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TFI Network+ awards funding to 5 research projects to enable transformation in the Foundation Industries
UKRI-ISCF Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ awards over £200,000 to 5 research projects aimed at exploring enablers of transformation and social sciences in the Foundation Industries The Transforming Foundation Industries (TFI) Network+ has awarded funding to 5 research projects in its…
2022 in perspective
2022 was a very positive and successful year for the TFIN+. We achieved >600 members includingrepresentatives from academia (67%) and industry (33%), 303 followers on Twitter (>33,000 impressions) and 540 on LinkedIn (>23,000 impressions). We delivered workshops, conferences and networking…
TFIN+ director awarded funds in the Economiser programme for ultra-low temperature sintering technology
Sheffield is the leading group in the UK in this novel technology which may prove pivotal in the path to net zero for the ceramics sector. TFI Network+ director, Prof Ian Reaney, has been leading cold sintering research at Sheffield…
Sustainability in the Portuguese Ceramics Industry
The Portuguese ceramic’s industry is composed of ~1000 companies principally concerned with construction and traditional ceramics and employs around 16,000 people. It constitutes 0.5% of GDP of Portugal (£230 billion p.a. with a population of ~10.5m), generates a turnover of ~1.2%…
The Adam Neville PhD Prize 2022 and Neville Centre of Excellence Symposium 2022
Applications are open for the Adam Neville Prize, a £2,000 award open to all final year students and those who have completed their viva within three months of the competition deadline (31st October 2022) who are studying for a UK…
