PGR Conference 2019


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This year the University of Birmingham Postgraduate Research Committee oversaw the ninth annual BEAR PGR conference to present topics of interest to Postgraduate Researchers  who utilises the venue to showcase Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) facilities and its underpinning technology. In addition, the conference provided an opportunity for postgraduate researchers and early career academics to present posters and abstracts discussions.

This year keynotes speakers were:

Dr Hassan Hemida - School of Engineering
Mr Eliot Dixon - Tata Motors European Technical Centre
Ms Zoe Osorio - IBM

Conference topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
  1. How Brain Oscillations Facilitate Human Perception and Memory
  2. Effects of regional and regulation policies on China’s Provincial OFDI
  3. Obtaining key stellar parameters with asteroseismology
  4. Flying Debris in Tornado Wind Field
  5. BEAR resources in the front line to understand and target metabolism in cancer
  6. Testing the impact of environmental policy on air pollution: Evidence from Chinese cities
  7. Additive Manufacturing of Monolithic Catalyst for Automotive Applications
  8. A Compact Multi-Functional Sensor Design for Remote Health Monitoring
  9. Social Networks Centrality Measures on Investor Behaviour in P2PLending
Read the BEAR PGR 2019 highlights on the University of Birmingham blog site

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