Dr Lizzie Miles

Dr. Lizzie Miles, Principal Lecturer in Humanitarian Engineering, was Policy Fellow at the Department for Education and Network Coordinator of the UNESCO UNTWIN in Humanitarian Engineering at Coventry University. She has a PhD in Engineering, an MBA in Engineering Management and was a Royal Society Researcher in Japan for two years. She joined Coventry University in 2000 as a Senior Lecturer in Engineering Management where she pioneered the introduction of entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum resulting in her promotion to Business Development Manager in Entrepreneurship in 2005. Lizzie joining the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2007, initially as an Education Innovator but later as the Project Director for the HEI strand of the London Engineering Project, a government funded initiative designed to increase the number of people studying engineering at university. She returned to Coventry University in 2009 where she led the development of the Universitys award-winning Humanitarian Engineering Curriculum and secured the global partnerships required for the award of a UNESCO UNITWIN in Humanitarian Engineering. Impact of work The impact of Lizzie's work ranges from being awarded £450,000 of HEFI funding for Entrepreneurship and a Green Gowns Award for Sustainability education through to awards for Equality and Diversity and the successful mentoring of two Kauffman Scholars. Plans for the future Lizzie's plans for the future are to develop the global reach of the Humanitarian Engineering UNESCO UNITWIN and to put together partners and initiatives that will support the proposal of a Category 2 UNESCO Centre in Humanitarian Engineering whilst studying for an MSc in Mindfulness.