“How can someone so full of life leave it so suddenly…”  This was said by a close PhD mate of Dr Isuru Udugama when informed of his passing. Isuru was not just a social butterfly, he was a social bear – such was his strong presence and likeable personality, that he formed friendships so easily….

We were fortunate to be able to go ahead with the annual 4th year or final year undegrad dinner. This event is a popular one that everyone looks forward to every year,  giving the opportunity to the students to celebrate the end of their undergrad studies. Guest speakers included Paul Collins and Harvey Weake who…

Dr Mansouri being introduced by Prof Brent Young at the seminar.   On 7th March 2019, the department held a seminar where invited academic Dr Seyed Soheil Mansouri, from the Technical University of Denmark, gave a talk on his work Towards Development of Virtual Bioprocess Plants   Dr. Seyed Soheil Mansouri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of…

Post Graduate Lunch The department hosted our post-graduate students to a modest lunch. This was an opportunity for the diverse groups of PG students to mix and mingle, together with staff, and build collegiality.     Persian New Year Nowruz or Persian New Year occurred on 21st March 2019. However, given the unfortunate events of…