Materials

Simon Freakley is an early career researcher at the CSCT, where he is trying to establish the grounds for his independent academic career. His work involves using materials and renewable energy to improve the efficiency of large scale chemical reactions....

Hannah Sullivan is a final-year PhD student at the CSCT whose enthusiasm for chemistry rekindled unexpectedly — just as she was ready to forget about the field forever. Passionate about sports and science in equal measure, whenever she isn’t in the...

Tenacity is an unquestionable hallmark of the academic world. For some researchers, this determination can be easily contained within the professional sphere. For others, it’s a way of living. Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, world-record holder, Ironman finisher Dr Bernardo Castro...

When Vlad Jarkov joined the CSCT he was not all that sure he would stick around for very long. A few months later, the enthusiasm and talent in some of the people around him had seeped in, so he decided...

Jamie is a first year PhD student working with Professor Matthew Davidson and ARTIS on the application of self-healing for rubber seals in the oil and gas industry. My industrial partner, ARTIS, runs the annual Sustainable Materials Group (SMG) meeting....

Jamie is a first year PhD student working with Professor Matthew Davidson and ARTIS on the application of self-healing for rubber seals in the oil and gas industry. What: IOM3 Self-Healing Elastomers Conference Where: Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London...

This year I attended the 2017 Fall MRS (Materials Research Society) Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. I presented research conducted in collaboration with Duke University on the properties of selected photoactive minerals, evaluating their potential for use as the light absorbing...

From 26 November to 1 December I attended the 2017 Boston MRS Fall Meeting. This major conference was a great experience, full of talks and poster sessions covering the hot topics of materials science. In addition, I was lucky enough...

The following blog is written by Suzy Wallace.   I’ve been fortunate enough to attend the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Spring Meeting twice now during my PhD. The first time I presented at this meeting was during my first...

Oli Weber (Cohort '13) and Dan Davies (Cohort '14) recently attended the Boston MRS Fall Meeting 2016. This post was jointly written about their experience. The CSCT was well represented at the Boston MRS Fall Meeting 2016, with myself, Dan...