Photo: Chemmat’s PhD candidate, Syeda Wishal Bokhari   U21’s Graduate Collaborative Research Awards (GCRA) are designed to be flexible and encourage doctoral candidates, with the support of their supervisors/advisors, to think innovatively about how their research could benefit from engagement with other members of the U21 network. Syeda Wishal Bokhari, a PhD student in Prof Wei…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvbbpApkwfs&list=PL4HzhwJDIG9KJB5rxR3HHHXmHiopAbfW1 The value of membership and Chartered status In their first video of their ‘In Conversation’ series, IChemE President, Stephen Richardson and Deputy President, Jane Cutler (Chemmat ca. 1982), talk about how they became involved with IChemE, and why they wanted to stand for election for the Board of Trustees, as well as their thoughts…

From Left: Chemmat’s Dr Steve Matthews, Dr Amar Auckaili   Congratulations to Chemmat’s Dr Steve Matthews and Dr Amar Auckaili who both won a Students’ Choice Top Teacher Award each this year. These were announced by our Acting Dean, Prof Gerard Rowe on Friday, 11 December. Each year 15 top teachers in the entire faculty…

About 70 students and staff gathered for dinner at the Bodrum Newmarket restaurant on the evening of Thursday, 9 December. It was a fun and relaxing night, and it was a nice treat for our Postgraduate students who have, like everyone, found 2020 very challenging. We also celebrated Professor Mohammed Farid’s 71st birthday with a…

Laboratory-grown meat has been stuck in the experimental stage. For it to become a commercially viable industry, tissue needs to be grown efficiently at scale. When Laura Domigan started her research group at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 2015, she hoped to continue her work developing protocols for growing cell-based meat in the…

CMESA (Chemical & Materials Engineering Students’ Association) recently held its Annual General Meeting. The incumbent Matthew Oei (on the far right of the picture) was voted to remain as President for 2021. The other nominees, who all competed strongly and demonstrated a high level of passion to serve, will be appointed into the new Committee…

We were lucky to have an in-person graduation ceremony on the 4th of November, held at the Spark Arena. Feedback from students and family was that they were highly appreciative of the university organising this event during this tricky year of lockdowns and high alerts. Best wishes to all our graduates and we hope you…

At our recent Chemmat Industry Advisory Board meeting, one of the items discussed was the idea of exploring the possibility of having some Part IV projects done collaboratively with our industry friends. Our board members were keen to explore how industry folk could co-design 4th year research projects with academic staff and also co-supervise. We…

It was a real pleasure to host the Chemmat class of ’85 on 16 October when we gave them a lab tour of our new facilities. We were truly impressed by how this group has been able to stay in touch and motivated to meet up after all these years. Such an alumni spirit that…

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…