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We're on #Bluesky! 👋
Find our official channel for the Department of Materials at @imperialmaterials.bsky.social 📷🥼🧪
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What no one tells you before starting an #MSc 👀
Our MSc student Benshuai Tan’s take: start early, get involved, find your rhythm!
Discover MSc life in the Department of Materials: imperial.ac.uk/materials/stu…
#MastersLife #StudyTips #UniLife.
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Taking an idea from concept to pitch is no small task!
As part of the Climate Pre-Accelerator programme, our UG student Aarna Chugh worked with a team to develop and pitch ideas around climate challenges, earning Runner-Up in the Ideator stream. 🙌
👉blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materia…
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The 6th edition of Physical Metallurgy has been released 📘
Congratulations to Dr Nima Haghdadi from our department on co-authoring a new chapter on the Physical Metallurgy of Additive Manufacturing with Professor Sophie Primig (@UNSW).
🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/ch…
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Congrats to undergraduate Vanessa Ussalim on being awarded the Rank Prize Undergraduate Vacation Grant for Optoelectronics 🎉
She’ll carry out an 8-week UROP in Materials under Prof Mark Oxborrow.
Read more on the blog: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materia…
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🎅 🎉 The festive season is here!
A reminder that Imperial will close at the end of the day today and reopen on Thursday 2 January 2025.
Wishing you all a happy holidays from the Department of Materials! 🎄
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It's UK #DisabilityHistoryMonth!
@ImperialMed have highlighted three researchers at @ImperialCollege, including Dr Abigail Ackerman @impmaterials to share their experiences around this year’s theme: ‘Disability, Livelihood and Employment.’ 🌟
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This week, Dr @jesswade recieved The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Prize at @royalsociety and delivered an inspiring lecture at the Royal Society on re-thinking the technologies and scientific careers of the future 🎉
Watch the lecture on YouTube: ow.ly/fGZ450UpNMi
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In this study,@MatSurface_UIUC et al. investigate Na-based salt-in-ionic liquids using a combination of experiments, MD simulations, and theory. @hseas @Harvard @ImpMaterials @imperialcollege @CEEatIllinois @UofIllinois @IllinoisMatSE
#OpenAccess: go.acs.org/bWL
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Imperial has been ranked 2nd in the UK for sustainability! 🎉
We’ve also been ranked as one of the top 10 universities globally.
Find out more about the work Imperial has done to transform its campuses and practices to meet sustainability commitments 🌱
imperial.ac.uk/news/259097/m…
ALT 2nd in the UK, 4th in Europe and 7th in the World with the Imperial I logo
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Dr Shelly Conroy has won a €2.7million grant to transform microscopy techniques 🎉 @ERC_Research
The project aims to create advanced in-situ #microscopy tools that use extremely precise electron probes to study tiny, moving interfaces inside #materials. ow.ly/SGxL50UkMI1
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Imperial has launched the Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials 🌱
The Centre, created with an investment of $150 million from @RioTinto, will transform the way critical materials are sourced, processed, used and recycled ♻️
Find out more 🔽
imperial.ac.uk/news/258942/i…
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Discover support and inclusivity at Imperial’s Disability Support Fair.
Advice Café, workplace adjustments, giveaways and more.
Don’t miss the panel on accessibility and inclusive recruitment.
Check it out, Thurs 28 Nov at 10am
Register here 👇
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ALT The equality, diversity and Inclusion centre presents Disability Support Fair. Thursday 28 November, 10am - 4pm. Main Entrance, South Kensington Campus.
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Meet Anica 👋
Anica joined the Laidlaw Scholars Programme last year—a six week, paid student research project. Her project focused on reevaluating flood assessment in vulnerable communities in Bangladesh.
Learn more about her experience: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materia…
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📣We're hiring!
Join us as a Research Assistant/Associate in Battery Characterisation in Dr Ann Huang's group.
Find out more: ow.ly/JhaB50Ub9qN
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Don't miss the next talk in our AI: Cutting-Edge Overviews and Tutorial series, titled "Designing AI for Human Agency" with Linda Wen. 💻
🕓 13:00 (GMT)
📅 Tuesday, 3 December
📍 Hybrid (White City Campus / Microsoft Teams)
🔗 Register now: ix.imperial.ac.uk/event/ai-c…
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Meet Dr Siyang Wang 👋
Dr Wang is an @imperialcollege Research Fellow investigating the degradation of #materials used in #energy applications, such as #nuclear power and #batteries 🔋
Learn more about his research: ow.ly/aFMt50UaM62
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Join us this Friday, 16.00 GMT, for the next Bioengineering Seminar with Dr Sam Sober from @emorycollege!
Explore how neural and muscular codes, from birdsong to locomotion, drive complex behaviours.
All are welcome!
🔗REGISTER: bit.ly/BGsemSober🔗
Host: @JAlGallego
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Happy LGBTQ+ STEM Day to #OurImperial community 🌈
Today, we recognize and honor the invaluable contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals in STEM fields.
Thank you for driving innovation, courage, and inclusion in research and discovery. Here’s to diversity and progress in STEM👩🔬👨🔬
ALT Happy LGBTQ+ STEM Day from Imperial College London
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