🧪 What does it take to make a turbine blade? Céline Bourquin, our MEng student spent her student internship at Safran Aircraft Engines exploring superalloys and turbine blades firsthand. Read more about Celine’s internship reflections: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materials/20...

🎉 A huge congratulations to Professor Molly Stevens DBE on her election to the US National Academy of Medicine (@nam.edu) in recognition of her exceptional contributions to biomaterials and regenerative medicine! 📖 More about her election: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270253/...

Turning data into discovery: Materials PhD student Vincent Chung is finding new ways to predict real, makeable materials. Read his story here: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materials/20... #PhD #Research #MaterialsScience #MachineLearning #ImperialPhD | @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

🔋Smarter #batteries start with smarter #materials. At @imperialmaterials.bsky.social, Dr Ann Huang and her team are designing next-gen electrodes to make #EVs go farther and last longer. Read more in our Impact at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social series: www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/impa...

🏅Celebrating recognition from the Royal Academy of Engineering (@raeng.org.uk): Professor John Kilner has been elected a Fellow for his work on materials for clean energy. Joining him is our alumna Dr Eleanor Schofield, Director of Collections, Mary Rose Trust. 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268894/...

The modern world is built on steel — but can it ever be green? 🌍♻️ Dr Abigail Ackerman recently joined the @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Rare Earth podcast (ep. World of Steel) to discuss its history, uses, emissions, and future. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📢 Royal Society University Research Fellowships are opening soon! We would especially welcome applications related to the following strategic research topics: 🔬 Biomaterials ⚛️ Functional Materials 🌱 Sustainable Materials 💻 Theory and Simulation of Materials ow.ly/cTUP50WaS6p

New preprint from Isabel Uwagboe's PhD work - congratulations! Modelling airway-mechanical changes in respiratory disease using a photocured-matrix organoid system. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @imperialnhli.bsky.social @imperialmaterials.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Chun Ann Huang on being awarded the RSC 2025 Faraday Early Career Prize: Marlow Prize by The Royal Society of Chemistry 🎉 ‪@rsc.org‬ Learn more: ow.ly/rRS950WfZ8V

Design Study Project Complete ✅ Congratulations to our first-year undergraduate students who wrapped up their Design Study Module this week! Over the past six months, they've transformed ideas into practical, real-world design projects, presenting their final projects to company directors 👏

Congratulations to our Visiting Professor, Professor Sir Vernon Gibson, on being recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list! 🎉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/265053/... #ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial

Metals are an essential part of our daily lives, found in everything from furniture and vehicles to buildings and large-scale infrastructure like bridges 🏗️ ✈️ In a new video, Dr Nima Haghdadi shares more about his latest research on improving the metals we use every day ⬇️ #ImperialCollegeLondon

Join us for the Great Exhibition Road Festival this weekend! 🎉 📅 Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 June 📍 South Kensington Enjoy talks, performances, workshops, and exhibits celebrating science and the arts. 🎟️ Register now for free tickets: www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk

A warm welcome to our new academics Dr Daan Arroo and Dr Adrian Najer 👋 Learn more about their research: ow.ly/F39T50VZci2

Dr Jess Wade has been appointed to the UK Quantum Strategic Advisory Board, together with Provost Professor Ian Walmsley 🎉 Find out more about the appointments: ow.ly/7OgW50VVxHe

Professor Neil Alford MBE FRS has been elected a Fellow of the The Royal Society! 🎉 Professor Alford has established an international reputation for his development of functional materials, notably oxides for radiofrequency/microwave applications. Read more: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264156/...

📣 New PhD opportunity! Dr Adrian Najer is hiring a Research Postgradaute to investigate Antipathogenic Nanomedicines and Protein Corona Engineering. Find out more and apply: ow.ly/Uyjn50VRaj0 #MaterialsScience #STEMPhD #ImperialCollegeLondon #EngineeringPhD #MaterialsSciencePhD

🧪 Meet Professor Milo Shaffer – Professor of Materials Chemistry at Imperial and expert in carbon and inorganic nanomaterials. 🔗 Learn more about Royce at Imperial: lnkd.in/dPac-AH #Nanomaterials #MaterialsChemistry #RoyceResearchers #ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial #GrapheneResearch

We recently celebrated the incredible work of our Postgraduate Researchers in the Department of Materials 🌟 Congratulations to our prize, poster, and image competition winners! 🎉 Find out more about the day: ow.ly/1UfC50VA7my #ImperialCollegeLondon #PhDStudents #STEMPhD #MaterialsScience #STEM

Our third-year students recently put their communication and engagement skills to the test for the "How to #Outreach" module during their visit to a school! 🌟 "How to Outreach" is an optional i-Explore module offered to third-year students at Imperial, led by Dr Eleonora D'Elia 🏫💡

Meet Dr. Reshma Rao, a Lecturer in Nanomaterials and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at Imperial’s Department of Materials and Grantham Institute. Learn more about our team: www.imperial.ac.uk/royce-facili... #MaterialsScience #OurImperial #ImperialCollegeLondon

Postgrad seminar day! The group gave great talks and posters on thin film growth and all things wonderful microscopy from cryo atom to electron diff ptychography 🔬😎 @imperialmaterials.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #microscopy

#ImperialCollegeLondon have joined a €19.95m European project to accelerate battery innovation 🎉 FULL-MAP aims to revolutionise battery research through Artificial Intelligence #AI, automation, and high-throughput experimentation. Find out more: ow.ly/zI4q50VjXaE #ResearchNews #MaterialsScience

The Nano 2 MEng and MSc @imperialmaterials.bsky.social students presented their group posters yesterday. What a great way to end the teaching term ! @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Join our world-changing Department of Materials 🌟 We're hiring a Teaching Laboratory Technician to support our students in teaching laboratories, providing essential technical support for the preparation and running of taught courses in materials science. Find out more and apply: ow.ly/zMMC50V720Z

🔑 Unlock your innovation potential with the Impulse 2025 Programme! Ready to take the next step in your innovation journey? Details 👉 www.royce.ac.uk/news/impulse... #MaterialsInnovation #ImperialCollegeLondon

Today, we launched the annual Royal Academy of Engineering State of UK Deep Tech report. This explores the UK's deep tech landscape, future potential, and steps to unlock significant societal, economic, and environmental impacts. Read the report here: enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk/deep-tech-2024

Learn more about Dr Shelly Conroy's research at our Royce facility 🔎 ⬇️ #ImperialCollegeLondon #RoyceatImperial

The Greenhouse sits at the heart of Imperial's climate innovation ecosystem. It's a unique accelerator providing up to £20k equity-free grant funding, free office space & expert mentorship. Learn more & meet the team: forms.office.com/pages/respon... @ri-science.bsky.social @granthamicl.bsky.social

🔬 Can machines do materials science? 🤔 Professor Aron Walsh explains how #AI could transform #MaterialsScience discovery by helping researchers predict new materials with specific properties, making discovery faster, and helping scientists take on bigger challenges. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxt9...

Huge congratulations to the winners of the previous round! 🎉 ▫️ Irea Mosquera Lois (@imperialmaterials.bsky.social) ▫️ @aileencooney.bsky.social (@imperialchemistry.bsky.social) ▫️ Farwa Abbas (@imperialeee.bsky.social) ▫️ Niki Kotecha (@imperialchemeng.bsky.social) #AI #WomenInSTEM

Congratulations to Dr Ola Hekselman on receiving an #InnovateUK Purple Plaque! 🎉 The plaque was unveiled in the Department of Materials on Monday 27 January. Learn more about the award: ow.ly/Cv4r50USyTC #ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial #WomenInEngineering #WomenInScience #UKRI #PurplePlaque

"Led by Professor Julian Jones, British Army surgeons, bioengineers and microbiologists are developing materials that will help bones heal while also killing drug-resistant bacteria at the site of combat injuries." Read more in the Independent ⬇️ ow.ly/5kHc50UQfHI

🏆 SPIE Directors' Award: Jess Wade, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, Royal Society Univ. Research Fellow + Lecturer in Functional Materials For public engagement work in STEM, championing #WomenInSTEM, & tackling systemic biases surrounding race and gender. Read more: spie.org/news/jess-wa...

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