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Mr Skidmore met Professor Becky Shipley, Director of the IHE, who with her team demonstrated the REANIMATE project (REAlistic Numerical Image-based Modelling of biological Tissue substratEs), which is a virtual modelling technique that creates highly detailed 3D models of individual cancerous tumours and simulates the delivery of drugs into them.

As part of Tomorrow鈥檚 Engineers Week, organised by Engineering UK, Professor Shipley is highlighted as one of five Engineers on a Mission. The week aims to inspire future generations of engineers and tackle an annual shortfall of 59,000 engineers in the UK.

Professor Shipley was selected for her work in developing tools to better understand the structure of cancerous tissues and better predict where drugs will be delivered, helping doctors optimise the delivery of therapies to patients.

鈥淥nce I started my research career, I wanted to be able to have an impact on people鈥檚 health and quality of life,鈥� Professor Shipley said.

鈥淔ortunately there is huge opportunity for this, as we need researchers who can develop tools from maths and engineering to develop digital and medical technologies in healthcare.鈥�

Now in its second year, the 果冻影院 IHE Autumn Research Symposium was held at the Wellcome Collection on Tuesday,听November 5, 2019.

Dr Hilary Leevers, CEO of Engineering UK, said: 鈥淲e want every young person to see that engineering offers a varied, stimulating and rewarding career.

鈥淭he UK needs tens of thousands more engineers and Tomorrow鈥檚 Engineers Week provides an opportunity for the engineering community to work together to inspire the next generation of engineers to meet this demand.

鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to have the opportunity to share Professor Shipley鈥檚 mission to help beat cancer with thousands of potential future engineers.鈥�

果冻影院 Engineering has also been working with Tomorrow鈥檚 Engineers Week to develop a 鈥楳eet the Future You鈥� quiz which helps children and teenagers to decide which engineering career path might suit them.

Mr Skidmore also visited the Optical Networks Group (ONG) research laboratory, in 果冻影院鈥檚 Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering (EEE). The ONG was set up by Professor Polina Bavel (果冻影院 EEE) in 1994, with the aim of setting up the first academic system engineering group.

The group鈥檚 research has focused on developing new coherent technologies which form the basis of how most high-speed digital data is transmitted over optical networks.

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• 果冻影院 Institute of Healthcare Engineering
• 果冻影院 Engineering
• 果冻影院 Optical Networks Group
• 果冻影院 Electronic & Electrical Engineering

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Professor Nigel Titchener-Hooker, Universities Minister Chris Skidmore, and Professor Becky Shipley.听

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