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December 2017

Fluorescently-labeled protein patterns within different types of 3D hydrogels

New molecular printing technology could recreate complex chemical environments that resemble the human body

20 December 2017

New patterning technology which could open opportunities to recreate complex biological environments has been developed by researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). '3DEAL' is a simple and inexpensive fabrication technique able to generate complex molecular patterns within soft matter, such as hydrogels, with microscale resolution and up to … [more]

Students enjoying the Careers Fair in the Octagon

November's Industrial Liaison Forum most successful so far

13 December 2017

The ILF which took place on the 22nd of November was the most successful held to date with fantastic engagement from students and our industry partners. More than 600 students and 115 external visitors participated throughout the day. The day started with the research poster display, congratulations to the 3 winners who were … [more]

Ophiocoma wendtii. Photo: Luis Gustavo Lira

Researchers discover process of creating ‘tempered optical lenses’ underwater

8 December 2017

A researcher from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) was part of a team, led by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, that has figured out the unique protective mechanism of highly resistant lenses located on the arms of a species of brittle … [more]

Arooj Humayon with Deputy Mayor of London Rajesh Agrawal

SEMS student part of International Student Welcome with Deputy Mayor

6 December 2017

Arooj Humayon, who studies at SEMS, was one of 11 lucky students selected to take part in International Student Welcome event at London’s City Hall on 25 October 2017. The students were from 11 different universities, 9 different countries and are studying wide range degree subjects. The Deputy Mayor of London Rajesh Agrawal welcomed … [more]


November 2017

Professor Magdalena Titirici receiving her award

SEMS academic Professor Magdalena Titirici receives 2017 USERN prize in physical sciences

29 November 2017

Professor Magdalena Titirici, was honourably introduced as the third female USERN laureate. The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) was inaugurated in 2015 as an independent organisation with the main purpose of peaceful and humanitarian promotion of education and research, universally. The USERN prize is an international award, established by … [more]

Fan Wu with the external examiner, Prof. Torsten Wagner and Dr Steffi Krause.

PhD success for SEMS student Fan Wu

16 November 2017

Congratulations to Fan Wu for successfully defending her PhD thesis “Investigation of light-addressable potentiometric sensors for electrochemical imaging based on different semiconductor substrates”. Fan was supervised by Steffi Krause and Michael Watkinson. [more]

Dr Hussein Nsamba

SEMS to welcome Dr Hussein Nsamba from the University of Makerere

16 November 2017

Dr Hussein Nsamba from the University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda is visiting SEMS from 22nd November to 1st December as a part of an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Program. He will provide teaching on energy related topics. He is a chemical engineer with a PhD from the University of Kaula … [more]

Soft robots for manipulation developed by Professor Kaspar Althoefer at ARQ

QMUL awarded £1m grant to establish robotics centre for tackling nuclear waste

15 November 2017

The Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ) has been awarded a £1m grant to help set-up a world-leading centre of excellence for nuclear robotics in the UK. ARQ is a cross-faculty multidisciplinary research centre, bringing Queen Mary robotics activities under one roof. ARQ's activities span across the School of … [more]

Dr Wei Ding

PhD success for Dr Wei Ding

13 November 2017

Congratulations to Dr Wei Ding who passed his PhD viva on the 31st of October 2017. Wei worked with Professor Wen Wang and Dr Mario Orsi on molecular dynamic simulation of lipid bilayer membranes. He was jointly funded by QMUL and the China Scholarship Council. During his PhD study, Wei has … [more]

QMUL Meet our Professors: Going Green with Black, The Inaugural Lecture of Magda Titirici

QMUL Meet our Professors: Going Green with Black, The Inaugural Lecture of Magda Titirici

8 November 2017

Professor Magda Titrici's Inaugural Lecture, Going Green with Black will take place on Wednesday 6th of December. Magda became a Reader in Materials Science at QMUL in 2013. She was promoted to a full Professorship in Sustainable Materials Chemistry in 2014. Since 2016 she is the Chair Professor of the Materials Division within … [more]

Dr Hasan Shaheed receiving his award from Professor Rama Thirunamachandran.

Dr Hasan Shaheed receives NTF award & leads Research-teaching integration Seminar

1 November 2017

Dr Hasan Shaheed received his National Teaching Fellowship Award, 2017 on 1st November at the Higher Education Academy’s annual awards ceremony for the 2017 National Teaching Fellowships (NTFs) and 2017 Collaborative Awards for Teaching Excellence (CATE). The event was held at the Church House Westminster, London. Hasan was presented with a certificate … [more]


October 2017

QMUL in the top 150 in the world for engineering and technology according to the #THEunirankings 2018!

QMUL in the top 150 in the world for engineering and technology according to the #THEunirankings 2018!

18 October 2017

The 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ table for engineering and technology subjects has placed QMUL in the top 150 in the world. The rankings are calculated using the same rigorous and balanced range of 13 performance indicators used in the overall World University Rankings, but the methodology has been recalibrated to … [more]

Professor Titirici with the laurel wreath received at the ceremony.

SEMS academic Professor Magdelena Titirici awarded honorary PhD from Stockholm University

13 October 2017

SEMS academic Professor Magdelena Titirici has received a prestigious Honorary PhD from Stockholm University for her work in sustainable materials for renewable energy. She was awarded the degree from the Natural Science Faculty (Chemistry) in recognition of her collaborative research efforts with the Swedish institution. Professor Titirici was named among … [more]


September 2017

Super resolution microscopy images of chondrocyte primary cilia showing the reduction in cilia length in an expanded cell (right) compared to a freshly isolated cell (left). The scale bars are 2 microns.

Study reveals how manipulation of primary cilia may improve cartilage tissue engineering

30 September 2017

A new paper from Prof Knight's group shows how expansion of cartilage cells for tissue engineering disrupts primary cilia expression inhibiting associated cellular signalling. Primary cilia are specialised, hair-like structures found singly in the majority of cell types where they coordinate a variety of cell processes important for tissue … [more]

First undergraduates welcomed at Joint Educational Institute in China

First undergraduates welcomed at Joint Educational Institute in China

18 September 2017

As we are set to welcome our 2017 cohort; The Joint Educational Institute (JEI), a partnership between Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), has already welcomed its first cohort of undergraduate students in Xi’an, China. NPU President, Professor Wang Jinsong, and QMUL President … [more]

The findings of this research study may help explain why cartilage breaks down with ageing or arthritis.

Research paper identifies the secret life of collagen

12 September 2017

Dr Gupta and Prof Knight have just published exciting results which cast light on how cartilage is able to withstand the demanding mechanical environment of the joint and may eventually help to explain why cartilage breaks down with ageing or arthritis. Collagen changes its crystallinity in response to physical forces, … [more]

Dr M Hasan Shaheed

SEMS academic awarded prestigious National Teaching Fellowship

1 September 2017

We are incredibly proud to announce that Dr. M Hasan Shaheed has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) - the most prestigious award for excellence in Higher Education teaching and student learning support. Widely recognised in the UK and internationally, the award celebrates individuals who have made an exemplary … [more]


August 2017

Candy cane supercapacitor could enable fast charging of mobile phones

Candy cane supercapacitor could enable fast charging of mobile phones

16 August 2017

Supercapacitors promise recharging of phones and other devices in seconds and minutes as opposed to hours for batteries. But current technologies are not usually flexible, have insufficient capacities, and for many their performance quickly degrades with charging cycles. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the University of … [more]

Nanorods - hollow carbon tubes used by industry for energy storage and biomedical applications

Materials and Minerals Technology at QMUL ranked number one in London for student satisfaction

10 August 2017

Materials and Minerals Technology at QMUL ranks number one in London for student satisfaction according to the results of the 2017 National Student Survey (NSS). The NSS questioned UK undergraduates on various aspects of their student experience. The subject earned an overall satisfaction rating of 88.89 per cent, which is 1.24 per cent … [more]


July 2017

Servann Herou with his award

PhD student Servann Herou wins best poster award at the Faraday Discussion Meeting

27 July 2017

Congratulations to our PhD student Servann Herou who has won the best poster award at the Faraday Discussion Meeting Bio-Resources: Feeding a Sustainable Chemical Industry. The event organised by The Royal Society of Chemistry took place in London between 19-21 June 2017. The Faraday Division have been organising high impact Faraday … [more]

Professor Kaspar Althoefer

Making work spaces safer: iMechE news story with Prof Althoefer

18 July 2017

Professor Kaspar Althoefer's work has been featured in an article about the potential of developments in robotics engineering to improve working conditions in manufacturing industries, published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Prof Althoefer’s team have developed lightweight garments with electromyography sensors built in.The sensors can measure electrical … [more]

Nicola (seated left) accompanied by his wife Chiara and James Busfield at the gala dinner.

Prof Nicola Pugno is awarded the Griffith Medal of the IOM3

11 July 2017

Prof Nicola Pugno was awarded the AA Griffith Medal and Prize at a gala dinner in London on the 11th July 2017. The prestigious medal and prize is awarded annually by the IOM3. Nicola is the third QMUL staff member to receive this prestigious prize after two former Heads of Departments … [more]

Nada Issa

SEMS alumna Nada Issa featured in inaugural Top 50 Women in Engineering under 35 list

7 July 2017

Nada Issa, a SEMS graduate, has been recognised in the inaugural Top 50 Women in Engineering under 35 list. The list, compiled by the Telegraph in collaboration with the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), features the UK’s top rising female stars of engineering - Nada was one of the 50 chosen from … [more]

Fantastic SEMS student success at the IMechE Healthcare Project Awards

Fantastic SEMS student success at the IMechE Healthcare Project Awards

3 July 2017

Many congratulations to Alice Zou, Deniz Ucan and Arturo Mendoza Meinhardt all of whom reached the finals of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Healthcare Technology Student Awards, held at the IMechE Headquarters on 20th June. Alice and Arturo both achieved oral presentations at the event, with Alice going on to … [more]


June 2017

Imagineers 2017 Degree Show

Imagineers 2017 Degree Show

21 June 2017

A group of 9 students from our undergraduate programmes in Materials & Design, Multimedia & Arts Technology and Design, Innovation & Creative Engineering are displaying their final project works at the Imagineers Degree Show and you are all invited! The show is being held in the Graduate Centre on the 30th and 1st of … [more]

David Barrett

PhD student David Barrett wins 2016 Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Young Investigator award

20 June 2017

Congratulations to our PhD student David Barrett, who has won the prestigious 2016 Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Young Investigator Award for his article published in the October 2016 issue of the Prenatal Diagnosis journal. The title of David's article is “Connexin 43 is overexpressed in human fetal membrane defects after fetoscopic surgery”. … [more]

Clara at the conference

PhD student Clara L. Hedegaard wins best oral presentation at ECI conference

12 June 2017

Congratulations to our PhD student Clara L. Hedegaard has won best oral presentation at the 2017 Biofabrication for Hierarchical in Vitro Tissue Models ECI Conference. The title of Clara’s talk was “A self-assembly based supramolecular bioink with hierarchical control as a new bioprinting tool”. The Engineering Conferences International (ECI) program … [more]

Hugh (left) and Michele (2nd left) are busy explaining their prototype device to conference delegates.

Michele Ghilardi wins the Presentation Prize at EuroEAP 2017

7 June 2017

Michele Ghilardi a PhD student supervised by Prof. Federico Carpi and Prof. James Busfield has won the Best Presentation Prize at EuroEAP 2017. In his talk an entirely novel design for a dielectric elastomer actuator-driven positioning system was deomnstrated live. Prof. James Busfield noted that "The demonstrator, created in partnership with … [more]


May 2017

Microcapsule flowing through a bifurcation

PhD success for SEMS student Zhen

31 May 2017

Congratulations to Zhen Wang who has recently passed his PhD viva, with a thesis entitled Motion of Deformable Capsules in Complex Flows. Zhen has published one paper in the Physical Review E and another in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and won a travel grant at the IUTAM2016 conference. Zhen … [more]

Chierol with her winning design, Elephant in the Room, in Library Square.

SEMS student wins QMSU design competition

24 May 2017

In October, QMSU set up a competition for students to design an object inspired by mental health. The winning design would be will be built and put in as a permanent fixture on Mile End campus. Chierol Lai, a Design, Innovation and Creative Engineering student, won the competition with her … [more]

Sam (left) with Sussan

PhD success for SEMS student Samantha

12 May 2017

Many congratulations to Sam Arokiasamy who recently passed her PhD viva. Sam has been supported by an IoB PhD studentship to work on neutrophil transport in lymphatic micro-vessels with Dr Mathieu Voisin and Professor Sussan Nourshargh in WHRI and Professor Wen Wang in SEMS. [more]

SEMS Alumnus Wei He

SEMS graduate granted a Chinese government award by the China Scholarship Council.

9 May 2017

Wei He, who studied his PhD at SEMS, has been granted the 2016 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad by the China Scholarship Council. Wei He graduated in 2015 and was supervised by Dr Hasan Shaheed. This award started in 2003 and was founded by the Chinese government with the purpose … [more]


April 2017

Professor Nicola M Pugno

Professor Nicola Pugno wins the IOM3's Griffith Medal & Prize

11 April 2017

Professor of Materials Science Nicola Pugno has won the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining's prestigious Griffith Medal. The award is given in recognition of distinguished work that has made or is making a notable contribution to any branch of materials science and is an incredible achievement. Nicola has innovated … [more]

SEMS student Felix Cox awarded RAEng Engineering Leadership Scholarship

SEMS student Felix Cox awarded RAEng Engineering Leadership Scholarship

5 April 2017

Felix Cox, a second year Mechanical Engineering student, has been award an Engineering Leadership scholarship by the Royal Academy of Engineering. This an excellent achievement as the RAEng awards the scholarships to undergraduates they believe have the potential to become leaders in engineering and who are able to act as … [more]


March 2017

SEMS delegation in China

SEMS delegation in China

29 March 2017

On the 16th and 17th of March, a delegation from SEMS, composed of Helena Azevedo, Pankaj Vadgama, Nuria Gavara and Wei-qi Li, participated in the UK-China Knowledge Economy Education Partnership (KEEP) Regional and Provincial Partnerships for Excellence Higher Education Mission to Guangdong. The initiative is organised by the British Council … [more]

Research to heal fetal membranes receives funding from Great Ormond Street and Sparks Charity.

Research to heal fetal membranes receives funding from Great Ormond Street and Sparks Charity.

27 March 2017

Dr Tina Chowdhury has been awarded a project grant by GOSH and Sparks charity (£148, 862). The project will develop a novel therapy to heal fetal membrane defects in the womb with Anna David (fetal medicine professor, UCL), Alvaro Mata (nanotechnology professor, SEMS), Jan Deprest (fetal surgeon/professor, Leuven), Dan Bader (… [more]

Michal (right) with Alvaro

PhD success for SEMS students Michal and Reshma

24 March 2017

We are celebrating two SEMS students who have passed their PhD vivas in the last few weeks. Congratulations to Michal Lipka who successfully defended his thesis 'Design and fabrication of a novel device for 3D patterning of hydrogels'. Michal is part of The Mata group, his supervisor was Professor Alvaro … [more]

The Larkfleet Solar Steam prototype

Mexican solar steam project wins funding

15 March 2017

A revolutionary solar thermal technology is to be tested in Mexico, thanks to funding secured by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and industry partner Larkfleet Ltd. The funding, provided by Innovate UK, the Newton Fund and the National Science and Technology Council in Mexico (CONACYT) will allow an already … [more]

The MEng group and two of their supervisors with their demonstration

Best MEng Group Prize

10 March 2017

In a very tight competition between the 17 MEng group projects this year, the group supervised by Yi Sui, Rafa Castrejón-Pita and Wen Wang working on "A microfluidic device to sort rigid and deformable particles in flows" won the award for the best Group Display at the ILF. The judges … [more]

Example of Indusrtial Engagement with 40 industrial visitors meeting our students at the recent Industrial Liaison Forum

IOM3 Accreditation Panel reviews taught degree programmes in materials

8 March 2017

The IOM3 has reviewed a wide range of taught undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the materials degree streams during a two day visit this week. The panel reported a very positive response to the educational experience enjoyed by our taught students. They highly commended our extensive use of Problem Based … [more]

Sriluxmi (on the left) and Raghad (on the right) being congratulated by Martyn Bennett

Sriluxmi and Raghad win the best 3rd year Project Poster Prizes

6 March 2017

Sriluxmi Srimurugananthan and Raghad Alturkistani won the best poster prizes for 3rd year project students at the recent Industrial Liaison Forum in SEMS. Only the best 50 posters are selected for the ILF competition from nearly 300 entries each year. Sriluxmi is working on photochromic thin films of vanadium dioxide with Russell … [more]

 Martyn Bennett preseting Sidsel with her prize

Sidsel Madsen wins the Best MSc poster prize at the SEMS ILF

2 March 2017

Sidsel Madsen won the competition amongst all the MSc students in SEMS for the best poster prize. Her project on graphene and polylactic acid polymer composites is supervised by Prof. Ton Peijs. She is photgraphed being congratulated by Martyn Bennett of ARTIS who sponsored the prize. [more]


February 2017

Dr Hasan Shaheed and team win at the Engagement and Enterprise Awards

Dr Hasan Shaheed and team win at the Engagement and Enterprise Awards

13 February 2017

Congratulations to Dr Shaheed's team who have won the Proof of Concept award at the Engagement and Enterprise Awards.This award is for the proof of concept project which has achieved one or a number of milestones that could lead to a significant commercial or non-commercial enterprise in the future. … [more]

QMUL students at a Partner Institute in China.

Study in China scholarships - Last chance to apply

3 February 2017

The China Scholarship Council is providing generous scholarships to QMUL students who want to study in China. The opportunity could suit in particular students who graduate this June and who wish to pursue a Master’s degree in China or to undertake a year of Chinese language study after graduation. … [more]

Virtual Lab project wins prestigious higher education award

Virtual Lab project wins prestigious higher education award

1 February 2017

The Virtual Lab, a platform that allows students to learn lab skills in bioengineering and the life sciences, has won the Gold Award at the Life Sciences category. The Awards celebrate innovative higher education pedagogies which enhance learning and employability across the globe. The Virtual Lab uses the latest games … [more]


January 2017

Simulated image of the prototype

Dr Hasan Shaheed shortlisted for the Engagement and Enterprise Awards 2016

12 January 2017

Dr Shaheed has been selected as a finalist in the category of Proof of Concept at the Engagement and Enterprise Awards 2016. As a finalist he has been invited to the ceremony on Tuesday 7th February 2017, taking place in the Octagon, QMUL. Hasan was nominated alongside his co-applicant Mr Mo Thaha, … [more]

L-R: Adnan Salehin, Ayush Verma, Aniruddha Ray and Giorgi Karkashadze

QMUL students win European virtual reality tech clash

10 January 2017

A group of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) students won a Europe-wide tech clash with their idea to create a virtual reality platform for education. They were successful at the Student Tech Clash, organised by the Reply network, which offered students the opportunity to try out virtual reality technology … [more]