School Research Seminars
These seminars are an opportunity to hear short/accessible talks on research undertaken in the School. All staff, research students, and final-year undergrads are welcome. There will be two speakers per 45min seminar.
Programme for Term 2 2019-20
The seminars are on Wednesday afternoons in LIB1. Time: 12:45-13.30 (lunch available from 12.30)
Wednesday 12th February
Dr Chris Stokes: 'Research Opportunities in the 2020s' Abstract
Dr Jose Ortiz-Gonzalez: 'Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Devices: You need to know how to drive them (and this is not Top Gear!)' Abstract
Wednesday 26th February
Dr Duncan Billson: '"All good things arrive unto them that wait"; Or a review of the spin-out company known as Warwick Acoustics' Abstract
Brendan Spillane (Business Development Manager - Warwick Ventures): 'Introduction to: intellectual property, starting a spinout company, and the new Deep Tech Innovation Centre'
Wednesday 11th March
Dr Volkan Degirmenci: 'Biomass conversion on porous materials' Abstract
Prof. Stephen Hicks: 'Resistance and ductility of headed stud shear connectors used in steel-concrete composite construction' Abstract
Archive seminars
Programme for Term 1 2019-20
Wednesday 13th November
Dr Hatef Sadeghi: 'Quantum and Phonon Interference Enhanced Molecular-Scale Thermoelectricity' Abstract
Dr Neophytos Neophytou: ‘Electronic and phononic transport computational methods, and how to use them at the nanoscale’ Abstract
Programme for Term 3 2018-19
Venue: Physics Lecture Theatre (PLT)
Time: Lunch in PLT foyer 12:15-12:45, talks 12:45-13:45 in PLT.
Wednesday 15th May
Dr Peter Brommer: 'Uncertainty quantification for force-matched classical potentials, or: How to judge predictions from approximate models' Abstract
Dr Gary Fowmes: 'Global challenges, geosynthetic solutions and counting carbon' Abstract
Wednesday 29th May
Prof. Colin Eddie: 'Sustainable Development and Use of Underground Space' Abstract
Prof. Layi Alatise: 'The War for the Future Electrical Grid (Tesla vs Edison). Part III' Abstract
Wednesday 6th June
Dr Mohaddeseh Mousavi Nezhad: 'Mixing models for turbulent flow in porous media' Abstract
Dr Soroush Abolfathi: 'Nearshore Pollution Transport Mechanisms due to the effects of Waves and Currents' Abstract
Wednesday 19th June
Dr Subhash Lakshminarayana: 'Data Integrity Attacks Against Critical Infrastructures: A Cyber-Physical Approach' Abstract
Dr Ken Mao: 'Lightweight Materials - Reinforced Polymer Gears' Abstract
Programme for Term 2 2018-19
The seminars are on Wednesday afternoons in LIB1. Time: 12:45-13.30 (lunch available from 12.30)
Wednesday 30th January
Dr Adam Noel: 'Biophysical Communication and Signal Processing' Abstract
Dr Joanna Collingwood: 'Measurement and modelling of metals in the brain' Abstract
Wednesday 13th February
Dr Yunfei Chen: 'Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Relaying' Abstract
Dr Petr Denissenko: 'Random walks in fluids and by fluids' Abstract
Wednesday 27th February
Dr Vishal Shah: 'Power Electronics: cooking up group IV semiconductor materials' Abstract
Dr Simon Leigh: '3D printing - more than just plastic trinkets' Abstract
Wednesday 6th March
Dr Reyes Garcia: 'Tests on concrete elements confined with external post-tensioned metal straps' Abstract
Dr Mark Leeson: 'Underwater optical wireless communications' Abstract
Programme for Term 1 2018-19
Wednesday 10th October
Dr Weisi Guo: 'Are We Stronger in an Increasingly Connected World?' (Abstract)
Prof. Jennifer Wen: 'Safety of Low Carbon Technology' (Abstract)
Wednesday 24th October
Dr Isaac Liu: 'Nanomechanical Characterization of Biological Cells' (Abstract)
Dr Neil Evans: ‘Inside the human locomotive: the measureable, the knowable and the unknowable’ (Abstract)Wednesday 7th November
Dr Leandro Pecchia: 'Resilience of medical devices in low-resource settings: preliminary results from field studies in Benin' (Abstract)
Dr Merih Kucukler: 'Seeking stability in fire for stainless steel structures' (Abstract)
Wednesday 21st November
Prof. Evgeny Rebrov: 'Fast temperature modulation of chemical reactors - The way to enhance process selectivity via kinetic resolution' (Abstract)
Dr Irwanda Laory: 'An introduction to structural health monitoring' (Abstract)