News and Events

CDT Newsletter June 2021

The June 2021 issue of the CDT newsletter.

CDT Newsletter February 2021

The February 2021 issue of the CDT newsletter.

CDT student Bonnie Tsim publishes in Physics World discussing why hackathons are a great way for scientists to apply their skills to the commercial world.

CDT student Bonnie Tsim publishes in Physics World about being a researcher during a pandemic and presenting at a virtual conference

CDT student Ciaran Mullan speaks to Tom Whalley of "The Cycling Podcast" about graphene and how it can and will impact the cycling industry

CDT students exhibit at the Institute of Physics Impact Showcase

On the 6th December, Solen Monteil and Chris Castle travelled to the Institute of Physics to exhibit at the Showcasing Physical Sciences Impact Event 2019.

CDT students interviewed for Graphene Council podcast

CDT students Lucas Mogg and Bonnie Tsim were interviewed in October by The Graphene Council Executive Director, Terrance Barkan, as part of the council's "Graphene Talk" podcast series, where they discussed why they are studying graphene.

CDT Student Clara Skuse competes at the Brains for Brine Challenge in Amsterdam

CDT students talk about their hackathon experience!

World's First Graphene Hackathon organised by CDT Students - a roaring success!

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

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

On 12th November 2019, the CDT hosted the visit of Industrial Ecology master's students from the Netherlands.

CDT Newsletter November 2019

The November 2019 issue of the CDT newsletter.

CDT Monthly Student Seminar: 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

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

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

CDT Student Bonnie Tsim awarded Poster Prize at Graphene Week

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

As part of their induction the year 1 students had an afternoon of team building exercises lead by Skillfluence.

CDT student Joseph Brownless attends IRMMW-THz conference in Paris

CDT student Marco Zarattini presents poster at Chem2dmat European conference

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 student leads engineering workshop with STEMSoc

CDT cohort completes public engagement training

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

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

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

On 8th May 2019 the year 1 students undertook media awareness training delivered by Boffin Media.

CDT students visit BAe Systems

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

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

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

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).

Third year CDT student Servet Ozdemir’s research makes the front cover of Nature Physics

GEIC CDT Open Day

On the 9th April the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) hosted a CDT Open Day for current students.

CDT Monthly Student Seminar: March 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

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

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

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

The fourth issue of the Graphene NOWNANO CDT Newsletter from March 2019

Women in Graphene event held at the National Graphene Institute

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

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

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 alumni success story

CDT student Daniel Kelly part of the team measuring single atoms in a graphene 'petri-dish'

CDT Project Selection Poster Presentation 2018

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

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

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

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

The third issue of the Graphene NOWNANO CDT Newsletter from August 2018

CDT Newsletter Spring 2018

The second issue of the Graphene NOWNANO CDT Newsletter from February 2018

Graphene NOWNANO Away Day 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

The first issue of the Graphene NOWNANO CDT Newsletter from September 2017

CDT Open Day 25th October at the National Graphene Institute

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

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

CDT Open Day at the National Graphene Institute

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

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

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

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

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

Three NOWNANO DTC students win Project Award funding managed by UMIP

Annual CDT Conference Success

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.

First Prize for NoWNANO Student Leon Newman

NoWNANO student, Jonathan Roberts, invited to the 66th Lindau Nobel Meeting

NoWNANO student to deliver talk at Pint of Science festival

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". 

NoWNANO student to participate in Soapbox Science 2016 Manchester

Inaugural Nano Masterclass Success

NOWNANO DTC Student a finalist in Macromolecular Journals Writing Competition

Student Highly Commended at Better World Awards

Graphene Partnership Could Deliver Next Generation Aircraft

2015 UK ICT Pioneers competition won by NOWNANO DTC student

China's President XI Jinping visits the National Graphene Institute

National Graphene Institute wins major UK building award

Prestigious award won by NOWNANO DTC student

Outreach Report, July 2015

7th Windsor Summer School

7th Windsor Summer School

CDT students win TA Instruments Students Application Award

NOWNANO students recruited as Fellows on the UMIP Fellows Programme

Lancaster University Dean’s Award Winner

NOWNANO student wins Springer Prize

NOWNANO graduates among founding research scientists of BGT Materials

NOWNANO team runners-up OBR OneStart competition

NOWNANO Student wins First Prize in Venture Further 2013

NOWNANO Student wins Best Physics Student of the Year Award

NoWNANO DTC Featured in Chemistry World