Zahid Hussain started his PhD in the EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials in 2016 and was invited to join the Catalysis Research Center at the Technical University, Munich, from January to December 2018. This fantastic opportunity aims to derive bi-metal oxide nanocomposites from metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for high efficient solar light driven applications. Zahid got […]
Category: Activities & achievements
XM2 thesis submitted by Ben Ash: Locally Resonant Metamaterial for Surface Acoustic Waves
Very many congratulations to our 4th year PGR Ben Ash, who recently submitted his PhD thesis on “Locally Resonant Metamaterial for Surface Acoustic Waves”. Ben informed us that he has accepted an offer for his dream job as a Microsystems engineer which starts on Monday 13th August with Oxford HighQ, http://www.oxfordhighq.com/, a start-up which is […]
Sathya Seetharaman – viva successfully completed. Next up: a career in industry.
Very many congratulations to Sathya Sai Seetharaman who successfully defended his PhD thesis “Electromagnetic interactions in one-dimensional metamaterials” on 24 July 2018. Sathya was supervised by Prof Bill Barnes and Dr Ian Hooper and will soon be starting a position as Metamaterials Scientist at Metaboards Ltd in Oxford. Congratulations to Sathya, and all involved in his […]
Lighting up RAMM – XM2 PGRs in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum
On Saturday 21st July 2018 the CDT in Metamaterials PGRs set out to inspire the public in Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM). They joined forces with research colleagues from the University’s physics and engineering departments and an Irish artist to showcase interactive experiments, demonstrations and craft activities. Thanks to all of them for sharing […]
XM2 thesis submitted by Ilya Starshynov: Quantum and classical correlations of multiply scattered light
It is time to say good-bye to Ilya Starshynov, who just submitted his PhD thesis on “Quantum and classical correlations of multiply scattered light“, supervised by Dr Jacopo Bertolotti and Dr Janet Anders, and who is about to start a 1.5 year postdoc position with Prof. Daniele Faccio and the Extreme Light group at the […]
We proudly present our first XM2 graduates: Alba Paniagua Diaz & Tanveer A Tabish
Time to celebrate! Our very first CDT in Metamaterials graduates, Alba Paniagua Diaz and Tanveer A Tabish, received their graduation certificate. Congratulations to both of them! We are incredibly proud and hope to send them off with the right skill- and mindset to succeed in their futrue careers, and that they will leave us with […]
BIMS @ Exeter: The rise of Bio-Inspired Magnetic Systems
Exeter hosted the Bio-inspired Magnetic Systems (BIMS) workshop from 9 – 11 July 2018, an event set to exchanging the knowledge of experts in the field of magnetic microscale systems, from theory to experiment and applications: http://www.bims2018.co.uk/. We are particularly proud that three of the EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials PGRs (3rd year Joshua Hamilton, […]
Jess Brown @ BBC University Challenge
Our very own XM² PGR Jessica Brown is participating in this year’s BBC University Challenge. She is representing the University of Exeter alongside Danny Lay (captain – Physics), Will Klintworth (History and IR) , and Simon Waitland (Natural Sciences). “It’s been my childhood dream for as long as I can remember!” The popular academic quiz is […]
XM2 thesis submitted by Sathya Seetharaman: Electromagnetic interactions in one-dimensional metamaterials
Sathya Sai Seetharaman is the third XM² PGR to submit his PhD thesis, which is titled “Electromagnetic interactions in one-dimensional metamaterials” (abstract below). He was supervised by Prof Bill Barnes and Dr Ian Hooper and has previously published his work on Electromagnetic interactions in a pair of coupled split-ring resonators in Physical Review B. “The […]
Lighting up RAMM (Royal Albert Memorial Museum)
Mark the date! On Saturday 21st July 2018 the PGR-led Exeter University Optics & Photonics Society (EUOPS) will be hosting a day of light-based activities in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, called Lighting Up RAMM, sponsored by the CDT in Metamaterials. The PGRs will take over the museum with craft activities and experiments […]