This event is free of charge and the lecture is open to the public, but registration is required.
PUBLIC EVENT
This year's annual East Midlands Regional event is hosted by the Nottingham Trent University. The event will offer plenty of opportunities to network with the Academy Fellows and a wider engineering community within the region.
Our regional lecture will be given by Professor Haida Liang, Professor of Physics, Head of the Imaging & Sensing for Archaeology, Art History & Conservation (ISAAC) research group, Nottingham Trent University. Her talk will demonstrate how various remote sensing and interferometric imaging techniques are used in tandem for material analysis to study history and heritage materials, as the volume of data collected is becoming too large to manage using traditional image analysis methods. Remote standoff reflectance spectral imaging systems have been developed to operate from further distances for automated high resolution large scale survey of wall paintings - such as those in cave temples along the Silk Road. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is used to examine varnish and paint layers on oil paintings. The talk will explore the benefits of interdisciplinary research from fundamental science (e.g. Astrophysics) to applied science and Engineering and how applications to fragile cultural heritage materials can inspire the development of instruments that are useful for industrial monitoring. A short Q&A with the audience will conclude the session.
Prior to the lecture, the opportunity to receive tours of NTU's engineering facilities has been offered to us. Spaces for this are very limited, and primarily for Fellows. However, if you would like to partake, please email Beth Hagen at [email protected] to register your interest.
Programme
| Time | Action |
| 4.00pm | Tour registration opens |
| 4.15pm | Tour of Medical Technologies and Innovation Facility (MTIF), Imaging and Sensing for Archaeology, Art history and Conservation Lab (ISAAC) and Tour of Engineering Building (limited spaces) |
| 5.30pm | Lecture registration opens |
| 6.00pm | Lecture 'From multimodal remote sensing and imaging, to the history of the Silk Road' Professor Haida Liang, Professor of Physics, Head of the Imaging & Sensing for Archaeology, Art History & Conservation (ISAAC) research group, NTU |
| 6.45pm | Q&A session |
| 7.00pm | Close of event |
*programme subject to change
Venue and accessibility
It is very important to the Royal Academy of Engineering that our events are accessible to all. If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact the Events team more than one week in advance of this event so that necessary arrangements can be made. You can reach out to us at [email protected].
Please be aware that parking at the campus is limited and cannot be guaranteed.
