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Awards for materials researchers

Numerous awards for UCL materials scientists were announced in July. The Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded the Liversidge Lectureship to Professor Richard Catlow (UCL Chemistry), the Barrer award to Dr. Ben Slater (UCL Chemistry) and the Harrison Medal and Prize to Dr Katherine Holt (UCL Chemistry) [more]. Professor John Brodholt (UCL Earth Science) was also awarded the 2009 Schlumberger Award of the Mineralogical Society [more].

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Basic Technology grant on Spintronics awarded to LCN researchers

A team of researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology and the University of Warwick have been awarded a EPSRC Basic Technology grant to support research into the magnetic properties of metal atoms found in industrial dyes such as Metal Phthalocyanine (MPc), a blue dye used in clothing.

The team believes that finding ways to control and exploit these molecules will allow spintronics to be applied in new ways.

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EPSRC Grant for Professor Richard Catlow

Prof Richard Catlow and Prof Nic Harrison (Imperial Chemistry) have been awarded an EPSRC grant of £1.2M for "Modelling of Advanced functional Materials using Terascale Computing" The project will involve a consortium of Universities who will exploit the latest generation of high Performance Computing in a wide ranging programme including modelling of catalytic materials, energy materials and bio-materials. The 5 year project will be allocated ~ 15% of the national HPC service (HECToR) whose value is ~ £15M

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Sir Martin Wood Prize Lecture

The 2008 Sir Martin Wood Prize Lecture will take place at UCL on Tuesday 17th June 2008. Dr Akira Ohtomo from the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan will present his research on High-Mobility Electron Gas at Polar Oxide Heterointerfaces.

Professor Suenaga was awarded the Sir Martin Wood Prize at the Millennium Science Forum, organised by Oxford Instruments and which took place at the British Embassy in Tokyo in November 2007. The Millennium Science Forum was established in 1998 to promote scientific exchange between Britain and Japan and recognise the work of outstanding young Japanese researchers. The prize is named after Sir Martin Wood, Founder of Oxford Instruments.

The lecture, hosted by the London Centre for Nanotechnology, will take place at 2 pm in the Harrie Massey Lecture Theatre followed by a reception with light refreshments.

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Two Nature Publications for Earth Sciences

Two publications on volcanic earthquakes for the Rock and Ice Physics Laboratory in the Department of Earth Sciences.

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CMR members invited to UCL-China Research Festival

Several CMR members have been invited to speak at the UCL-China Research Festival taking place at UCL on 13th June 2008.
 
The UCL-China Research Festival 2008 is designed to make public the very best of UCL's China-related research work, providing a unique opportunity to see and hear some of UCL's world-leading academic researchers who are actively collaborating in China present their cutting-edge work.

Professor Robert Brown from the Institute of Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Science and Professor Mohan Edirisinghe and Dr Jie Huang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering are speaking about their research on biomaterials. Professor Xiao Guo and Professor Nora de Leeuw from the Chemistry Department are presenting work on energy and computational materials science, respectively while Professor Thilo Rehren (Institute of Archaeology) is presenting is work on copper metallurgy in western China.

For more information about the festival and to register see the UCL website

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Award for researchers investigating accelerated bone formation

Researchers at the Eastman Dental Institute have received £124,000 joint award from the MRC, EPSRC & BBSRC to support research into accelerated bone formation.

Dr Paul Buxton, Dr Nikos Mardas and Dr Anne Young have been successful in obtaining a grant for £124,000 for research into developing a degradable polymer capable of stimulating bone formation. The regeneration of bone for the repair of cranial defects (e.g. through traumatic injury) or bone resorbing diseases such as periodontitis is a clinical necessity. This grant will enable the fabrication of a new type of polymer which releases a powerful bone formation stimulant whilst it slowly degrades. The aim is to accelerate new bone formation to rebuild jaw bone for the anchorage of existing teeth or to provide the bone mass needed to support a dental implant. The grant is a Discipline Hopping Award jointly funded by the MRC, EPSRC & BBSRC.

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Cyril Hilsum Medal awarded to Dr Sally Day

Dr Sally Day (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering) has been presented with the Cyril Hilsum medal by the British Liquid Crystal Society at their annual conference. The Cyril Hilsum Medal is awarded to British candidates for overall contributions to liquid-crystal science and technology. The award is made to more senior scientists who have made notable contributions to the subject over a number of years.

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Professor Quentin Pankhurst to head the Royal Institution’s new Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory

The Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI) announces Professor Quentin Pankhurst as new Director of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory (DFRL). Professor Pankhurst was previously Deputy Director of the London Centre for Nanotechnology at UCL (University College London) and has been appointed to undertake research in Healthcare Biomagnetics – the application of magnetic materials to healthcare.

In his new position, from 1st May 2008, Professor Pankhurst will lead an ambitious collaborative research programme to build a new DFRL team of 15 resident scientists, engineers, medics and technologists to tackle major challenges in the field of Healthcare Biomagnetics. In addition, the RI-UCL programme will see at least another 35 scientists making direct use of the new DFRL facilities.

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Institute of Materials Awards for UCL Chemist

Professor Ivan Parkin (UCL Chemistry) has been awarded the Kroll medal and Prize for 2008 from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. The medal was awarded in recognition for ‘A significant contribution which has enhanced the scientific understanding of materials chemistry as applied to the industrial production of inorganic materials‘. His research into the deposition of compound materials onto glass led to the development of the world’s first self-cleaning glass.

[Full list of IOM3 awards]

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