Biography
Dr Fiona Truscott is an Associate Professor (Teaching) with the Integrated Engineering Programme and Centre for Engineering Education in the Faculty of Engineering at University College London (UCL), United Kingdom. She earned a BA/MSc in Natural Science (Chemistry) from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Following her PhD, she conducted postdoctoral research on the interface of Biology and Chemistry at the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN), part of the CNRS Délégation Île-de-France Sud. She then went on to conduct postdoctoral research in the Department of Biochemical Engineering at UCL, working on the application of automation technology to Biochemical Engineering.
Professor Truscott is the Engineering Challenges Module Lead, a cross faculty, large-scale team project module for first year undergraduates at UCL. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and co-chair of the SEFI DEI Special Interest Group. Her current research interests are interdisciplinary teaching, teamwork, and the embedding of social factors in Engineering Education.
Keynote Presentation (2025) | Technology and AI in Engineering/STEM Education: Preparing Engineering/STEM Graduates for Global Citizenship and Leadership
