Join us for the highly anticipated FUSE CDT Annual Scientific Meeting 2024, organized by FUSE CDT. This year's ASM will be held at the Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC), University of Strathclyde. This conference is a must-attend event for anyone interested in the latest developments and breakthroughs in research and academia. We are excited to bring together researchers, academics, and external partners to showcase their achievements and activities.

This year's conference evening meal will be held at Citation from 7pm. We would be delighted if you can join us for a 3-course meal and a opportunity to network further with the FUSE Community

At this year's meeting, you will have the opportunity to network with like-minded individuals from various fields of study while gaining valuable insights into cutting-edge research.

We have a wide range of speakers to talk about their field in ultrasound this year:

Prof. Susan Trolier-McKinstry

• Prof. Susan Trolier-McKinstry is an Evan Pugh University Professor and Steward S. Flaschen Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering, and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Penn State University. Her main research interests include thin films for dielectric and piezoelectric applications.  She directs both the Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics and the Center for Three-Dimensional Ferroelectric Microelectronics.
  

Dr. Rachael McPhillips 

Dr Rachael McPhillips is the Head of Device Development at Carbometrics. Her background is in medical engineering and manufacturing and has worked for several SMEs driving prototype development and developing product manufacturing lines. Rachael completed her undergraduate degree in Physics with Medical Physics and Bioengineering in Dublin Institute of Technology and completed her PhD in Medicine at the University of Dundee, developing miniature ultrasound transducers for integration into biopsy needles for medical imaging and diagnosis under the supervision of Dr Christine Demore and Dr Sarah Vinnecombe. She continued to work on the manufacture of miniature of ultrasound transducer packages for various medical applications during her post doc in the University of Glasgow for Prof Sandy Cochran.

Dr. Paul Prentice

• Dr. Paul Prentice is a Senior Lecturer of ultrasonics at the School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Deputy Director for the Centre of Medical and Industrial Ultrasonics (C-MIU), and Team-Leader of the Cavitation Laboratory (CavLab). He has researched ultrasonically driven bubble activity for a variety of applications, for over 20 years, including cavitation-mediated therapy, graphene exfoliation and precious metal recycling from electronic waste.
  

Dr. Katherine Tant

• Dr. Katherine Tant is an applied mathematician conducting research at the interface between mathematics and industry.  In June 2018, she was awarded a 3 year EPSRC UKRI Innovation fellowship for her work in ultrasonic tomography and was subsequently appointed as a Chancellor’s Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Strathclyde in May 2019. Her research interests revolve around the modelling of waves in complex materials and using this knowledge to ‘see the unseen’.
  

Dr. Gaetano di Caterina

• Dr. Gaetano Di Caterina is currently Senior Lecturer, and the Leonardo Lecturer, in the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Strathclyde, where he is Director of the Neuromorphic Sensor Signal Processing (NSSP) Lab, within the Centre for Signal and Image Processing (CeSIP) group. Dr Di Caterina has a background in signal, image and video processing, he is Course Director of the MSc in Machine Learning and Deep Learning at Strathclyde, and has published works on Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neuromorphic technologies and Signal Processing at several international conferences and in academic journals. Recent research projects include funding from DASA/DSTL, AFOSR/AFRL, ESA and Leonardo UK.