A group representing the CMRI, consisting of Public Engagement Manager (and CMRI PhD alumni) Dr David Newman and current PGRs Jonathon Smith and Stuart Kendall, went to the Sidmouth Science Festival (Saturday 7th October) to present a series of outreach demonstrators introducing a variety of wave phenomena and wave-matter interactions. The demonstrators then led to […]
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PGRs visit local Cheriton Bishop Primary School
A group of current PhD students (Hannah Barnard, Kyle Arnold, Charlie Patrickson, Valentin Haemmerli and Ben Scott) and recent graduates (Dean Patient, Joe Shields and Jonas Riisnaes) from the Centre for Metamaterial Research and Innovation recently visited a local Primary School to run their annual STEM day alongside members of the Exeter Photonics Society. […]
CDT PGRs at Sidmouth Science Festival
Sidmouth Science Festival is an event held every year in Sidmouth that aims to engage with public and inform them how STEM relates to the things we do every day. It aims specially to educate younger members of the public and inspire them to take up a career in STEM themselves. This year the festival […]
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 […]
Alumna Dr. Natalie Whitehead co-founds Exeter Science Centre
Congratulations to alumna Dr. Natalie Whitehead, who has been featured in the i newspaper for co-founding Exeter Science Centre with Dr Alice Mills, CEMPS Outreach Officer at University of Exeter. Their aim is to create an exemplary science discovery centre in Exeter. Over the coming years, the centre will have a number of voluntary […]
William Ferguson submits his thesis!
Congratulations to William Ferguson, the first of our 2016 cohort to submit their thesis. His thesis was titled ‘Auxetic power amplification mechanisms for low frequency vibration energy harvesting’. William was supervised by Prof. Meiling Zhu, Prof. Ken Evans and Prof. Christopher Smith. William has published two papers- ‘Student Perspectives On The Concurrent Engineering Challenge 2017’ […]
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 […]
Carlota Ruiz De Galarreta passes her viva!
We are delighted to announce that Carlota Ruiz De Galarreta has passed her viva. She was supervised by Prof. C. David Wright and Dr. Jacopo Bertolotti. Carlota’s thesis was on “Optical phase-change metasurfaces: novel design concepts to practicable devices”. The examiners were Prof Anatoly Zayats from Kings College London, and the internal was Dr Ana Neves from […]
Natalie Whitehead submits her thesis!
Congratulations to PGR Natalie Whitehead, who has just submitted her thesis on ‘Making The Grade: Generating and Controlling Spin Waves with a Graded Refractive Index’. Her supervisors were Prof. Volodymyr Kruglyak, Dr. Thomas Philbin and Dr. Simon Horsley. During her degree, Natalie has been prolific in her Outreach work. As well as being part of […]
Tom Collier submits his thesis!
Congratulations to fourth year PGR Tom Collier, who has submitted his thesis, ‘Doubled-Gated Quantum Rings and Nanohelices: from Theory to Novel Applications’. As well as his publications and conference presentations, in April 2018, Tom made an industry visit to De La Salle University, in the Phillipines, where he worked with Dr Richard Hartmann on theoretically solving […]