Latest Events

Speaker: Chris Coleridge (Judge Business School)

EPRG Energy & Environment Seminars Easter Term 2024 Tuesdays fortnightly at 12.30-1.30pm (in-person)

Please contact EPRG Administrator (eprgadm@jbs.cam.ac.uk) for further details

A free one-hour tour of the capabilities of the Royce Institute's Battery Suite within the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge. Discover more about this open access equipment and Royce funding opportunities for your research.

This suite of equipment is available for the manufacturing and processing of battery materials for commercial and academic researchers. This comprehensive suite can accommodate a variety of materials and overcome difficult processing operations including microwave manufacture, digestion, separation, drying, purifying, mixing and washing. It includes a glove box, planetary mixer, centrifuge, freeze dryer, shear mixer, reactor synthesis, digestion reactor and rotary evaporator.

The Royce Battery Suite uniquely allows for the exploration of scalable manufacturing and safe processing of battery materials, for the translation of novel energy materials into application, bridging the gap between research and industry.

For more information about Royce Facilities at Cambridge please contact royce@maxwell.cam.ac.uk and see our full equipment listing at: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/programmes/henry-royce-institute

Humanity’s quest for better materials has evolved from stone tools to plastics and beyond, mirroring our progress and challenges. 

At the next Enterprise Tuesday, we delve into the forefront of sustainable material innovation where entrepreneurial spirit meets environmental stewardship. Discover how cutting-edge developments are paving the way for materials that not only outperform their predecessors but do so with a minimal ecological footprint, highlighting the critical role of innovation in our sustainable future. 

Join our panel of experts as they unveil the latest breakthroughs from the lab, showcasing the power of computational modelling and AI in predicting stable material structures and discuss other innovative areas in the ‘frontiers of material science’. 

Prepare for an evening of enriching discussion, networking, and the chance to further engage on this vital topic over drinks. Let’s explore together how today’s innovations are shaping a sustainable tomorrow.

This event will be chaired by Daniela Lobo, Senior Scientist at Cambridge Display Technology Ltd.

Register: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/enterprise-tuesday-innovating-for-the-e...

A free one-hour tour of the Royce Institute's 12T Wide Bore Magnet Facility in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge.

The wide bore magnet is a 12T solenoid fitted with a VTI with a 100mm usable bore supplied by Oxford Innovative Cryogenic Engineering. Temperature control is possible from 325K to < 2K . The system will have a field homogeneity of 0.05% over a 1cm DSV and 0.5% over a 4cm DSV. The system is entirely cryo-cooler operated with a He gas filled cooling loop. The VTI will operate in static, dynamic and one-shot modes.

This system is intended to facilitate materials characterisation and process development across the full range of Royce areas. While the system is provided with a generic fixed sample probe and a 100 A transport probe technical support will be available to exploit the large internal bore of this magnet by designing custom measurement probes. A wide range of standard laboratory equipment is available in the host laboratory to use in conjunction with this system.

This system is ideal for facilitating developments in processing of mesoscopally ordered materials, superconductors and low loss high permeability materials.

This tour will give an overview of the capabilities of the Wide Bore Magnet Facility as well as information on booking, funding opportunities and the work of the Royce Institute.

For more information about Royce Facilities at Cambridge please contact royce@maxwell.cam.ac.uk and see our full equipment listing at: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/programmes/henry-royce-institute

Climate change is a topic often at the forefront of discussions across the spectrum of academic subjects and we often hear technology blamed for its negative contributions. But could technology also have a positive role to play? 

In this set of talks we hear from experts in the field of sustainable tech who are working to use the powers of technology and artificial intelligence to improve our understanding of climate change, and maybe help turn the tides for the better.

Harvesting from the Solar Spectrum

Georgie Burgoyne Morris (PhD student at the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge)

The rapidly emerging climate crisis has highlighted the urgency of developing effective renewable energy sources, of which solar power is a key example. However, many existing solar cells only make efficient use of a small portion of the solar spectrum. The use of spectral converters, either in downshifting high-energy light or upconverting low-energy light, allows the solar spectrum to be tuned to allow more efficient energy harvesting. This talk will explore different types of spectral conversion, and the materials challenges involved in effectively implementing these technologies.

Air Pollution & AI: Understanding the Risks and Impact

Michelle Wan (PhD student at the University of Cambridge)

Air pollution affects both our climate and our health. In this talk, Michelle shares two examples of machine learning methods which can help us better understand pollution risks and their health impacts. In the first example, they use smart algorithms to fill in missing data when air quality monitoring sensors break. In the second example, they combine this environmental data with information about wealth and poverty to predict health outcomes.