We were delighted to showcase the exciting research taking place across SEMS at our biannual Industrial Liaison Forum, held on 3 November.

The event provided an excellent opportunity for our second and third-year PhD students and undergraduate research students to present posters highlighting their research, while our postdoctoral researchers shared their work through a series of flash presentations.

The Research Showcase brought together representatives from industry, academics and students, providing a valuable platform for sharing research findings, exchanging ideas and strengthening connections between academia and industry.

With over 80 research posters and nine flash presentations, the event highlighted the breadth and diversity of research being undertaken across SEMS.

Congratulations to all participants, particularly our prize winners, whose outstanding contributions were recognised during the event.

PhD Poster Winners

Maadri Pathiranage
Supervisor: Ana Jorge Sobrido
Project: Textile-waste Derived Carbons for Application as Electrodes in Flow Batteries

Joshua Daoud
Supervisor: Christopher Chapman
Project: Development and Characterization of an On-Chip Glioma Outgrowth Model

Orkid Ramekaj
Supervisor: James Busfield
Project: Fatigue Crack Growth of Sulphur- and Peroxide-Cured Nitrile Butadiene Rubber before and after Fluid Immersion Ageing

Flash Presentation – PDRA Winner

Dr Anushka Goyal
Supervisor: Kshitij Sabis
Project: Decentralising Power: A Case for Small-Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

QMCUR Poster Winner

Mouneer Alrayes
Supervisor: Yiwei Sun
Project: Stoichiometry, Not Pore Geometry, Controls Water-Vapour Sorption in Graphene-Oxide–M13 Bacteriophage Aerogels

Looking Ahead

The next Industrial Liaison Forum will take place in March 2027, focusing on showcasing the projects of our current final-year BEng, MEng and MSc students.

We look forward to another engaging event celebrating student innovation, research excellence and collaboration with industry.

Acknowledgements

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all our judges, Majid Taghavi, Yamin Abdouni, Arsen Abdulali and Nick Zang, for their time, expertise and valuable contributions to the Research Showcase.

Special thanks also go to Erik Poloni, Michael Reece, Colin Rainey, Jonathon Hills, Maria Ribadeneyra, Wei Tan and Steffi Krause for their support in organising the flash presentations and helping to make the event a success.