QMUL School of Engineering and Materials Science News

Undergrad student project focused Industrial Liaison Forum attracts the most participants ever

j.busfield@qmul.ac.uk — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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 any previous SEMS ILF. At the event more than 125 of our 3rd and 4th year students will present their project work. Over 35 of the visitors are our own returning alumni. We hope to continue to grow the event so that it becomes an annual trip back to SEMS to see old friends and help advise our current students about life after QM.

Professor Pankaj Vadgama quoted in Times article: "Soon all our health will be gold ...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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 Research Centre in Biomedical Materials at QM, comments on one of the “more sci-fi gadgets”- a small device inserted under the skin that monitors lactate, oxygen and glucose levels. “It’s possible to monitor all these things already, but only if you’re wired up to lots of equipment,” he says. “The really exciting thing is that you now get continuous information in the field.” Professor Vadgama adds that “Athletes make great guinea pigs” who are "open and practical" and “a real catalyst for this research”.

Shahrzad Nayebossadri successfully defended her PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 supervised by Eldad Avital and Fariborz Motallebi.

Yankai Liu successfully defended his PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 mechanical responses under external stress'. He was supervised by Professor Wen Wang and Dr Yiling Lu. Yankai will carry on as a PDRA with Dr Himadri Gupta (SEMS) and Professor Maurice Elphic (SBCS) on an EPSRC project from 1 January 2012.

IoM3 commend Dr Joe Briscoe's paper in the 2010 Literature Review competition

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 . ‘Extremely thin absorber solar cells based on nanostructured semi-conductors’ has just been published in Materials Science and Technology. Details can be found http://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/research/paperabstract.php?pid=4001

SEMS awarded Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 focus on optimising the mechanical load environment for tendon cells, to help promote tissue healing. Whilst at QMUL, Dr Bryant will also be giving a number of seminars and providing some lectures to both our undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Stacy Gladman awarded a PhD for study of the influence of mechanical injury on neurons

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 neurons. Student, Stacy Gladman, successfully passed her PhD viva on 18th October.

Stacy who is supervised by Prof Priestly, Prof Michael-Titus and Dr Knight, has also recently published two excellent journal papers exploring the mechanism of neuronal injury to mechanical strain or lack of oxygen and showing that poly unsaturated fatty acids protect neurons against these injuries:

Journal of Neuroscience (accepted 2011) - http://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/research/paperabstract.php?pid=3994

Nueroscience (2010, v171) - http://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/research/paperabstract.php?pid=3620

Maria del Pilar Garcia Souto successfully defends PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Industrial Liaison Forum and SEMS Prize Day

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 into three parts, starting with the PhD research poster exhibition, followed by the annual SEMS Prize Day ceremony for the 2010-2011 academic year and finally completed with four separate panel sessions, chaired by SEMS academics and made up of attending industrial participants.

The PhD poster exhibition was of great interest to faculty, students and attending industrialists alike. Over 60 posters were displayed with three prizes awarded, sponsored by ARTIS, the National Physical Laboratory and Becker Industrial Coatings Ltd.

The annual SEMS Prize Day ceremony then followed with over fifty student prizes and nearly £8000 in prize money awarded. There were a number of multiple award recipients and all of the winners were honoured to have their prizes delivered by a number of industrial sponsors, Vice Principal Jeremy Kilburn and Principal Simon Gaskell.

Finally the day was brought to a resoundingly successful completion as four parallel panel sessions were held, attended by over 350 SEMS students. The sessions were chaired by SEMS academics and made up of leading industrialists in the areas of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Materials Science and Healthcare Engineering.

The SEMS Industrial Liaison Forum has now been held twice a year for three years and provides an opportunity for students, academics and industrial links to interact and further Queen Mary’s strong position and reputation within the engineering and materials science industries.

The next Industrial Liaison Forum will again be held in the Octagon on February 10, 2012 and will be focused on current MEng projects and industrial links with SEMS alumni.

Zaheer Ikram successfully defended PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 John Williams and Eldad Avital.

Sandra Ciampone successfully defends her PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to Sandra Ciampone who successfully defended her PhD thesis. Sandra's thesis titled 'Methods for Seated Posture Recognition' was supervised by Peter Dabnichki.

3 year Leverhulme Trust grant to study ferroelectric materials has started

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 the band positions and spatial photochemistry of ferroelectrics make them an interesting alternative to the existing materials that are currently under intense investigation. The aim of the project is to develop an understanding of the limits of the photochemistry and determine if visible light can be harnessed to drive the reactions.

Hussein Ershadi Oskoi wins Beckers Research Poster Prize

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 under the supervision of Pankaj Vadgama.

Iffat Patel wins National Physical Laboratory Research Poster Prize

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 currently researching her PhD in SEMS under the supervision of Gleb Sukhorukov.

Zhipeng Gao wins Artis Research Poster Prize

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 supervision of Mike Reece and Haixue Yan.

Chi Chi Zhang successfully defends PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Chi Chi Zhang successfully defends PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Fei Hang successfully defends his PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

BBSRC grant awarded 'Targeted drug delivery to neurons and glia using light-and field-sensitive ...

g.sukhorukov@qmul.ac.uk — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 delivery to neurons and glia using light-and field-sensitive microcapsules". The research will be devoted to elaboration of encapsulation technology for delivery of specific signalling molecules into targeted nerve and glial cells while monitoring cell function in real time and finally in finally in organized brain tissues at UCL.
QMUL based research will be conducted in newly opened Nano-Bio-materials processing lab.

Figure 1. An example of TRITC release (810nm light, emission shown in red) from a capsule internalised by a B50 cell in culture. Top: Experiment diagram. Bottom: A. The test cell with capsules inside; arrow indicates the site of release B: Residual emission in the cell lumen four hours after irradiation.

Zhenling Luo successfully defends PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 and Prof QB Xu (co-supervisor) at King's College London.

Hafiz Muhammad Ali successfully defends PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 the experimental and theoretical investigation on the performance and optimization of three-dimensionally enhanced pin-fin tubes. During his PhD studies, Hafiz contributed as lead author to the publication of three journal articles with more planned, and four conference papers.

Henry Clarke successfully defends PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Student satisfaction in SEMS tops College, Materials best in UK

c.a.jones@qmul.ac.uk — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 measured overall student satisfaction.

Materials at Queen Mary, University of London is number 1 in the UK in the NSS rankings, with Aerospace Engineering ranked 2nd and Mechanical Engineering 5th. All SEMS programmes have been rated as the best in London.

"We are delighted that the students in SEMS are happy with our support, teaching and organisation, and that they recognise the value of our learning resources. We try very hard to fully support all our students and it is tremendous that the students have ranked us so highly". Julia Shelton, Director of Taught Programmes

Queen Mary, University of London, has achieved overall student satisfaction of 88% to rank equal second in London with UCL, and ahead of King’s College London, LSE and Imperial College.

Jia Ma and Wei Tu successfully defend their PhD theses

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 Performance and Controlled Release’, supervised by Profs Gleb Sukhorukov and Ton Peijs, while Wei defended this Friday his thesis entitled ‘Comeld Joints: Optimisation of Geometric Parameters of the Protrusions’ supervised by Dr Pihua Wen and Profs Felicity Guild and Paul Hogg. Wei Tu is currently working with Nanoforce Technology Ltd.

Claire Fitzgerald successfully defends PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 spend the next year working in China. Claire's research was supervised by Dr Adrian Briggs and Dr Hua Sheng Wang.

Bioengineering 11 Conference

c.a.jones@qmul.ac.uk — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 Wang, will chair the meeting being held between 12 and 13 September. further details can be found on: http://www.bioeng.org.uk/

Arsalan Ahmad successfully defends his PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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, Professor Chris Lawn and Dr John Cater from the University of Auckland.

Angelo Karunaratne's research gains recognition from Bone Research Society and ASBMR

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 the abstract presentation “In-situ synchrotron SAXS Combined with Micromechanical Testing to Serve as an In-Vitro Nanomechanical Functional Imaging Technique to Measure the Bone Quality Degradation in Metabolic Bone Diseases”
Angelo's research is supervised by Dr Himadri Gupta and by Dr Nick Perrill at Diamond Light source, Harwell, UK.

NanoVision Centre microscopy technique published in Nature Protocols

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 electron microscope (FIB-SEM) to cut away a thin slice of material from a resin embedded block of biological tissue. This surface is then imaged before cutting away another thin slice and repeating the process. Automated sequential slicing and imaging allows a 3D data set to be build-up over relatively large volumes of tissue while still resolving sub-cellular detail. The technique could have wide applications in structural biology, particularly in determining the relationship between cells and their local organisation within tissues or organisms that are important to understanding developmental biological or changes in response to disease.
Andy Bushby (School of Engineering and Materials Science) in collaboration with colleagues at Cardiff University have developed the method through an EPSRC Access to Materials Research Equipment grant (EP/F019882/1). The importance of the work has been recognised through publication of the detailed methodology in the journal Nature Protocols and is the featured paper for June 2011.

Ref: A.J. Bushby, K.M.Y. Png, R.D.Young, C. Pinali, C. Knupp and A.J. Quantock (2011): “Imaging Three-Dimensional Tissue Architectures by Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy”, Nature Protocols, 6(6), 845-858.

Ahmed Al-Musleh successfully defends PhD Thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Tanya Ekers successfully defended her PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 in technologies such as car body finishes, domestic appliances and natural wood flooring. Nanoindentation is widely used to measure the mechanical behaviour of coatings and thin films but polymer coatings present some unique problems due to the time dependence of their mechanical response. Their properties may also change due to environmental factors such as moisture and sunlight. Tanya has developed new test methods that help to overcome these problems and provide more reliable material property data. The project was funded by an EPSRC CASE award in collaboration with ICI Strategic Technologies (now Akzo Nobel). Tanya was supervised by Dr Andy Bushby.

Dr. Fariborz Motallebi appears on BBC's The One Show talking about the effect of the latest ...

e.g.dimascio@qmul.ac.uk — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Karin Hing is awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal for 2011

Sun, 22 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 materials including ApaPore™ and Actifuse™. You can read more about the award by following the link.

http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/48851.html

Dr Tina Chowdhury has been awarded an Arthritis Research UK Grant

c.a.jones@qmul.ac.uk — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 collaboration with Prof Donald Salter at Osteoarticular Pathology, Edinburgh University and Mr Manoj Ramachandran at the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Bart's and The Royal London Medical School. For further details about the project, please visit the following link: http://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/research/researchdetail.php?rid=420

Best MEng Group Project Prize Announced

j.busfield@qmul.ac.uk — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 several excellent projects this year but these two teams were the most highly commended by the judges and guests that attended the event.

Dun Lu successfully defends PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 range of different mechanical testing techniques used to evaluate the unique mechanical properties of limpet teeth using short fibre composite approaches. Dun was supported by an EPSRC grant and supervised by Dr Asa H Barber.

SEIF grant success for Tina Chowdhury

t.t.chowdhury@qmul.ac.uk — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 previous work which developed a virtual, interactive teaching aid, http://www.virtualmechanobiology.com that won a Drapers Prize in 2009 for innovations in teaching and learning. Funding from SEIF will allow Tina to continue this successful initiative by creating learning enhancements involving simulations in a virtual tissue engineering laboratory which add to the School’s learning platform. The project team involves Peter McOwan (SEECS) and Keith Turner (Solvexx Solutions).

Phil Ward passes PhD Examination

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 wear properties. Phil was in the first group of students to undertake the Medical Engineering MEng degree at QMUL. Phil has continued to broaden his education and is currently employed by the MOD who is sponsoring him to undertake an MSc in Marine Engineering.
Well done Phil for getting to the finishing line!

PhD student, Lewis Tunnicliffe wins the James S Walker Award of the IoM3.

j.busfield@qmul.ac.uk — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 of polymers. Lewis has received the award for his MRes thesis entitled, “Investigations into the microstructure of silica filled rubber.” Lewis is continuing this work at PhD level in the Rubber Group as a CASE funded PhD student supported by Sibelco UK. James Busfield, who is Lewis’ supervisor says, “Lewis did an excellent project last year, and his award means that QM has now won all the polymer prizes from the IOM3 in the last year, with Ton Peijs collecting the Swinburne medal for his work on polymers and Han Zhang winning the RH Craven Award for being the best polymer student.”

Choothum Jeenjitkaew successfully defends PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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 by Professor Felicity Guild and Dr Zofia Luklinska.

Chanyuan Chai passes her PhD examination

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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. Her work furthers our understanding on the etiology of pressure ulcers and assesses novel strategies to improve clinical management of the condition. Well done Yuan!

Cummins Turbo Technologies sponsors research in the Energy Group

t.alexander@qmul.ac.uk — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 division of Cummins Inc. the world's largest independent diesel engine manufacturer. The work is broadly based on gas-turbine performance studies initiated by Professor Alexander (publishes as T. Korakianitis) in the 1990s. The current program will investigate new component designs in new energy applications. Professor Korakianitis and a PhD student will conduct numerical and experimental studies for the design, optimisation and prototype testing of the novel powerplant. This program is an example of the practical applications of energy research conducted at QMUL, and of the importance of novel energy power plants in the worldwide energy market.

Neveen Hosny successfully defends PhD

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 her PhD, Neveen has continued working with Dr Knight, developing a super-resolution microscopy system (PALM) funded by the Discipline Bridging Initiative and an EPSRC Platform grant. She is soon to move to a new position within the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College.

Farah Ahmed successfully defended her PhD thesis

j.hills@qmul.ac.uk — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 awarded the Roberts Award for two consecutive years and has also been awarded the International Rank Prize Fund Symposium. She was supervised by Dr. Andy Bushby and Dr. Graham Davis (Dental Physical Sciences).

National Student Survey 2011 for all final year undergraduate students (MEng and BEng)

c.a.jones@qmul.ac.uk — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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 take part.