The XM2 PGRs Joaquin Faneca and Liam Trimby visited San Francisco (California) for one of the biggest events in photonics: the SPIE photonic WEST conference. Joaquin gave a presentation on his recent research results on integrated 2D materials in silicon nitride platformin in the Silicon Photonic section, and presented a poster in a section devoted […]
Julia De Pineda Gutiérrez – the new SAG representative for our second year PGRs
Julia De Pineda Gutiérrez has joined our Student Advisory Group (SAG) to co-represent the 2016 cohort for the remainder of the academic year 2017/18. Zahid Hussain has stepped down due to his extended research stay in Germany. The Student Advisory Group consists of normally 2 members of each cohort who represent the student body at […]
New Publication: A new class of magnetically actuated pumps and valves for microfluidic applications
has published his latest article on “A new class of magnetically actuated pumps and valves for microfluidic applications” in Scientific Reports in Jan 2018. The research team proposes a new class of magnetically actuated pumps and valves that could be incorporated into microfluidic chips with no further external connections. The idea is to repurpose ferromagnetic […]
New Publication: A facile synthesis of porous graphene for efficient water and wastewater treatment
Tanveer Tabish has recently published an article on A facile synthesis of porous graphene for efficient water and wastewater treatment in Nature’s Scientific Reports: The use of two-dimensional graphene-based materials in water treatment has recently gained significant attention due to their unique electronic and thermal mobility, high surface area, high mechanical strength, excellent corrosion resistance […]
Science ambassador in Chile
Erick Burgos Parra, one of our final year PGRs, was invited speaker at the “Escuela de nanoestructuras 2018” taking place from 7th to 10th of January in Viña del Mar, Chile. The “School of Nanostructures” event aims at linking students and post-graduates with international nanotechnology experts since 2008. Erick was invited to give a 30 […]
New Publication: The true potential of the Weyl particle – A publication in Science
The quest to understand a variety of intriguing phenomena that may advance progress towards the next generation of computing has taken a quantum leap. Through the science of metamaterials, quantum physics and the mathematics of topology, a team of scientists , including researchers from University of Exeter, have been exploring the properties of so called […]
EU grant success for Prof David Wright
In spite of Brexit, Prof David Wright, Co-Director of the CDT in Metamaterials, has been successful in securing EU H2020 funding for the project “Fun-COMP” that will develop new neuromorphic (brain-like) electronic and photonic devices for the realisation of future intelligent computing systems. David will lead this €4 million project and work with partners from IBM, Thales, […]
The first XM2 careers event for EMPS PGRs/ECRs: a full success
XM2 organised its first careers event for PGRs and ECRs in the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences at the University of Exeter: on 25 & 26 January 2018 twelve companies presented themselves as potential employers to our PGRs and ECRs. We received 88 registrations, 35% of which were from non-XM2 PGRs and 15% from […]
Our PGRs will host an IONS conference in 2019 – Congratulations!
Our postgraduate researchers won the competition to host an international OSA (Optical Society) network of students (IONS) conference at Exeter in 2019. The IONS is a program that encourages OSA student chapter members to organize and manage regional meetings focused on technical and professional development content as well as networking with peers and luminaries. An […]
KTN event: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Metamaterials & MRE2018
On 16 Jan 2018 the third KTN event for Metamaterials took place in London, focussing on Industrial and Commercial Applications of Metamaterials. Pavel Petrov, one of our first years, presented a poster for the first time, and our CDT Director, Alastair Hibbins, was invited to introduce the CDT to the about 150 industry and academic […]