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Maxwell Centre

 

Welcome to the celebration of cutting-edge research!

The Maxwell Centre was launched in April 2016, as a centrepiece for industry engagement across Physical Sciences and Technology at the University of Cambridge. Just before its first anniversary, we are inaugurating an Annual Research Showcase event to celebrate the breadth and quality of Cambridge research in the context of external partnerships, opportunities and collaborations. In conjunction with the event we have issued the Maxwell Centre Annual Report 2016-17.

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We would like to hear back from the Showcase participants - your feedback, comments and suggestions can be submitted through here:  www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/feedback-annual-research-showcase-2017

Programme of the Showcase - 17 March 2017

Registration and Networking

12:00: Networking lunch at the Maxwell Centre 

Open Programme

Talks at the Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory

13:00   "The Efficient CenturyProf Sir Richard Friend, Maxwell Centre Director

13:30   Keynote address: "Enterprise at Cambridge: expect the unexpected" Dr Tony Raven, Chief Executive, Cambridge Enterprise

14:20   Research snapshots (full list below): a series of 2 minutes' talks by researchers from across the Physical   Science and Technology departments – showcasing a broad range of   collaborative, multidisciplinary, cutting-edge research and industrial   partnerships – full list of speakers and topics on reverse.

15:20 - Coffee break

15:40   Collaborative research highlights:

             "Solving industrial challenges through computational multi-physics"  Dr Nikos Nikiforakis, Department of Physics

             "Cellulose Photonics: from nature to applicationsDr Silvia Vignolini, Department of Chemistry

            "Hierarchical Carbon Nanotubes - Towards New Nanotech Applications"  Dr Michaël de Volder, Department of Engineering

            "NPL partnership: Metrology from the Maxwell CentreDr JT Janssen, Director of Research, NPL    

17:00   Overview and summary: "First year at the Maxwell CentreDr Aga Iwasiewicz-Wabnig, Maxwell Centre Programme Manager

17:20    Questions and Answers

 

Networking Session

17:30 onwards: Networking, posters, demos and nibbles at the Maxwell Centre [registered participants only]

Explore the Maxwell Centre building and enjoy:

•Poster session
•Demonstrations and stands
•Laboratory tours
•Networking over light refreshments and beer
 
Approx 18:30 close
 

2 minute talk topic

Speaker

Department

Contact: @cam.ac.uk

Soft programmable materials

Omar

Amjad

Physics

ooa36   

Optical manipulation of nanostructures in microfluidic devices

Ana

Andres Arroyo

Physics

aa938

Wireless Neonatal Monitoring

Oliver

Bonner

Engineering

ob298

An Ubiquitous Graphene Sensor Platform

Philipp

Braeuninger

Engineering

pab96

Discovering hidden patterns in supply networks

Dr Alexandra

Brintrup

Engineering

ab702

MRI: From the Hospital to the Oilfield

Isabelle

Bush

ChemEng/BioTech

ib311

Respiratory Damage Model System

Ben

Butler

Physics

bjb50

CAM-IES-Centre for Advanced Materials for Integrated Energy Systems

Dr Elizabeth

Castillo Martinez

Chemistry

ec469

From biology to quantum energy devices

Dr Alex

Chin

Physics

ac307

Device using static electricity

Yeonsik

Choi

Materials Science

yc394

The HVMS group research approach

Dr Andrea

de Luca

Engineering

ad597

Plasticity of Titanium Aluminides

Thomas

Edwards

Materials Science

teje2

Single molecule sensing with nanopores

Niklas

Ermann

Physics

nae27

Carbon Based Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors

Thanuja

Galhena

Engineering

dtlg2

Computational modelling in advanced alloys

 Dr Enrique

Galindo-Nava

Materials Science

eg375

Mg-ion batteries – beyond Li-ion

Hugh

Glass

Physics

hg346

Assembling Polymers, with a Twist

Jake L

Greenfield

Chemistry

jlg67

Soft Robotic Manipulation

Josie

Hughes

Engineering

jaeh2

Nano-phonics for chemical gas sensing

Dr Tanya

Hutter

Chemistry

tf269

New Numerical Sovers for the GPR Model

Haran

Jackson Physics hj305

Algal cell swimming, cell cycle, and growth in photobioreactors

Di

Jin

Physics

dj327

Quantitative microfluidic protein analysis

Tadas

Kartanas

Chemistry

tk391

High quality large area NiOx films for solar cells

Lana

Lee

Materials Science

lcl32

Computational energy materials discovery

Martin

Mayo

Physics

mdm45

Colloidal Gels for Structural Colour

Thomas

O’Neill

Chemistry/Physics

to274

Materials Studies at Large Scale Facilities

Lewis

Owen

Materials Science

lo250

A piezoelectric ‘lab-on-a-chip’

Michael

Smith

Materials Science

ms2034

Self-healing cementitious materials

Livia

Souza

Engineering

lrds2

SKF UTC – designing improved bearing Steel

Miles

Stopher

Materials Science

mas251

2 for 1- Towards better solar cells

Arya

Thampi

Physics

at720