Asiya Khan is an Associate Professor of Multimedia Communication & Intelligent Control at the University of Plymouth and recently seconded to DSIT Science and Technology Fellowship (AI Risk Adviser). She received her BEng (Hons) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from University of Glasgow, MSc in Communications, Control & Digital Signal Processing from Strathclyde University and PhD from University of Plymouth. She has contributed to pedagogic scholarship and research especially in addressing under-represented groups in engineering. She has received funding from RAEng under the ‘Diversity Impact Programme’ supporting neurodiverse and disabled engineering students and towards developing engineering education for social inclusion. She has received funding from the British Council, EPSRC and EU ERDF.

Gianmario Rinaldi is a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering (Education & Research) at the Department of Engineering in the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy. He is also the Faculty Advisor and the Academic Lead of the Formula Student Project. His research expertise is in control, estimation, and optimisation methods, with application to multienergy systems, power systems, and clean/autonomous vehicles.