Activities
Socials
Lab life: celebrations, traditions, vivas, farewells.
2026
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.
2025
Lab Christmas dinner
London
The team signed off 2025 with dinner together before the break.
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.
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.
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.
2024
Summer social in the park
London
An August afternoon in the park — and a cat.
2023
Lab Christmas dinner 2023
London
The whole group out for dinner before the winter break.
Autumn picnic
London
Pizza on the grass to start the new academic year.
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.
Summer drinks
London
The lab out together on a long table in the sun at the end of the summer term.
