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Join us for a celebration of the breadth and quality of Cambridge research and partnerships, with a focus on Zero Carbon.

 

Programme of the Annual Research Showcase - 17 November 2022

The event will be of relevance to a mixed audience from academia, start-ups, industry, funders and policy makers.

 

Registration opens at 9:00am at the Maxwell Centre.

Morning session – academic perspective (10:00-12:00)

9:00  Registration opens.

10:00   Opening:  Prof Sir Mark Welland FRS FREng FIET FInstP, Maxwell Centre Director

10:15    Community connectors: Maxwell Programme, Cambridge Zero, Royce (grasping collaboration opportunities- how to hit the ground running with support from Maxwell community )

10:45    Keynote: “Brilliance of Glass and Net Zero Challenges"  Dr Su Varma, CChem FRSC FIMMM (Academic Director of R&D Incubator, NSG Pilkington)              

11:20    Research snapshots: a series of 2 minutes' talks by researchers from across the  University, showcasing a broad range of collaborative, multidisciplinary, cutting-edge research and industrial partnerships

 

Networking lunch with poster session at the Maxwell Centre.

Afternoon session – Joining the dots (13:00 - 15:00)

13:00 Community connectors: Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Global Challenges, Decarbonisation Network, Energy IRC (grasping collaboration opportunities- how to hit the ground running with support from Maxwell community)

13:30 Keynote: Why do we need good governance to tackle climate change?" Emily Farnworth, Director, Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Change Engagement

14:05 Panel discussion: “Achieving a Zero Carbon Future Together”, Emily Farnworth, Dr Aga Iwasiewicz-Wabnig, Dr Su Varma; chaired by Prof Sir Mark Welland

15:30 Closing remarks

 

 

2 min talk topic

Speaker

Department

Contact: @cam.ac.uk

Marine Biomass regeneration: a strategy for large scale carbon dioxide removal

Elisavet

Baltas

Engineering

eb711

The H2Upgrade Technology

Abu Farhan Bin

Abu Kasim

CEB

afa37

Public attitudes towards NETs

Dr Zeynep

Clullow

JBS

zdc20

TwinWorks: towards a global digital twin of energy and material use

Dr Jose'

Cruz Azevedo

Engineering

jmca3

Cellulose nano-fibrils from plants for bio-nanomaterials

Dr Parveen Kumar

Deralia

Biochemistry

pd524

Road freight electrification around the world

Parth

Deshpande

Engineering

prd41

Splitting photons for photvoltaics: 2 for 1

Aswathy V.

Girija

Physics

avg35

Point-of-use production of ethylene oxide (EO) for improved healthcare in low-income areas

Joe

Gebers

CEB

jcg71

Artificial intelligence for drug discovery Operando fibre-Raman sensors for Li-ion batteries

Megan

Groom

Physics

mjg247

Meterites to magnets: a bulk hard magnet free of rare-earth metals

Owain

Houghton

MSM

osh24

Sustainable bio polymer to replace fossil-drivem plastics in UK food supply chains

Samantha

Islam

Engineering

si313

Coupling of human organ models with electronics for more efficeint drug screening

Dr Konstantinos

Kallitsis

CEB

kk740

Conducting polymers for bioelectronics

Dr Scott

Keene

Physics

stk30

The environmental impact of vascular access in a UK cardiothoracic critical care unit: a life cycle approach

Jemma

Macgregor

Royal Papworth Hospital

Jemma.Macgregor1@nhs.net

Sunlight-driven fuel production from a greenhouse gas

Dr Motiar

Rahaman

Chemistry

mr820

Non-technical barriers to use of technologes in construction

Dr Reyhaneh

Shojaei

Land Economy

rss64

Highly efficient, bright, and stable Perovskite near-infrared light-emitting diodes

Yuqi

Sun

Physics

ys532

Opportunistic Scientific computing on office workstations

Dr Marek

Szuba

DAMTP

mks51

High voltage cathode materials for next-generation magnesium ion

Camilla

Tacconis

Physics

ct603

Photoactive materials group (PAM) group

Dr Junxin

Wang

MSM

jw2268

Registration

Attendance of this event is free of charge, but booking is essential, to avoid catering waste.

Please register and get a ticket through the Eventbrite: https://maxwell-centre-research-showcase-2022.eventbrite.co.uk

 

Contact

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