News
December 2005 | ||
 Graduation15 December 2005Congratulations to all those who Graduated on the 15th December 2005. | ||
UK-China Symposium on Advanced Materials10 December 2005Under the auspice of Department of Trade and Industry (UK) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (China), a “China-UK Symposium on Advanced Materials” was held in Chong-Qing, between 4-8 December 2005, organised by British Consulate-General Chongqing (BCG Chongqing) and Chongqing Science and Technology Commission (CSTC). Professor Guo co-ordinated the UK … [more] | ||
 Taking the fight to cancer, waste - and terrorists9 December 2005Prof Ray is leading a group of academics and businesses in developing a hand-held device capable of testing water for signs of deliberate contamination. Security experts regard the threat of bio-terrorism as just as serious as the more obvious terrorist dangers, and the UK's water supply could be particularly vulnerable … [more] | ||
November 2005 | ||
 Powders dancing to the music from art to part28 November 2005Dr Shoufeng Yang and Professor Julian Evans from the Department of Materials have devised a new method for multi materials solid freeforming fabrication (SFF). The source of this idea came from the ancient art of the Navajo Indian's Sand Paintings. Sand paintings, also called dry paintings, were used in ceremonies … [more] | ||
 Pengpeng wins at the SAMPE UK & Ireland Annual Student Seminar Competition25 November 2005Zhujuan Wang ("Pengpeng", centre of photo) a PhD candidate in the group of Ton Peijs has won a society-sponsored trip to the SAMPE Europe Conference in Paris in April 2006 for her presentation "Highly Oriented Nanocomposite Fibres". The 8th annual Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE) UK & … [more] | ||
Appointment of New Staff11 November 2005The department is pleased to announce that Dr Caroline Jee has been appointed to the post of Learning Coordinator and Danniella Samos as Finance Administrator. Caroline has been in Materials in many guises starting as an undergraduate back in 1996. After obtaining her PhD in 2003, Caroline then went on to join … [more] | ||
October 2005 | ||
 Secretary of European Society for Biomaterials12 October 2005At the European Society for Biomaterials Conference during 11-15 September 2005, Prof Joost de Bruijn stepped down from the council after 8 years. For the last four years he has been Secretary of the Society. However the job remains within the department as Prof. Liz Tanner has succeeded Joost as ESB secretary. [more] | ||
 Visiting Professor Yoshihide Fukahori's book sells out in 2 months9 October 2005Yoshihide Fukahori's (a visiting professor in the Department of Materials) recently published book called 'Advocating earthquake protected houses - protecting not just the house but the home form destruction' has sold out all 14,000 copies in the first 2 months of sale. The book which is written in Japanese gives simple guidelines … [more] | ||
September 2005 | ||
 Dr Norbert Cabrera dies in a car accident27 September 2005The Department of Materials is very sad to announce the death of Dr Norbert Cabrera in a car accident on Saturday 24th September 2005. Norbert was a PhD student with Ton Peijs and his PhD was on "Recyclable all polypropylene composites: concept, properties and manufacturing". Earlier this month we were delighted … [more] | ||
UK-Korea 4th Energy Forum: Hydrogen Storage22 September 2005The 4th UK-Korea Energy Forum was held in the Royal Society on 22 Sept. 2005. Professor Guo gave a talk on "Experimental & Theoretical approaches to the Design of Hydrogen Storage Materials". The event coincides with the Korean Day, sponsored by the Royal Society and the Korean Ministry of Science & Technology. [more] | ||
 Poster award for Pengpeng and Paola16 September 2005PhD students Zhujuan Wang 'Pengpeng' and Paola Ciselli have won the Poster Award at the International Conference on Carbon Nanotubes Polymer Composites. The conference was held from September 4 - 7 in Hamburg, Germany and attracted nearly 200 participants from all over the world working in the field of CNT based composites. Their … [more] | ||
Euromat2005 - Synposium on Mulitscale Modelling10 September 2005The Energy Materials research team actively participated in the Euromat2005 Congress in Prague, and delivered 6 oral presentations and 2 posters on hydrogen storage materials, biointerfaces, and biomedical materials (Of course, they also enjoyed visiting the beautiful city during long lunch breaks......). Prof. P.J. Hogg organised a Symposium on "Composite Materials", … [more] | ||
 Dow Dissertation Award 2005 for Dr. Norbert Cabrera9 September 2005Former PhD student Norbert Cabrera received the Dow Energy Dissertation Award 2005 for his research in the area of the sustainable use of energy and sparing the environment on September 1st in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The award included a prize of €2500 for his winning thesis entitled "Recyclable all polypropylene composites: concept, … [more] | ||
August 2005 | ||
International Synposium on Energy Materials28 August 2005Prof. Guo give an invited talk on "Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Hydrogen Storage Materials" at the International Symposium on Energy Materials, held in Yanji, China, 21-23 August. The Symposium aimed at fostering close collaborations on research in energy conservation, production and storage, with participants from the UK, France, Germany, … [more] | ||
 Dr. Natalie Stingelin's research published in Nature Materials8 August 2005Natalie's paper entitled 'Organic thin-film electronics from vitreous solution-processed rubrene hypereutectics' was published in the August 2005 issue of Nature Materials. The work that is co-authored by researchers from Philips Research Laboratories, University of Groningen in the Netherlands and ETH Zurich in Switzerland, presents a solution-based procedure for controlled generation of … [more] | ||
July 2005 | ||
Four people from AST Group attend Gordon Research Conference18 July 2005Dr Suwan Jayasinghe, Dr Hongbo Zhang, Mr Zeeshan Ahmed and Mr Dongyang Sun will be presenting their research at the Gordon Research Conference being held in New Hampshire, USA from July 17-22, 2005. The conference, sponsored by several organisations including EPSRC, will discuss ceramic challenges in MEMS, Nanotechnology and Biomaterials. Their … [more] | ||
 Successful Taster Courses and Summer Schools18 July 2005With the dedication and support from various people in the department, we have just completed a very successful series of Taster Courses. These taster courses were attended by about 400 different students between the 21st June and 7th July 2005. The events were organised by Caroline Jee and Cath Pedley and were … [more] | ||
 A Taste of Materials Science and Engineering for Gravesend Grammar School Students15 July 2005Another successful taster course has been carried out on the 15th July 2005 for a group of Year 11 and 12 students from Gravesend Grammar School, Kent. Their Head of Chemistry teacher, Elaine Cork has arranged this special event with Ms Cath Pedley, our Administrator Coordinator. With the dedication and support from many … [more] | ||
Situation normal at Materials QM8 July 2005As far as we know all staff and students within the Department are safe. However, if you have any concerns please give Vicky or Tara a call on 020 7882 5150 and we will try to help. | ||
June 2005 | ||
Prof. Asim Ray wins several research grants30 June 2005Prof. Asim Ray has been awarded two DTI grants (Technology Programme, Nov. 2004 Competition): 1. Enhanced Sensitivity Integrated Photonic Sensors for Biodetection, worth £150K to QMUL, several supporting partners 2. Design and Development of New Generation Sub-miniature Fluorescence Lamps, worth £190K to QMUL, several supporting partners and................ a one-year visiting fellowship, worth US $ 45,000 … [more] | ||
Chinese and British scientists try to give a push to hydrogen economy16 June 2005Publication Date:06-June-2005 06:32 AM US Eastern Timezone Source:Chinese People Daily "Two-thirds of the water here is hydrogen," said Professor Z. Xiao Guo, as he took a bottle of pure water on the desk, to explain why hydrogen was one of the most promising alternatives of the energy sources in … [more] | ||
 Royal Society award for Professor Mohan Edirisinghe16 June 2005The Royal Society has awarded Mohan a Brian Mercer Innovation Feasibility Award for 2005. Up to three such awards are made annually to test the feasibility of a project and, in particular, to enable the investigator to look at the technical and economical feasibility of commercialising an aspect of their scientific … [more] | ||
UK-China Hydrogen Energy Symposium5 June 2005Professor Guo was invited as one of the 10 UK delegates in the recent UK-China hydrogen energy symposium, sponsored by the Royal Society, UK-China Partnership in Science, National Science Foundation of China, and Chinese Academy of Sciences. The event was held in Dalian, Shenyang and Beijing. Scientists from both sides exchanged … [more] | ||
May 2005 | ||
 Dr Rick Ubic receives the Robert L. Coble Prize18 May 2005Rick Ubic received the Robert L. Coble Prize at the awards banquet during the convention of the American Ceramic Society in Baltimore on 12 April. The certificate reads "...for his contributions relating crystallography to the behavior of dielectric properties in complex compounds." More information about the award itself can be found … [more] | ||
UK-Japan Workshop on Solid-State Hydrogen Storage15 May 2005UK-Japan Workshop on Solid-State Hydrogen Storage, 15-18 May 2005: Professor Guo was one of the UK delegates for the above event, sponsored by the British Embassy in Tokyo and NEDO in Japan | ||
 Who murdered Mrs X?4 May 20051st year undergraduates of the Department of Materials, QMUL have just completed their last Problem Based Learning activity championed by Dr James Busfield and Dr Caroline Jee. The theme of this PBL case study was "Materials with Forensics". A murder crime scene was set up with the help of Anthony … [more] | ||
April 2005 | ||
 New IRC Site Goes Live21 April 2005A new website to promote the IRC has been created. | ||
 New CTExMan Site Goes Live21 April 2005A new website to promote the Centre for Technology Exploitation and Management has been created. | ||
New Agreement signed with COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan20 April 2005Extract taken from Dawn Saturday on 16th April 2005 Collaboration in Academic Activities Islamabad , April 15: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Queen Mary College, University of London, for active collaboration between the two institutions. The MoU signing ceremony was attended among others … [more] | ||
 Dunzhong Hu successfully defends his thesis7 April 2005Dunzhong Hu successfully defended his thesis yesterday. His work was on "Domain Wall Dynamics in Ferroelectric Ceramics Under Mechanical Stress". You will have an opportunity to congratulate him because he will be here for a least a couple more months working on a new project. [more] | ||
Grants and Awards1 April 2005The Materials department has been awarded a number of Grants and Awards between September 2004 and January 2005, See the list below for more details: 01/04/2005 The Royal Society, Jawwad Darr, Conference grant 2004 R3, awarded £1,000.00 01/03/2005 E.P.S.R.C., Andy Bushby, Deformation of nanostructure, awarded £650,000.00 (Shared with Physics) 01/01/2005 E.P.S.R.… [more] | ||
March 2005 | ||
 New addition to the Willis family30 March 2005A big congratulations to Tony and Laura who are the proud new parent to Tommy Jay Willis. Tommy was born on the 26 March 2005 at 11.57 pm and weighed in at 6lb. 12 oz. Here are some photos of the happy family. | ||
 Sam Baxter passes her MPhil21 March 2005It is with great pleasure that we report that after her viva examination on the 17th March Sam Baxter has successfully completed her MPhil. Her thesis title was "Materials Selection and Design of Polymer Synthetic Heart Valves". [more] | ||
 Jawwad Darr's Visit to Japan21 March 2005Dr Jawwad Darr was invited to present a paper at the British Embassy in Japan as part of a week long visit involving a UK delegation of chemists, engineers from UK academia and industry. The "Workshop and Laboratory Tour on Green Sustainable Processing with Supercritical Fluids" was organised by the … [more] | ||
 Susan Williams passes her PhD7 March 2005Congratulations to Susan Williams, who passed her PhD viva on the 7th March 2005. Susan's thesis title was "Investigation into the use of a purpose-designed continuous ink jet printer for the deposition of ceramics on different substrates". Susan is now working at Xenia Technology Limited. [more] | ||
 Welcome to Tara Demetriou, our new Undergraduate Officer7 March 2005A warm welcome is extended to Tara Demetriou who joined the department at the start of March as the new undergraduate officer. Tara is based in the main materials office and is responsible for assisting with the administration of all undergraduate degree programmes. [more] | ||
February 2005 | ||
 Silvano leaves the department26 February 2005Silvano Cauchi-Savona has decided that after more than 10 years, it is now time to move on from QMUL. Silvano joined the Department of Materials in 1994 as the youngest of that years undergraduate intake. Having attained a first class BEng degree in Biomaterials he then went on to complete a Masters … [more] | ||
 Biqiong Chen passes her PhD23 February 2005Congratulations to Biqiong Chen who passed her Ph.D on 23rd February. Her Thesis was titled Polymer-clay Nanocomposites. Dr Chen is continuing as an EPSRC-funded researcher exploring the use of clays in polymer blends with particular emphasis on recycling. [more] | ||
 Rick Ubic is awarded the Robert L Coble Award16 February 2005Rick Ubic has been selected by 'The American Ceramic Society' (ACerS) Honours and Awards to receive the Robert L Coble Award for Young Scholars which will be presented at the 107th Annual Meeting Awards Banquet in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005. Rick is a lecturer of materials science at Queen Mary, … [more] | ||
 Happy Chinese New Year10 February 2005To welcome the new Chinese year, the Department celebrated in style. More than 150 staff and students went to the Lotus Floating Restaurant in Millwall Dock in the Isle of Dogs. The year of the rooster was hearalded in by the usual suspects being rounded up for the karaoke. [more] | ||
January 2005 | ||
Thierry Kinimo Successfully Defends His Thesis20 January 2005Thierry's PhD thesis is entitled, 'The Development of Dirt Resistant Polymer Coatings'. The external examiners put him through the hoops on 20th January 2005. The department congratulates him on his success. | ||
 Farah Safir and Anna Navarro complete their PG Cap18 January 2005The ceremony took place on the 18th January 2005 and the Principal presented Anna and Farah with their award, both Anna and Farah completed their PG Cap (Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice) in one year rather than the two it should have taken. Farah is a teaching assistant in the department … [more] | ||
 Monisha Passes her PhD11 January 2005We are sure you will join us in congratulating Monisha, who has successfully defended her PhD thesis. Monisha has been an experimental officer in the Department since last year. She performed well in her viva and examiners were full of praise for her and her work. [more] | ||