June, at 1500 (GMT+1), via Teams.

Register HERE

Speakers:

  • King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand: Dr Teeranoot Chanthasopeephan, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Mindanao State University: The Philippines, Ms. Mujahidah Ameenah D. Sharief,  Registered Agricultural and Biosystems Engineer, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
  • Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada: Richa Bhardwaj,Principle Investigator, Centre for Innovation and Research in Advanced Manufacturing Materials (CIRAMM)
  • University of Bradford, UK: Dr Sara Rye, Associate Professor in Project Management for Development
  • University of Bradford, UK:  Arathyram Sasikala (Arathy), Assistant Professor in Formulation Science, Centre for Pharmaceutical Engineering Science and Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

During this event the panel will celebrate InWED by:

  • Highlighting and celebrating women in engineering.
  • Celebrating and acknowledging InWED 2025.
  • Sharing best practices and include a sharing session on areas relevant to this year’s theme
  • Facilitating Q&As to speakers on their experiences as women or working with women in the field of engineering.

 

Call for Speakers: WTUN for International Women in Engineering Day

4th June 2025

Join us to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day 2025 on Monday 23 June, at 1500 (GMT+1), via Teams.

This year’s theme is #TogetherWeEngineer and we are opening this call for speakers to participate in a sharing session. We are seeking speakers from WTUN member universities to celebrate the work that women engineers around the world are doing. We are suggesting that speakers deliver 20-minute presentations on a topic of their choosing which links to the theme of #TogetherWeEngineer.

We would like to remind members that InWED is an annual event that centres and celebrates Women in Engineering but is not exclusively for women. We welcome all colleagues to participate in discussions around women in engineering at this event. We would like to achieve gender parity across the speakers in this event with women in engineering and the theme #TogetherWeEngineer taking central stage.

We are looking to create a programme to celebrate InWED which will:

  • Highlight and celebrate women in engineering.
  • Celebrate and acknowledge InWED 2025.
  • Share best practices and include a sharing session on areas relvant to this year’s theme
  • Facilitate Q&As to speakers on their experiences as women or working with women in the field of engineering.

We welcome submission of abstracts and expressions of interest (EOIs) via email to wtun@bradford.ac.uk.

The deadline for submissions is Friday 13 June 2025.

WTUN Guest Lecture with Professor Roger Falconer

9th May 2025

WTUN Guest Lecture

Global Water Security: Need for a Holistic Approach with Professor Roger Falconer

Tuesday 17 June, 11.15am (UTC)/12.15 (GMT+1) via MS Teams 

Register here to attend.

About this event:

Water is a life-essential resource but water availability and quality across the globe is increasingly threatened by intensifying climate change, rapid population growth, and escalating pollution. These issues are not just environmental by nature, but social, economic, and political.

In this presentation, Professor Roger Falconer introduces the concept of virtual water, where water is a hidden material in the goods we consume and reveals how everyday actions of individuals and industries have significant impact on the water security of communities near and far.

Water security cannot be resolved in isolation. A holistic and integrated approach must be implemented to address the global interdependencies that span both regions and industries. Professor Falconer will examine integrated water resource management solutions and how small scale behavioural and policy changes can deliver global benefits.

Professor Roger Falconer is an honorary graduate and former Professor of Water Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at WTUN Member, University of Bradford. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering at Cardiff University and a Fellow of several leading engineering academies. With decades of experience in hydro-environmental modelling, Professor Falconer presents compelling, data-driven, cross-sector solutions to safeguard water quality and availability worldwide.

This event will be Chaired by Professor Iqbal Mujtaba, Professor of Computational Process Engineering and Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) in the Faculty of Engineering and Digital Technologies at the University of Bradford.

Visit our Webinar Page for more information.

 

ICYMI – Watch the replay now: WTUN for International Women in Engineering Day 2024- ‘Enhanced by Engineering’

16th July 2024

In case you missed it!

WTUN for International Women in Engineering Day 2024- ‘Enhanced by Engineering’

For full information, speaker details and to watch the replay visit – https://www.wtu-n.net/webinars/

Date: Wednesday 26 June

Time: 14.00 (UK Time/GMT+1)

Platform: Online webinar via Teams

This event was to mark this year’s ‘WTUN for International Women in Engineering Day (INWED)’. Once again, the breadth of topics covered demonstrates the plurality and varied areas of expertise in which Network members are engaged; this time coming together under the 2024 theme ‘Enhanced by Engineering’. Read more about INWED and the Women’s Engineering Society here.

WTUN for International Women in Engineering Day 2024- ‘Enhanced by Engineering’

24th June 2024

WTUN for International Women in Engineering Day 2024- ‘Enhanced by Engineering’

Join us as we mark International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) via an online event on Wednesday 26th June.

To register for the above event please complete this registration form – Click to be taken to registration form

Date: Wednesday 26 June

Time: 14.00 (UK Time/GMT+1)

Platform: Online webinar via Teams

Greeting from the WTUN. Thank you for the great response to the call for speakers circulated for this year’s ‘WTUN for International Women in Engineering Day (INWED)’. Once again, the breadth of topics covered demonstrates the plurality and varied areas of expertise in which Network members are engaged; this time coming together under the 2024 theme ‘Enhanced by Engineering’. Read more about INWED and the Women’s Engineering Society here.

 

Read more here – https://www.wtu-n.net/webinars/

Call for Speakers: WTUN for International Women in Engineering Day: #EnhancedByEngineering

13th May 2024

Join us to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day 2024 on Wednesday 26th June, at 14:00 (GMT+1), via Zoom.

This year’s theme is #EnhancedByEngineering and we are opening this call for speakers to participate in a sharing session. We are seeking contributions from prominent speakers from WTUN member universities who have #EnhancedByEngineering people’s everyday lives and are helping to build towards a brighter future. We are suggesting that speakers deliver 10–15 minute presentations on a topic of their choosing which links to the theme of enhancing lives through engineering.

We would like to remind members that InWED is an annual event that centres and celebrates Women in Engineering but is not exclusively for women. We welcome all colleagues to participate in discussions around women in engineering at this event. We would like to achieve gender parity across the speakers in this event with women in engineering and the theme #EnhancedByEngineering taking central stage.

We are looking to create a programme to celebrate InWED which will:

  • Highlight and celebrate women in engineering.
  • Celebrate and acknowledge InWED 2024.
  • Share best practices and include a sharing session on areas thematic to this year’s theme #EnhancedbyEngineering.
  • Facilitate Q&As to speakers on their experiences as women or working with women in the field of engineering.

We welcome submission of abstracts and expressions of interest (EOIs) via email to wtun@bradford.ac.uk.

The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 04 June 2024.

Recording available- watch all the WTUN for WED 2024 events here

14th March 2024

WTUN for World Engineering Day 

Throughout the week commencing 4 March 2024 the WTUN convened a series of online events to mark mark World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development 2024

The full schedule including speaker biographies can be found here: WTUN for World Engineering Day Schedule

WED is an opportunity to celebrate engineering and the contribution of the world’s engineers for a better, sustainable world. This year’s theme is “Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable World”

Recordings for each session are now available

Monday 4 March: 

Tuesday 5 March:

 

Thursday 7 March:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With special thanks to: 

university of applied sciences upper austriaHindustan Institute of Technology and ScienceThe University of Bradford

 

WTUN for WED event announcement – Register Now!

13th February 2024
World Engineering Day is an opportunity to celebrate engineering and the contribution of the world’s engineers for a better, sustainable world.
Date: Monday 4 March 2024
Time: 10:00 (GMT)
Register: Microsoft Forms
Host: Dr. Christina Toigo, Professorship of Hydrogen Technology and Energy Storage, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
We are pleased to announce details of the first in a series of events in celebration of UNESCO World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development.
Join Dr Christina Toigo and the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria for this session focussing on ‘the Latest Developments in Energy Storage and Conversion’.

About Dr Toigo:

Christina Toigo received her Masters degree in polymer chemistry from the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria and a PhD in electrochemistry from Alma Mater Studiorum – Universitá di Bologna, Italy. She has been in the field of electrochemistry and battery technology for more than 9 years in both industry and research, working on lithium- and sodium-ion batteries and combined systems for energy storage and hydrogen generation. She currently holds a professorship in “Hydrogen Technology and Energy Storage Systems” at University of Applied Sciences Wels, Austria, where she is focusing on sustainable materials, integration of complex energy systems and innovative approaches within this field. In her lectures, she shares real-world applications and practical insights, making complex concepts easily comprehensible.

Speakers:

We will announce our full line-up of speakers here – check back soon!

Call for Speakers – Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in STEM

6th February 2024

WTUN for World Engineering Day

Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in STEM

Members of the World Technology Universities Network have demonstrated a commitment to the inclusive advancement of sustainable scientific and technology teaching and research; each demonstrating a commitment to truly equitable innovation for the benefit of people and place.  Does your institution have example(s) of effective, impactful, and innovative approaches to increasing participation, progression, and success in STEM related subjects for otherwise underrepresented or marginalised groups (whatever this might mean in context of subject area, culture, history, or locality)? We invite you to share these examples of excellence with fellow WTUN members so that we might learn from each other for the benefit of all.

As part of a series of WTUN led events coinciding with this year’s UNESCO World Engineering Day (4 March) we are pleased to share this call for speakers for an online event proposed for Tuesday 5 March between 11.00-14.00 GMT (exact times to be confirmed and can be adjusted to accommodate time zones where possible and required). We also seek a moderator/chair to host the event and facilitate a Q&A.

Please submit proposals to wtun@bradford.ac.uk by Friday 16 February.

Depending on level of response we may consider holding more than one session on this subject or repeating it later in the year, so if you have something you would like to share but the date and time above is not suitable, please do contact us to explore options.

To be the first to receive updates about the events happening w.c 4 March for World Engineering Day register here.

WTUN marks International Clean Energy Day

18th January 2024

In August 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming the 26 January as International Day of Clean Energy, the anniversary day of the founding of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in 2009.

As SDG 7 ‘Affordable and Clean Energy’ is one of the focal areas for this year’s WTUN activities, we see this is an opportunity to share and highlight some of the vital work undertaken by WTUN members in this field.

We are pleased to announce the details of our online event to mark International Day of Clean Energy:

?Date: Thursday 25 January 2024
⏲Time: 11:00-13:00 (GMT)
?Register:Microsoft Forms
?Speakers: 

Chair:

Dr Mariyappan Shanmugam, Professor, Department of Physics, Centre of Excellence in Underwater Robotics and Communication, Hindustan University

Speakers:

Dr Patcharawat Charoen-amornkitt, Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi

Prof Haslenda Hashim, Chair, Resource Sustainability Research Alliance, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Dr Worawat Meevasana, Assoc. Professor, School of Physics, Suranaree University of Technology

Dr Parvathy A K, Professor, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hindustan University

Dr. Christina Toigo, Professorship of Hydrogen Technology and Energy Storage, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

Read more about our speakers here

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