This is an in person event only.
Speaker
Professor Honor Powrie, FREng, FInstP
Agenda
6:00pm - Doors open
6:30pm - Lecture starts
8:00pm - Estimated end
Synopsis
Data is at the heart of aerospace safety and efficiency and Professor Honor Powrie, FREng, FInstP has been at the centre of that symbiotic relationship for 30 years.
In this lecture, Professor Powrie will outline how Data Science is underpinning strategic operations at GE Aerospace Commercial Engines, describe the state of the art and the art of the possible and discuss the advantages and challenges of a growing Digital organisation. Professor Honor Powrie, FREng, FInstP has been at the centre of that symbiotic relationship for 30 years.- Renowned for her expertise in Machinery Health Monitoring and Management, Honor leads GE Aerospace’s UK Data Science group, delivering innovative Machine Learning based solutions for managing aviation assets. Honor is also Visiting Professor in Data and Analytics, Asset Condition Monitoring and Management at the University of Southampton. Renowned for her expertise in Machinery Health Monitoring and Management, Professor Honor Powrie, FREng, FInstP leads GE Aerospace’s UK Data Science group, delivering innovative Machine Learning based solutions for managing aviation assets.
About the speaker
Professor Honor Powrie, FREng, FInstP
Since 2007, Professor Powrie has worked for General Electric (GE) and prior to this held positions with Smiths Aerospace, University spin-out company Stewart Hughes Ltd and RAE Farnborough (QinetiQ). Prof Powrie has nearly 30 years’ experience in Machinery Health Monitoring Systems and more than 50 publications on related topics. In her current role as Senior Director of Data Science and Analytics, Prof Powrie leads GE Aerospace’s UK Data Science group, which delivers innovative AI/ML based solutions for managing Aviation assets. During her career, Honor has been involved in a range of technology programs from deploying electrostatic sensors for the Joint Strike Fighter engine, to qualifying landing gear for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Honor has worked across multiple engineering domains including Wind Turbines, Land Vehicles, Industrial Power and Oil & Gas. Honor is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a Chartered Physicist. She is Deputy Chair of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers’ Tribology Group Committee (TGC) and an Ordinary Member of the IOP TGC. Since 2011, Honor has been a Visiting Professor at nCATS. She has been working with nCATS, and prior to that the Engineering Materials Research Group / Surface Engineering and Tribology Group, for over 25 years. In her role as a Visiting Professor, Honor performs industrial liaison activities with the University, including joint research programmes, industrial consultation, PhD and Part III project supervision, delivering guest lectures and mentoring. Honor is also very active in GE’s internship programme and regularly recruits STEM students from Southampton.
Honor is currently Honorary RAEng Visiting Professor in Data and Analytics, Asset Condition Monitoring and Management. Honor is also Visiting Professor in Data and Analytics, Asset Condition Monitoring and Management at the University of Southampton
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