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Our Managing Director, Chris Hart, had a fantastic three days at Newcastle Universityattending the 19th UK Heat Transfer Conference which brought together industry leaders, academics, and thermal engineering experts.
The event included a variety of talks, and bringing together leading academics, industry sessions and cutting-edge research in heat transfer.
Keynote speeches inclued
- Dr Raya Al-Dadah (University of Birmingham) – sustainable energy technologies, adsorption heat pumps, organic Rankine cycles, solar energy
- Prof Hector Iacovides (University of Manchester) – convective heat transfer, turbulent flows, natural and mixed convection
- Prof Ali Kosar (Sabanci University, Turkiye) – micro heat sinks, microfluidic devices, cavitation on chip
Self-hosted AI systems
Chris delivered a talk on our transition from traditional document searching to an autonomous, self-hosted AI system (Agentic RAG) built specifically for chemical engineering and heat transfer research. Operating entirely on-premise, this setup bridges the gap between massive technical literature and fast, multi-step problem solving, without ever compromising data privacy.
It was a great opportunity to showcase how cutting-edge AI tools are delivering huge speed and efficiency gains for both our engineering team and our clients.
Feedback on the talk was fantastic with one delegate saying the presentation was the "most inspiring and useful presentation during the entire conference."
Thanks to Newcastle University, the UK National Heat Transfer Committee and the Heat Transfer Society for a fantastic event.
