After a hardworking 23/24 season, Queen Mary’s Formula Student society took their car - affectionately named Aisling - to Silverstone to compete at IMechE Formula Student’s annual competition. This year was their 8th year competing and they came 31st out of 56 teams. On top of this, their … [more]

In the summer of 2024, the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, one of the UK’s leading research hubs, hosted its eagerly anticipated Harwell Open Day. Among the many scientific demonstrations and exhibits, a team of researchers led by Dr Xuekun Lu (senior lecturer in Green Energy) and his PhD … [more]

Professor Ana Sobrido's contributions to chemical sciences have been recognised this year by her admission as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Prof Sobrido's research targets the design and optimisation of sustainable alternatives to materials for energy conversion and storage. Her UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship develops new … [more]

Fasika Bekele, a student at Queen Mary's School of Engineering and Materials Science, was honoured with the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award by the Queen Mary Academy. This recognition came following her outstanding involvement in the Peer Assisted Study Support Sessions (PASS) scheme during her second year … [more]

Molycop, a globally renowned leader in the supply of mining consumables and associated services, has joined forces with Queen Mary University London (QMUL) in an exciting research agreement for a pioneering PhD project. The project focuses on enhancing chemical composition and heat treatment techniques for martensitic steels. Leading this groundbreaking … [more]

Zayna Ahmed, a final year student on the Design, Innovation and Creative Engineering course (DICE), has been awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Royal Commission Exhibition of 1851. The Royal Commission originally took the profits of the 1851 Great Exhibition to fund the ‘museums district’ of South Kensington as well … [more]

We are proud to announce that a SEMS research team has been awarded £30k in seed funding by the UK Space Agency's Aqualunar Challenge competition for water purification on the Moon. Our winning contribution, the only proposal coming from a team of Chemical Engineers, was recently featured in … [more]

Afni Restasari has won the best Presenter Award at IC-3PE in Indonesia. Afni is a PhD student from Indonesia supervised by Wei Tan and James Busfield. Her the top prize was awarded for a talk on a new bio-inspired self-healing polyurethane-urea that she has been working on in SEMS. … [more]

Deborah Olowu, a fourth year Chemical Engineering student, took part in an event to showcase the work of student and early-career researchers to a judging panel of international industry experts as well as including IChemE President Mark Apsey MBE, IChemE Immediate Past President Nigel Hirst. The work displayed sustainable and … [more]

Queen Mary School of Engineering and Materials Science final year PhD student Ziyu Guo has been successful in securing both the Associate Fellowship (AFHEA) of Advance HE and the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award from the Queen Mary Academy for his significant and outstanding contributions as a teaching … [more]

On the 5th and 6th of September this year, Queen Mary University of London’s School of Engineering and Materials Science will host the 16th BioMedEng conference, welcoming over 400 Biomedical engineers, researchers, clinical specialists, government and industry representatives. The BioMedEng annual conference is the UK’s largest gathering … [more]

Barbaros Zeren, a first-year Aerospace Engineering undergraduate student under the supervision and mentorship of Dr Rehan Shah and part of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research, was awarded the QMUL-Cambridge Long Vacation Scholarship, which enabled him to spend a period of four weeks from July-August at Kings College, Cambridge … [more]

On Friday 26th July, the Industrial Engagement team took a large group of Engineering and Materials Science students to Farnborough Air Show’s Pioneers of Tomorrow day. Every two years, the aerospace, aviation and defence industries are invited to Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre for the world’… [more]

After nine months of workshops and training, Queen Mary’s Proud to be an Engineer project culminated with two successful events showcasing the diversity of ideas, expertise and backgrounds in modern engineering. In 2023, the team from the School of Engineering and Materials Science applied to the Royal Academy of … [more]

Chen's PhD thesis, titled 'Wearable Orthoses with Semi-Active and Active Absorbers for Hand Tremor Suppression', demonstrates groundbreaking work addressing the limitations of existing hand tremor treatments, by developing novel flexible wearable orthoses integrating both semi-active and active schemes. Key innovations in his research include: A semi-active absorber using self-sensing … [more]

Two SEMS students were successful applicants for the £5000 award to help grow their businesses. In order to apply for the award, they had to demonstrate that they have an established product with customers and have made some revenue from it. Applications took the form of a two-minute video pitch … [more]

Dr Deepshikha Deepshikha, at the School of Engineering and Materials Science, has been awarded The Drapers’ Fund for Innovation in Learning and Teaching for a project, titled 'EduMark AI: AI-Driven Grading and Personalised Student Feedback to Save Educator Time', which aims to revolutionise the assessment and feedback process within … [more]

Kameron Young, a Biomedical Engineering Student in the School of Engineering and Materials Science, has organised The Link Up, a virtual conference taking place on Friday 9th August. Over the past year Kameron has been producing and hosting a podcast, Kameron’s Lab | Dive In, and through its success, … [more]

Dr Rehan Shah and a team of QMUL colleagues from various schools across the university have been successfully awarded the President and Principal's Fund for Educational Excellence for their project titled 'SustainAbility in the curriculum: Developing Queen Mary’s virtual greenspace for sustainability awareness '. The university-wide project is … [more]

A new study, published in Nature, sheds light on the life history of the relatives of early mammals. An international team of researchers have discovered that these ancient creatures, known as mammaliaforms, lived longer and took more time to mature than their modern-day counterparts of similar size. The exciting work, … [more]

Congratulations to Brenda Sanchez for passing her PhD viva on the hottest day of the year! Brenda's thesis was titled 'Novel Models of Tendinopathy on a Chip' with Brenda undertaking some exciting work to better understand the drivers of tendon injury and build a first organ-chip model to explore … [more]

Queen Mary PhD student Haipeng Liang has been awarded the Best Poster Award at the 16th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, held on 25th-28th June. The award-winning poster, titled "A Pneumatic-Driven Robot for MR-Guided Prostate Therapy," showcases innovative research and significant advancements in the field of medical … [more]

Dr Maria Crespo Ribadeneyra led a team including PhD students from Queen Mary and academics from Imperial College London and Newcastle University to deliver a whole week of hands-on activities and demonstrations as part of the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition. The project, called Future Batt, is finding … [more]

Dr Wei Tan has been honoured with the prestigious ESCM Young Researcher Award at the 21st European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM21). This award recognises the significant contributions of young researchers (under 35 years old) in the field of composite materials. The award ceremony took place during ECCM21, held from 2nd … [more]

It was great to see so much organ-chip research and development brought together at the EUROoCS conference in Milan. Queen Mary was well represented with multiple talks and posters from our bioengineers. This included work on artery, tendon, cartilage, synovium, bone, and cancer models as well as a talk from … [more]

Dr Hasan Shaheed has developed the drone which has a dimension of only 0.15m × 0.15m and a weight of 0.071kg. The work has been published in Nature’s Scientific Reports and PV Magazine, the leading global solar and storage media platform. The article, ‘Development of a solar … [more]

Prof Hazel Screen, Head of the School of Engineering and Materials Science and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, along with Prof Martin Knight, Faculty Dean for Research and Professor of Mechanobiology, have been appointed to the government’s Animals in Science Committee (ASC). The two are appointed in a job … [more]

Prof Sergey Karabasov is to give a keynote talk at the GPPS Chania24 Technical Conference for Propulsion and Power Industry in Crete. Taking place between 4th and 6th September , the Chania24 Technical Conference is poised to provide a unique platform for professionals in both industry and academia to reconnect with … [more]

Hyperlink, Queen Mary University of London's Hyperloop team, was recognised with the 'Braking System Award' at the 2024 Hyperloop Global Competition. Hyperlink competed in the annual event, hosted by Toronto Metropolitan University, alongside a range of local and international teams. They were the only UK team present at this year'… [more]

Four SEMS Design students were invited by Hackmasters to their Innovation Hack in Chicago this June. Hosted by EY, a technology insights company whose purpose is “building a better working world”, the Hack theme was 'Exploring the Future of Retail and Consumer Products ' and looked at developing business … [more]

The Soft Matter Group (SMG) at QMUL participated in the 12th European PhD symposium in rubber research. This year's event was brilliantly organised by Radek Stoček at the Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic. James Busfield said “This is a great annual meeting where … [more]

Queen Mary School of Engineering and Materials Science second-year undergraduate student Ava Dahlia Belafonte has been successful in securing the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award from the Queen Mary Academy for her significant contributions as a student research assistant on the co-creational mathematics education project titled 'Making diversity … [more]

At the recent Students’ Union awards, Angela Jones won the Support Staff Member of the Year Award. “Support Staff Member of the Year Award is for that hard-working member of staff working hard behind the scenes, whose work has a real impact on the quality of your life … [more]

Congratulations to Giacomo Sasso for being the runner up this year at the EuroEAP Society challenge at the Twelfth international Conference on Soft Transducers and Electromechanically Active Polymers (EuroEAP) in Stuttgart, Germany from the 11-13 June 2024 The winning project was supervised by Prof James Busfield and Prof Federico Carpi. James … [more]

The SEMS computational aeroacoustics team presented their work at the 30th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (Aeroacoustics 2024), which is the premier international forum for the field of aeroacoustics. Well done to Dr Hussain Abid, Dr Vasily Gryazev, and Amal Murali, whose work on high-resolution unsteady aerodynamics and aeroacoustics modelling and data-driven … [more]

We're pleased to announce that our BEng Design, Innovation and Creative Engineering programmes have been accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED). The IED is the premier membership body representing engineering and product designers. Successful completion of our BEng course means students will fully meet the academic requirements … [more]

Dr Xuekun Lu’s paper, ‘Multiscale dynamics of charging and plating in graphite electrodes coupling operando microscopy and phase-field modelling’ has been included in Nature Communications’s top 25 Materials Science papers for 2023. The study, led by Dr Lu, found a way to prevent lithium plating in … [more]

Dr Rehan Shah hosted a UK-wide one-day in-person workshop on Thu 30 May 2024 on identifying and recognising the implications of threshold concepts in the teaching of undergraduate mathematics as part of a Teaching and Learning Higher Education grant funded by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) and supported by the QMUL School … [more]

Global VP of Innovation at Molycop, Dr Shelley was visiting to see the development of research the company has sponsored on steel for grinding media. Molycop is an international supplier of mining consumables and associated products, a technology leader in this field. Led by Dr Chinnapat Panwisawas and Professor Sir … [more]

Congratulations to Dr Ruixin Lu and the team for publishing a front cover highlight in Soft Matter. The authors developed a novel three-dimensional computational framework, which can, for the first time, simultaneously predict the transient flow-induced deformation of a viscoelastic biological cell, the deformation-induced cell membrane damage, the damage-resulted membrane … [more]

Prof Ana Sobrido gave an invited seminar on electrospun flow battery electrodes and the use of sustainable precursors into the production of these electrode materials. Prof Sobrido’s work on designing the next generation of redox flow batteries electrospinning is part of her UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship research programme. … [more]

SEMS technology was exhibited at the Advanced Materials Show at the NEC in Birmingham. This trade fair, which takes place alongside the Advanced Ceramics Show, the Vehicle Electrification Expo and the Battery Cells & Systems Expo featured over 300 exhibitors along with 100 speakers, and attracted more than 4000 visitors. Our exhibit displayed … [more]

Dr Andrew Spowage, Director (Industry) at Queen Mary University of London’s Centre for Research in Engineering and Materials Education, was recently invited to join a higher education panel discussion at the Times Higher Education’s (THE) 2024 Asia Universities Summit in Kuala Lumpur, hosted by Sunway University. Under … [more]

The International Symposium on Current Challenges of Wind Energy Development: Materials Science and Structural Aspects, organised by Leon Mishnaevsky Jr. from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Dr Alexandros Antoniou from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), took place last week, 13th-15th May in Athens. Over the … [more]

On 23rd April 2024, Queen Mary hosted the annual alumni reception at the House of Lords. A chance for past Queen Mary students to socialise with each other and Queen Mary staff, network and celebrate their achievements, and hear an update on the latest developments at Queen Mary from our President … [more]

Queen Mary’s second annual Research and Innovation Awards highlights excellence across the University, from star early career researchers to impacts in policy, industry and climate action. Two SEMS research projects were highly commended in two categories. Runner-up for the Vice Principle’s Award for Research Excellence, Dr … [more]

Four student researchers from the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (QMCUR) have presented their work at the prestigious British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR), held at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Presentations by Barbaros Zeren (first-year student in Aerospace Engineering), Yash Vaghela (first-year student in Mechanical … [more]

Third year Aerospace Engineering students had the opportunity to put the knowledge gained from their Flight Dynamics module into practice last month, when they visited the National Flying Laboratory Centre (NFLC) at Cranfield University. Queen Mary is an academic partner of the Centre and all third year Aerospace Engineering students … [more]

BioMedEng24 is pleased to announce an extension to the deadline for abstract submission. New Deadline for Submission: 22nd May 2024 Don't miss your chance to showcase your innovative work at this leading biomedical engineering conference. Ensure you submit your abstract by the new deadline to secure your spot. Please visit: … [more]

The 7th annual Russell Binions Memorial PhD Symposium took place on Thursday 25th April at the School of Engineering and Materials Science. Each year, The Symposium provides an opportunity for our PhD students and Postdoctoral Research Assistants to formally present their work to their peers and academics in the School. … [more]

Professor Sobrido was invited to give the talk on 'Manufacturing Electrodes with Tailored Structures for Efficient Mass Transport in Flow Batteries: Challenges and Opportunities'. Deep and rapid decarbonisation of the global energy systems require the wholesale replacement of fossil fuels with renewable resources. However, these resources are intermittent and unpredictable … [more]

On 23rd April, Leyton Sixth Form College in east London hosted a Big Bang Fair event, in which around 800 students from secondary schools across the capital came to learn about the variety of study pathways and future careers in STEM fields, engaging in interactive workshops and demonstrations from organisations across … [more]

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded a special grant by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) for organising focus groups for empowering students through the co-creation of inclusive STEM curricula for mathematics courses, in conjunction with his collaborator Dr Brigitte Stenhouse from the Open University. This forms part … [more]

In an article about Graphene – once touted as a revolutionary material set to change industries – SEMS researchers outline how they’ve discovered ways of making the material more manufacturable, and upscale its production. Cambridge University’s spin-out company, Paragraf, founded by Queen Mary’s Professor … [more]

Dr Rehan Shah has been specially invited to deliver a research seminar to academic colleagues from the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (OCIAM) at his alma mater, the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford. The title of Dr Shah's seminar 'Static friction models, buckling and lift-off … [more]

Barbaros Zeren, a first-year undergraduate student under the supervision and mentorship of Dr Rehan Shah, has been selected to receive the QMUL-Cambridge Long Vacation Scholarship award. The scholarship provides an opportunity for eight students from across Queen Mary to attend Kings College Cambridge, and one student to attend St John&… [more]

On Wednesday 20th March, a group of students took part in a workshop with Dyson. Delivered by current SEMS student on Year in Industry Placement with Dyson, Thamina Islam, the workshop encouraged them to use their engineering skills and imaginative problem-solving to invent new products to improve people's everyday. … [more]

The British Council has announced that they will support a joint masters educational-research project between Queen Mary and Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in Chennai. The masters will research distributed wind energy for urban and rural requirements, integration and energy conversion. The project consortium also consists of Indian Institute of … [more]

The next Biomedical Engineering Association’s annual conference, BioMedEng24, will be organised by Queen Mary University of London, taking place on 5-6 September 2024. Expect to explore plenary sessions, keynote talks, break-out workshops, poster sessions, dedicated early-career researcher sessions and more. Abstract Submission Leaders from academia, industry, clinicians, early-career researchers … [more]

Dr Paul Balcombe, a SEMS Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy, studies emissions from supply chains and tries to find ways of reducing green house emissions and the use of fossil fuels whilst improving quality of life. He was invited to speak to DW news about Liquified Natural … [more]

Across two weeks, Queen Mary Faculties worked together to produce a series of events looking at breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence. Topics explored Queen Mary breakthroughs in finance, business, healthcare and ethics. SEMS student Kameron Young presented three of the sessions: AI and Heathcare featuring SEMS expert Dr Caroline Roney, talking … [more]

During the recent Skills and Employability Week, several groups of engineering students signed up for visits to various sites, including Thales Transportation, Southeast London Combined Heat and Power Plant (SELCHP), Advanced Healthcare Limited (AHL) and 3M. At Thales Transportation, students saw how they control the Hammersmith, Circle and Metropolitan line &… [more]

Prof Ana Sobrido gave a talk at the Faraday Institution ERC Meeting held on the 26th-27th March 2024 at the University of Warwick. In her talk, Ana shared her journey as an academic, her career transition from postdoc to independent researcher and promotions since she joined QMUL in 2016. Ana gave … [more]

In an innovative approach to environmental sustainability and economic development, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Mae Fah Luang University (MFL) in Thailand have further enhanced their partnership in a recent project called THAI-UP: Thailand Upcycling agricultural waste for sustainable packaging and value-added products. Funded by the Queen Mary … [more]

Prof Ana Sobrido and Dr Maria Crespo Ribadeneyra from Queen Mary, with Prof Milana Trifkovic from Calgary University, have been awarded a Royal Society International Exchanges grant to conduct research on Bacterial Nanocellulose-based Polymer Composites as Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Metal Ion-Batteries. Although lithium-ion batteries are widely used in a … [more]

As air mobility technology progresses, seeing the introduction of vehicles such as air taxis and on-demand or unmanned aircraft, it is vital to ensure that they interact smoothly with existing airport infrastructures. Researchers are finding ways to optimise airport ground movement in both efficiency and energy consumption, while prioritising safety … [more]

The Tommy’s National Centre for Preterm Birth Research brings together leading researchers from Queen Mary with colleagues from Imperial College, University College, King's College, and the University of Leeds. An estimated 53,000 babies born are born preterm in the UK every year.  This is higher than the average … [more]

Congratulations to Rachel Jacques who passed her PhD viva yesterday. Rachel's thesis is entitled 'Towards in-situ optical and electrochemical imaging to monitor action potentials for in-vitro and in-vivo applications'. She was supervised by Steffi Krause and Lei Su. Rachel pioneered the measurement of action potentials with single cell resolution … [more]

Dr Rehan Shah has published a guidance article titled 'How can sustainability be integrated in engineering modules through mathematics content?' aimed at academics and educators at all levels in higher education who wish to integrate sustainability into mathematics-specific modules within the engineering curriculum. This forms part of a suite of … [more]

Students from across the School of Engineering and Materials Science, including the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (QMCUR), third year BEng students, and the Intercalated BSc in Bioengineering presented their research projects at the Industrial Liaison Forum on 6th March 2024. All students engaged in lively discussion with our academics … [more]

Our MEng and MSc students presented their Research Projects at the Industrial Liaison Forum on 6th March 2024. Our MEng students conduct team projects in their fourth year in groups of four to six students. Currently towards the end of their projects, they were able to present a mix of prototypes, … [more]

New method eliminates time-consuming computational fluid dynamics calculations. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple and rapid technique to reconstruct 3D pressure and shear stress fields in coronary arteries. This new method, published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, could revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis, … [more]

On Thursday 29th February, Queen Mary’s faculty of Science and Engineering held its second annual Night of Engineering in the Octagon. The event brought together over 200 leading industry partners, researchers, academics, policymakers, and the public, for an evening of exploration, engagement, and celebration of Queen Mary's Faculty … [more]

A team of bioengineers led by Professor Hazel Screen have been awarded a £7 million grant to establish an EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Next Generation Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies. Queen Mary University of London is one of sixty-five universities chosen to receive funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences … [more]

On an episode titled ‘Predicting problems before they happen’, Dr Caroline Roney spoke about her research into Digital Twins, in particular, how they can be used to help understand atrial fibrillation. “Essentially, [a digital twin is] a copy of a human organ, human tissue or cells or, … [more]

Dr Paul Balcombe has secured £750,000 in funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for his project on improving methane monitoring. Dr Balcombe, a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy at Queen Mary University of London's School of Engineering and Materials Science, will lead the project titled '… [more]

Highlighting the innovative work of early-career researchers in nanoscience and nanotechnology, the latest issue of the Nanoscale journal presents SEMS Senior Lecturer in Materials Science, Dr Dimitrios Papageorgiou’s latest paper on stretchable polymer nanocomposite strain sensors. The research, first-authored by doctoral student Oliver Tomes, introduces a pioneering model … [more]

Queen Mary University of London is spearheading a transformative initiative in additive manufacturing (AM). The DISTOPIA: DISTorting the Aerospace Manufacturing Boundaries: OPerational Integration of Autonomy on Titanium project is funded by Innovate UK under UK-EUREKA SMART advanced manufacturing programme. This collaborative effort, which includes industry leaders like EPOCH, AMRC, ION … [more]

On Monday 4th March 2024, four SEMS PhD students, Laura Forster, Ziyu Guo, Songwei Liu and Francisco Ruben Parra-Perea, as well as research fellow Tim Hopkins, were invited to parliament to present their research to Ministers. The five researchers were all shortlisted as finalists in STEM for Britain 2024 – a major … [more]

The Faculty of Science at Queen Mary University has acquired a new system allowing us to characterise advanced materials to a new level of detail. The installation of a new X-ray scattering system will enable teams from across the sciences to take these measurements in-house for the first time, instead … [more]

Emma Nicolai, founder of the new student society, Queen Mary Students for Exploration and Development in Space society (QMSEDS), has had her leadership and initiative recognised by the national organisation, UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (UKSEDS). At their annual flagship event – the National Student Space … [more]

Dr Rehan Shah, along with second-year undergraduate SEMS student Ms Ava Dahlia Belafonte were awarded the 'Best Innovation Prize' for their poster showcasing their scholarship research work on 'Making diversity count: empowering students to make STEM curricula more inclusive' at the QMUL Festival of Education 2024. Colleagues and festival attendees were … [more]

Chen Liu, a final-year PhD student of the Robotic Systems Research group led by Dr Ketao Zhang, was awarded the Best Poster of the Medical Robot Conference, Conference of Mapping the Future of Soft Robotics for Healthcare (SoRo), in London on 26th and 27th February. Chen presented his recent work … [more]

For International Women’s Day, we’re reflecting on some of the women in Engineering who have inspired us. Professor Hazel Screen is our first female Head of School, and also Director of the Organ on a Chip Network, Co-Director of the Centre for Predictive in vitro Models … [more]

Congratulations to Pamela Swiatlowska and the rest of the team for having the latest article featured as cover article in Advanced Science. The research, Hypertension's Hidden Hand, which you can find out more about in a previous news story, looks at how arterial vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) play … [more]

Two current students, and a recent graduate of the Design, Innovation and Creative Engineering (DICE) course were recently invited to Dubai to take part in Hackmasters’ Hackathon: Future of Regenerative Cities. Hosted by the Global Dev Slam and taking place at Dubai’s World Trade Centre, Future of … [more]

Two highly talented undergraduate students engaged in research activities at the Queen Mary Centre of Undergraduate Research have presented their research findings at the prestigious Posters in Parliament event. This conference offers a platform for outstanding scholars in the UK to share their insights with a wider audience and highlights … [more]

Directed Energy Deposition is a manufacturing process in which materials are melted and fused onto surfaces and into desired shapes, in a layer-by-layer process. It is often used in repairs, such as in the repair of damaged jet turbine blades, and in the automotive, marine, aerospace and biomedical fields. However, … [more]

Prof Ana Sobrido gave a keynote talk on her group's research in 'Approaches to enhance photoelectrochemical performance of hematite towards the water oxidation reaction' at the II Workshop on Materials for Photocatalysis, Energy and Clean Environment (IIWPECE). This research has led to publications in Nanoscale (2021) and JACS (2023). The IIWPECE … [more]

Three SEMS undergraduate student research projects have been accepted for presentation at the prestigious UK-wide British Conference for Undergraduate Research, being hosted by the London School of Economics (LSE). The students who will be presenting at the conference are Barbaros Zeren and Yash Vaghela, both first year students supervised by … [more]

As part of a faculty-wide initiative to address systemic underrepresentation of UK BAME students at Postgraduate level, SEMS funded two BAME undergraduate student summer internships. The successful students took part in a variety of work, gaining a broad understanding of research skills and methods as well as academic and industry-based … [more]

Dr Wei Tan presented his research on 'Mechanics-guided material design for leading-edge erosion' during the 5th International Symposium at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Leading-edge erosion, caused by environmental factors such as rain, hail, and debris, poses a significant threat to the performance and reliability of wind turbine blades. … [more]

1. Yewande Akinola “Engineering is about finding solutions that improve people’s lives” Yewande Akinola is Innovation Lead at Laing O’Rourke and a television presenter. Her work focusses on sustainable water supplies, finding solutions for water sanitation in under-developed countries. She founded Global Emit Project, mentoring … [more]

The School of Engineering and Materials Science is celebrating a number of achievements in university league tables for 2024, across a range of subjects. Key successes include ranking as: 4th in the UK for Materials Technology (Complete University Guide 2024). 1st in the UK for graduate prospects in Materials Technology (Complete University … [more]

A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), led by Prof Brushett, recently visited Queen Mary for a two week period as part of an exchange project funded by The Royal Society. Running from 2022, and finishing this year, the project seeks to improve upon one of the performance-determining components of … [more]

Professor Tadachika Nakayama from the Government of Japan's Department of Science and Technology Innovation visited Queen Mary University of London on 3rd February. During his visit, he introduced his pioneering work on nano-pulsed high-energy-assisted processing. In an exciting exchange of knowledge, the group discussed ceramics processing, pooling of ferroelectrics, … [more]

Climate change impact award Led by Prof Andrew Prendergast who is the Director of the Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research in Zimbabwe, the team have established clinical trials to promote healthy birth and growth. Funding by the Wellcome Climate Impact Award will support a transdisciplinary team of … [more]

Almost half of the Aerospace MEng Project Group - three of seven - have been accepted into the European Space Agency's (ESA) CubeSat Concurrent Engineering Workshop. The four-day workshop takes place between 20th and 23rd February at the ESA Academy’s Training and Learning Facility in ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium, … [more]

Professor Joe Briscoe was invited to give a talk at Lightsource BP - a global leader in solar development, management and operations - to give his perspective on the exciting and fast-moving area of perovskite solar cells. Prof Briscoe gave an overview of the fundamentals, potential advantages, applications and challenges … [more]

Navjot Sawhney graduated from Queen Mary in 2013 with a MEng in Aerospace Engineering. Since leaving the university, he has founded The Washing Machine Project, a social enterprise dedicated to designing and distributing manual hand-cranked washing machines to displaced and low-income people around the world. After taking on a graduate role … [more]

We are delighted to announce the successful hosting of the inaugural event of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (QMCUR) at Queen Mary University of London in the Octagon on January 24th. The event garnered attendance from both staff and students, who were thoroughly impressed by the insightful presentations … [more]

QMUL held a workshop on Redox Flow Batteries, a key player in the transition to a sustainable and net zero future for energy technologies. The event was hosted by Prof Ana Sobrido and her team. Dr Mauricio Murillo took the lead for the organisation of the space, talks, poster presentations … [more]

A company founded by a Queen Mary Design, Innovation and Creative Engineering student has won NACUE's Tata Varsity Pitch Competition – a prestigious award which aims to support innovative, competitive and socially beneficial ideas and inventions. Sarah Bailey’s start-up, Even, makes affordable period underwear for refugees. Designed … [more]

Dr Rehan Shah was specially invited to deliver a reflective teaching workshop on inclusive teaching to academic colleagues from the Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Kent. This was the second event in a series of workshops organised by the Student Success Central Team at … [more]

Two first year SEMS undergraduate students, Mr Barbaros Zeren and Mr Yash Vaghela, supervised by Dr Rehan Shah, have had their research project paper accepted for presentation at the Institute of Mathematics' (IMA) Tomorrow's Mathematicians Today (TMT) undergraduate mathematics conference, being hosted by the University of Greenwich. Their project, … [more]

Professor Hazel Screen of the School of Engineering and Materials Science recently took on a new challenge: explaining the fascinating world of organ-chip technology to the young audience of Operation Ouch! In this Q&A, we delve into Professor Screen's research, her experience on the show and why … [more]

Gender equality recognised by Athena Swan Bronze Award First recognised in 2010, the School has now had this award conferred for another five years until 2029, where the conditions were met "directly and fully". The Athena Swan Charter works across the globe to support and transform gender equality in Higher … [more]

Five research projects that bring together academics from Queen Mary University of London and Cornell University will receive seed funding. Academics from both institutions were invited to work together to submit proposals in August 2023 through the Global Strategic Collaboration Awards. Today we have announced that five proposals will be funded … [more]

Following the closure of the startup Hyperloop One in December 2023, The Scotsman newspaper looked at the future possibility of using Hyperloop technology to connect Edinburgh with London. While the University of Edinburgh’s team expressed optimism, other UK academics expressed pessimism, pointing to the high cost of the technology. … [more]

Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded a Teaching and Learning in Higher Education grant by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) for organising a one-day workshop on identifying and recognising the implications of threshold concepts in the teaching of undergraduate mathematics. As part of this initiative, Dr Shah will organise an … [more]

A new study in Advanced Science unlocks the secrets of how high blood pressure (hypertension) fuels the progression of arterial disease. Led by Professor Thomas Iskratsch, Professor of Cardiovascular Mechanobiology & Bioengineering at Queen Mary University of London, the research team exposes a novel mechanism by which elevated pressure transforms … [more]