Past Events
January 2019 | |
Mon 7 Jan 2019 | Semester B teaching starts |
February 2019 | |
Wed 6 Feb 2019 11:30 - 12:30 | Associate SEB |
Wed 6 Feb 2019 13:00 - 14:00 | Smart tooling and smart machines with the application to high precision smart machining. Prof Kai Cheng. "Smart tooling and smart machines with the application to high precision smart machining."
Seminar by Prof Kai Cheng, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University. |
Wed 6 Feb 2019 13:00 - 14:30 | UG SSLC |
Wed 6 Feb 2019 15:00 - 16:30 | TPG SSLC |
Wed 13 Feb 2019 14:00 - 15:00 | MSc options at the School of Engineering and Materials Science Dr Adrian Briggs, Director of Education at SEMS will provide an overview of the School's MSc programmes. The talk will give detail on all the areas you can specialise in, how our MSc programmes are… |
Wed 13 Feb 2019 16:00 - 19:00 | Postgraduate (taught) Open Evening Get your questions about postgraduate study at QMUL answered at our Postgraduate Open Evening.
The Open Evening will be starting at 4pm in the Octagon, you can find out about any MSc programmes… |
Mon 18 - Fri 22 Feb 2019 | Week 7 Semester B |
Wed 20 Feb 2019 13:00 - 14:00 | Prof Kai Cheng, Brunel University:
Smart tooling and smart machines with the application to high precision smart machining Abstract:
Smart manufacturing has tremendous potential and is becoming the next generation manufacturing technology particularly in the Industry 4.0 context. Smart machining processes will enable a… |
Fri 22 Feb 2019 10:00 - 16:00 | SEMS Annual Research Day |
Wed 27 Feb 2019 13:00 - 14:00 | Alberto Padoan: Robustness and model reduction dominant systems Abstract:
The talk presents a quantitative robustness analysis framework geared towards the analysis and design of systems that switch and oscillate. This is motivated by the fact that, while such… |
Thu 28 Feb 2019 13:00 - 14:00 | Martin Hanczyc - Life-Like Droplets for Fundamental Studies of Living Systems |
March 2019 | |
Wed 6 Mar 2019 15:00 - 16:00 | Modelling Optical Properties at Interfaces of Materials - Dr Matt Watkins The next MRI seminar will be delivered by Dr Matt Watkins, Reader at the School of Mathematics and Physics, at The University of Lincoln.
The talk is entitled 'Modelling Optical Properties at… |
Fri 8 Mar 2019 12:00 - 14:00 | Computational Methods: indispensable tools for engineering analysis and design Abstract. This talk provide an overview of computational methods and its applications to the analysis and design of engineering systems. The focus will be on general formulations of meshfree and… |
Wed 13 Mar 2019 10:00 - 16:00 | Alumni Industrial Liaison Forum |
Wed 13 Mar 2019 16:00 - 17:00 | Thin Film Acoustofluidics: A New Platform for Lab-on-a-Chip Abstract: This talk will foucs on piezoelectric thin films including zinc oxide (ZnO) and aluminium nitride (AlN), which are used for a broad range of lab-on-chip applications such as biosensing,… |
Mon 18 Mar 2019 09:00 - 17:00 | Engineer - The Story |
Tue 19 Mar 2019 09:00 - 17:00 | Engineer - The Story |
Tue 19 Mar 2019 18:00 - 19:30 | Nobel Laureate Jean-Marie Lehn - Steps Towards Life: Chemistry! Get your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-nobel-lectures-jean-marie-lehn-steps-towards-life-chemistry-tickets-58258831734
Description:
Jean-Marie Lehn (1987 Nobel Prize in… |
Wed 20 Mar 2019 13:00 - 14:30 | Nobel Laureate Jean-Marie Lehn - From Supramolecular Chemistry towards Adaptive Chemistry Description:
Following a Public Lecture on Tuesday,
Jean-Marie Lehn (1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) will give a specialized chemistry seminar at SEMS in Queen Mary. It is about the evolution of… |
Wed 20 Mar 2019 14:00 - 15:30 | Engineers Without Borders - Engineering Games Come win a £50 Love2Shop voucher! Engineers Without Borders QM has organised the Engineering Games – a competition where your CAD skills will be put to the test. Come with your laptop with CAD… |
Wed 27 Mar 2019 13:00 - 14:30 | UG SSLC |
Wed 27 Mar 2019 15:00 - 16:30 | TPG SSLC |
Fri 29 Mar 2019 | Last day of teaching Semester B |
April 2019 | |
Thu 11 - Fri 12 Apr 2019 | Conference: The 14th International Symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Disease https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/events/bvbcd2019
We are delighted to announce the 14th international symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Disease, which will be held in… |
Mon 22 - Fri 26 Apr 2019 | Revision week |
Tue 23 Apr 2019 09:00 - 17:00 | Conference: Russell Binions Memorial PhD Research Symposium Following the success of the Russell Binions Memorial PhD Research symposium in April 2018, we are pleased to invite you to attend the 2019 Symposium this April.
This years' event will take place… |
Fri 26 Apr 2019 12:00 - 16:00 | Intercalated symposium |
Mon 29 Apr - Fri 7 Jun 2019 | Exam period |
Mon 29 Apr 2019 10:00 - 16:00 | SEMS Annual Research Day |
Tue 30 Apr 2019 10:00 - 15:00 | The Bioengineering Experience |
May 2019 | |
Fri 24 May 2019 13:00 - 14:00 | Energy and matter at the origin of life https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/energy-and-matter-at-the-origin-of-life-prof-nick-lane-tickets-61898908301
Due to high interest, location may change - so look back on the page and follow-up emails for… |
June 2019 | |
Thu 13 Jun 2019 13:00 - 16:00 | Pre-lim SEB Engineering All years to be discussed. |
Fri 14 Jun 2019 11:00 - 12:00 | Seminar: Subcritical transition in wall-bounded shear flows Prof Jacob Cohen, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Bio:
Jacob Cohen is a Professor and Sydney Goldstein Chair in Aeronautical Engineering at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He is the former Dean of… |
Tue 18 Jun 2019 13:00 - 16:00 | SEB Final Materials |
Thu 20 Jun 2019 10:00 - 16:00 | Final SEB Engineering |
Fri 21 - Sat 22 Jun 2019 | QMUL Open Day |
Wed 26 Jun 2019 14:00 - 15:00 | Spiking Neural Networks and Computational Neural Mass Models ABSTRACT:
We have been using the SpiNNaker neuromorphic hardware to design spiking neural networks to emulate several biological circuits. We have explored simulating the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus… |
Thu 27 Jun 2019 | Pre-lim SEB PGT |
July 2019 | |
Tue 2 Jul 2019 13:00 - 16:00 | Final SEB PGT |
Wed 3 - Fri 5 Jul 2019 | Conference: 20th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference The 20th TAROS Coneference will be hosted by the Centre for Advanced Robotics at Queen Mary University of London on the first week of July 2019 from the 3rd to the 5th of July.
TAROS is the longest… |
Wed 3 Jul 2019 18:00 - 19:00 | Conference: IET Public Lecture: Machine Learning for Robots to Think Fast in the Face of Unexpected Events Abstract.
Professor Aude Billard will present techniques from machine learning to allow robots to learn strategies to enable them to react rapidly and efficiently to changes in the environment.… |
Tue 16 - Fri 19 Jul 2019 | Conference: CNPComp2019: The 8th International Conference on Carbon NanoParticle Based Composites CNPComp2019 continues a series of successful conferences on carbon-based nanocomposites that originated from the European thematic network CNT-NET. The conference focuses on the preparation and… |
Wed 17 Jul 2019 | Postgraduate (taught) Virtual Open Day This will be an online Open Day where prospective students can chat to admissions tutors.
Prospective students will not be on campus. |
September 2019 | |
Tue 3 Sep 2019 13:00 - 16:00 | LSR SEB Meeting |
Wed 4 Sep 2019 16:00 - 00:00 | Postgraduate Open Day |
Thu 5 - Sat 7 Sep 2019 | Conference: UK Japan Engineering Education League The annual meeting of the UK Japan Engineering Education League will take place at Queen Mary University of London on 5-7 September 2019. This year we will be concentrating on research in the areas of… |
Mon 16 - Fri 20 Sep 2019 | Welcome week |
Thu 19 Sep 2019 13:30 - 14:30 | An Engineering Flight simulator in a University Abstract.
Flight simulators are used in major aerospace companies in the design, development and testing of new aircraft and their systems, rather than the training of pilots. These Engineering… |
Mon 23 Sep 2019 | First Day of Teaching for Semester A |
Mon 23 Sep 2019 10:00 - 13:00 | PhD Enrolment |
Wed 25 Sep 2019 13:00 - 16:00 | SEB PGT Final |
Fri 27 Sep 2019 14:00 - 15:00 | Induction: SEMS PGR Autumn Induction Dr Yi Sui, Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), welcomes our new PhD cohort.
The meeting will provide important information regarding the structure of the PhD programme, give students the chance to… |
October 2019 | |
Sat 5 Oct 2019 | QMUL Undergraduate Open Day Find out about our undergraduate degree programmes. The School of Engineering and Materials Science welcome hub will be located in G27 in the Engineering Building. In the Welcome hub we will have… |
Wed 9 Oct 2019 13:00 - 14:00 | Soft dendritic microparticles with unusual adhesion and structuring properties For the start of the Engineering Seminar Series - from the Chemical, Aero, and Mechanical Engineering divisions it is our pleasure to welcome
Prof. Simeon Stoyanov, Lead Scientist at Unilever R&D,… |
Tue 15 Oct 2019 16:00 - 17:00 | Research meeting Agenda for 15/10/19:
15 min, research highlights (to open the scene, I will report about some ongoing projects/ideas in the area of aeroacoustics; next time we will invite someone else)
30 min,… |
Thu 17 Oct 2019 11:00 - 12:00 | High-fidelity Multidisciplinary Design Optimization for the Next Generation of Aircraft Abstract:
Wing shape is a crucial aircraft component that has a large impact performance. Wing design optimization has been an active area of research for several decades, but achieving practical… |
Tue 22 Oct 2019 15:00 - 16:00 | Vibration and Acoustics of Everyday Things The first seminar of the Tuesday series will be given by Dr Anurag Agarwal, Head of the Acoustics Lab, University of Cambridge Engineering Department.
http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/aa406 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019 13:00 - 14:00 | Cell-ECM interactions regulate epithelial morphogenesis by controlling the architecture and mechancial properties of actomyosin networks, by Maria Dolores Martin-Bermudo of Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Seville, Spain Abstract:
Forces generated by the actomyosin cytoskeleton are key contributors to many morphogenetic processes. The actomyosin cytoskeleton organizes in different types of networks depending on… |
Tue 29 Oct 2019 16:00 - 17:00 | Research meeting of the Aero Division 15-20min, Dr Pihua Wen to present highlights of his research in computational mechanics.
30 min, we are hosting Annette Nembhard from the SEMS office who will tell us about Transfer of Resources to… |
Wed 30 Oct 2019 14:00 - 15:30 | UG SSLC |
Wed 30 Oct 2019 15:00 - 16:30 | PGT SSLC |
November 2019 | |
Mon 4 - Fri 8 Nov 2019 | Week 7 Semester A |
Wed 6 Nov 2019 10:00 - 16:00 | Faculty Industry Research Engagement Day S&E Faculty Industry-Research Engagement Day hosted at Mile End. The aims of the event are to
• generate new external partners for collaborative research with S&E
• increase long-term… |
Tue 12 Nov 2019 16:00 - 17:00 | Aero Division Research Meeting The meeting agenda will be as follows:
15-20min, Dr Jun Chen to present highlights of his research on multi-objective optimisation, aircraft routing, and artificial intelligence
30 mins,… |
Wed 13 Nov 2019 12:00 - 13:00 | Materials Division meeting |
Wed 13 Nov 2019 13:00 - 14:00 | MRI Seminar - Sorted Carbon Nanotubes and their Applications (from Photovoltaics to Sensing) By Dr Benjamin Flavel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
Abstract: Ever since their discovery, carbon nanotubes have been described as a material for the future and a long list of possible… |
Wed 13 Nov 2019 16:00 - 17:00 | Division meeting - Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Design |
Wed 13 Nov 2019 16:00 - 17:00 | Chemical and mechanical interrogation of biological systems … and beyond By: Dr Periklis Pantazis, Imperial College London
Abstract: In recent years, advances in imaging probes, microscopy techniques and bioinformatics image analysis have markedly expanded the imaging… |
Tue 19 Nov 2019 12:00 - 13:00 | Bioengineering Division Meeting |
Wed 20 Nov 2019 10:00 - 17:00 | Industrial Liaison Forum |
Tue 26 Nov 2019 12:00 - 13:00 | Bioengineering Division Meeting |
Tue 26 Nov 2019 13:00 - 17:30 | The Advanced Molecular Imaging Service’s
QMUL Imaging Symposium A series of short talks showcasing the research made possible by QM’s advanced imaging technologies.Followed by a drinks reception to meet the facility staff who can
help you access and use these… |
Tue 26 Nov 2019 16:00 - 17:00 | Aero Division Research and Teaching Meeting 15-20 min - Dr Ranjan Vepa to present highlights of “Interdisciplinary Aero-Space Dynamics & Control Research”
30 min - Discussion of the revised teaching programme
10 min - AOB |
Wed 27 Nov 2019 12:00 - 13:00 | Materials Division meeting |
Wed 27 Nov 2019 14:00 - 15:00 | Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy Division Meeting |
Wed 27 Nov 2019 15:00 - 16:00 | Division Research Meeting - Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Design |
December 2019 | |
Tue 3 Dec 2019 12:00 - 13:00 | Bioengineering PDRA talks The speakers for the second Bioengineering PDRA talks are:
Clare Thompson - The ciliary switch: mechanoregulation of polycystin function
and
Antonios Giannopoulos - Establishing a rat Achilles… |
Wed 4 Dec 2019 12:00 - 13:00 | Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy Division Meeting |
Wed 4 Dec 2019 13:00 - 14:30 | UG SSLC |
Wed 4 Dec 2019 15:00 - 16:00 | Division Meeting - Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Design |
Wed 4 Dec 2019 15:00 - 16:00 | Electroactive Oxides for Smart Devices By: Dr Miguel Algueró, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain |
Wed 4 Dec 2019 15:00 - 16:30 | PGT SSLC |
Tue 10 Dec 2019 12:00 - 13:00 | Bioengineering Division Meeting |
Tue 10 Dec 2019 16:00 - 17:00 | Aero Division Meeting The agenda will be as follows:
15-20 min, Dr Ahmed Ismail will report highlights of his research on the breakup of electrified capillary jets.
30 min, Discussion about new funding opportunities
… |
Wed 11 Dec 2019 12:00 - 13:00 | Materials Division Meeting |
Wed 11 Dec 2019 15:00 - 16:00 | Chemo-mechanical regulation of receptor-mediated cell adhesion By: Dr Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti-Adam, Max Planck Institute |
Fri 13 Dec 2019 | Last day of teaching Semester A |
Mon 16 Dec 2019 16:30 - 18:30 | SEMS Winter Graduation Ceremony |
Tue 17 Dec 2019 12:00 - 13:00 | Bioengineering Division Meeting |
Wed 18 Dec 2019 15:00 - 16:00 | Division Research Meeting- Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Design |
Tue 24 Dec 2019 - Wed 1 Jan 2020 | Queen Mary Closure Days |