Annual Research Showcase 2017
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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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 Century" Prof 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 applications" Dr 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 Centre" Dr JT Janssen, Director of Research, NPL
17:00 Overview and summary: "First year at the Maxwell Centre" Dr 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:
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 |