Issue 4
TONMEISTER WINS AMERICAN TV AWARD
Congratulations to Surrey graduate Sam Okell who has won an Emmy for outstanding sound mixing for his work on The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years, directed by Ron Howard.
Sam graduated from our Tomeister (Sound and Music Recording) degree course in 2002 and has also won multiple Grammys for his work as a recording engineer and mixer.
Sam Okell
While at Surrey, Sam took a placement year at Abbey Road and made such a good impression that he was taken on full time after graduating. He says that the best thing about being an engineer at Abbey Road is being able to work in some of the greatest recording rooms in the world with some of the most talented
musicians, as well as an awesome collection of classic and custom-made vintage gear:
“This is the stuff that only a few engineers get their hands on…the variety and range of projects is really special, from film scores and orchestras, to bands and remixing some of the classic albums of all time!”
The 2016 documentary film focuses on The Beatles’ career from their performances at the Cavern Club in Liverpool to their final concert in San Francisco in 1966.
Watch Sam talking about how his Tonmeister degree helped shape his career at
youtube.com/watch?v=wuEGligCMec (1.29 minutes into the film).
BREAKING BOUNDARIES TO DEVELOP NEW CANCER TREATMENT
Dr Shakardokht Jafari is a woman on a mission. When her father was dying from cancer, Shakar promised him she would dedicate her life to help rid the world of the disease. During her PhD research on Radiation and Medical Physics at the University, she was shocked to learn of the 50 per cent failure rate of cancer treatment and the lack of appropriate quality control during radiation therapy.
Shakar focused on finding a solution that would improve the quality and precision of radiation therapy as a treatment for cancer. She invented a high performance dosimeter which can be inserted into the patient and positioned across the tumour and surrounding tissue to measure the level and spread of radiation. She also designed the associated automated reader which, after treatment, reports the results in around 15 minutes. Clinicians can then compare actual dose versus planned dose and adjust the next dose accordingly.
In the last year of her PhD, 2015, Shakar founded TRUEinvivo LTD. The company’s
goal is to make its research available worldwide and to have a positive impact on people’s lives. When Shakar was thinking of how to measure radiation, she was determined to find a solution that was affordable and applicable, even in Afghanistan, her home country. She said: “We have such advanced technology that anything is possible! It’s just a matter of believing it will make a difference and applying it in new ways.”
Yet Shakar is not only driving change in the medical world. She is a positive role model for young girls in other countries who have to fight for their education, as she did. In order to pursue her education, Shakar had to cancel two arranged marriages and was alienated by her family. But nothing was going to stop her going to university: she even spent her hours after lights-out studying in the toilet when all family members were living in one room in Iran.
Through sheer resilience and perseverance, Shakar persuaded her family to believe in the possibility of a
different life for her and women like her. Shakar’s journey enabled her sisters to continue on to university and have the freedom to choose their life partner, and she is delighted that girls in her home village are now staying at school and receiving a full education.
Dr Shakar Jafari
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