School of Engineering and Materials Science News
Here's news from the last twelve months at the School. Older news is archived here.
| Date(s) | News | |
February 2012 | ||
| 9 Feb 12 | The industrial liaison forum (ILF) which will take place in the Octagon on Friday 10th November has just attracted its 60th external registrant. This means that it now has a larger contingent of external visitors than an... [more] | |
January 2012 | ||
| 24 Jan 12 | Professor Pankaj Vadgama quoted in Times article: "Soon all our health will be gold standard" An article on devices that are designed to help athletes win medals at the Olympics focuses on how the same technology will also benefit the wider public. Professor Pankaj Vadgama, director of the Interdisciplinary Resea... [more] | |
December 2011 | ||
| 16 Dec 11 | Shahrzad Nayebossadri successfully defended her PhD thesis Congratulations to Shahrzad Nayebossadri, who submitted her thesis within four years and successfully defended her PhD thesis titled 'Computational and Experimental Study of Nasal Cavity Airflow Dynamics'. Shahrzad was s... [more] | |
| 16 Dec 11 | Yankai Liu successfully defended his PhD thesis Congratulations to Yankai Liu who submitted his PhD thesis within 4 years and successfully defended himself in PhD examination on 16 December 2011. Yankai worked on 'Modelling studies on biological tissue property and me... [more] | |
November 2011 | ||
| 25 Nov 11 | IoM3 commend Dr Joe Briscoe's paper in the 2010 Literature Review competition A recent PhD student, Dr Joe Briscoe, of Dr Steve Dunn (now working in SEMS as a PDRA) has just had his contribution to the 2010 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining literature review competition commended . ‘Ext... [more] | |
| 21 Nov 11 | SEMS awarded Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship Dr Stephanie Bryant will be visiting SEMS from January to April next year, working with Hazel Screen on a novel tendon tissue engineering project. This visit, funded by a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship, will foc... [more] | |
| 21 Nov 11 | Research at QMUL linking the School of Engineering and Materials Science and the Neuroscience Centre at the School of Medicine and Dentistry has investigated the mechanism of mechanically induced injury in peripheral neu... [more] | |
| 17 Nov 11 | Maria del Pilar Garcia Souto successfully defends PhD thesis Congratulations to Maria del Pilar Garcia Souto who successfully defended her PhD thesis. Pilar's thesis titled 'Thermal models of humans for smart climatic control' was supervised by Peter Dabnichki. | |
| 15 Nov 11 | The biannual Industrial Liaison Forum was held on Wednesday October 19th in the Octagon. The event was a great success with over fifty industrialists from over forty organisations attending. The event was broken up in... [more] | |
| 12 Nov 11 | Zaheer Ikram successfully defended PhD thesis Congratulations to Zaheer Ikram who successfully defended his PhD thesis. Zaheer's thesis titled 'Numerical Investigation of the effects of free-surface flow past submerged streamlined and bluff bodies' was supervised by... [more] | |
| 3 Nov 11 | Sandra Ciampone successfully defends her PhD thesis Congratulations to Sandra Ciampone who successfully defended her PhD thesis. Sandra's thesis titled 'Methods for Seated Posture Recognition' was supervised by Peter Dabnichki. | |
| 2 Nov 11 | 3 year Leverhulme Trust grant to study ferroelectric materials has started A 3 year study that will focus on developing ferroelectric materials for use a photocatalysts to convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into useful fuels has started today. The grant expands on Dr Dunn’s work that has shown ... [more] | |
October 2011 | ||
| 31 Oct 11 | Congratulations to Iffat Patel who won the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) prize for her poster presentation titled 'Nanocomposite Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Synthesis through Layer-by Layer Assembly'. Iffat is curren... [more] | |
| 31 Oct 11 | Congratulations to Zhipeng Gao who won the Artis prize for his poster presentation titled 'Pr2Ti2O7-A new super-high temperature piezoelectric material'. Zhipeng is currently researching his PhD in SEMS under the supervi... [more] | |
| 31 Oct 11 | Congratulations to Hussein Ershadi Oskoi who won the Beckers prize for his poster presentation titled 'Resistive Humidity Sensor and Test & Humidity Measuring Systems'. Hussein is currently researching his PhD in SEMS un... [more] | |
| 26 Oct 11 | Chi Chi Zhang successfully defends PhD thesis Congratulations to Chi Chi Zhang who successfully defended his PhD thesis. Chi's thesis titled 'Geometric and scale effects on energy absorption of structural composites' was supervised by Paul Hogg and Ton Peijs. | |
| 26 Oct 11 | Congratulations to Chi Chi Zhang who successfully defended his PhD thesis. Chi's thesis titled 'Geometric and Scale Effects on Energy Absorption of Structural Composites' was supervised by Paul Hogg. | |
| 18 Oct 11 | Fei Hang successfully defends his PhD thesis Congratulations to Fei Hang who successfully defended his PhD thesis.Fei's thesis titled 'In-situ nanomechanical investigations of bone' was supervised by Asa Barber. | |
September 2011 | ||
| 26 Sep 11 | Prof. Gleb Sukhorukov (SEMS) was awarded a BBSRC grant together with UCL (Prof.Rusakov and Dr.Volynski) and School of Physics and Astronomy, QMUL (A. Sapelkin and M.Baxendale). The project is entitled "Targeted drug deli... [more] | |
| 19 Sep 11 | Zhenling Luo successfully defends PhD thesis Congratulations to Zhenling Luo who successfully defended her PhD thesis on 'The role of microRNAs in human embryonic stem cell differentiation into endothelial cells'. Zhenling's research was supervised by Prof Wen Wang... [more] | |
August 2011 | ||
| 25 Aug 11 | Congratulations to Hafiz Muhammad Ali who successfully defended his PhD thesis on 'Free-Convection Condensation on Single Horizontal Pin-Fin Tubes'. Hafiz's research was supervised by Dr Adrian Briggs. His work involved ... [more] | |
| 17 Aug 11 | Student satisfaction in SEMS is now at 93 – 96% according to a nationwide survey of final year students. The 2011 National Student Survey questioned UK undergraduates on various aspects of their student experience and m... [more] | |
| 17 Aug 11 | Henry Clarke successfully defends PhD thesis Congratulations to Henry Clarke who successfully defended his PhD thesis on 'A Novel Cryogenic Energy System for Zero Emission Vehicles'. Henry's research was supervised by Dr Dongsheng Wen. | |
July 2011 | ||
| 29 Jul 11 | Congratulations to husband and wife Wei Tu and Jia Ma who both this week successfully defended their PhD theses. Jia successfully defended on Monday her thesis 'Processing of Polymer-based Systems for Improved Performanc... [more] | |
| 22 Jul 11 | Congratulations to Claire Fitzgerald who successfully defended her PhD thesis on 'Forced-convection condensation heat-transfer on horizontal integral-fin tubes including effects of liquid retention'. Claire plans to spen... [more] | |
| 4 Jul 11 | SEMS is to host the annual meeting of the Bioengineering Society which will share and explore the latest research and issues in the field of bioengineering. The Dean for Research in Science and Engineering, Professor Wen... [more] | |
| 1 Jul 11 | Congratulations to Arsalan Ahmad, who successfully defended his PhD thesis titled 'Experimental Aeroacoustics Study on Jet Noise Reduction Using Tangential Air Injection'. Ahmad was supervised by Dr Eldad Avital, Profess... [more] | |
June 2011 | ||
| 28 Jun 11 | Angelo Karunaratne's research gains recognition from Bone Research Society and ASBMR Congratulations to Angelo Karunaratne who won best poster prize at the Bone Research Society Meeting in Cambridge, in addition to this Angelo's high ranking abstract won the 2011 ASBMR Young Investigator Travel Grant for... [more] | |
| 15 Jun 11 | A method to reveal the 3 dimensional micro-architecture of complex biological tissues has been perfected at Queen Mary’s NanoVision Centre for advanced microscopy. The method uses the Centre’s focused ion beam – scanning... [more] | |
| 10 Jun 11 | Ahmed Al-Musleh successfully defends PhD Thesis Congratulations to Ahmed Al-Musleh, who successfully defended his PhD thesis titled 'Development of Frameworks for implementation TQM principles in construing industry'. Ahmed was supervised by Ihtesham Rehman. | |
| 7 Jun 11 | Tanya Ekers successfully defended her PhD thesis Congratulations to Tanya Ekers who successfully defended her PhD thesis on 'Nanoindentation as a Method to Interrogate the Mechanical Properties of Polymer Coatings'. Polymer coatings are becoming increasingly important... [more] | |
May 2011 | ||
| 26 May 11 | As the ash cloud threatened to cause disruption to European flights again, Fariborz Motallebi explained the effect of the ash on the aircraft engines when in flight on The One Show. | |
| 23 May 11 | Please join us in congratulating Karin Hing on being awarded one of 4 prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medals for 2011. This is for her longstanding work with ApaTech developing bone graft substitute mater... [more] | |
| 16 May 11 | Dr Tina Chowdhury has been awarded an Arthritis Research UK Grant Dr Chowdhury has been awarded a project grant from Arthritis Research UK. The project entitled "influence of mechanical conditioning and the C-type natriuretic peptide in the modulation of osteoarthritis" involves collab... [more] | |
| 11 May 11 | After much deliberation, it has been decided that the best group MEng project prize for the best group presentation at the ILF at the end of last term be split between the ClearPath and the BirdStrike teams. There were s... [more] | |
| 4 May 11 | Congratulations to Dun Lu who successfully defended his PhD thesis on 'Nanomechanical properties of limpet teeth' against some probing questions. Dun has been with us for just over three and a half years, developing a ... [more] | |
April 2011 | ||
| 22 Apr 11 | Tina Chowdhury has been awarded a grant from the Student Experience Investment Fund (SEIF) for a project called “web-based interactive 3D technology for improved learning in tissue engineering”. The project extends previ... [more] | |
| 6 Apr 11 | Congratulations to Phil Ward who passed his PhD examination on 6 April 2011. Phil worked with Professor Julia Shelton on hip bearings, with an interest on the influence of surface coatings and modifications on their wea... [more] | |
| 1 Apr 11 | The school is delighted to announce that Lewis Tunnicliffe has won the James S Walker Award of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining. The award is presented annually to the best student project on the subject o... [more] | |
March 2011 | ||
| 31 Mar 11 | Congratulations to Choothum Jeenjitkaew, who passed his PhD viva on 31st March 2011. Choothum thesis titled 'Kissing Bonds in Adhesive Joints: A Holistic Approach for Surface Chemistry and Joint Mechanics' was supervised... [more] | |
| 30 Mar 11 | Chanyuan Chai passes her PhD examination Congratulations to Miss Chanyuan Chai who passed her PhD examination on 30 March 2011. Yuan worked with Professors Wen Wang and Dan Bader on Pressure Ulcers and was a MEng graduate in Medical Engineering at Queen Mary. H... [more] | |
| 14 Mar 11 | Cummins Turbo Technologies, a world leader in turbocharger technology, is sponsoring a 3 year research programme on the development of a novel engine derived from turbocharger components. Cummins Turbo Technologies is a ... [more] | |
February 2011 | ||
| 23 Feb 11 | Neveen Hosny successfully defends PhD Congratulations to Neveen Hosny, who successfully defended her PhD thesis titled ‘Development of a non-invasive method to detect pericellular spatial oxygen gradients using FLIM’ supervised by Dr Martin Knight. Following... [more] | |
| 16 Feb 11 | Congratulations to Farah Ahmed, who successfully defended her PhD thesis titled "Multiscale Quantitative Imaging of Human Femoral Heads Using X-ray Microtomography". During her PhD studies Farah has successfully been aw... [more] | |
| 11 Feb 11 | National Student Survey 2011 for all final year undergraduate students (MEng and BEng) This is the chance for all final year students to have their say. Please make sure you ALL complete the survey by going to: http://www.thestudentsurvey.com/ and clicking on “Enter Survey”. Please take 5 minutes to t... [more] | |
