MSE Seminars

Seminar Series 2011/2012

Please note that, unless otherwise indicated, all seminars take place during term-time on Thursdays, 4-5pm, usually in the Stephenson Building (please check each listing for the venue).

To date the following seminars and student presentations have been arranged for 2012/13. This page will be updated as more seminars are confirmed.


4th October *in room F16*
Careers Presentation

Margaret Barker (Career Service), Craig Thompson (Network Rail) and John Lockey (MSE)
"Online applications" (for Stage 3 and 4 students)

11th October *in room F1*
Postgraduate Presentations

Ali Daraji: "Active vibration control using optimally located sensors and actuators"
Mohamed Kashada: "Optimisation of sensor and actuator location for active vibration reduction of flexible structures, with greatly improved computational efficiency by exploiting symmetry"

25th October *in room F16*
Postgraduate Presentation

James Humphrey "Fire behaviour of aerospace composites"

1st November *in room F16*
Dr Shoufeng Yang
(University of Southampton)
"From music to sand painting—a new multiple materials additive manufacturing method"

8th November *in room F16*
Careers Presentation

Margaret Barker (Careers Service)
Presentation to Stage 1 students

15th November *in room F16*
John Dubber
(Henkle Ltd)
Adhesives lecture
Presentation to Stage 1 students

**Tuesday 27th November, 3.15pm in room 1.46 Ridley Building 2 **
Professor Peter Robinson (The Robert Gordon University)

"The photocatalytic destruction of cyanotoxins in water"

29th November *in room F16*
Alec Collins
(formerly Rolls-Royce)
Industrial presentation to Stage 1 students

** Friday 30th November, 2pm in room 2.32 Cassie Building **
Dr Pedro Ortiz
(Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd)
"Nanopore sensing: nanoscience made into viable technology"

6th December *in room F16*
TUV NEL
(National Flow Laboratory, East Kilbride)
Careers presentation

Seminar Series Archive

The School has welcomed numerous eminent academic and industrial speakers from the UK and beyond in previous years. Click on the links below to see details and view abstracts.