RAMS Conference Summer 2011

Recent Appointees in Materials Science

14th - 16th September 2011

 

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Wednesday 14th September

The Use of Surfactants to Control Morphology and Orientation in Thin Films Synthesized via Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition 2.55
Registration and Lunch12.30
Annela Seddon, RAMS ChairWelcome to RAMS 2011 1.30
Session 1: Chair, Annela Seddon
Professor Andrew de Mello, ETH Zurich High-Throughput Chemistry And Biology: Photons, Particles And Droplets 1.40
Dr Tommy Horozov University of Hull Particle Assisted Photolithography: Principles And Applications 2.30
Dr Geoff Hyett University of Leeds
Coffee Break3.20

Session 2: Chair, Siddharth Patwardhan
Dr Jonathon Weaver Imperial College London Responsive Polymer-Stabilised Droplets And The 3D Structuring Of Liquids 3.45
Dr Paul Roach Keele University Surface Engineering For Biological Control 4.10
Dr Rachel Evans Trinity College Dublin Luminescence Enhancement in Conjugated Polymer-Organic-Inorganic Hybrids 4.35
Dr Valeska Ting University of Bath Evaluation Of Nanoporous Materials For Hydrogen Storage 5.00
Poster Session and Free Time 5.25
Dinner (Wills Hall Dining Room) 7.00

Thursday 15th September

Session 3: Chair, Sarah Staniland
Professor Dame Athene Donald, University of Cambridge Dipping In And Out Of Materials Science 9.00
Dr Adam Squires University of Reading Metal Nanostructures from Soft Templates 9.50
Dr Avinash Patil University of Bristol Mesoscale Integration In Titania/ J-Aggregate Hybrid Nanofibres 10.15
Coffee Break 10.40

Session 4: Chair, Adam Squires
Dr Siddharth Patwardhan University of Strathclyde Bioinspired Green Chemistry for Functional Nanomaterials with Industrial Applications 11.05
Dr Sarah Staniland University of Leeds Biomimetic Synthesis Of Magnetite Using Protein From Magnetic Bacteria 11.30
Dr Dave Adams University of Liverpool Energy Applications of Dipeptide Hydrogels 11.55
Lunch 12.20

Session 5: Chair, Dave Adams
Professor Richard Winpenny, University of Manchester Studies Of Heterometallic Rings 1.20
Dr Joséopez Sanchez University of Liverpool Colloidal Methods For Preparing Metal Nanoparticles For Heterogeneous Catalysis 2.10
Dr Jan-Willem Bos Heriot Watt University New Bismuth Telluride Thermoelectrics 2.35
Coffee Break 3.00

Session 6: Chair, Adam Perriman
Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan University of Manchester Assembly, Characterization And Applications Of Chirality-Sorted Carbon Nanotube Devices 3.25
Dr David Cooke University of Huddersfield Atomistic Simulation: a Complementary Method in Materials Science 3.50
Dr Martijn Zwijnenburg University College London Computational photochemistry for clean energy 4.15
Dr Carol Crean University of Surrey Carbon Nanotube Fibres 4.40
Close and Free Time 5.05
Conference Dinner - Zero Degrees, Park Row, Bristol 7.30

Friday 16th September

Session 7: Chair, Annela Seddon
Tim Radford Science For People Who Don't Want To Know About Science 9.00
Dr Deidre Black Royal Society of Chemistry Science and Policy Materials in Energy, Sustainability and Health 9.50
Peter Deakin Sigma Aldrich Aldrich, a Chemical Iceberg 10.15
Coffee Break 10.40

Session 8: Chair Avinash Patil
Malcom Harold Materials KTN The Materials KTN - Materials and Funding 11.05
Philippa Bayley (Centre for Public Engagement) What Is Research Impact And Why Should You Worry About It?
Andrew Wray (Research and Enterprise Development) Talk And Panel Discussion 11.30
Prizes, Closing Remarks 12.10
Lunch 12.20

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