Past Events
December 2012 | |
Mon 24 Dec 2012![]() | College Closed |
Wed 19 Dec 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Tue 18 Dec 2012![]() | SEMS Christmas Party |
Fri 14 Dec 2012 | Semester A Ends |
Wed 12 Dec 2012![]() | UG SSLC meeting Cancelled |
Tue 11 Dec 2012![]() | TPG SSLC meeting Cancelled |
Tue 11 Dec 2012![]() | Prof Gang SUN, Recent Aerodynamic Design work for the C-919 Introduction to the Department of Mechanics & Engineering Science, Fudan University
Prof. Gang SUN, Deputy Director of the Aircraft Design Institute, Fudan University, China
The presentation will… |
Tue 11 Dec 2012![]() | SEMS Winter Graduation Ceremony |
Mon 10 Dec 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Mon 10 Dec 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - Open Session This is an open session for any queries or help needed with anything careers related such as job hunting, CVs, applications, interviews, career choice, internships, year in industry etc.
Vinny… |
Wed 5 Dec 2012![]() | Medical Engineering DTG |
Wed 5 Dec 2012![]() | Materials DTG |
Wed 5 Dec 2012![]() | Mechanical DTG |
Wed 5 Dec 2012![]() | Aero DTG |
Mon 3 Dec 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - Interview Skills This talk will teach you how to give great answers to interview questions.
Vinny Potter and Crawford Blagden are also availble after the event for 1-1 meetings with students. |
November 2012 | |
Mon 26 Nov 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - LinkedIn Workshop Networking is important in getting jobs. This session will talk you through setting up a professional profile on LinkedIn and how to use this in your job search.
Vinny Potter and Crawford Blagden… |
Thu 22![]() | Cranfield Course |
Wed 21 Nov 2012![]() | Medical Engineering DTG |
Wed 21 Nov 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Wed 21 Nov 2012![]() | Academic Staff Meeting |
Mon 19 Nov 2012![]() | Post application UCAS Information Day This is an Information Afternoon for invited UCAS applicants to learn more about the degree programme to which they have applied and been made a conditional or unconditional offer |
Mon 19 Nov 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - Application Forms This talk will teach you how to write great answers to application form questions.
Vinny Potter and Crawford Blagden are also availble after the event for 1-1 meetings with students. |
Thu 15 Nov 2012![]() | UG SSLC meeting |
Wed 14 Nov 2012![]() | Industrial Liaison Forum & Prize Giving Event The next Industrial Liaison Forum in the School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) is scheduled for Wednesday 14 November, 2012, here at QMUL in the Octagon. As usual this particular forum… |
Tue 13 Nov 2012![]() | TPG SSLC meeting |
Mon 12 Nov 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - Internships This talk is aimed at all students who are applying for internships.
Vinny Potter and Crawford Blagden are also availble after the event for 1-1 meetings with students. |
Wed 7 Nov 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Mon 5 Nov 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - Getting a part time job If you are applying for a part time job during your studies, this session will talk you through the opportunities available, job hunting and how to apply.
Vinny Potter and Crawford Blagden are also… |
Mon 5 Nov 2012![]() | 7 Research Seminars, Biomedical Engineering and Materials 13.30 Dr Nuria Gavara - University of Goettingen, “Mechanical fingerprints of cells using non-conventional approaches”
13.55 Dr Helena Azevedo - (3B’s Research Group), University of Minho,… |
October 2012 | |
Mon 29 Oct 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - CVs This workshop will teach you how to write a great CV.
Vinny Potter and Crawford Blagden are also availble after the event for 1-1 meetings with students. |
Mon 29 Oct 2012![]() | Professor Nicola M. Pugno - Nanomechanics of The Fantastic 4 Nanomechanics of The Fantastic 4: Graphene (the strongest), spider silk (the toughest), gecko foot (the most adhesive) and lotus leaf (the most anti-adhesive)
Prof. Nicola M. Pugno
Laboratory of… |
Tue 23 Oct 2012 | TPG DEB |
Mon 22 Oct 2012![]() | Modelling and Simulation in Engineering Systems Five 25 minute Seminars covering research subjects within Modelling and Simulation in Engineering Systems.
• 10:30 – “Microfluidics and Nanofluidics: From Fundamentals to Applications” Dr… |
Mon 22 Oct 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - Job Hunting This talk takes you through the best and most successful ways of looking for internships and graduate jobs.
Vinny Potter and Crawford Blagden are also availble after the event for 1-1 meetings with… |
Thu 18 Oct 2012![]() | Design and Innovation DTG |
Wed 17 Oct 2012![]() | Medical Engineering DTG |
Wed 17 Oct 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Wed 17 Oct 2012![]() | Aero DTG |
Wed 17 Oct 2012![]() | Mechanical DTG |
Tue 16 Oct 2012![]() | Materials DTG |
Mon 15 Oct 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - IMechE and Royal Aeronautical Society Representatives from both of these professional bodies will be attending to discuss career opportunities.
Vinny Potter and Crawford Blagden are also availble after the event for 1-1 meetings with… |
Wed 10 Oct 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Mon 8 Oct 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - Year in Industry This talk is aimed at any student who is interested in taking a year in industry and will be attended by a representative from YINI - Year in Industry as well as a number of students who have… |
Thu 4 Oct 2012![]() | Prof Wenxin Wang, Multifunctional Polymeric Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Biodelivery Prof Wenxin Wang,
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Stokes Lecturer, SFI Principal
Investigator Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials
National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science… |
Thu 4 Oct 2012![]() | Prof. Manuel Salmerón-Sánchez, Material-driven fibronectin fibrillogenesis Prof. Manuel Salmerón-Sánchez
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Material-driven fibronectin fibrillogenesis
Abstract:
Fibronectin (FN) is a cell-adhesive glycoprotein that… |
Wed 3 Oct 2012![]() | Health & Safety Presentation (Compulsory for new PhD Students) |
Tue 2 Oct 2012![]() | Dr Jing Yang, Discovery of novel polymers surfaces for biomedical application Dr Jing Yang, University of Nottingham |
Tue 2 Oct 2012![]() | Dr. Elefterios Lidorikis, Plasmonics for Enhanced Light Harvesting and Spectroscopy Applications Plasmonics for Enhanced Light Harvesting and Spectroscopy Applications
Dr. Elefterios Lidorikis
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110, Greece
web… |
Tue 2 Oct 2012![]() | Dr Matthew Turner, Practical nonlinear control theory: on the frontier of linear control Dr Matthew Turner, Dept of Eng Univ of Leicester.
Practical nonlinear control theory: on the frontier of linear control.
Nonlinear control theory is a difficult and complex field of study. Despite… |
Mon 1 Oct 2012![]() | Kwang-Leong Choy, Low cost and eco-processing of nanomaterials and their applications Low cost and eco-processing of nanomaterials and their applications
Kwang-Leong Choy
University of Nottingham
Faculty of Engineering,
Department of Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing… |
Mon 1 Oct 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - Applying for Medicine talk by Elena Di Mascio This talk is essential for all SEMS students applying for Graduate Entry to Medicine. |
September 2012 | |
Tue 25 Sep 2012![]() | Professor Dimitrios Stamatialis, Novel concepts for tissue regeneration Professor Dimitrios Stamatialis, University of Twente
Novel concepts for tissue regeneration |
Mon 24 Sep 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - IOM3 The Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining will be sending one of their representatives to talk about careers opportunities. |
Sat 22 Sep 2012 | College Open Day |
Thu 20 Sep 2012![]() | Prof. Yong Liu, Applications of biomedical particles in detection of hazardous materials Prof. Yong Liu
Professor and Vice Director
The State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R.China
Applications of biomedical particles in detection of… |
Tue 18 Sep 2012![]() | Prof Zhaoxian Xiong, Development and Application of Microwave Dielectric materials Zhaoxian Xiong, Professor in Functional Materials, Xiamen University
Development and Application of Microwave Dielectric materials
New kinds of dielectric materials for microwave technology were… |
Tue 18 Sep 2012![]() | Professor Junyou Yang, Research Activities on Thermoelectric Materials in HUST Research Activities on Thermoelectric Materials in HUST
Junyou Yang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China
This talk will introduce the research work on thermoelectric… |
Mon 17![]() | Welcome Week/Induction Week |
Fri 14 Sep 2012![]() | Academic Staff meeting |
Thu 13 Sep 2012![]() | Dr V.A. Titarev - Computing 3D rarefied gas flows using model kinetic equations Dr V.A Titarev, Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
http://www.ccas.ru/personal/titarev/titarev.htm |
Wed 12 Sep 2012![]() | Dr Dou Zhang, Fabricating piezoelectric composites for smart applications Fabricating piezoelectric composites for smart applications
Dr Dou Zhang, Central South University, China.
State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, P.R. China
… |
Wed 12 Sep 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Wed 12 Sep 2012![]() | Biomedical Engineering and Materials Research Group Meeting |
Tue 11 Sep 2012![]() | Dr Chris Howard, Doping graphitic materials: from fundamental interactions to scalable nanotechnology Seminar: Dr Chris Howard, UCL
Title: Doping graphitic materials: from fundamental interactions to scalable nanotechnology
Graphitic materials (fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphite and… |
Tue 11 Sep 2012![]() | Dr Brendan Harley, Patterning biomaterials for regenerative medicine and stem cell engineering Dr Brendan Harley, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois
Patterning biomaterials for regenerative medicine and stem cell engineering
ABSTRACT:
The extracellular… |
Tue 11 Sep 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee - Cancelled |
Mon 3![]() | MSc Vivas |
August 2012 | |
Fri 31 Aug 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Wed 15 Aug 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Mon 13![]() | Late Summer Resit Period |
July 2012 | |
Wed 25 Jul 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Tue 24 Jul 2012![]() | MSc Co-ordination Committee |
Thu 19 Jul 2012![]() | Coffee for undergraduates before Degree Ceremony Let Jayne know if you are attending |
Thu 19 Jul 2012![]() | Degree Ceremony |
Mon 16 Jul 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Fri 13 Jul 2012![]() | ELC |
Fri 6 Jul 2012![]() | Taster Course: Medical Materials Taster Course |
Fri 6 Jul 2012![]() | Taster Course: Sustainble Energy Engineering Taster Course |
Thu 5 Jul 2012![]() | Taster Course: Mechanical Engineering Taster Course |
Thu 5 Jul 2012![]() | Taster Course: Dental Materials Taster Course |
Mon 2 Jul 2012![]() | TPG SSLC (Postponed) |
June 2012 | |
Thu 28 Jun 2012![]() | Taster Course: Materials Science Taster course |
Thu 28 Jun 2012![]() | Taster Course: Aerospace Engineering Taster Course |
Wed 27 Jun 2012![]() | Taster Course: Medical Engineering Taster Course |
Wed 27 Jun 2012![]() | Taster Course: Design and Innovation Taster course |
Tue 26 Jun 2012![]() | Taster Course: Alternatives to Medicine and Dentistry Taster course |
Mon 18 Jun 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Mon 18 Jun 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Wed 13 Jun 2012![]() | Extenuating Circumstances Committee |
Wed 13 Jun 2012![]() | CANCELLED - Biomedical Engineering and Materials Research Group Meeting |
Wed 13 Jun 2012![]() | Materials Prelim SEB |
Mon 11![]() | MSc Vivas |
Fri 1![]() | DEN400 4th year Project Vivas |
Fri 1![]() | Design and Innovation Degree Show |
May 2012 | |
Thu 31 May 2012![]() | Private View Design and Innovation Degree Show |
Wed 30 May 2012![]() | Dr Hasan Shaheed 'AI based modelling and control of nonlinear systems' |
Wed 23 May 2012![]() | Academic Staff meeting |
Wed 23 May 2012![]() | Biomedical Engineering and Materials Research Meeting 2-2.30 Research talk (Gleb, moved from April's meeting)
2.30-3.30 (for staff only)
1. EPSRC CDT on Bioengineering discussion - Wen
2. Current Research Topic areas - subgrouping to be… |
Tue 22 May![]() | Manufacturing Workshop 3 week workshop mainly for 1st years. |
Fri 18 May 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Thu 17 May 2012 | Agilent Technologies United Kingdom Nanoindentation Users' Meeting Agilent Technologies cordially invites you to attend a one-day Nanoindentation Users' Meeting in London. This special event will be held on 17 May at Nanoforce Technology, Queen Mary Campus,… |
Wed 16 May 2012![]() | ![]() Professor LIN Ruan, Institute of Electrical Engineering, The Academy of Science, China.
Innovative Cooling Technology and China's Three Gorges Dam Project, the Largest Hydropower Station in The… |
Wed 16 May 2012![]() | Dr Ranjan Vepa - Active Control of Fracture Toughness of Vibrating, Wind Turbine Rotor Blades After presenting a brief summary of his research activities, Dr. Ranjan Vepa will present a scheme for active control of fracture toughness of vibrating, wind turbine rotor blade structures based on… |
Mon 14 May![]() | Preselection of modules for students opens |
Mon 14 May 2012![]() | Prof Jaime Grunland - Texas A&M 'Nanobrick Walls for Protecting Clothing from Fire and Polymer Nanocomposites that Can Use Body Heat to Power a Cell Phone' Abstract
The first part of this talk involves making multifunctional thin films, using layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly, within the Polymer NanoComposites (PNC) Laboratory (http://nanocomposites.tamu… |
Wed 9 May 2012![]() | Biomedical Engineering and Materials Research Group Meeting |
Wed 9 May 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Wed 2 May 2012![]() | Hua Sheng Wang |
April 2012 | |
Mon 30 Apr![]() | Main examination period |
Mon 23![]() | 3rd year Project Vivas Project Vivas for 3rd year students |
Fri 20 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Medical Materials Taster Course |
Fri 20 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Mechanical Engineering Taster Course |
Thu 19 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Sustainble Energy Engineering Taster Course |
Thu 19 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Dental Materials Taster Course |
Wed 18 Apr 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Wed 18 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Medical Engineering Taster Course |
Wed 18 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Materials Science Taster course |
Wed 18 Apr 2012![]() | Dr Pihua Wen "Why mesh reduction method?" Abstract: In this seminar, P.H. Wen will focus on the mesh reduction methods and present the collaboration with his colleagues. Brief introduction of mesh reduction methods will be given in the talk.… |
Tue 17 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Aerospace Engineering Taster Course |
Tue 17 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Design and Innovation Taster course |
Mon 16 Apr 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Mon 16 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Alternatives to Medicine and Dentistry Taster course |
Fri 13 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Mechanical Engineering Taster Course |
Fri 13 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Medical Materials Taster Course |
Thu 12 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Medical Engineering Taster Course |
Thu 12 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Dental Materials Taster Course |
Wed 11 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Aerospace Engineering Taster Course |
Wed 11 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Materials Science Taster course |
Wed 11 Apr 2012![]() | Biomedical Engineering and Materials Research Group Meeting |
Wed 4![]() | Taster Course: Women in Engineering Taster Course |
Wed 4 Apr 2012![]() | Prof Ante Munjiza |
Tue 3 Apr 2012![]() | Taster Course: Alternatives to Medicine and Dentistry Taster course |
March 2012 | |
Wed 28 Mar 2012![]() | Academic Staff meeting |
Mon 26 Mar 2012![]() | UG SSLC (Councelled) |
Thu 22 Mar 2012![]() | Post Application Information afternoon for invited UCAS applicants to SEMS |
Wed 21 Mar 2012![]() | TPG SSLC meeting |
Tue 20 Mar 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - 1-1s with Vinny Potter or Crawford Blagden This is an opportunity to meet with the SEMS careers team 1-1 to discuss any specific questions you have, work on your CV, cover letters or applications. |
Mon 19 Mar 2012![]() | Information afternoon for invited UCAS applicants to SEMS |
Wed 14 Mar 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Wed 14 Mar 2012![]() | Dr Eldad Avital 'From water waves to aerodynamically generated sound waves, a combined approach of modelling, detection, control and suppression.' In this talk we will explore a range of fluid wave phenomena varying from water waves to high speed aerodynamically generated sound waves. We will see how an approach of high fidelity simulations… |
Tue 13 Mar 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Mon 12 Mar 2012![]() | Making Graphene Soluble - Dr Cecilia Mattevi from The Department of Materials, Imperial College London Abstract:
Low cost high quality graphene production and its scalable and reliable deposition onto large areas remain challenging. Solubilization of graphene could potentially be a valuable option… |
Tue 6 Mar 2012![]() | Interested in applying for an MSc at Queen Mary? If you have an interest or any questions regarding applying for an MSc at QM, then come to this session to see what help is available and how to apply. Supported by the Admissions team. |
February 2012 | |
Wed 29 Feb 2012![]() | ELC Part 2 |
Wed 29 Feb 2012![]() | Prof John Williams 'LES and DNS of Fluid/Structure Interaction' The talk briefly describes the different projects that are currently being carried out by the fluid/structure interaction group in SEMS. These projects range from sediment transport, flow over… |
Tue 28 Feb 2012![]() | SEMS Careers Event - Psychometric Tests This session will focus on assisting students with psychometric testing, offering general tips and assisting with preparation. |
Tue 28 Feb 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Fri 24 Feb 2012![]() | Academic Staff meeting |
Tue 21![]() | Residential Industrial Site Visit Tour |
Mon 20![]() | SEMS Industrial Site Visit Programme During Week 7 SEMS runs an industrial site visit programme giving students an opportunity to engage with employers and to learn more about the various industries they may wish to enter either through… |
Wed 15 Feb 2012![]() | Information afternoon for UCAS applicants to SEMS |
Wed 15 Feb 2012![]() | Dr. Jens-Dominik Mueller 'Shape optimisation with discrete adjoint solvers' Dr. Jens-Dominik Mueller
Senior Lecturer in Bio-Fluids (took this from the webpages, Jens please correct if it is wrong)
TITLE: Shape optimisation with discrete adjoint solvers
ABSTRACT
Multi… |
Wed 15 Feb 2012![]() | Junk the Jargon The Junk the Jargon heats are now over, and we have the list of finalists who will be attempting to condense their research into an engaging, exciting 3 minute presentation:
Kirsten Barnicot … |
Tue 14 Feb 2012![]() | Prof. Jake Barralet (McGill university, Montreal, Canada) 'I think therefore Ion' Title: I think therefore Ion
Abstract:
The field of bioinorganics is well established in the development of a variety of therapies. However, their application to bone regeneration, specifically by… |
Tue 14 Feb 2012![]() | Dr. Franck Wiesbrock (Graz University of Technology) "Crosslinked Poly(2-Oxazoline)s and Poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s: Novel Polymeric Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications" Title: "Crosslinked Poly(2-Oxazoline)s and Poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s:
Novel Polymeric Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications".
Abstract
This talk will provide a short overview of my research on… |
Mon 13 Feb 2012![]() | SEMINAR: Dr. Sergio Moya (CIC biomaGUNE, Spain) "From soft matter nanotechnology to nanosafety" Dr. Sergio Moya (CIC biomaGUNE, Spain)
Title:"From soft matter nanotechnology to nanosafety". |
Mon 13 Feb 2012![]() | Dr. Sarah Cartmell (University of Manchester) 'Advances in Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering' Title: 'Advances in Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering'
Abstract
There is a significant need for novel therapeutic approaches to treat orthopaedic defects such as osteoarthritis and non union… |
Fri 10 Feb 2012![]() | ![]() 11-1pm The Octagon – 3rd and 4th year poster competition.
There are now significantly more than 50 visitors signed up to attend this event. Including staff from Alcoa; Atoc; Baxter-ApaTech;… |
Fri 3 Feb 2012![]() | Bioinspired syntheses of nanostructured materials - Dr David Bassett, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Bioinspired syntheses of nanostructured materials.
Dr David Bassett.
Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Although the study of biominerals may be traced back many… |
January 2012 | |
Mon 23 Jan 2012![]() | Yoshio Sakka - Introduction to National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Research Achievements in Advanced Ceramics Group Introduction to National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
and Research Achievements in Advanced Ceramics Group
Yoshio Sakka
Materials Processing Unitr, National Institute for Materials… |
Mon 23 Jan 2012![]() | Dr Stephanie Bryant - Biomimetic Hydrogel Niches: Understanding Biophysical and Biochemical Cues to Promote Integration and Functional Tissue Regeneration Dr Stephanie Bryant is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
She will be working in SEMS for the next three months, as… |
Thu 19 Jan 2012![]() | Discipline Teaching Group (Mech) |
Wed 18 Jan 2012![]() | SMT meeting |
Tue 17 Jan 2012![]() | Research Committee Meeting |
Tue 17 Jan 2012![]() | Education and Learning Committee |
Tue 10 Jan 2012![]() | Discipline Teaching Group (Medical) |