World's First Graphene Hackathon organised by CDT Students - a roaring success! 28 November 2019 Huge congratulations to the CDT student organising committee of Chris Castle, Scott Dean, Alexander Fordham, Eoin Griffin, Alexander Jones, Solen Monteil, Ciaran Mullan, Vicente Orts Mercadillo, Clara Skuse, Pietro Steiner, and Max Taylor who worked tirelessly (literally) to make the first ever graphene hackathon a success.
CDT student Harry Waring talks about his recent secondment to Paris 27 November 2019 As part of the CDT programme, students have the opportunity to carry out a funded secondment at a different institution worldwide. Harry Waring elected to visit Thales in Paris.
CDT hosts Industrial Ecology master's students from the Netherlands 26 November 2019 On 12th November 2019, the CDT hosted the visit of Industrial Ecology master's students from the Netherlands.
CDT Monthly Student Seminar: October 2019 29 October 2019 The October Friday afternoon CDT seminar ran on 25th October 2019 with CDT students Conor O'Brien and Eliott Higgins presenting talks on their work.
CDT Away Day 2019 18 October 2019 On the 16th October, students and staff from the CDT travelled to Castle Head Field Centre in the Lake District, to attend the annual CDT away day.
CDT students present at the Lloyd's Register Foundation October 2019 international conference 11 October 2019 CDT students Bonnie Tsim (2017 cohort) and Wenjun Kuang (2016 Cohort) presented talks at the Lloyd's Register Foundation (LRF) October 2019 international conference entitled 'Engineering a safer world'.
Second year CDT students pitch (hypothetical) graphene business proposal at the University of Nottingham 07 October 2019
CDT Student Bonnie Tsim awarded Poster Prize at Graphene Week 04 October 2019 Congratulations to Bonnie Tsim who won the Best Fundamentals Poster Prize at the Graphene Week Conference 2019 in Helsinki.
CDT Year 1 Students Team Building Day 01 October 2019 As part of their induction the year 1 students had an afternoon of team building exercises lead by Skillfluence.
CDT student Marco Zarattini presents poster at Chem2dmat European conference 19 September 2019 From Tuesday 3rd to Friday 6th September, the Technische Universität (TU) Dresden hosted the second Chem2dmat European conference.
CDT student Eliott Higgins discusses his recently published research paper 04 September 2019 CDT student Eliott Higgins, based in the Department of Chemistry in the School of Natural Sciences, discusses his recently published research paper and what it means for the future of two-dimensional materials.
CDT student Rob McNair publishes an article on scientific peer review 22 July 2019 Year 2 student, Robert McNair, has successfully published an article in the Education Research International journal, entitled 'Peer Review of Manuscripts: A Valuable yet Neglected Educational Tool for Early-Career Researchers'.
CDT Career Pathway Seminar 08 July 2019 On Friday 28th June the CDT welcomed speakers to attend a seminar for students to discuss topics including their careers pathways to date, options available in their chosen fields, and life outside academia.
CDT students launch Graphene Hackathon 26 June 2019 The Graphene Hackathon has been officially announced! First year NOWNANO CDT students (Solen Monteil, Clara Skuse, Scott Dean, Pietro Steiner, Eoin Griffin, Ciaran Mullan, Chris Castle, Alex Fordham, and Vicente Orts Mercadillo) and alumnus Thanasis Georgiou pitched the idea to the University earlier in the year, and thanks to funding from the CDT and a partnership with the GEIC, planning for the event is well underway.
Young Carbon Researchers Networking Day 25 June 2019 On Tuesday 18th June, we hosted the annual meeting of the British Carbon Group (a special interest group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Physics, and the Society of Chemical Industry) at the NGI.
CDT students present at European Materials Research Society spring conference 13 June 2019 Year 2 CDT students, Eliott Higgins and Gergo Pinter both attended and presented at this years European Materials Research Society spring conference. Congratulations to Gergo who received the best poster award!
CDT student awarded Ignition award 12 June 2019 Congratulations to Yuling Zhuo, year 3 CDT student, who has been awarded an Ignition Award by the University of Manchester’s Intellectual Property office (UMIP).
CDT cohort completes public engagement training 01 June 2019 Recently the first year CDT students undertook public engagement training, delivered by Dee-Ann Johnson and her team at the university.
Bonnie Tsim and Clara Skuse represent CDT during GEIC visit by Sam Gyimah MP 31 May 2019 On Wednesday 29th May the former universities minister Sam Gyimah MP visited the Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (GEIC). Bonnie Tsim and Clara Skuse, from the 2017 and 2018 cohorts, volunteered to represent the CDT and answer any questions regarding it and their own research.
CDT student runs in the Manchester Purple Wave 24 May 2019 Congratulations go to year 2 CDT student David Brooks, who was part of the 2,300 university staff, students and alumni taking part in the 16th Great Manchester run on Sunday 24th May 2019, collectively raising over £28,000 for worthy causes, with University of Manchester’s Chancellor Lemn Sissay, MBE.
Media Awareness Training 18 May 2019 On 8th May 2019 the year 1 students undertook media awareness training delivered by Boffin Media.
CDT students visit BAe Systems 17 May 2019 On the 7th May 2019 a group of CDT students from all cohorts visited the Samlesbury site of BAe Systems, a high technology state of the art manufacturing and aerospace facility.
CDT students visit Alderley Science Park 16 May 2019 On 16th April 2019 the year 1 cohort visited Alderley Science Park in Cheshire, one of the leading science and technology park operators in Europe.
It’s never too early to start thinking about your career 14 May 2019 On 25th April the CDT arranged for Elizabeth Wilkinson, University Postgraduate Careers Consultant, to speak to the year 1 cohort on the topic of thinking about future careers.
CDT student Eliott Higgins presents poster at 2019 Scotland and North of England Electrochemistry Symposium 10 May 2019 On 9th April second year CDT student Eliott Higgins, based in Chemistry, presented a poster at the 2019 Scotland and North of England Electrochemistry Symposium (Butler Meeting).
GEIC CDT Open Day 07 May 2019 On the 9th April the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) hosted a CDT Open Day for current students.
CDT Monthly Student Seminar: March 2019 10 April 2019 The March Friday afternoon CDT seminar ran on 29th March 2019 with CDT student Adam Shorrock providing a talk entitled 'Characterising Terahertz Emission from CoFeB/Pt Spintronic Structures using Time-Domain Spectroscopy'.
CDT cohort completes commercialisation course 22 March 2019 Third year CDT students have the opportunity to participate in a short course that helps them to identify and understand the commercial opportunities that may be associated with their research. As part of this work they also develop a business plan and pitch, to help them understand the various aspects of commercialising innovations.
CDT student Clara Skuse interviewed about Women in a 2D World 13 March 2019 Following up from the Women in Graphene event recently held at the NGI, the University of Manchester's Graphene blog interviewed first year CDT student Clara Skuse and Professor Sarah Haigh for an article on their perceptions of gender equality in their field of research.
CDT student Bonnie Tsim awarded summer placement in Japan 12 March 2019 Congratulations to second year student Bonnie Tsim who has been awarded a place on the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Summer Program, she will travel to Japan for two months this summer to work at Osaka University.
CDT Newsletter Spring 2019 11 March 2019 The fourth issue of the Graphene NOWNANO CDT Newsletter from March 2019
Women in Graphene event held at the National Graphene Institute 06 March 2019 Coinciding with the 2019 International Day of Women and Girls in STEM, the Graphene Flagship held its annual Women in Graphene Career Development Day at the NGI on the 11th and 12th February 2019.
CDT Monthly Student Seminar: February 2019 27 February 2019 Tom Lane delivered a talk at this month's seminar entitled "Conductance characteristics of a gate-defined bilayer graphene quantum point contact", relating to his project on "Theory of tunnelling devices based on heterostructures of 2D materials".
Two CDT alumni students published in the Springer Theses 21 January 2019 Internationally top-ranked research institutes select their best thesis annually for publication in the Springer Theses series, and two of the School's alumni have been published.
CDT student Daniel Kelly part of the team measuring single atoms in a graphene 'petri-dish' 18 January 2019
CDT Project Selection Poster Presentation 2018 18 January 2019 In December the CDT held a poster presentation event for current year 1 students to meet with the supervisors of the projects available for them to choose from for their PhD research. 37 projects are available for this cohort on a range of graphene related subjects available within various schools the University of Manchester and University of Lancaster and the students spent time discussing with nature of the projects and research with the supervisors and research assistants.
Graphene NOWNANO Open Day 2018 03 January 2019 In December the CDT held an open day for prospective applicants to the CDT programme who would commence study in September 2019. Over 60 people attended talks by the CDT Director (Prof. Grigorieva), existing CDT students and Prof. Falko (Director of National Graphene Institute) followed by tours of the facilities and current research of the National Graphene Institute.
CDT student published through the Physics World student contributor programme 29 November 2018 Daniel Kelly, year 4 CDT student, has published an article through the Physics World student contributor programme which he joined two years ago. The scheme offers early career scientists the opportunity to work alongside an award winning journalism team to write and publish new stories for the global scientific community.
Graphene NOWNANO Away Day 2018 29 November 2018 On the 13th October students and staff from the CDT travelled to Forrest Hills Lancaster, which is Lancaster University’s scenic venue for corporate events, to attend the annual CDT away day.
CDT Newsletter Autumn 2018 22 August 2018 The third issue of the Graphene NOWNANO CDT Newsletter from August 2018
CDT Newsletter Spring 2018 22 February 2018 The second issue of the Graphene NOWNANO CDT Newsletter from February 2018
Graphene NOWNANO Away Day 2017 22 October 2017 On the 7th of October, students and staff members from the centre for doctoral training gathered at Forrest Hills for a day of fun and adventure. A professional team of leadership developers ran a series of activities with the group with an aim of making everyone work together, and get to know each other better.
CDT Newsletter Autumn 2017 22 September 2017 The first issue of the Graphene NOWNANO CDT Newsletter from September 2017
CDT Open Day 25th October at the National Graphene Institute 15 September 2017 Final year students are invited to attend the Graphene-NOWNANO CDT Open Day in the NGI. The event takes place on Wednesday the 25th of October, and will run from 15:00 to 17:00.
Donations Change Lives: Graphene and Enterprise 06 April 2017 Current Graphene NOWNANO student Seb Leaper has featured in a news article, one in a series on the importance of donations and their impact on the University.
3 Current Graphene NOWNANO PhD students have been chosen to contribute to an IoP news website 23 February 2017
CDT Open Day at the National Graphene Institute 07 December 2016 Final year Masters/MSc students are invited to attend the Graphene-NOWNANO CDT Open Day in the NGI. The event takes place on Wednesday the 14th of December, and will run from 13:30 to 15:30.
Biotechnology YES success 08 November 2016 Two current NOWNANO CDT students and a former NOWNANO CDT student are part of a successful team that has won the Manchester Heat of the Biotechnology YES Competition.
First Year CDT Student Wins Eli and Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award 27 July 2016 Sebastian Leaper, a PhD student in the Graphene NOWNANO CDT, is the winner of the Eli and Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award 2016.
Student Researchers Contribute to ESOF 2016 27 July 2016 Manchester have been hosting the 2016 European Science Open Forum this July with the Graphene NOWNANO CDT and NOWNANO DTC contrbuting to the celebrations.
Graphene goes to the Bluedot Festival 26 July 2016 Visitors to the Bluedot Festival, held at Jodrell Bank, had the opportunity to learn more about graphene from students in the Graphene NOWNANO CDT and NOWNANO DTC last weekend.
DTC Students Win Project Award Funding 14 July 2016 Three NOWNANO DTC students win Project Award funding managed by UMIP
Annual CDT Conference Success 15 June 2016 Students from Manchester, Lancaster and Cambridge recently attended the annual CDT Summer Conference on The Science and Technology of Graphene and Related Materials at Holmes Chapel, Cheshire.
NoWNANO student to deliver talk at Pint of Science festival 05 May 2016 Philip Thomas for the NoWNANO DTC (2013 cohort) will be speaking as part of Pint of Science 2016 at the event "Wonder Materials: Fabrication or Fact".
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