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2026

  1. Welcome lunch for four new researchers

    Eastside, Imperial College London

    A lab lunch welcoming Andria, Daniel, Chen and Balvinder, the newest additions to the team.

    Andria IoannidesDaniel C F CostacheChen XieBalvinder Kaur Dhillon

    The lab gathered around a long table for lunch at Eastside, celebrating the arrival of four new researchers.

  2. Dr Emily Chan — PhD viva passed

    Dyson School of Design Engineering

    Emily passed her viva — after a railway incident turned a morning viva into an afternoon one. Examiners: Dr Pietro Ferraro and Prof Matthew Panzer.

    Dr Emily Yik Kwan Chan Discuss on LinkedIn

    The lab celebrating Emily's viva in a college courtyard, with a celebratory pie on the table.

2025

  1. Lab Christmas dinner

    London

    The team signed off 2025 with dinner together before the break.

    Discuss on LinkedIn

    The lab around the table at a Persian restaurant for the 2025 Christmas dinner.

  2. Dr Alasdair Mackay — PhD viva passed

    Dyson School of Design Engineering

    Alasdair's thesis on aircrew head protection — injury prevention and safety engineering for aviation.

    Dr Alasdair Mackay Discuss on LinkedIn

    The lab celebrating with Alasdair Mackay after his viva, everyone pointing at the new doctor.

  3. Summer picnic in the park

    Hyde Park, London

    Pizza on the grass with the whole group on one of the first warm afternoons of the summer.

    The lab sitting on the grass in a park around open pizza boxes.

  4. Team social at the V&A

    Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington

    Coffee and a wander around the V&A courtyard, five minutes from the lab.

    The HEAD Lab team by the fountain in the V&A courtyard on a sunny day.

2024

  1. Summer social in the park

    London

    An August afternoon in the park — and a cat.

    Members of the lab together in a park on a sunny afternoon, one holding a small cat.

2023

  1. Lab Christmas dinner 2023

    London

    The whole group out for dinner before the winter break.

    The HEAD Lab group standing together in a restaurant for the 2023 Christmas dinner.

  2. Autumn picnic

    London

    Pizza on the grass to start the new academic year.

    The lab sitting on the grass in a park around pizza boxes and drinks.

  3. HEAD Lab at IRCOBI 2023, Cambridge

    Cambridge, UK

    The lab at the IRCOBI conference in Cambridge — the annual gathering of the injury biomechanics community, and its conference dinner.

    The HEAD Lab group at the IRCOBI 2023 conference dinner in Cambridge.

  4. Summer drinks

    London

    The lab out together on a long table in the sun at the end of the summer term.

    The lab around a long outdoor table with drinks on a summer evening.

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