The Department of Materials hosted its annual Postgraduate Research Day on Monday 25 March.

The Department of Materials PG Day 2024 allows Postgraduate Research (PhD) students to showcase their research to fellow students and academics.

The day involves first-year PhD students chairing the session, second-year PhD students creating posters to display their work, and third-year PhD students presenting their research. At the end of the day, prizes are awarded for the best presentations and research posters. Students are also invited to submit images to a photo competition organised by GradSoc.

Congratulations to the winners of our presentation prizes, poster prizes and photo competition. 

Presentation Prize Winners

Hassan Almousa was awarded first prize in the 'Best Speaker' award, with Connor Wright in second place.

Monaly Depala was awarded first prize in the 'Best Scientific Content of a Lecture' category, with Shaobai Wang in second place.

Poster Prize Winners

Sofia Patri was awarded first prize in the 'Best Poster Design and Layout' category, with Ploy Chomkhuntod in second place.

Edoardo Angela was awarded first prize in the 'Best Industrial Relevance of a Poster' award, with Evan Fisher in second place. 

Craig Burdis was awarded first prize in the 'Best Scientific Content' poster prize, with Zhaoyi Du in second place.

Image Competition Winner

Hassan Almousa was awarded 'Best Photographic Image' in the GradSoc image competition. 

The image showcases "Fuzzy" carbon fibre, an advanced material engineered by directly synthesizing carbon nanotubes (10 nm diameter) onto carbon fibres (7 um diameter) through a specialized continuous open chemical vapor deposition process.

These nano-engineered fibres offer multiscale reinforcement and multifunctionality, enhancing the properties of current fibre-reinforced composites and broadening their applications in sectors such as aerospace and renewable energy.