Outreach, Media, & Public Engagement

Showcasing Interactive Research

Our RF GREEN electronics research is highly experimental and often have immediate links with real-world applications.

We have demos that showcase in our technology in different use-cases, and work across many of the University of Glasgow's Public Engagement and Outreach teams, including supporting activities focused on widening participation and diversity in engineering. Get in touch if you would like to see a display our work in action!

Public Exhibits

We present our GREEN Microwave Electronics at major science festivals and venues, such as the Glasgow Science Festival, at the Glasgow Riverside Museum (Transport and Technology Museum).

Hundreds of visitors experienced next-generation wireless power first-hand, including finding invisible microwave signals in a maze!

International Outreach: Botswana and Beyond

We share practical, hands-on RF and electronics activities with audiences in the UK and internationally. Our activities support accessible engineering education and inspire future researchers.

Read about our IEEE-supported outreach activity in Botswana, bringing microwave engineering and interactive demonstrations to new audiences.

Policy, advocacy and professional activities are now collected on our External Engagement page.

Supporting Engineering Outreach Across Glasgow and Beyond

Every year, our GREEN Electronics stall at the Glasgow Doors Open and Explorathon Weekends at UofGlasgow's Advanced Research Centre attracts hundreds of visitors from various backgrounds. Our visitors experienced first-hand how microwaves can deliver clean power, monitor soil and ice and remote environments, and power implants.

We have reached 100s of school pupils for interactive talks and hands-on electronics design and build activities, ranging from half-day activities, short lectures, to longer work experience placements.

Press / Media

We work on applied research with strong links to real-world applications with several high-profile press and media coverage.

Read some recent highlights:

• Independent, The Standard, Herald (and others): ‘Smart bandages’ could improve outcomes for patients with non-healing wounds
• Microwave Journal: Wirelessly-Powered ‘Smart Bandage’ Could Provide Drug-free Wound Care
• eeNews: Glasgow’s microwave material makes a better temperature sensor
• The Engineer: Collaboration develops flexible thermistor with wireless radio frequency interface

Media Case-Study: Battery-Free Smart UV Bandages: Watch on Children's BBC

Our collaborative research (with the University of Southampton and IFREMER, France), published in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, has been featured in 300+ news articles as well as various TV and radio shows, most recently on CBBC's Operation Ouch.

• Watch on BBC iPlayer Listen on GSC Spark of Science

Sharing our Experience

Our most recent activities are discussed in an IEEE Microwave Magazine article. Find out the why?, how?, and where? of our public engagement activities.

Open-source tools are currently in development, reach out for more info.

• Read in the IEEE Microwave Magazine