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10 things we learnt at Bath Taps
Public engagement is an essential part of the CSCT, with the first-years having a stand at the Cheltenham Science Festival in June. To test the hands-on activities our cohort jumped in at the deep end, by trying them out at the...
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CSCT team wins 'Engineering YES' Bristol Heat
This post was contributed by James Coombs OBrien. “Explain it to me like I’m a clever 12-year-old” was blurted at me as I tried to explain my PhD, and potential business, to a straight faced venture capitalist. “Quite frankly I...
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I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here: Climate Change Zone
Last year I signed up to take part in I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here! (IAS), a free online science communication competition that pits scientists against each other in themed zones. School classes ask questions to the five chosen scientists...
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Durham Rietveld Refinement & Powder Diffraction School 2016
This post was contributed by Oli Weber This week I left the relatively safe confines of Bath behind to traverse the country diagonally up to Durham, a well-travelled route since Medieval times, when pilgrims would visit the shrine of St. Cuthbert...
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Science by the Sea: APS Meeting 2016 and Visiting Duke University
The following blog is written by Suzy Wallace. This year the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting was held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA from the 14th to 18th of March. I was fortunate enough to attend a tutorial day before the conference and...
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Hidden Force Looking Machine
Second year CSCT student, Andrew Hall is currently working towards his PhD looking at “Biogenic Alcohols and Sugars as Sustainable Reductants: A Combined Spectroscopic and Theoretical Approach to the Development of New Homogeneous Catalysts for Dehydrogenation, Hydrogen Transfer and Reverse...
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A Chemical Engineer on a Project Management internship at Wessex Water
PhD student, Jon Chouler, went on a three-month internship with Wessex Water in Bath. We asked him how he got on. First of all, how did you find this internship? One word: Persistence! In the process of finding a placement, I made sure to...
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Presenting my research at the Organoboron Chemistry session at Pacifichem in Hawaii
This post is contributed by Emma Lampard. In December I was lucky enough to travel to the Hawaiian island of O’ahu to present my work at Pacifichem 2015, a large international conference held in Honolulu every five years. Approximately 15,000...
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Three Month Placement at Northwestern University and Pacifichem in Hawaii
This post is contributed by Rob Chapman. At the end of August 2015, I had the opportunity to go and spend three months working for Professor Karl Scheidt at Northwestern University, just north of Chicago. Whilst in the group I was...
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The Secret Life of a Computational Scientist in the Chemistry Department
In this first of our series of Secret Life Blogs, you will get an insight into the life of an anonymous Computational Scientist at the CSCT. In the depths of every chemistry department lies a lab unlike any other. No fume hoods, no...
