Caroline Hargrove Explained

Caroline Hargrove
Birth Name:Caroline Hogue
Workplaces:Babylon Health
McLaren Applied Technologies
Thesis Title:Computer modelling of the motion of granular particles
Thesis Year:1993
Thesis Url:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239032
Alma Mater:Queen's University
University of Cambridge (PhD)
Doctoral Advisor:David Newland

Caroline Hargrove (née Hogue, born March 1968[1]) 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.[2] [3]

Early life and education

Hargrove is from Montreal, Quebec.[4] She studied mathematics and mechanical engineering at Queen's University, Ontario, which she graduated in 1989.[5] [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 in 1993.[8]

Career

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. She was one of the founders of McLaren Applied Technologies[12] as Programme Director in 2007, then Technical Director in 2013 and CTO in 2018.[13] Her job involved R&D strategy and IP development.[14] She championed the use of big data in motor racing.[15] She helped translate the technology of McLaren F1 to medical services, developing analysis and support tools.[16] [17] [18] She worked with Olympic athletes and the UK track cycling team.[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. 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 2016 she announced the use of their simulator for testing domestic vehicles.[23]

She was a Visiting Professor in the Nuffield Department of Surgery at Oxford University from 2015-2018.[24]

In 2018 she became the CTO of Babylon Health, focussing on the use of AI to diagnose patients.[25]

In April 2021 she was named as CTO of Zedsen, a UK based startup that provides non-invasive blood sugar monitoring technology.[26]

Later that year she joined Ceres Power (developers of fuel cell and green hydrogen technology) as Chief Technology Officer, having been a non-executive director of the company for the previous three years.[27] She remained as a non-executive at Zedsen.

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]

Awards and honours

In 2016 Hargrove was named one of the Women's Engineering Society and The Daily Telegraphs Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering.[30]

She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2017,[31] and was subsequently profiled in the in-house magazine Ingenia.[32] In the same year she was announced as one of the Top 50 Innovators in the World by Codex.

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to engineering.

In 2023 she was awarded an honorary degree from Queen's University.[33]

Media Appearances

In 2014 she appeared on BBC Radio 4, where she discussed how Britain became a world leader in Formula One cars.[34]

She was the subject of The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 hosted by Jim Al-Khalili on 20 November 2018.[35]

on 6 March 2020 The BBC World Service featured Hogue on their World Wise Web series being interviewed by a 16 year old motor racing fan about the F1 simulator.[36]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Caroline Hargrove personal appointments . Companies House . 24 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Interview: Mclaren Applied Technologies CTO Dr Caroline Hargrove. 15 June 2018. Jon . Excell. theengineer.co.uk. The Engineer.
  3. Web site: The Life Scientific: Formula One engineer Caroline Hargrove. bbc.co.uk. BBC. Jim. Al-Khalili. 2018. Jim Al-Khalili.
  4. Web site: The Fast and the Serious. Drake P Bennett. 2018-04-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20180430045821/http://www.drakepbennett.com/pdfs/mclaren.pdf. 2018-04-30. dead.
  5. Web site: Life in the fast lane. queensu.ca. 2018-04-27. February 2013.
  6. News: Sports cars and a whole lot more: McLaren's just the job. 2017-09-22. The Telegraph. 2018-04-27. 0307-1235.
  7. PhD. University of Cambridge. Computer modelling of the motion of granular particles. Caroline. Hogue. 1993. . jisc.ac.uk. 556748821.
  8. Web site: Professors Julian Allwood and Richard Prager elected Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Department of Engineering. eng.cam.ac.uk. 11 September 2017. 2018-04-27.
  9. Web site: McLaren top engineers return to Cambridge for C4IR Network launch. Cambridge Network. 2018-04-29.
  10. . On the fast track to green hydrogen . Ingenia . March 2024 . 98 . 24 March 2024.
  11. News: How McLaren uses F1 tech to reinvent global companies. Medeiros. João. 2018-04-27.
  12. Web site: King's College London - Inspirational Women. kcl.ac.uk. 2018-04-27.
  13. News: Lessons for the IoT from 8 World Championships IoT Forum McLaren Technologies - Internet of Things Forum. 2016-02-09. Internet of Things Forum. 2018-04-27.
  14. Web site: GREAT Global Investment Conference. events.trade.gov.uk. 2018-04-29.
  15. Business of Software Conference. 2015-03-11. Caroline Hargrove - Lessons from 8 World Championships - McLaren Appl….
  16. Web site: McLaren and medicine: An unlikely pairing. Carney. Dan. 2018-04-27.
  17. Web site: Formula 1 Technology Is Being Used To Make Better Surgeons – TechCrunch. techcrunch.com. 2018-04-27.
  18. Web site: McLaren Applied Technologies. mclaren.com. 2018-04-29.
  19. News: F1 rivalry hots up on ice. Baldwin. Alan. U.S.. 2018-04-29.
  20. News: McLaren: From Formula One to a formula for gold . Matt . Majendie. CNN. 2018-04-29.
  21. News: Formula One Technology Used In Drug Trials. Sky News. 2018-04-29.
  22. News: Why is McLaren Revving up Into Healthcare?. 2015-05-04. Design News. 2018-04-29.
  23. News: McLaren Formula One development tool now at hand for the family car . 2018-04-29 . The Irish Times.
  24. Web site: 2017 . Dr Caroline Hargrove FREng . 2018-04-27 . Royal Academy of Engineering.
  25. Web site: Taylor. Jessica. 2018-11-27. The F1 engineer who has turned her hand to healthcare. 2021-04-09. www.standard.co.uk. en.
  26. News: Titcomb . James . Blood sensing start-up Zedsen hits $110m valuation after US investment . The Telegraph . 4 April 2021 . 9 April 2021.
  27. Web site: 2022-04-22 . Leadership - Ceres . 2024-10-09 . www.ceres.tech . en-GB.
  28. Web site: Students to be given the opportunity to 'See Inside' McLaren at the 2013 McLaren Manufacturing Challenge grand final. automotivecouncil.co.uk. 6 November 2013. 2018-04-29.
  29. News: More women needed in engineering jobs, says McLaren Technical Director Imperial News Imperial College London. Imperial News. 2018-04-27.
  30. Web site: ap507 . University of Leicester Professor among 'Top 50 Women in Engineering' — University of Leicester . 2018-04-29 . www2.le.ac.uk.
  31. Web site: Robot and nano-drug experts among 53 new Royal Academy of Engineering fellows. imeche.org. 2018-04-27.
  32. Web site: Engineering . Royal Academy of . On the fast track to green hydrogen . 2024-10-09 . Ingenia . en.
  33. Web site: 2023-06-19 . Honorary Degree Recipient Caroline Hargrove Address and Reception Queen's Alumni . 2024-10-09 . www.queensu.ca . en.
  34. Web site: Fast and Furious, In Business - BBC Radio 4 . 2018-04-27 . BBC.
  35. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Formula One engineer Caroline Hargrove . 2024-10-09 . BBC . en-GB.
  36. Web site: Formula 1 simulator . 2024-10-09 . Apple Podcasts . en-GB.

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