Helena Quilter
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Helena Quilter15/07/2015
Bath Spa Collaboration 2015
It's been another successful year for our Bath Spa collaboration! This year the team was led by Tamsin Bell, who contributed this post. For the third year running, the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies at the University of Bath has...
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Helena Quilter10/06/2015
Back to the Future at #cheltscifest
It was Cheltenham Science Festival last week! Our first years were very busy with their water themed stall and second year Matt Camilleri volunteered in the Back to the Future zone. Here's Matt's take on the day. Keep your eyes...
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Helena Quilter22/05/2015
Can Chemistry Be Green?
On the 11th of April, CSCT students Emma Sackville, Jemma Rowlandson, Paul McKeown, Shawn Rood and Helena Quilter ran a workshop on Sustainable Chemical Technologies at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute (BRLSI). Here’s how we got on! Spending your Friday...
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Helena Quilter06/05/2015
Global CO2 calculator launch
Second year CSCT student, James Stephenson recently attended the 2015 Global CO2 calculator launch and had a go at calculating projected CO2 levels using his own energy and climate pathway. Here are his thoughts after attending the event. Recently I attended...
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Helena Quilter22/04/2015
A Week of Firsts: Lecture in Malta and TEDx Bath
It's been a busy week for 2nd year CSCT student Matthew Camilleri! Matt was invited to give a lecture about his work on "Photo Flow Organo Catalysis for Sustainable Redox Chemistry" at the University of Malta, where he did his undergraduate degree....
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Helena Quilter17/04/2015
ChemEngDay 2015
Four students from the CSCT: Stephen Bradley, Dominic Ferdani, Richard Maltby and Jon Chouler, recently attended and presented posters at ChemEngDay 2015, hosted by the University of Sheffield for IChemE. The event had over 350 Chemical Engineers from academia and industry. This report...
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Helena Quilter10/03/2015
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...
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Helena Quilter25/02/2015
Bath Chemists go to Reading
Second year CSCT student Matthew Camilleri recently attended the RSC South-West Regional Meeting, held at the University of Reading. Here’s what Matt thought of the event: “Brilliant”, “amazing” and “stimulating”: these were a few words of the attendees describing the...
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Helena Quilter18/02/2015
Microbial Fuel Cells Show Off Their Stuff
It's a wintry Thursday evening (January 22nd to be exact) and upon the river, at the esteemed Grain Barge in Bristol, the extroverts and comics of the science world conglomerate for SCIENCE SHOWOFF: an evening of chaotic science open mic....
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Helena Quilter24/10/2014
Conference Report: Challenges in Nanoscience ISACS15
On the 17th of August CSCT student James Tyson presented his research at the 2014 RSC Challenges in Nanoscience Conference in San Diego. Attendance at the conference was funded in part due to the successful award of two grants from the...