Congratulations to our 2023 Winter graduates who had their ceremony last month! We held post-graduation celebrations in the Physics Senior Common Room, attended by graduates, their guests, fellow PGRs and their supervisors to reflect on their time as PGRs. They go on to a variety of positions with some staying in Exeter and others […]
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New publication: First principles study of layered transition metal dichalcogenides for use as electrodes in Li-ion and Mg-ion batteries
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 […]
Pint of Science 2021
Pint of Science 2021 was slightly different to previous years. Normally, the events would be held in pubs across the country, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was moved to an online format. Over 30 UK cities organised almost 70 live online shows. This year, the city of Exeter hosted three shows: Our Bodies […]
Hannah Barnard, Conor Price and Jonas Riisnaes in outreach visit to Ide Primary School
On the 13th February, second year PGRs Hannah Barnard, Conor Price and Jonas Riisnaes visited Ide Primary School, a local school in Exeter, to talk about what scientists and engineers do. Conor said: “The children have recently been learning about British engineer Isambard Brunel, and were interested to learn about what other scientists and engineers […]
Welcome SAG 2019/2020
As the New Year starts, there are some changes in the student advisory group for the CDT. Third years Emily Glover and Jess Brown are the new co-chairs, with Julia de Pineda Gutierrez stepping down as she approaches the end of her PhD. About her new role, Jess says, ‘I’ve been a member of SAG […]
New Publication: ‘The Fundamental Mechanism Behind Colossal Permitivity in Oxides’
Congratulations to fourth year PGRs Francis Davies and Ned Taylor, third year PGR Shane Davies and second year PGR Conor Price, who have co-authored a paper with Dr. Steven Hepplestone. The paper, titled ‘The Fundamental Mechanism Behind Colossal Permittivity in Oxides‘, determines the mechanism responsible for colossal permittivity exhibited by various oxides to be that of […]