Ada Lovelace Day Podcast

This month, we talk to mathematician Dr Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb about how she uses maths in image processing. And amateur astronomer Hilary Harper-Abernethy talks about the life and works of astronomer Caroline Herschel.

Our invention of the month is the Laserphaco Probe, a device that uses lasers to remove cataracts, by Dr Patricia Bath.

The Ada Lovelace Day podcast highlights the work of women in STEM. We talk to women from around the STEM world about their careers, as well as talking to women and men about historic and modern women’s achievements, discoveries, and inventions. This will be our last episode for a while, as we focus on other projects.

Find out more about our podcast on our website, findingada.com/podcast/.

This month, we talk to Dawn Childs about her work as the Group Engineering Director for Merlin Entertainments. And science writer and broadcaster, Dr Kat Arney talks about cell biologist Dame Amanda Fisher and her pioneering work on HIV, immunology and epigenetics.

Melanie Phillips also takes a look at the development of the first home security system using CCTV by Marie von Brittan Brown in the 1960s.

The Ada Lovelace Day podcast highlights the work of women in STEM. We talk to women from around the STEM world about their careers, as well as talking to women and men about historic and modern women’s achievements, discoveries, and inventions.

Find out more about our podcast on our website, findingada.com/podcast/.

This month, we’re coming to you straight from our annual STEM cabaret, Ada Lovelace Day Live!

Chemical engineer Yasmin Ali and Natural History Museum curator Miranda Lowe both talk about their careers. Some of our audience members tell us about the women in STEM that they admire. Geek songstress Helen Arney performs The Element Song, with a little help from the ALD Live crowd. And Dr Brenna Hassett explains how we can read the stories our skeletons have to tell us about about our past.

The Ada Lovelace Day podcast highlights the work of women in STEM. We talk to women from around the STEM world about their careers, as well as talking to women and men about historic and modern women’s achievements, discoveries, and inventions.

Find out more about our podcast on our website, findingada.com/podcast/.

This month, we talk to Dr Maryanne Mariyaselvam about how simple medical inventions can save lives, and how they get from lab to hospital. And Dr Dean Burnett discusses why role models are important, plus what imposters syndrome is and how to combat it.

Our Discovery of Month is the invention of the hydrazine resistojet, aka the electrothermal hydrazine thruster, by propulsion engineering Yvonne Brill.

The Ada Lovelace Day podcast highlights the work of women in STEM. We talk to women from around the STEM world about their careers, as well as talking to women and men about historic and modern women’s achievements, discoveries, and inventions.

Tickets to our annual science cabaret, Ada Lovelace Day Live!, on 10 October in London are on sale now, £20 for general entry and £5 for concessions! You can find out more about our fabulous speakers and book your tickets on our website, at findingada.com.

Find out more about our podcast on our website, findingada.com/podcast/.

This month, Kristen Salzer-Frost introduces us to the relatively new discipline of fire engineering. And Nicole George and Cordon Purcell talk about why neuropsychologist Dr Brenda Milner’s work on memory and cognition has been so influential.

Our Discovery of the Month is the intriguing story of Liquid Paper, invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951.

The Ada Lovelace Day podcast highlights the work of women in STEM. We talk to women from around the STEM world about their careers, as well as talking to women and men about historic and modern women’s achievements, discoveries, and inventions.

Tickets to our annual science cabaret, Ada Lovelace Day Live!, on 10 October in London are on sale now at the Early Bird price of just £10! You can find out more about our fabulous speakers and book your tickets on our website, at findingada.com.

Find out more about our podcast on our website, findingada.com/podcast/.

This month, we’re talking about life as a tech reporter for the BBC with Zoe Kleinmann, and Dr Paul Coxon from the University of Cambridge tells us about the fascinating work of metallurgist Constance Tipper.

We also take a look some of the inventions that have made our motoring lives safer and more comfortable, including the windscreen wiper, turn and brake signals, and the car heater.

The Ada Lovelace Day podcast highlights the work of women in STEM. We talk to women from around the STEM world about their careers, as well as talking to women and men about historic and modern women’s achievements, discoveries, and inventions.

Find out more about our podcast on our website, findingada.com/podcast/.

This month, Dr Raychelle Burks tells us about the challenges of making field-ready and affordable chemical sensors and how tricky it is to accurately analyse the colours in photographs, and we explore the story of pioneering electrical engineer Margaret Partridge with the Head of the IET Library and Archives, Anne Locker.

We’ll also take a look at some of the challenges involved in telling the stories of inventions and discoveries made by women.

The Ada Lovelace Day podcast highlights the work of women in STEM. We talk to women from around the STEM world about their careers, as well as talking to women and men about historic and modern women’s achievements, discoveries, and inventions.

Find out more about our podcast on our website, findingada.com/podcast/.

This month, Dr Jess Wade explains plastic electronics and how they are revolutionising solar power generation, amongst other things. And author Robin Sloan talks about the work of Ann Leckie, her award winning book, Ancillary Justice, and how fiction inspires science.

Our invention this month is called frequency hopping, and it’s the technology that underpins much of our wireless communications technologies including wifi, Bluetooth and your mobile phone. But how did it get invented, and by whom?

The Ada Lovelace Day podcast highlights the work of women in STEM. We talk to women from around the STEM world about their careers, as well as talking to women and men about historic and modern women’s achievements, discoveries, and inventions.

Find out more about our podcast on our website, findingada.com/podcast/.

This month, neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott explains how our voices tell others more about us than we might realise! And science writer Simon Singh tells us the story of two incredible women, French mathematician Sophie Germain and American astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt.

Our Discovery of the Month is one that you might have come across at airport security if you fly a lot - the spot test for the explosive TATB, invented and patented by chemist Dr Betty Harris.

The Ada Lovelace Day podcast highlights the work of women in STEM. We talk to women from around the STEM world about their careers, as well as talking to women and men about historic and modern women’s achievements, discoveries, and inventions.

Find out more about our podcast on our website, findingada.com/podcast/.

This month, nanochemist Dr Suze Kundu explains how she’s using nanostructures to extract energy from sunlight. And Dr Sue Black OBE, the founder and CEO of #techmums, talks about the work of computer scientist, Karen Spärck Jones, whose work still underpins many search algorithms.

Our invention this month is at once both mundane and essential — it’s the coffee filter! And we’ve got a signed copy of Dr Helen Czerski’s Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life, to give away. Listen, or visit our episode blog post to find out how you can win!

The Ada Lovelace Day podcast highlights the work of women in STEM. We talk to women from around the STEM world about their careers, as well as talking to women and men about historic and modern women’s achievements, discoveries, and inventions.

Find out more about our podcast on our website, findingada.com/podcast/.