William Ferguson has taken on the role as representative of the CDT in Metamaterials 3rd year PGRs alongside Julia de Pineda Gutierrez. William is taking over from Pablo Martinz Pancorbo who has been on SAG since he started in the CDT more than two years ago. We would like to thank Pablo for his long-standing […]
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Chris King passed his viva with no corrections!
It is our pleasure to announce that EPSRC CDT PGR Chris King passed his viva with no corrections. He was examined by Dr Dave Phillips (UoE) and Prof Stephen Barnett (University of Glasgow). An outstanding result! Very many congratulations to Chris, that’s truly exceptional. Chris’ PhD thesis work “Designing non-scattering graded-index media” was supervised by […]
New CDT administrator: Kelyn Luther
As of 1 October 2018 we have the pleasure to be supported by the new full-time CDT administrator Kelyn Luther. Kelyn brings with her excessive administrative experience and knowledge of the University’s systems due to her former roles in the Peopel Development and Staff Life teams, respectively. Please provide a friendly welcome to Kelyn. We […]
XM2 PGR away day
Building community is one of the main challenges in any bigger entity. Where many work under a shared framework there’s a lot of potential to exploit. However, getting building bridges and communication channels isn’t always easy, in particular when areas of expertise aren’t closely related in the first instance. The CDT in Metamaterials is no […]
XM2 thesis submitted by Tom Graham: Underwater Acoustic Waves on Structured and Unstructured Plates
Very many congratulations to the EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials PGR Tom Graham who recently submitted his PhD thesis titled “Underwater Acoustic Waves on Structured and Unstructured Plates”. Tom was supervised by Professor Roy Sambles (FRS), Professor Alastair Hibbins and Dr Simon Horsley. He worked closely with Thales and undertook several research visits to Templecombe and […]
Welcome to our 23 new PGRs!
The CDT in Metamaterials sends a warm welcome to our 23 new PGRs. It was a real pleasure to see so many new faces and fresh energy arriving at the start of our induction week on 17 September 2018. We hope they will soon feel at home at Exeter and in their roles as postgraduate […]
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 […]
Our Oversight Board summer meeting – piloting stronger OB/PGR interactions
The EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials hosted it’s annual summer Oversight Board (OB) meeting on 18 July 2018 in Exeter’s Northcott Theatre. The Management and Oversight Boards came together to discuss latest developments for the current and future CDT, however, this year’s meeting saw a twist to the usual agenda and put the main focus on […]
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 […]
Welcome to the XM2 summer students
Curious? Ambitious? Energetic? All good qualities to find in a summer student! We welcome the undergraduates Andy Wild (“Asymmetric Double Square Well on a Circle: The Curious Case of Degenerate States“), Jordan Meadows (“Dirac metamaterials—the quest for new quasiparticles”, and future XM² PGR Conor Price (“2D material liquid crystals“) to work on CDT summer projects […]