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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.

The Annual Research Showcase 2019 event celebrated 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 2018-19.

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Programme of the Showcase - 12 June 2019

This all-day event (registration will open at 9am, expected finish time is 6:30pm) is once again 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 2019 Showcase will comprise a varied programme focused 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 (tours depart at 9:15 and 9:35). 

Morning session - academic perspective (at the Pippard Lecture Theatre, 10:00-12:20): 

This session will include:

  • an address by the Maxwell Centre Director, Prof Sir Mark Welland
  • a keynote talk by Dr Emily Shuckburgh, Director of the Cambridge Carbon Neutral Futures Initiative
  • and back by popular demand: 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.

Networking lunch, poster session, stands, demonstrations and tours at the Maxwell Centre (12:20 - 13:20).

Afternoon session - industry perspective (at the Pippard Lecture Theatre, 13:30-16:30):

This session will include:

  • highlights of new industrial partnerships with the Maxwell Centre
  • industrial keynote talk by Mansoor Hanif, Chief Technology Officer, Ofcom
  • a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities of the modern day connected world

Further networking opportunities over refreshments at the Maxwell Centre will conclude the event, expected close time is 18:30.

 

2 min talk topic

Speaker

Department

Contact: @cam.ac.uk

Energy efficient graphene-based optoelectronic & biosensing

devices

Dr Diana

Aznakayeva

Engineering

da490

Singlet fission luminescent solar concentrators

Tomie

Baikie Physics

tb589

Producing novel wound care materials using electrophoretic

deposition

Dr David

Barrett

Materials Science

db614

Characterisation of commercial thin-film superconducting tapes for

high field fusion magnets

Thomas

Bedford

Materials Science

tob30

Interfacing human membrane models with bioelectronics

Chiara

Barberio

ChemEng/ BioTech

cb997

Superconducting spintronics

Dr Angelo

di Bernardo

Materials Science

ad659

Using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance to study all-solid-state

battery model systems

Steffen

Emge Chemistry

se359

Local structure invesAtigations in NASICON-type solid electrolytes

Dr  Matthias

Groh

Chemistry

mg841

Intensity image reconstruction in event-based cameras

Tamara

Großmann

DAMTP

tg410

Oil-like droplets in cells

Dr Jerelle

Joseph

Physics / Chemistry

jaj52

THz time-domain spectroscopy for spintronics

Farhan Nur Kholid

Physics

fnk23

Molecular electromechanical systems

Dean

Kos Physics dk515

Drug discovery for psychiatric disorders using high-content singlecell

screening of signalling network responses ex vivo

Dr Santiago

Lago

ChemEng/ BioTech

sl588

Radiation hardness of hybrid perovskites

Dr Felix

Lang Physics fl396

Vertical aligned nanocomposite thin films for solid-state batteries

Adam

Lovett Chemistry

ajl207

Replacing O2(g) with oxygen from solids

Dr Ewa

Marek Eng/ ChemEng/ BioTech

ejm94

DNA origami as an antibacterial drug delivery tool

Dr Ionna

Mela ChemEng/ BioTech

lm337

Interdependencies of product, process, and location atributes in

circular supply networkss

Dr Denis Niedenzu Engineering dtn23

Electrochromic nano-pixels for building-scale optical displays

Jialong

Peng Physics jp726

Leveraging big data in genomics

Dr Sudhakaran

Prabakaran

Genetics

sp339

Precise investigation of thermal transport properties of

semicrystalline polymer semiconductors

Dr Ekaterina

Selezneva

Physics

es755

Adaptive planning and big data @LISA lab

Dr Elisabete

Silva

Land Economy

es424

Variable selection in regression with categorical covariates

Ben

Stokell DPMMS bgs25

Low cost CO2 reduction in the cement industry

Dr Daniel

Summerbell

Engineering dls43

Revealing solar cell heterogeneities with high resolution mapping

Dr Beth

Tennyson Physics et446

The densification of cocoa shells for bioenergy purposes

Sam

Thompson

ChemEng/ BioTech

sot21

Waste as a feedstock for sunlight-driven hydrogen production

Taylor

Uekert Chemistry tmu22

Super-resolution microscopy to study synaptic signalling

Pedro

Vallejo Ramirez

ChemEng/ BioTech

ppv23

Scalable integration of nano- and microfluidics with hybrid twophoton

lithographyh

Oliver

Vanderpoorten

ChemEng/ BioTech

ov219

Identifiction of bttqery state of health by combining machine

learning and impedance spectroscopy

Yunwei Zhang Physics yz618

 

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-2019.eventbrite.co.uk

If you are interested in taking part in any of the lab tours please indicate it at the registration desk upon arrival. The lab tours will depart at 9:15am and 9:35am. Contact us (see below) if you wish to reserve a place on the lab tour in advance.

Contact

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