Outreach

Using diamonds amazing heat conductivity to cut ice

...showcasing diamonds' amazing heat conductivity - the heat from your hand is transferred to the ice allowing you to cut it "like a knife through butter". Photo by Claire Hurley

Diamond: More than just a gemstone

...at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, 2016

Imagine a diamond. What do you see? Many people will think of a glittering gemstone on jewellery. But the amazing properties of diamond make it ideal for a host of cutting edge applications in electronics, computing, sensing, measuring and more. Our exhibit highlighted the extreme properties and enormous potential of this material, revealing diamond as so much more than just a gemstone.

Video Production: Claire Hurley

Building diamond at the Science and Innovation Museum

Science + Innovation Museum: Platform for Investigation

Exhibition, 25^thAugust 2018

Diamond Science & Technology (DST) students and staff participated in the ‘Platform for Investigation’ day. These special exhibit days, which are held one Saturday a month, invite pioneering scientists studying cutting-edge research to showcase their work.

Our students presenting the ice demonstration to the audience

Diamonds are for Everything...

Public Lecture, University of Warwick, 10th July 2017.

The DST team invited the audience to discover the amazing properties of diamond and where we can use this wonder material in exciting new technologies...

Looking through the structure of diamond

Royal Society Science Lates: The Next Big Thing

Science Museum, 24th June 2015

The DST and Electrochemistry and Interfaces groups took part in "Lates: the next big thing" at the Science Museum in London. Exhibits ranged from "Whodungit?" to "From Robot Ethics to Ethical Robots".

We invited the public to discover why "Diamond is not just a gemstone"

Publications

Diamond: More than just a gemstone, Royal Society Summer Exhibition Promotional Video, The Royal Society, 2016.

Inside a Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer, "Small is beautiful-nanotechnology in pictures", Blog by Rachael Stubbins.

Previous Roles

DST Outreach Committee: Member, DST CDT, 2017 - 2020

Platform for Investigation: Staff Representative & Exhibitor, Science + Innovation Museum, Manchester, 25th August 2018

Diamonds are for Everything: Co-Lead, Public Lecture, University of Warwick, 10th July 2017.

Diamond: more than just a gemstone: Promotional Video Producer & Exhibitor, Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, The Royal Society, 4th - 10th July 2016

Diamonds are for Sensing: Exhibitor & DST Photographer, Science Lates: the next big thing, Science Museum, 24th June 2015