报告时间：11月4日（星期五）下午16：05

报告地点：东教楼A0207，A0208，A0209, ZOOM会议 （ID: 868 9355 6557

密码：220928）

报 告 人：Joseph Spencer教授，英国利物浦大学（University of Liverpool，UK） 

报告题目：What is an Engineer?

内容简介：

This talk explores what makes a good Research Engineer and will provide some examples to demonstrate creative thought and ingenuity to solve problems. It will also demonstrate why text books do not have the answers when dealing with new challenges and how accept uncertainty.

报告人简介：

Professor Joseph Spencer gained his B.Eng (Hons) and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Liverpool. He spent a number of years working in the industrial sector related to high voltage and high current engineering. He became an academic staff member in 1989 in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics at the University of Liverpool. He is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering, Director for the Centre of Intelligent Monitoring Systems, the University’s Academic lead Sensor City Liverpool Ltd.

Professor Spencer is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution for Engineering and Technology. His research is in electrical power equipment and intelligent monitoring systems. As well as publishing quality academic papers, he has successfully transfer outputs from his research to the industrial sector. He is also a member of an international study group on arc discharges, a member of the national leadership committee in the UK for Sensors and Instrumentation, Honorary Treasurer for the series of International conferences on gas discharges and their applications and a member of the International Scientific Committee for the State Key Laboratory in Xian Jiaotong University China. He leads one of the 5G tested and trials in the UK.