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Welcome to the celebration of cutting-edge research!

The Maxwell Centre programme acts as a centrepiece for industry engagement across Physical Sciences and Technology at the University of Cambridge. As we are reaching the second anniversary of the Programme launch, we invite you to attend the Annual Research Showcase 2018 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 will be also issuing the Maxwell Centre Annual Report 2017-18.

Your feedback

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-2018

Programme of the Showcase - 22 March 2018

The all-day event (registration will open at 9am, expected finish time is 6:30pm) is expected to attract a mixed audience of academics, industry and funders. Registration, poster displays, networking opportunities and lab tours will take place at the Maxwell Centre. In order to accommodate a large audience, all talks will be taking place at the Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory.

The 2018 Showcase will comprise a varied programme focussed on academia-industry collaborations:

Registration opens at 9:00am at the Maxwell Centre, with an opportunity to explore the Maxwell Centre, and get a tour of the laboratories.

Morning session - academic perspective (talks start promptly at 10am Pippard Lecture Theatre):

  • 10:00 - Welcome by Prof Andy Neely, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Business Relations & Enterprise
  • 10:05 - Opening: "Maxwell Centre and Programme" by Prof Sir Richard Friend FRS FREng, the Maxwell Centre Director
  • 10:20 - Research highlight talks:
    • "An all-optical approach to amyloidsDr Gabriele Kaminski (Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology)  
    • "New opportunities in nitride semiconductors" Dr Rachel Oliver (Materials Science and Metallurgy)
  • 11:00 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. (See below for the full list of topics and speakers, and here for last year's list)
  • 12:00 Keynote address "Innovation: is Cambridge 'special'?"by Prof Tim Minshall, Professor of Innovation and Head of the Institute for Manufacturing

Networking lunch, poster session, stands, demonstrations and tours at the Maxwell Centre (12:45 - 13:45pm).

Afternoon session - industrial perspective (talks start promptly at 2pm, Pippard LT):

  • 14:00 - "The Faraday Institution - research to tackle energy storage challenges" by Prof Clare Grey FRS, Cambridge Faraday and CAM-IES Director
  • 14:30 - Industrial keynote address "Insights into how Tesla is achieving its misson to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy" by Steve MacManus, Vice President Engineering at Tesla Motors
  • 15:20 - coffee break
  • 15:45 - Industrial snapshot talks: a series of 3 minutes' talks by our industrial partners, with speakers from ARM, Artemis Racing, Beko, BP-ICAM, BT, Cambridge Network, Frontier IP Group, GlaxoSmithKline, Hitachi, IBM, LGC, Magna, NPL, Pilkington-NSG and WaterScope.
  • 16:30 - Questions and Answers
  • 16:50 - overview and summary: Dr Aga Iwasiewicz-Wabnig, Maxwell Centre Programme Manager   

Further networking opportunities over refreshments and the last round of tours at the Maxwell Centre (5:00 - 6:30 pm).

 

2 min talk topic

Speaker

Department

Contact: @cam.ac.uk

Designing novel device concepts for perovskite solar cells

Haralds

Abolins

Physics

ha385

High-throughput synthesis

David James

Battersby

Chemistry

djb234

New frontiers of metallurgy

Dr Jonathan

Bean

Materials Science

jb2191

Powering wearables with our body energy

Tommaso

Busolo

ChemEng/ BioTech

tb565

Graphene gyroids

Tomasz

Cebo

Engineering

tc377

Proteins in nanofluidic Lab-on-chip devices

Dr Pavan

Kumar Challa

Chemistry

pkc31

Materials discovery using deep learning

Dr Gareth

Conduit

Physics

gjc29

Chemical fuels from solar light

Charles

Creissen

Chemistry

cec82

Optical nanocavities to improve memristive switches

Dr Giuliana

Di Martino

Physics

gd392

Artificial intelligence for drug discovery

Dr Richard

Dybowski

Chemistry

rd460

Fluids in advanced manufacturing

Dr Niamh

Fox

Engineering

ndwf2

Optimising microstructure & properties in novel alloys

Dr Enrique

Galindo-Nava

Materials Science

eg375

Cages for the separation and transportation of molecular cargo

Angela

Grommet

Chemistry

ag768

Mapping nanostructure with electrons

Duncan

Johnstone

Materials Science

dnj23

Computational modelling of fracture

Tomé

Magalhães Gouveia

Physics

tapdmg2

Accurate and inexpensive 3D scanning technology

Dr Roberto

Mecca

Engineering

rm822

Localised 2D nanomaterial growth by chemical vapour deposition

Ryo

Mizuta

Engineering

rm832

Enhancing nature using synthetic DNA nanostructures

Alexander

Ohmann

Physics

ao391

Quantum communication: a scalable solution in 2D

Dr Carmen

Palacios-Berraquero

Physics

cp513

Developing a self collection kit to aid diagnosis of psychiatric disorders

Rhian

Preece

ChemEng/ BioTech

rlp55

Heavy hydrocarbon mixture property prediction using machine learning

Pavao

Santak

Physics

ps727

A multi-scale approach to reverse engineering chemical looping combustion

Matthias

Schnellmann

ChemEng/ BioTech

mas227

Superconductivity and our life

Boyang

Shen

Engineering

bs506

A computational microscope of genome structure

Akshay

Sridhar

Physics

as2637

Gallium nitride sensors

Bogdan

Spiridon

Engineering / Materials Science

bfs25

Selective detection of VOCs for environmental and biomedical applications

Andrew

Stretton

ChemEng/ BioTech

ajs309

New approaches to Intellectual Property management

Aocheng

Tang

Engineering

at766

Treating cancer with nanocages

Michelle

Teplensky

ChemEng/ BioTech

mt619

From waste to hydrogen: a photocatalytic approach

Taylor

Uekert

Chemistry

tmu22

 

Registration

Attendance of this event is free of charge, but booking is essential. Please register and get a ticket through the Eventbrite: https://maxwell-centre-research-showcase-2018.eventbrite.co.uk

If you are interested in taking part in any of the lab tours please collect your ticket at the registration. 

Contact

Questions about the event (including prospective speakers, exhibitors and sponsorship) should be directed to Maxwell Centre Engagement Coordinator in the first instance.