As part of Techweek17 UC is opening the doors of the newly finished Engineering Core to showcase some of the innovative and technology advanced research projects being developed.

Tour the core, where there will be displays, models and demonstrations of UC’s research projects. Learn more about the world’s first colour CT scanner being developed and see the two electric cars designed and built by engineering students.

Attend a selection of short lectures hosted by the academics and students who are making a difference. Topics include rescue drones, autonomous vehicles and deep sea exploration to name a few. Register now, this event is not to be missed.

Join the conversation on social media using #twnz17

20-minute Lectures - between 6pm and 7.30pm

Stream 1

• 6.05pm: Hunt for the Wilderpeople 2: Drone Rescue - Technology to empower swarms of drones to locate and triage casualties by flying formations over major disaster areas. Presenter: Dr Graeme Woodward, Wireless Research Centre

• 6.35pm: UC Motorsport and the cutting edge of electric vehicle design - UC Engineering students are competing and winning with both an electric race car and a recyclable energy efficient electric car developed and built on campus. Presenter: Willy Dunlop, Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering

• 7.05pm: UC researchers developing a new generation of seismic resilient structures - earthquake sensors, dissipative fuses and smart structural design systems: hi-tech resilient civil infrastructure, dream or reality? Presenters: Professor Alessandro Palermo, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering and Dr Geoff Rodgers, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Stream 2

• 6.05pm: Autonomous vehicles on New Zealand roads – why HMI and Christchurch International Airport Limited are trialling an autonomous smart shuttle and role of research in successful and safe operations. Presenters: Dave Verma, Director AV Initiatives, HMI Technologies and Michael Singleton, General Manager Corporate Affairs, Christchurch International Airport Limited

• 6.35pm: The Geospatial Revolution and the Science of ‘Where’ – what is the connection between lyprosy monitoring, smart cities and predator control and the emerging use of geospatial analytics. Presenter: Wayne Tyson, Manager, Geospatial Research Institute

• 7.05pm: Games, gadgets and goo – how smart, creative, tech-savvy designers will be at the heart of New Zealand’s future growth in environmental sustainability through product innovation in a whole range of industries. Presenter: Professor Conan Fee, Head of Product Design School

Stream 3

• 6.05pm: Life on MARS-CT – The how and why UC researchers are designing and building the world’s first full colour computer tomography (CT) scanner incorporating the Medipix chip developed at CERN. Presenter: Dr Phil Butler, Physics and Astronomy

• 6.35pm: Frozen seas and calving glaciers: Drones exploring the Deep South – UC researchers using 4D drones to monitor cloud and snow formations in order to understand how weather systems underline climate change. Presenter: Dr Wolfgang Rack, Gateway Antarctica

Parking

Free parking is available from 5pm in the Biology car park off Forestry Road.

More information

David Humm
Email: david.humm@canterbury.ac.nz

Website: techweek.co.nz