Today SENSE held a showcase event for our REP (Research Experience Placement) students. The REP scheme is funded by NERC and allows undergraduate students to complete a short paid research placement with one of our supervisory teams during their summer vacation. The purpose of this is to allow the student to get taster for what completing a PhD would be like and also gain experience working as part of an active research team. SENSE took part in the programme in 2021 and many of our REP alumni were successful in obtaining either PhD studentships or places on masters programmes.
The REP showcase was a hybrid event taking place in person in Leeds and Edinburgh and also online and allowed each of the students to give a short presentation about their project to some of the current students and staff working with SENSE. It was also a networking opportunity to allow them to meet each other and those currently part of the centre.
We currently have six students working with SENSE
At the University of Leeds
Sara Bennie
Using big data to identify glaciers that surge
Supervisors: Professor Duncan Quincey & Liam Taylor
Isabelle Wicks
Using remote sensing to analyse Himalayan glacial lake thermal regimes
Supervisors: Professor Duncan Quincey & Alex Scoffield
At the University of Edinburgh
Nathaniel Edward-Inatimi
Using machine learning to predict the timing, magnitude and impact of solar flares from satellite imagery
Supervisors: Professor Kathy Whaler & Dr. Ciaran Beggan
Qiusi Zou
Using machine learning to identify buildings and land cover from very high-resolution satellite images
Supervisor: Dr Sohan Seth
Arnav Sinha
Multi Satellite Weather Files for Net Zero Developments
Supervisors: Dr Daniel Fosas De Pano & Dr Dru Crawley
Thomas Gilliespie
Designing future lidar satellites for monitoring Net Zero
Supervisor: Dr Steven Hancock
Everyone was very impressed with the quality of the students presentations and there were lots of interesting questions. The variety of the projects and subject areas covered demonstrates the many and incredibly varied application of satellite data. The REP students are all at different stages of their projects but once they are complete we will be sharing more information about their results and how they found the experience. Thank you very much to NERC for allowing us to extend this opportunity to them.