Canadian engineer
Caroline Hargrove CBE FREng (née Hogue ,[ 1] born March 1968[ 2] ) is Chief Technical Officer of Ceres Power . She previously served as CTO at Zedsen, Babylon Health , McLaren Applied Technologies and as a visiting professor at the University of Oxford .[ 3] [ 4]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Hargrove is from Montreal , Quebec .[ 5] She studied mathematics and mechanical engineering at Queen's University , Ontario, which she graduated in 1989.[ 1] [ 6] She moved to the University of Cambridge for her postgraduate studies, earning a PhD [ 7] for research on computer modelling of granular materials supervised by David Newland [Wikidata ] in 1993.[ 8] [ 6]
After her postgraduate studies, Hargrove remained at the University of Cambridge as a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College .[ 9] [ 10] She joined McLaren in 1997, where she worked in vehicle dynamics.[ 11] For ten years she was responsible for the McLaren F1 simulator.[ 9] She was one of the founders of McLaren Applied Technologies .[ 12] In 2013 Hargrove was appointed Technical Director at McLaren Applied Technologies .[ 13] Her job involved R&D strategy and IP development.[ 14] She championed the use of big data in motor racing.[ 15] Here she looks to translate the technology of McLaren F1 to medical services, developing analysis and support tools.[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] She works with Olympic athletes and the UK track cycling team.[ 1] [ 11] [ 19] [ 20] She created a data-logger that mounts under the saddle to collect information of speed, power, tilt and torque, then send it to the coach.[ 5] Her team translated the 3D accelerometers from Formula One cars into sensors for human use, working with GlaxoSmithKline to monitor patient's response to drugs.[ 21] [ 22]
In 2014 she appeared on BBC Radio 4 , where she discussed how Britain became a world leader in Formula One cars.[ 23] In 2016 she announced the use of their simulator for testing domestic vehicles.[ 24] In 2016 she was named one of the Women's Engineering Society and The Daily Telegraph ' s Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering .[ 25]
In 2018 she became the CTO of Babylon Health , focussing on the use of AI to diagnose patients.[ 26]
In April 2021 she was named as CTO of Zedsen, a UK based startup that provides non-invasive blood sugar monitoring technology.[ 27]
Hargrove is an advocate for increasing the number of girls and women in engineering through visits to schools and on-site work experience.[ 28] [ 29]
Hargrove was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2017.[ 30] [ 31] She was announced as one of the Top 50 Innovators in the World in 2017 by Codex.[ 32] She is a visiting professor at the University of Oxford .[ 31]
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to engineering.[ 33]
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^ a b "Sports cars and a whole lot more: McLaren's just the job" . The Telegraph . 22 September 2017. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 27 April 2018 .
^ Hogue, Caroline (1993). Computer modelling of the motion of granular particles . jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 556748821 . EThOS uk.bl.ethos.239032 .
^ "Professors Julian Allwood and Richard Prager elected Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering | Department of Engineering" . eng.cam.ac.uk . 11 September 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018 .
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^ "King's College London - Inspirational Women" . kcl.ac.uk . Retrieved 27 April 2018 .
^ "Lessons for the IoT from 8 World Championships | IoT Forum | McLaren Technologies - Internet of Things Forum" . Internet of Things Forum . 9 February 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018 .
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^ "Why is McLaren Revving up Into Healthcare?" . Design News . 4 May 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2018 .
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^ "McLaren Formula One development tool now at hand for the family car" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 29 April 2018 .
^ ap507. "University of Leicester Professor among 'Top 50 Women in Engineering' — University of Leicester" . www2.le.ac.uk . Retrieved 29 April 2018 . {{cite web }}
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^ Taylor, Jessica (27 November 2018). "The F1 engineer who has turned her hand to healthcare" . www.standard.co.uk . Retrieved 9 April 2021 .
^ Titcomb, James (4 April 2021). "Blood sensing start-up Zedsen hits $110m valuation after US investment" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 9 April 2021 .
^ "Students to be given the opportunity to 'See Inside' McLaren at the 2013 McLaren Manufacturing Challenge grand final" . automotivecouncil.co.uk . 6 November 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2018 .
^ "More women needed in engineering jobs, says McLaren Technical Director | Imperial News | Imperial College London" . Imperial News . Retrieved 27 April 2018 .
^ "Robot and nano-drug experts among 53 new Royal Academy of Engineering fellows" . imeche.org . Retrieved 27 April 2018 .
^ a b "Dr Caroline Hargrove FREng" . Royal Academy of Engineering . 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018 .
^ Codex (26 October 2017), Dr Caroline Hargrove, McLaren - What can Formula 1 teach business about data analytics? , retrieved 27 April 2018
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