Congratulations to PGRs Conor Price and Edward Baker who have had their latest article ‘First principles study of layered transition metal dichalcogenides for use as electrodes in Li-ion and Mg-ion batteries’ published in the journal Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Conor, first author on the publication, provides the following summary of the work and reflection […]
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Charlie Patrickson presents at the 2nd Torbay Hi-Tech Cluster Research and Innovation Conference
On Thursday 4th May, PGR Charlie Patrickson presented to local academic institutions and member businesses as the Torbay Hi-Tech Cluster gathered for the 2nd “Torbay Hi-Tech Cluster Research and Innovation Conference”. The event was a showcase and celebration of the crossover between academic research and industrial R&D in the local area, with a focus on […]
Introducing new lecturers, Changxu Liu and Rupam Das
Two of our new Lecturers, Dr. Changxu Liu and Dr. Rupam Das, presented introductory talks on 30th March to showcase their research to the wider CMRI and stimulate exciting new collaborations. Dr Rupam Das previously worked as a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Glasgow before joining us at the CMRI. Rupam’s research is multidisciplinary […]
Welcome to our new cohort for 2022!
Our four new students finished the last of their induction sessions last week, rounding the first week off with an away day at Raceworld Exeter with their fellow CDT PGRs. Our new students are: 2022 XM² cohort Research Group Project Supervisor 1 Supervisor 2 Ben Scott Electromagnetic and Acoustic Materials (EMAG) Self-actuating surfaces for tunable […]
Exeter’s Centre for Metamaterial Research and Innovation Exeter secures significant grant to revolutionise wireless and computing technologies
The University of Exeter has received a £1.8 million research grant for a collaboration with the National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Metamaterials (CfM) in the USA to develop advanced, reconfigurable metamaterials that will revolutionise technologies such as wireless communication networks, remote imaging and artificial intelligence type computing. The project will be led […]
Management Board and Admin Team- last working dates for this year
Please find below a table of the last working days for this year for CMRI Management Board and the admin team, and their first working day of 2022. We hope you enjoy the festive season! Management Board Staff member Last day in First day back Alastair Hibbins Wednesday 15th December Tuesday 4th January Anja Roeding […]
Welcome to our new cohort for 2021!
We have two new students this year, who have just finished the first week of their projects! Having attended a busy virtual induction week, they were pleased to meet the rest of the CDT face-to-face in a socially-distanced away day canoeing on Totnes Quay. Our new […]
Zahid Hussain passes his viva!
Congratulations to PGR Zahid Hussain, who has passed his viva. His thesis was titled ‘Metal-organic Framework (MOFs) Derived Nanocomposites: Synthesis and Applications in Photocatalysis’. During his time with the CDT, Zahid published 11 papers, plus an English-to-Urdu translation of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli. Zahid now works as a postdoctoral researcher at Technical University […]
Management Board and Admin Team- last working dates for this year
Please find below a table of the last working days for this year for CMRI Management Board and the admin team, and their first working day of 2021. We hope you enjoy the festive season! Management Board Staff member Last day in First day back Alastair Hibbins Tuesday 15th December Monday 4th January Anja Roeding […]
Exeter’s Centre for Metamaterial Research and Innovation to provide novel research for £2m government offshore windfarm development
Exeter’s Centre for Metamaterial Research and Innovation (CMRI) will develop novel methods for creating conductive coating for turbine blades that adsorb radar in partnership with TWI Ltd as part of the £2M offshore windfarm development boost spearheaded by the Ministry of Defence (MOD)’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) on behalf of the Department for Business, […]