PUBLIC EVENT
As academics progress through their careers from postdoctoral positions into more senior roles, their workload evolves to include more teaching and administrative responsibilities. As a result, they are left with less time to dedicate to research.
The RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships address this by allowing academics to concentrate on full-time research and be relieved of teaching and administrative responsibilities for up to one year. The fellowships cover the salary costs of a replacement academic who will take over the awardee’s teaching and administration duties, funded by the kind support of The Leverhulme Trust.
In the webinar, the Chair of the RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships Panel, Professor Mark Sandler FREng, will provide information and guidance to prospective applicants and research officers interested in learning more about the scheme. We will also be joined by Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki, RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow from the 2022-23 round, who will talk about her experiences, career development and lessons learned.
Whether you’re drafting an application or are learning about the scheme for the first time, join us to learn how to get the most out of the opportunity.
Programme*
| 3.00pm |
Welcome Olivia Saunders, Programme Manager for Research, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| 3.05pm |
Introduction to the scheme and tips for applicants Professor Mark Sandler FREng, Chair of the RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship Steering Group Professor of Signal Processing and Director of the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London |
| 3.30pm |
Awardee Presentation Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki, Associate Professor in Management of Engineering Projects, Delft University of Technology |
| 3.45pm | Q&A |
| 4.00pm | End |
Recording notice
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Professor Mark Sandler FREng
Professor Mark Sandler, FREng, is Professor of Signal Processing and Director of the Centre for Digital Music in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). In a career spanning several decades, he has mostly worked on signal processing for audio and music, latterly with an emphasis on Deep Learning. He is Chair of the RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships Panel and serves on the RAEng Research Committee. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki
Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki is Associate Professor in Management of Engineering Projects at the Department of Materials, Mechanics, Management & Design (3MD), Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). As the Head of Section Integral Design and Management, she leads a team focusing on integrated design and project management of major infrastructure. Prior to joining TU Delft, she was Founding Programme Director of MSc Digital Engineering Management at UCL.
Her research interests lie at the intersection of projects, engineering management and digital economy. She works with industry as steering board member of the Construction Blockchain Consortium (CBC), an industry-academia collaboration, and is a Founding Partner at Digital Outlook, a business partnership focusing on digital change. She was an RAEng / Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow from 2022 to 2023.
Before joining academia, Dr Papadonikolaki worked as an architect engineer and design manager on a number of complex, international and varying-scale projects in Greece, the Netherlands, Oman and United Arab Emirates.