TSM Annual Conference

TSM had its first annual conference this week

All of the TSM CDT cohorts, as well as members of staff and members of our International Advisory Board (including the keynote speaker, Professor Craig. W. Carter from MIT) were brought together in the Royal School of Mines for the first TSM Annual Conference this week.  The premise seemed simple enough – get everyone involved in the CDT into a room and share what we’ve been up to over the past 5 years – the results however, proved spectacular.

The day was an excellent showcase of the abounding success of the CDT and included world-class scientific talks given by members of Cohort 2, a thought-provoking poster session showcasing the work of Cohorts 3 and 4, many interesting discussions over coffee breaks and lunch and to cap it off a series of well-deserved prizes! The members of the Advisory Board who were present, as well as our own Director, Assistant Director and Chairman were all extremely impressed and praised the fantastic quality of the work that was on show.

The conference provided all members of the CDT a chance to celebrate what a resounding success these past five years have been. As Professor Haynes mentioned in his closing remarks, this success has not only been scientific but must also be seen in terms of the CDT’s investment in people. Such investment has so far given five cohorts an abundance of skills and experiences that will ensure their success in whatever they do after their PhD.

The prize winners were Valérie Vaissier (cohort 2), for her talk entitled “Modeling of interfacial charge transfer in dye sensitised metal oxide nanoparticles”, and Stephen Burrows (cohort 4) for his poster “Lattice Boltzmann simulation of complex fluids”.