UCL Chemical Engineering to host a second series of online taster lectures over May and June 2020.
12 May 2020
Due to popular demand, the Department of Chemical Engineering has added a second series of online taster lectures from 20 May to 17 June 2020.
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The webinars will be hosted by our excellent academics and postdoctoral researchers and will include short presentations and Q&As.
Please click on the registration links below for more information about each virtual event and our speakers:
Academic Taster Lectures
Wednesday 20 May, 10 am – 11 am
Topic: Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering: A NICE Approach to Solve Challenging Problems
Speaker: Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens
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Tuesday 26 May, 10 am – 11 am
Topic: Healthcare Systems Engineering: Process Systems Engineering Approaches for Solving Complex Problems
Speaker: Dr Vivek Dua
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Monday 1 June, 10 am – 11 am
Topic: Integrated decision making for digitalising energy & manufacturing
Speaker: Dr Vassilis Charitopoulos
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Tuesday 2 June, 10 am – 11 am
Topic: Waste not, Want not: new engineering solutions for Waste-to-Fuel applications
Speaker: Dr Massimiliano Materazzi
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Monday 8 June, 10 am – 11 am
Topic: Powering the world with industrial chemistry
Speaker: Dr Ryan Wang
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Wednesday 10 June, 10 am – 11 am
Topic: Mixing of complex non-Newtonian fluids for oral healthcare applications
Speaker: Prof Panagiota Angeli
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Monday 15 June, 10 am – 11 am
Topic: Combating Global Warming: Is CCS the Magic Bullet
Speaker: Prof Haroun Mahgerefteh
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Tuesday 16 June, 10 am – 11 am
Topic: Understanding the synthesis of crystalline materials: from molecules to industrial crystallisers.
Speaker: Dr Matteo Salvalaglio
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Research Taster Lectures
Wednesday 3 June, 10 am – 11 am
Topic: Solar-driven Photocatalytic Water splitting for Sustainable Future – An overview
Speaker: Dr Madasamy Thangamuthu
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Wednesday 17 June, 10 am – 11 am
Topic: Biomass and Carbon Capture and Storage: aiming for a negative-emissions future
Speaker: Dr Elena Catalanotti
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Missed our first series of taster lectures in April and May 2020?
Watch them all again now on the UCL Chemical Engineering YouTube Channel.
Topics include:
- Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering: A NICE Approach to Solve Challenging Problems - Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens, Ramsay Memorial Professor & Head of Department of Chemical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering to Molecular Engineering and Nanotechnology - Dr Stefan Guldin, Associate professor in Chemical Engineering
- "When Batteries Go Bang” - Paul Shearing, Professor in Chemical Engineering
- Electrifying automotive, marine and air transport - Dr Alex Rettie, Lecturer in Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
- Fuel Cells: a multidisciplinary and multiscale problem - Dr Rhodri Jervis, Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
- Small things, big impact: particle technology in chemical engineering - Dr Max Besenhard, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Artificial intelligence to improve the quality of life - Dr Panagiotis (Panos) Petsagkourakis, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Nanoscale-Engineering for Energy Storage - Dr Theo Suter, Postdoctoral Researcher