Speaker: Professor Dr Marta E. G. Mosquera will deliver the Alex Hopkins Lecture 2024
Energy
Speaker: Professor Dr Marta E. G. Mosquera will deliver the Alex Hopkins Lecture 2024
Abstract:
Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, CB2 1PZ
Ever wondered how your phone changes brightness in the sunshine? Or how streetlamps turn on at night? Well, they are both controlled by sensors.
Cambridge Zero and Cambridge University Press & Assessment are holding a half-day event to discuss educational routes into engineering for a sustainable and climate-secure future. Discussion will focus on: 1) academic pathways into engineering and; 2) ensuring that students develop the key knowledge, skills, competencies and interest in subj
Booking opens at 9.30am on Monday 12 February via the outreach website: https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/outreach
(Lecture at 12:15 and repeated at 14:45)
Our research group will be running an interactive Kahoot quiz with some interesting questions related to energy technologies. This event will run both in person and online simultaneously.
Join a wide selection of interactive family events set to take place across the University's West Cambridge Campus.
Topics explored and spaces open to visit on Saturday 16th March 2024 include:
This year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the ground-breaking discovery and synthesis of quantum dots. But what exactly are quantum dots, and are there other nanomaterials of significant interest? Furthermore, how are these tiny wonders contributing to the advancement of society?
Make a working Grätzel solar cell using a few basic materials including something surprising – blackberries – with scientists at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.
Join us for a presentation in our Business Lounge to explain how carbon-free, ammonia energy can shape the future, followed by a live hydrogen ignition demonstration on the balcony outside the lounge.