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Transforming Foundation Industries Future Leaders, Sustainability and Circular Economy Webinar: Metals sector

Date: 08/03/2022 14:00 GMT Register to attend Dr Lucy Smith is a Principal Researcher for the Circular Economy Group at the Materials Processing Institute, where she leads on projects relating […]

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Published: February 8th, 2022
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Transforming Foundation Industries Future Leaders, Sustainability and Circular Economy Webinar: Chemicals Sector

Date: Feb 8, 2022 02:00 PM London Register to attend Hallam Wheatley will provide an industry overview provided by the Chemicals Industry Association on sustainability commitments, as well as providing […]

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Published: February 8th, 2022
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Ground is broken at £45m future glass centre on historic site

Local leaders joined UKRI and BEIS on 4 February 2022 to mark the ground-breaking of the new Glass Futures Centre of Excellence in St Helens.

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Published: February 8th, 2022
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Future Leaders Blog – Foundation Industries: Catalyst for change

Kyra Campbell discusses the crucial role of foundation industries in reducing our carbon footprint.

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Published: February 8th, 2022
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Glass Futures: UK-India lab-to-lab collaboration

2nd March 2022, 09:00-14:00 Glass Futures, through collaborative engagements with respective and relevant stakeholders within the glass industry and its supply chain, and its UKRI government funded UK-India Lab-to-Lab Collaborative […]

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Published: February 7th, 2022
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Decarbonisation for the Steel Industry

NISCO UK Research Centre, School of Engineering, University of Leicester 9th February 2022, 10:30-12:30 The decarbonisation of the steel industry has been driven in recent years by climate change targets […]

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Published: February 7th, 2022
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Robocasting ectropy stabilised ultra-high temperature ceramic composites for hypersonic applications

Location: Imperial College London Applications accepted all year round Contact: Dr Luc Vandeperre About the Project Hypersonic flight (>Mach 4) requires materials that can withstand high temperatures (>2000 °C) in harsh, […]

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Published: February 2nd, 2022
Posted in PhD opportunities


Interface phase transitions and degradation of Pb-free ferroelectric ceramics

Location: University of Canterbury Applications accepted all year round Contact: Assoc Prof Catherine Bishop About the Project Overview The aging and fatigue (degradation) of oxide ferroelectric materials in service is […]

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Published: February 2nd, 2022
Posted in PhD opportunities


Learning from historical cement sample stores

Learning from historical cement sample stores Location: University of Sheffield Contact: Prof J Provis About the Project The Cements@Sheffield group in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of […]

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Published: February 2nd, 2022
Posted in PhD opportunities


Cradle to Cradle: Prioritising circular product design

UKRI’s Circular Economy Centre for Construction Materials 17 February Register to attend This brief lunchtime seminar, hosted by ICEC-MCM (interdisciplinary circular economy centre for mineral based construction minerals), will introduce […]

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Published: February 2nd, 2022
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