Dr Majid Taghavi
BSc, MSc, PhD, FAHE
News
June 2026 | ||
 Dr Majid Taghavi appointed Vice President of the EuroEAP Society30 June 2026Dr Majid Taghavi was appointed Vice President of the EuroEAP Society (European Society for Electromechanically Active Polymer Transducers & Artificial Muscles), an international scientific society dedicated to advancing research and innovation in electroactive polymers, soft transducers, and artificial muscles. The Society brings together leading researchers and industry partners to promote … [more] | ||
October 2025 | ||
 A week of double success: featured in Advanced Materials and Advanced Functional Materials23 October 2025A Queen Mary collaboration with the University of Bristol has led to two new publications in Advanced Materials and Advanced Functional. The work has been featured on the latest front cover of Advanced Materials, showcasing a shape-morphing soft matter capable of performing an unprecedented range of deformations, including rotation, translation, … [more] | ||
 Research on transferring motion energy through a conductive wire published in Nano Energy6 October 2025Can tiny amounts of harvested energy be used to drive precise actuators? Their "StaticDrive" technology has just been published in Nano Energy. It transfers small amounts of mechanical energy directly through a thin wire to an actuator tip in real time, without the need for batteries or gears. … [more] | ||