Dr Rafa Castrejon
PhD
Research Group News
June 2020 | ||
 Congratulations to Rafa Casrejon Pita and his wife Marina on the birth of Mercedes29 June 2020Congratulations to Rafa Castrejon Pita and his wife Marina on the birth to their baby daughter, Mercedes, on the 17th March 2020. Mercedes was 4Kg and 53cm at birth and is doing very well as she is already weighing in at 9Kg. [more] | ||
June 2019 | ||
 Making a splash is all in the angle5 June 2019Making a splash depends on the angle of a liquid as it hits and moves along a surface, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London. If a droplet hits a dry solid surface fast enough it will splash and being able to predict a splash is ... [more] | ||
October 2018 | ||
 Designing a better raincoat16 October 2018Work lead by Lorenzo Botto and Rafael Castrejón-Pita has been featured in a piece on Physics Today. Water-repellent clothing is designed to keep water droplets out while letting humidity escape.Hydrophobic fabric meets both requirements, but in striking a balance between them, it fails to repel water completely. When ... [more] | ||
March 2017 | ||
 Mexican solar steam project wins funding15 March 2017A 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] | ||
 Best MEng Group Prize10 March 2017In 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] | ||