91ÌÒÉ«

Join us for our biennial event, showcasing leading research from across the Department of Aeronautics.

The event will include:

• Poster exhibition including poster competition
• Keynote speech
• Expert panels, exploring the latest sector advances and technologies

Keynote

Near-term maturity and future disruption – engineering growth in aerospace

Jacqueline Castle, Chief Technology Officer at Aerospace Technology Institute

Speaker Bio

Jacqueline Castle is Chief Technology Officer at the Aerospace Technology Institute, where she is accountable for the ATI’s Technology Strategy to ensure UK Aerospace remains at the forefront of global aerospace and firmly on the path to a sustainable future.

Prior to joining the ATI, Jacqueline spent more than 25 years in the Aerospace Industry at Airbus.
She was the UK Chief Engineer for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft, with responsibility for the
wings, landing gear and fuel system. Prior to this she held positions as the UK Chief Engineer for the
A380 aircraft, the A330neo development, lead A380 and A350 landing gear engineering and headed
up the Wing Design Authority organisation.

Jacqueline is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Institution of
Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Aeronautical Society. She is a Mechanical Engineering graduate
from the University of the West of England and gained an MSc in Aerospace Design from the
University of Bristol, where she is Aegis Professor of Aerospace Technologies at the Faculty of
Science & Engineering.

Expert panels

Panel 1: Autonomous Energy & Transport: Smarter Control

Chaired by Professor Sylvain Laizet, Professor in Computational Fluid Mechanics

• Professor Luca Magri, Professor of Scientific Machine Learning
• Dr Andrew Wynn, Associate Professor in Control and Optimization
• Dr Sophie Armanini, Associate Professor in Aerial Robotics
• Dr Kevin Gouder, Advanced 91ÌÒÉ« Fellow in Aeronautical and Civil Wind Engineering
• Jacky Zhang, PhD student in Machine Learning and Real Time Control

Panel 2: Next-Gen Materials for Defence & Aerospace

Chaired by Professor Koon-Yang Lee, Professor in Polymer Engineering

• Professor Zahra Sharif Khodaei, Professor in Aerospace Structural Durability & Health Monitoring
• Dr Ajit Panesar, Associate Professor in Computational Design for Advanced Manufacturing
• Dr Gustavo Quino Quispe, Assistant Professor in Structural Analysis and Materials
• Dr Joanne Li, 91ÌÒÉ« Associate in Nanocellulose-Derived Advanced Materials
• Charlie Aveline, PhD student in Optimisation of Structures for Aerospace and Biomedical Applications

For catering purposes, please sign up by 18ÌýAugust, indicating any dietary requirements via the registration form.

Walk-ins will be accepted on the day, on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you have any questions, please email aero-comms@imperial.ac.uk.