The UK Acoustics Network Plus Physical Acoustics and Early Career SIG workshop on Careers in Acoustics will be held from 9am to 4pm on the 20th March 2025 at the Institute of Physics, 37 Caledonian Rd, London N1 9BU. Below is the provisional programme. You will be able to put questions to the speakers via our padlet here.
Morning: Invited talks
09.00 – 09.45 Registration with refreshments
09.45 – 09.50 Welcome address
09.50 – 10.15 Prof. Kirill Horoshenkov (Director of UKAN+) “Acoustical Engineer: Academia and Industry”
10.15 – 10.40 Prof. David Waddington (President of IOA) “IOA and the pathway to CEng through the IOA”
10.40 – 11.30 Careers in industry and industry-led funding in academia (the big picture)
- 10.40 – 10.55 Andrew Bullmore, Hoare Lea
- 10.55 – 11.10 Tryfon Antonakakis (remote), Multiwave
- 11.10 – 11.25 Jonathan Abra, Innovate UK
11.30 – 12.10 Coffee and tea break
12.10 – 13.00 Experience in transferring between sectors
- 12.10 – 12.25 Daniel Amargianitakis, Rolls-Royce
- 12.25 – 12.40 Suresh Palani (in-person/remote), Airbus
- 12.40 – 12.55 Neha Sharma, Hoare Lea
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Afternoon: Networking
14.00 – 15.00 Presentations from attendees (3 – 5 minute pitch talks):
- Levi Kaganowich (University of Salford)
- Dima Usov (University of Manchester)
- Adam Cavanagh (University of Salford)
- Mengting Yao (University of Nottingham)
- Jah Shamas (University of Sheffield)
- Andrey Korolkov (University of Manchester)
- Gabriel Nunez (University of Manchester)
- Elena Medvedeva (University of Manchester)
- Guangyuan Huang (Cranfield University)
- Jamie Scanlan (University of Salford)
15.00 – 15.20 Afternoon tea
15.20 – 15.50 Panel discussion with special guest, Naomi Tansey, Chair of IOA Noise and Vibration Engineering Group
15.50 – 16.00 Closing address