Joan Nugent

Senior Content Coordinator

Joan graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a 2:1 in Film and Media Studies. During her studies, she worked as a Student Notetaker and continued working at the University, after graduation, as a Scribe.

Joan has previously worked as a Proofreader for a Market Research company.

Joan has a passion for films and photography and in her spare time, she enjoys doing illustrations and practicing calligraphy.

Articles from Joan

CovidDeep: Testing for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 using Wearable Medical Sensors

AZoSensors speaks with Niraj K. Jha from the Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty at Princeton University. This interview explores the research proposing a framework called CovidDeep. CovidDeep combines efficient deep neural networks with commercially available wearable medical sensors for pe

21 Mar 2022

The Applications of a Self-Powered, Ultrathin and Transparent Printed Pressure Sensor

AZoSensors speaks with Karem Lozano Montero from Tampere University. Karem is part of a research team that has worked to develop an ultrathin, self-powered and transparent printed pressure sensor, the applications of which are discussed in this interview.

8 Nov 2021

Wearable Health Monitoring for Footballers from JOGO

AZoSensors speaks with Laura Du Ry from JOGO. JOGO's state-of-the-art data collection - driven by AI, machine vision and learning, as well as sensor tech makes it possible to track physique, technique and cognitive abilities.

1 Jul 2021

How Therma is Tackling Food Wastage Through the Use of Wireless Sensors

AZoSensors speaks with the CEO of Therma°, Manik Suri. Therma° is a technology startup that builds hardware and software tools that help to protect the planet.

4 Jun 2021

How Hydrogel Shells can Help in Deploying Bacteria as Environmental Sensors

AZoSensors speaks with Tzu-Chieh (Zijay) Tang, a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Zijay is one of the authors of a paper documenting the development of what the team terms a deployable physical containment strategy (DEPCOS).

1 Jun 2021

The Pressure-sensitive Cap that can Protect Against Serious Head Injuries

AZoSensors speaks with a team from the Center for Advanced Smart Sensors and Structures (CASSS) at Western Michigan University, led by Dr. Massood Atashbar. The team has developed a new specially designed pressure-sensitive cap that can help protect athletes from serious head injuries.

5 May 2021

The Chance Discovery That Has Led to the Development of an Affordable Flow Sensor

AZoSensors speaks with Dr. Marcus Hultmark, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. Marcus led a team that found a revolutionary new approach to measuring flow rates.

17 Mar 2021

The Development of a Magnetic Skin for Super-resolution Tactile Sensing

AZoSensors speaks with Dr. Yajing Shen, Associate Professor at CityU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). Dr. Shen is part of a team comprised of researchers from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU), that developed a novel tactile sensor.

16 Mar 2021

Newly Developed Perovskite Sensor Mimics How the Human Eye Works

AZoSensors speaks with John Labram, from the Labram Research Group, Oregon State University on the team's latest development. The team has developed a bio-inspired perovskite sensor that operates like the mammalian eye.

27 Jan 2021

Developing a Facemask Sensor that can Detect COVID-19

AZoSensors speaks with Jesse Jokerst who heads up the Jokerst group at UC San Diego. The group has recently developed an affordable COVID-19 monitoring sensor that can be applied to facemasks.

25 Jan 2021