21 Sep 2015
Queen's Birthday Honours 2015
Congratulations to Professor Harry Bhadeshia FRS FREng who is knighted for his work on metals and services to Science and Technology, Professor James Jackson FRS, who receives the CBE for services to Environmental Science and Prof Lisa Hall, who has been awarded the CBE for services to higher education and to sport.
21 Sep 2015
Professor Ann Dowling President of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Royal Academy of Engineering celebrates its first female President Professor Dame Ann Dowling DBE FREng FRS today succeeds Sir John Parker GBE FREng as President of the Royal Academy of Engineering.Fellows of the Academy elected Dame Ann as their first female president at the 2014 AGM last night. Dame Ann succeeds Sir John Parker GBE FREng, who ser…
21 Sep 2015
New glass manufacturing technique enables design of hybrid glasses to revolutionise gas storage
A new method of manufacturing glass could lead to the production of ‘designer glasses’ with applications in advanced photonics, whilst also facilitating industrial scale carbon capture and storage. An international team of researchers, writing today in the journal Nature Communications, report how they have managed to use a relatively new family of…
21 Sep 2015
Nature Energy – Launching January 2016
The provision of energy is a key issue at the heart of modern society: where do we get it from, how do we use it, and is there enough of it for what we want? Our growing thirst for energy must be matched by its supply, and that supply must be sustained. Tackling these challenges is an essential part of many fields of research – both in the natural …
21 Sep 2015
Major new research grant awarded to Professor Sir Mark Welland in the field of nanotechnology
The multi-million pound 5 year project sponsored by Lloyd’s Register Foundation follows the publication of the LRF’s Foresight review in nanotechnology: the next industrial revolution. The project is entitled Nanotechnology in subsea power infrastructure. Along with its collaborators; National University of Singapore, Texas A&M University, The Inst…
21 Sep 2015
Invention of blue LEDs receives Physics Nobel
The 2014 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists in Japan and the US for the invention of blue light emitting diodes (LEDs).The 2014 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists in Japan and the US for the invention of blue light emitting diodes (LEDs).Professors Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Na…
21 Sep 2015
Future Cities Prize Fellowships - PhD student opportunities
The Cambridge Forum for Sustainability and the Environment is pleased to announce the first annual Research Student competition on the topic of Future Cities for University of Cambridge students. Eight PhD students will receive £2000 each to develop a short (at most 10,000 words) research paper and summarise the findings in a poster to present to a…
21 Sep 2015
ERC Advanced Grants: €445 million from the EU to 190 senior research leaders
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced today the award of its prestigious Advanced Grants to 190 senior researchers. The funding, worth in total €445 million, will enable them and their teams to pursue ground-breaking ideas. These are the first ERC Advanced Grants awarded under the 'excellent science' pillar of Horizon 2020, the EU's res…
21 Sep 2015
EPSRC Energy Team visit
On 6 May 2015 Energy@Cambridge hosted a visit from the EPSRC Energy team at the Hauser Forum. The morning session focussed on EPSRC strategy and the spending review. EPSRC led break-out groups on future funding scenarios with academics and EPSRC funded Fellows.In the afternoon EPSRC ran sessions on Impact and Developing Leaders. The Impact session …
21 Sep 2015
UK and China Collaboration on Sustainable Materials for Infrastructure
Professor Abir Al-Tabbaa and Dr Janet Lees from the Department of Engineering and Dr Yun Bai from Civil Engineering University College London (UCL) have been successful in the first ever EPSRC/NSFC call for collaborative UK/China research projects on Sustainable Materials for Infrastructure. Together with their collaborators, Professor Jueshi Qian …
21 Sep 2015
Energy@Cambridge hosts Professor Steven Chu
On 10 November 2014 Energy@Cambridge organised a lunch and round table meeting in honour of Professor Steve Chu, Professor of Physics and Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Nobel Laureate and Former US Secretary of Energy, which was hosted by Professor Lynn Gladden, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Chair of the Energy@Cambrid…
21 Sep 2015
Catalysis@Cambridge Showcase and Networking Event
On 14 April 2015 Catalysis@Cambridge hosted the first Showcase and Networking Event which brought together a number of Cambridge academics, researchers and around 50 industry representatives, including from GlaxoSmithKline, Shell, Pfizer, Sabic, Aramco, Merck, and Johnson Matthey. The event was supported by Energy@Cambridge Strategic Research Init…
21 Sep 2015
Energy for the Future Panel Discussion
Supported by Energy@Cambridge, CamAWiSE (Cambridge Association for Women in Science and Engineering) hosted the lively “Energy for the Future: plugging the gap in energy supply, a gap too big?” panel discussion at Trinity Hall College on 21 May 2015. Iman Hill (former Vice President of African Development and Production, Sasol) led the conversation…
21 Sep 2015
Call for Energy Champions
Energy@Cambridge Call for Energy ChampionsA number of Energy Champions will be selected to support different areas of the Energy@Cambridge strategic research initiative with the aim of building stronger research networks and engagement in the Energy@Cambridge initiative. Energy Champions, selected from early career researchers, will be supported by…
21 Sep 2015
Climate Change Tweetathon
Relevant authorities will come together from food, water, health, business, biodiversity, the natural environment, government, cities, homes and sport to talk about the impacts of climate change and the action that can be taken to tackle it – both in the UK and globallyFrom 0900 until 1900 (GMT) on 25 November you can tweet your questions as well a…
