March 2015

  • The 2014 Cohort Begin Their Public Engagement Adventure.

    On the 20th-21st of March, first year CSCT students took part in their first public engagement task where they attended ‘Bath Taps into Science’; a two day science event aimed at engaging members of the general public with the research...

  • ISIS and Diamond CDT Training School

    100 CDT students from a broad variety of disciplines and from across the country descended upon the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Oxfordshire, run by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and home to over 1000 scientists and many...

  • We live in a world of waste.

    Our third year CSCT student, Chris Davey took part in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition held at University of Bath. The competition challenges doctoral candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance to a...

  • Meet the Engineers: Secondary school event in Dorchester

    Four of our students, Jemma Rowlandson, Jon Chouler, Jon Wagner and Leighton Holyfield, attended the ‘Meet the Engineer’ event, at the Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester. The event takes place every two years and is aimed at Years 8 – 10 (ages 12...

  • Green Catalysis with the National University of Singapore

    First year CSCT student Michael Joyes visited the Lab of Green Catalysis group at the National University of Singapore (NUS) as part of the Global Collaboration Scheme. The aim was to produce metal-Graphene catalysts for use in the conversion of carbon dioxide...

  • The IET Present Around the World competition

    Second year CSCT student Jemma Rowlandson recently won the local round of the Institution of Engineering and Technology's Present Around the World (PATW) competition and will be seen again in the National (Area) competition held in June. Here's how she got on: Ever...

  • Life Cycle Approaches for Understanding Carbon Dioxide Utilisation

    On the 4th of March, first year CSCT student Michael Joyes attended the UKCCSRC and CO2Chem organised workshop on Integrated Life Cycle Approaches for Understanding Carbon Dioxide Utilisation and Sequestration Pathways at the University of Sheffield. Despite the long and...