Entrepreneurial Masterclass: Ugly photons and disconcerting inevitabilities
Entrepreneurial Masterclass: Ugly photons and disconcerting inevitabilities
- Event time: 9:30am until 11:00am
- Event date: 16th January 2023
- Speaker: Simon Andrews (Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd. )
- Location: CSEC Seminar Room, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
We’re pleased to restart the School of Physics & Astronomy’s Entrepreneurial Masterclasses. Our first speaker will be Simon Andrews from Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd. Simon leads Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd and supports Fraunhofer Centre Applied Photonics, based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. This first UK Fraunhofer centre follows the proven German model of providing professional R&D services to industry, whilst staying connected to excellent research in the university sector. Simon is a physicist and engineer who spent many years in the photonics and medical device industries, often taking innovation from concept to market. His love of excellent science, international collaboration and practical innovation have driven his efforts on both sides, and in the middle, of the technical and commercial ‘valley of death’.
Simon will talk to us about his career working at the interface of industry and academia and reflect on some key learnings from a wide range of R&D challenges encountered in a variety of useful settings in Scotland.
We will finish up with a Q&A and time for networking. Tea, coffee, and snacks available!
About Entrepreneurship events
We run a series of Entrepreneurship Masterclasses and Start-Up Clinics for staff and postgraduate students. Our workshops link understanding in physics to the functionality of ingredients, formulations and food processes. These are open to the public. .