AWARD WINNER
Dr Shelly Conroy receives the 2024 Microanalysis Society Award
Dr Shelly Conroy, from the Department of Materials, has been awarded the K. F. J. Heinrich Award by The Microanalysis Society.
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VISION FOR INCLUSIVITY
Lecturer champions LGBTQ+ inclusion at Materials Research Society Conference
Dr Andrew Cairns has co-organised the first symposium championing the research from members of the LGBTQ+ community at the Spring 2024 MRS Meeting.
PHD CELEBRATIONS
Spring term 2024: PhD Celebrations in the Department of Materials
Congratulations to the following postgraduate research students who have completed their studies in the Department of Materials.
Celebrating PG Day
Department of Materials celebrates annual PG Day 2024
The Department of Materials hosted its annual Postgraduate Research Day on Monday 25 March.
Future fashion
Plastic-free vegan leather that dyes itself grown from bacteria
Researchers at Imperial College London have genetically engineered bacteria to grow animal- and plastic-free leather that dyes itself.
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NEW SCHOLARSHIP
Materials PhD student wins TMS scholarship
Cynthia Rodenkirchen, a PhD Student in the Department of Materials, has been awarded a TMS International Symposium on Superalloys Scholarship.
Microbes removing plastic
Designing microbes to remove microplastics pollution
Imperial researchers propose using microbes and enzymes to remove microplastics from wastewater and sewage before they are turned into fertilizer.
NEW PORTABLE MASER
New maser in a 'shoebox' promises portable precision
Researchers in the Department of Materials have developed a new portable maser that can fit the size of a shoebox.
2024 Young Innovator
Materials scientist receives TMS Young Innovator Award 2024
Dr Minh-Son Pham, Department of Materials, has received the TMS 2024 Young Innovator in the Materials Science of Additive Manufacturing Award.
Matter of the heart
New heart treatment helps the body grow a replacement valve
Replacement heart valves that grow inside the body are a step closer to reality following studies led by researchers at Imperial.
