Prof Wen Wang
PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FHEA, FAIMBE, FREng

Research Group News

March 2024

A Night of Science and Engineering: Queen Mary showcases cutting-edge research and innovation 14 March 2024 On Thursday 29th February, Queen Mary’s faculty of Science and Engineering held its second annual Night of Engineering in the Octagon. The event brought together over 200 leading industry partners, researchers, academics, policymakers, and the public, for an evening of exploration, engagement, and celebration of Queen Mary's Faculty … [more]

November 2023

SEMS team recognised at QMUL Academic Promotions Event 21 November 2023 On 21st November QMUL hosted an event to celebrate the staff who have been promoted in the most recent academic promotion rounds. As we reported back in September, this was a very successful outcome for SEMS with 12 of our colleagues being promoted across all the different academic grades, reflecting the … [more]

January 2023

Congratulations to Nabila, Ruixin and Luoguang on passing their PhD vivas 24 January 2023 Congratulations to Nabila Naz, Ruixin Lu and Luoguang Zhao who passed their PhD vivas on the 9th, 23rd and 24th January 2023, respectively, with minor corrections. All three students are from the Biofluid Mechanics Lab led by Professors Yi Sui and Wen Wang. They have been working on topics including mechanical … [more]

January 2022

Dame Ann Dowling is awarded an honorary doctorate 28 January 2022 During the Graduation Ceremonies at Tobacco Dock Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FRS FREng was awarded a DSc(Hon Caus). Dame Ann is one of the most distinguished engineers in the UK. She was first female Professor in Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 1993 and is now … [more]

February 2021

Michael Ruddlesden passed his viva with minor corrections 26 February 2021 Many congratulations to Michael, who successfully defended his PhD thesis in January, 2021. Michael's thesis is titled "Spatial information transmission through a multimode fibre". Michael's PhD was funded by a QMUL PhD studentship and was supervised by Dr Lei Su and Prof Wen Wang. During his PhD, Michael has experimentally demonstrated … [more]

January 2021

New paper on anti-inflammatory effects of TRPV4 stimulation 11 January 2021 Prof Knight's research group have published a new study showing, for the first time, the anti-inflammatory effects of stimulating the mechanosensitive ion-channel, TRPV4, and its importance in cartilage health. Degenerative joint conditions, such as osteoarthritis, are associated with pro-inflammatory signalling which causes degradation of the articular cartilage leading to … [more]

December 2018

Congratulations to Qiang Sheng 7 December 2018 Congratulations to Qiang Sheng who has successfully passed his PhD viva on a thesis entitled Molecular Dymanics Simulation of Surface Condensation on Solid Surface. He was supervised by Prof. Huasheng Wang and Prof. Wen Wang. He is currently a post-docotral research associate at the University of Edinburgh, working with Prof. … [more]

June 2018

Queen Mary opens international teaching and learning centre in China 25 June 2018 Queen Mary University of London has opened an International Centre for Teaching and Learning (ICTL) with one of China’s top universities, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU).   The Centre, which launched on 25 June, will form part of the Queen Mary University of London Engineering School of NPU (QMES), a Sino-foreign Joint … [more]

May 2018

Queen Mary awarded funding to build instrument which will revolutionise monitoring of cellular processes 29 May 2018 Queen Mary University of London has been awarded funding to lead a joint project to build an instrument which will revolutionise the monitoring of cellular processes in tissues that line organs. The grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has a total value of £823,329 over three … [more]

March 2018

Best MSc Student Project Poster 14 March 2018 At the Spring Industrial Liaison Forum (ILF) all the MSc students were invited to submit a poster on their research topics. The best posters were invited to compete for the DePuy Synthes' MSc student Prize. The standard was once again very high this year but after careful deliberations the award … [more]

Best MEng Group in SEMS Award 7 March 2018 At the Spring Industrial Liaison Forum (ILF) event all the 4th year MEng group project students in SEMS had the opportunity to present their projects and compete for the DePuy Synthes Group Project Prize. The standard was once again very high this year but after careful deliberations the award for … [more]

March 2017

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]

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