Past Events

The DRF Lunchtime Clinic welcomes Future Roads partner, Ringway/Eurovia, to give us insight into the research and development that they are undertaking. This talk is to deepen our researchers' understanding of the challenges facing industry, and how research can help unlock new opportunities.

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We look forward to welcoming back University of Cambridge Civil Engineering alum, Dr Weiwei Chen, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction (BSSC), University College London. Weiwei will be speaking on Digital Transformation in Heritage Buildings and Hydropower Plants.

We take great joy in welcoming back Dr Mahendrini Ariyachandra to deliver a workshop session at the DRF Lunchtime Clinic covering An Interactive Approach to Building Your CV: Mapping your path to future careers. This workshop has been developed for our Students and Researchers to help them map out their chosen career plan. 

The DRF Lunchtime Clinic is looking forward to welcoming  Anthony Tuffour, Global GIS and Digital Twins  Director at Buro Happold, and an expert Geospatial Data Science and Digital Twins professional with over 20 years of experience. Anthony will be talking on Smart Infrastructure Planning and Delivery Using Digital Twins.

The DRF Lunchtime Clinic welcomes Professor Joon Teo, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Yonsei University. His research interests include 3D mapping, spatial data science, and remote sensing. Prof Heo will be speaking on Data flow bottlenecks in smart construction and their solutions.

Kicking off the Lent term in style, the DRF Lunchtime Clinic is delighted to be joined by Clare Hall Vice President, Prof. Andrew Blake, FREng FRS, a pioneer in the development of the theory and algorithms that make it possible for computers to behave as seeing machines.

We are delighted to welcome Professor Jeff H Rankin to Cambridge in a special edition of the DRF Lunchtime Clinic on Tuesday, 14 January 2025. Prof Rankin will be speaking on Connecting the Dots: Research Clusters and Innovation Phases in Canadian Construction.

Rounding out our series of prestigious speakers at the DRF Lunchtime Clinics for the Michaelmas term 2024, Professor Per Ola Kristensson,  Professor of Interactive Systems Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge joins us to talk on Designing human-AI systems in virtual and augmented reality.

We are delighted to present our partner in Digital Roads Prosperity Partnership, CEO and Founder of Didimi, Dr Kyriakos Kantarakias.

Kyriakos will be presenting a talk on; Interoperability, a prerequisite for Digital Twins? 

We are delighted to announce that Prof David Cebon, Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Cambridge's Engineering Department and Director for the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight (CSRF), will join the DRF Lunchtime Clinic on Friday, 22 November to deliver a talk on Decarbonising Roa