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Claire Lucas

Professor Claire Lucas

Professor of Engineering Teaching and Learning

  • Deputy Head of Department (Education)

Research interests

  • Engineering

Pronouns

She/Her

Biography

Claire Lucas is a Professor of Engineering Teaching and Learning in the Department of Engineering at King’s College London where she leads Engineering Education research and implementation. Previously, Claire was Director of Studies for General, Biomedical and Systems Engineering at Warwick University using her industrial experience as a mathematical modelling specialist at Jaguar Land Rover where she carried out and managed capability improvement projects and multi-physics modelling including physiological modelling of drivers and passengers.

Claire is a fellow of the IMechE and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. She is a QAA subject specialist and was deputy chair of the 2022 subject benchmark statement review for Engineering. She is a board member of the UK and Ireland Engineering Education Research Network. She is an experienced academic accreditor for the IET and a member of the Academic Accreditation Committee. Claire acts as a professional review volunteer for the IMechE and was previously a member of the IMechE’s nominations committee.

In 2019 Claire was awarded the Women’s Engineering Society Prize and the IET’s Young Women Engineer of the Year ceremony and in 2020 Claire as named one of the top 50 women in Engineering for her work in Engineering Education. 

Research interest

  • Engineering and Social Justice including sustainability, ethics, systems thinking and inclusive engineering outcomes
  • Identification and assessment of non-functional behaviour and competencies of Engineers within curriculum
  • Applications of Systems Engineering methodologies to curriculum and education design
  • Verification and Validation in Engineering Education – impact of quality assurance on innovative pedagogies 

Research

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Design & Mechatronics

Fusing mechanical, electrical and control engineering.

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Data-Centric Engineering

Applying machine learning to engineering challenges

News

King's partners with industry leader Arm and UK Electronics Skills Foundation to solve UK's semiconductor skills shortage

The Innovate UK sponsored alliance will seek to bridge the gap between engineering education and industry expectations.

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'Diversity is the key to innovation': King's ushers in next generation of engineers at first Girls into Electronics event

School age girls were invited to learn the basics of electronics and engineering at the Quad Labs earlier this month.

JL_NMES Open Day-1 THUMBNAIL

King's engineering students receive Engineering Leaders Scholarship

King's engineering students Sulaiman Hamid and Jack Doyle are amongst this year's recipients of the Royal Academy of Engineering's prestigious Engineering...

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King's launches engineering online course for refugee students and host communities

Over 40 students in Lebanon have completed the Principles of Engineering course through the Partnership for Digital Learning and Increased Access.

Facilitator teaching students Principle of Engineering course

New Professor in Engineering Teaching and Learning to join Department of Engineering

Claire Lucas (MEng DPhil (Oxon) CEng SFHEA FIMechE MIET MINCOSE) will be joining King’s Department of Engineering as Professor in Engineering Teaching and...

Claire Lucas

Events

04Seplogo_TFEE23

Maiden Workshop on Engineering Education 2023

Maiden Workshop on Engineering Education 2023

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

PADILEIA: Facilitating access to higher education in Jordan and Lebanon

Facilitating access to higher education for refugees and impacted host communities in Jordan and Lebanon

1903x558 PADILEIA grad bridge hero

Spotlight

Only 12 per cent of engineers in the UK are women - can we redress the balance?

How King’s research and initiatives are finding the best ways to encourage a more diverse industry, for the benefit of everyone.

General Engineering-NMS

Research

kickstarter-robot-image
Design & Mechatronics

Fusing mechanical, electrical and control engineering.

networking
Data-Centric Engineering

Applying machine learning to engineering challenges

News

King's partners with industry leader Arm and UK Electronics Skills Foundation to solve UK's semiconductor skills shortage

The Innovate UK sponsored alliance will seek to bridge the gap between engineering education and industry expectations.

Tayebeh story thumbnail

'Diversity is the key to innovation': King's ushers in next generation of engineers at first Girls into Electronics event

School age girls were invited to learn the basics of electronics and engineering at the Quad Labs earlier this month.

JL_NMES Open Day-1 THUMBNAIL

King's engineering students receive Engineering Leaders Scholarship

King's engineering students Sulaiman Hamid and Jack Doyle are amongst this year's recipients of the Royal Academy of Engineering's prestigious Engineering...

image collage of two men one sitting one standing

King's launches engineering online course for refugee students and host communities

Over 40 students in Lebanon have completed the Principles of Engineering course through the Partnership for Digital Learning and Increased Access.

Facilitator teaching students Principle of Engineering course

New Professor in Engineering Teaching and Learning to join Department of Engineering

Claire Lucas (MEng DPhil (Oxon) CEng SFHEA FIMechE MIET MINCOSE) will be joining King’s Department of Engineering as Professor in Engineering Teaching and...

Claire Lucas

Events

04Seplogo_TFEE23

Maiden Workshop on Engineering Education 2023

Maiden Workshop on Engineering Education 2023

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

PADILEIA: Facilitating access to higher education in Jordan and Lebanon

Facilitating access to higher education for refugees and impacted host communities in Jordan and Lebanon

1903x558 PADILEIA grad bridge hero

Spotlight

Only 12 per cent of engineers in the UK are women - can we redress the balance?

How King’s research and initiatives are finding the best ways to encourage a more diverse industry, for the benefit of everyone.

General Engineering-NMS