Black to the Future 2023

Black to the Future, 11th July 2023 at ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ

 was organised by the James West Scholarships' PhD Studentships Committee to showcase the best of the UK's Black engineers.

This event brought together Black engineers to highlight their cutting-edge research, exposing students, technicians, and researchers at all career levels to engineering research excellence at all levels.


 Speakers: 

  • "What is an Engineering PhD?" session by Engineering PhD students
  1. Samuel George-White: ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ 
  2. Naima Adan: ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ 
  3. Peter Bryan: ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ 
  4. Sunshine Iguodala: ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ 
  5. : University of Bath 
  6. : University of Surrey 
  • "Black inventors inducted in the National Inventors Hall of Fame."

, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, John Hopkins University. 

  • What is engineering research in academia and industry? 
  1. , Reader in Engineering at Kings College London 
  2. , UVS & TEA Product Leader at PerkinElmer, Inc.