Very many congratulations to Dr Celia Butler who was recently appointed as Honorary Senior Lecture at the University of Exeter (Physics & Astronomy). Celia graduated with a PhD in Physics from the University of Exeter in 2012 following her succesful work on “Microwave Response of Square Mesh Metamaterials” (EPSRC iCase co-funded by QinetiQ). Prior to her […]
Beyond a PhD – special panel edition as part of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Microwave Magnetics (ICMM2018) at Exeter
From Sunday June 24th until Wednesday June 27th Exeter had the pleasure to host the sixth IEEE International Conference on Microwave Magnetics (ICMM2018), following on the success of Fort Collins (USA, 2008), Boston (USA, 2010), Kaiserslautern (Germany, 2012), Sendai (Japan, 2014), and Tuscaloosa (USA, 2016). The conference focussed on new developments in all branches of […]
Leaving-Do for our 4th years
Who would have thought 4 years could go by in what feels like a split second. It seems as if it was only yesterday that the first CDT in Metamaterials’ cohort embarked on our programme, but 4 eventful years have passed and we will soon see all of them move on to new endeavours. Therefore, […]
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 […]
PGR cohort visit at Gooch & Housego (Photonics Technology, Torbay)
In June, our second year PhD students (2016 cohort) went for ca company visit to Gooch and Housego, a global leader in photonics technology in Torquay. G&H are experts across a uniquely broad range of photonic technologies – crystal growth, optical materials processing, acousto-optics and electro-optics, fiber optics, DFB laser modules, precision optics (thin-film coating, […]
New Publication: Manipulating type-I and type-II Dirac polaritons in cavity-embedded honeycomb metasurfaces
In recent years, condensed-matter systems have become a fertile playground for the discovery of new, emergent quasiparticles for which there exists no analogue in the standard model. The archetypal example is graphene whose low-energy electronic quasiparticles behave as so-called massless Dirac fermions – pseudorelativistic particles that exhibit remarkable transport properties, such the suppression of backscattering […]
Riddle time!
OH NOOOOO! No riddle!!!!! No time for fun! Anja is running late to go on holiday – so many things to do and so little time to find a new riddle! Booh! Maybe next month again! Send one through if you have one on file: *protected email* 😉 But here’s the solution of last month’s […]
Training and other events in June 2018
Please see below a schedule of the CDT training events and other activities in June 2018. Date Training/Event Cohort Time Venue 01.06.18 Beyond a PhD: “Secondary School Teaching – Challenges and Rewards” Dr Rob Kelly All (Open to CEMPS members) 12.30 – 13.30 Laver LT3 01.06.18 Beyond a PhD networking lunch All (Optional, RSVP to […]
Joseph Beadle – The new SAG representative for our 3rd years
Joseph Beadle is taking on the role as Student Advisory Group (SAG) representative for the 2015 cohort alongside Ben Hogan with immediate effect. Joe is taking over from Henry Fernández who contributed actively to the development of the programme on behalf of his cohort since 2016. Henry is stepping down from this role to prioritise […]
Our International Day of Light contribution at the University of Exeter – congratulations to the photo and poster prize winners and the fantastic organizer!
On 16 May 2018 the world saw the celebration of the first ever International Day of Light. The event was celebrated around the world with more than 500 events taking place in 87 countries to create awareness of the role of light plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, and in fields […]