Dr Jun Chen
BSc (Honours), MSc (Distinction), PhD, FHEA

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March 2025

Early career researchers present to parliamentary officials at STEM for BRITAIN 2025 21 March 2025 On Tuesday 11th March, two PhD students and a post-doctoral researcher from Queen Mary's School of Engineering and Materials Science presented their pioneering research at the Houses of Parliament, as part of the annual STEM for BRITAIN event. The prestigious competition and exhibition, established in 1997, is organised by the … [more]

Postgraduate students present research at Industrial Liaison Forum 11 March 2025 On 5 March 2025, our MEng and MSc students presented their research projects at the Industrial Liaison Forum, engaging with industry professionals, external visitors and academics. MEng Projects All fourth-year MEng students undertake team projects, working in groups of four to six. With their projects nearing completion, they showcased a mix of … [more]

Student presentations win prizes in Dragons’ Den-style challenge 11 March 2025 The BEng final year project has been designed to be a linked design project where students will work individually and as a group to integrate core disciplinary concepts to produce the detailed design of a part of a product or process. Students will bring their individual components together to develop … [more]

SEMS Student Prize Ceremony recognises outstanding academic achievements 10 March 2025 On Wednesday 5 March, the School of Engineering and Materials Science held its Undergraduate Student Prize Ceremony, a special event celebrating academic excellence and outstanding student achievement across all undergraduate programmes. Held in the Octagon as part of the bi-annual Industrial Liaison Forum, the ceremony brought together students, staff, and faculty … [more]

November 2024

Showcase of SEMS Research at our Industrial Liaison Forum 18 November 2024 We were excited to showcase SEMS research at the bi-annual Industrial Liaison Forum was held on 5th November. Our 2nd and 3rd year PhD students presented posters highlighting their research and the postdoctoral researchers gave flash presentations. The Research Showcase was attended by representatives from industry as well as academics … [more]

SEMS Industrial Advisory Board meets 5 November 2024 The SEMS Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) met on Tuesday 5th November to discuss our taught programmes and delivery of skills training. It was attended by 14 members of our IAB along with SEMS staff and members of our Student Voice Committee. Topics for discussion included skills development on our Design Innovation &… [more]

October 2024

PhD student wins best poster prize at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers event 11 October 2024 At a workshop titled ‘Intelligent Transportation Systems: Career Path to NetZero’ hosted by Queen Mary University of London and organised by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Women in Engineering UK and Ireland group, PhD student Tingting Yang won second prize for the best poster, out … [more]

March 2024

Research outlining faster and more cost-effective pathways for aircraft published in Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation 22 March 2024 As air mobility technology progresses, seeing the introduction of vehicles such as air taxis and on-demand or unmanned aircraft, it is vital to ensure that they interact smoothly with existing airport infrastructures. Researchers are finding ways to optimise airport ground movement in both efficiency and energy consumption, while prioritising safety … [more]

Postgraduate students present research at ILF March 2024 18 March 2024 Our MEng and MSc students presented their Research Projects at the Industrial Liaison Forum on 6th March 2024. Our MEng students conduct team projects in their fourth year in groups of four to six students. Currently towards the end of their projects, they were able to present a mix of prototypes, … [more]

Undergraduate research posters win prizes at ILF 18 March 2024 Students from across the School of Engineering and Materials Science, including the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (QMCUR), third year BEng students, and the Intercalated BSc in Bioengineering presented their research projects at the Industrial Liaison Forum on 6th March 2024. All students engaged in lively discussion with our academics … [more]

MSc Extended Research Project poster prize winners at ILF March 2024 17 March 2024 Our MSc students presented their Extended Research Projects at the Industrial Liaison Forum on 6th March 2024. Our MSc projects run from semester 1 through to August, so they are currently only about half-way through their projects. Nonetheless, they were able to give an excellent account of their work so far and … [more]

Students present at parliamentary 'STEM for Britain' event 12 March 2024 On Monday 4th March 2024, four SEMS PhD students, Laura Forster, Ziyu Guo, Songwei Liu and Francisco Ruben Parra-Perea, as well as research fellow Tim Hopkins, were invited to parliament to present their research to Ministers. The five researchers were all shortlisted as finalists in STEM for Britain 2024 – a major … [more]

November 2023

Emma Sadler wins the PDRA prize at the 2023 SEMS ILF Research Showcase 15 November 2023 At the SEMS recent research led Industrial Liaison Forum, there were nine Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRDA) flash presentations. The session was of great interest to faculty, PDRAs, students and attending industrialists alike. After careful deliberation panel of judges awarded the following prize: Emma Sadler for a presentation on 'Superhydrophobic Surfaces: … [more]

Award Winning Research Students in 2023 SEMS ILF Research Showcase 14 November 2023 At the recent SEMS research-led Industrial Liaison Forum, there was a showcase from 60 of our current PhD students. The panel of judges this year were made up a wide range of early career researchers (Dr Luis Murillo Herrera, Mr Eugenio Sebastian Suena Galindez, Dr Clemence Nadal, Dr Oliver Brookes and … [more]

SEMS Industrial Liaison Forum, November 2023 8 November 2023 We were pleased to once again hold the bi-annual Industrial Liaison Forum live in-person at Queen Mary University of London on 8th November 2023 in the People's Palace. The event was well attended by staff and students as well as industrialists. The day was broken up into five parts, starting … [more]

October 2023

Queen Mary forms a new Industrial Advisory Board on Systems Engineering 31 October 2023 The School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has established a new Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) on Systems Engineering in October 2023 to ensure that the School’s Systems Engineering programmes meet the international standards and needs of industry, and the School students … [more]

April 2023

SEMS runs first Industrial Workshop on Systems Engineering: toward sustainable digital systems 24 April 2023 SEMS' Systems Engineering team - led by Dr Mohammad Hassannezhad - ran an industrial workshop with focus on digital transformation, sustainability and skill gaps, on 24 April at QM's Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI). The workshop brought together a group of 17 industry practitioners from 14 different companies in eight … [more]

September 2019

Success for SEMS Academics in 2019 Promotion Round 17 September 2019 Following the 2019 Promotion Round we are very pleased to announce that eleven members of staff from SEMS have been promoted. This is a fantastic achievement that demonstrates the quality of work undertaken by staff in the School. In particular congratulations to our three new Professors - Julien Gautrot, Steffi Krause … [more]

May 2019

Funding Awarded To Develop a Simulation Tool For Airside Operations Incorporating Intelligent/Autonomous Taxiing 24 May 2019 Two Queen Mary researchers have been awarded further funding to develop a simulation tool to quantify the savings of fuel burn and time of taxiing aircraft by integrating more advanced and automated decision support systems. Dr Jun Chen and Dr Michal Weiszer, from the School of Engineering and Materials Science, … [more]

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