Frontier Engineering: Progression Grant in Nature-Inspired Engineering
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Department Name: Chemical Engineering
Abstract
Evolution over the eons has made nature a treasure trove of clever solutions to enable scalability and resilience, with sustainable ways to utilise scarce resources. Many fundamental mechanisms observed in natural systems could also deliver desirable properties in artificial systems. Launched in 2013, as one of five EPSRC Frontier Engineering Centres, the UCL Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) draws lessons from nature to engineer innovative solutions to our grand challenges in energy, water, materials, health, and living space. CNIE's vision is to be a world-leading research centre, unique in its thematic approach and academic breadth, combining state-of-the-art facilities with interdisciplinary expertise, delivering transformative impact across a range of sectors.
The CNIE is organised around three Themes (TX), each corresponding to a fundamental category of natural mechanisms. Each is known to deliver desired properties in nature, and is chosen because of its potential to be transformative to many practical problems. The Hierarchical Transport Networks Theme (T1) concerns the way nature bridges micro- to macroscopic length scales through optimal networks as found, e.g., in trees and lungs. The Force Balancing Theme (T2) draws on processes that occur at various scales in nature, such as the balancing of mechanical forces in bones. The Dynamic Self-Organisation Theme (T3) relates to temporal structuring and emergence of robust, self-healing and adaptive organisation, such as in dunes and cells. To date, EPSRC support has enabled: validation of the Centre's unique nature-inspired approach through Flagship Projects, within one or more Themes, applied to industrial challenges in the domains of energy, water, materials, health and living space; extension of the NIE approach beyond chemical engineering to a range of academic disciplines that includes biochemical engineering, computer science, and architecture, as well as expansion of the Centre's national and international network, through its highly successful "Inspiration Grants" scheme; and, translation of the CNIE's findings into practice, through knowledge exchange and entrepreneurship, supported by an extensive network of industrial partners. Core EPSRC support has enabled research at a level of risk not typically supported by standard research funding routes. It has also enabled substantial leverage of additional research and translation funding from other sources, including EPSRC, H2020 and industry.
The proposed EPSRC Progression Grant will extend underpinning investment in the CNIE for a further two years, supporting, together with continued investment from UCL, CNIE's transition to long-term financial sustainability. Specifically, it will enable: exploration and validation of the NIE approach within a fourth Theme in Ecosystems, Control & Modularity (T4); further expansion of the CNIE's approach to new application areas in built environment & design and biomedical & healthcare engineering, and development of (T3) in process intensification and energy; retention of core research staff, empowering and supporting them towards independent research careers; and continued translation of the CNIE's work into practice through industrial engagement and entrepreneurship. Collective, synergistic behaviour is pervasive in biology, from bacterial communities to termites. The new Theme (T4) will explore implementation of mechanisms that induce such behaviour, to propose nature-inspired control mechanisms, in applications ranging from catalysis to process intensification, robotics and the built environment. A new Flagship Project will explore translation of core mechanisms to process intensification and manufacturing, while a further series of Inspiration Grants will expand the interface between chemical process systems engineering, computer science, genetics and biochemical engineering to build a strong, validated foundation for applications in other areas.
The CNIE is organised around three Themes (TX), each corresponding to a fundamental category of natural mechanisms. Each is known to deliver desired properties in nature, and is chosen because of its potential to be transformative to many practical problems. The Hierarchical Transport Networks Theme (T1) concerns the way nature bridges micro- to macroscopic length scales through optimal networks as found, e.g., in trees and lungs. The Force Balancing Theme (T2) draws on processes that occur at various scales in nature, such as the balancing of mechanical forces in bones. The Dynamic Self-Organisation Theme (T3) relates to temporal structuring and emergence of robust, self-healing and adaptive organisation, such as in dunes and cells. To date, EPSRC support has enabled: validation of the Centre's unique nature-inspired approach through Flagship Projects, within one or more Themes, applied to industrial challenges in the domains of energy, water, materials, health and living space; extension of the NIE approach beyond chemical engineering to a range of academic disciplines that includes biochemical engineering, computer science, and architecture, as well as expansion of the Centre's national and international network, through its highly successful "Inspiration Grants" scheme; and, translation of the CNIE's findings into practice, through knowledge exchange and entrepreneurship, supported by an extensive network of industrial partners. Core EPSRC support has enabled research at a level of risk not typically supported by standard research funding routes. It has also enabled substantial leverage of additional research and translation funding from other sources, including EPSRC, H2020 and industry.
The proposed EPSRC Progression Grant will extend underpinning investment in the CNIE for a further two years, supporting, together with continued investment from UCL, CNIE's transition to long-term financial sustainability. Specifically, it will enable: exploration and validation of the NIE approach within a fourth Theme in Ecosystems, Control & Modularity (T4); further expansion of the CNIE's approach to new application areas in built environment & design and biomedical & healthcare engineering, and development of (T3) in process intensification and energy; retention of core research staff, empowering and supporting them towards independent research careers; and continued translation of the CNIE's work into practice through industrial engagement and entrepreneurship. Collective, synergistic behaviour is pervasive in biology, from bacterial communities to termites. The new Theme (T4) will explore implementation of mechanisms that induce such behaviour, to propose nature-inspired control mechanisms, in applications ranging from catalysis to process intensification, robotics and the built environment. A new Flagship Project will explore translation of core mechanisms to process intensification and manufacturing, while a further series of Inspiration Grants will expand the interface between chemical process systems engineering, computer science, genetics and biochemical engineering to build a strong, validated foundation for applications in other areas.
Planned Impact
The Progression Grant will support the continued delivery of impact of the CNIE's research on industry and practice, the training of future researchers and development of future research leaders, as well as engagement with general public though outreach activities.
Industry will remain a key beneficiary of the work of the CNIE. All research within the Centre addresses key industrial challenges, identified in dialogue with a wide network of major industrial partners. Industrial engagement in the Centre has been steadily growing since its launch in 2013. Currently, the Centre collaborates with over 40 industrial partners who provide informal advice on research opportunities, serve on the CNIE Advisory Board, host researchers, and provide funding and resources for additional projects. Partners come from a variety of sectors, including energy, pharma, chemicals, healthcare, architecture and specialty materials. Contacts are nurtured via company site visits with CNIE representation, visits by industrial representatives to the CNIE and, via our extended academic network, through involvement in the Inspiration Grants scheme. Engagement will continue to be led by the PI, supported by the Management Team and a departmental Strategic Alliance Manager. Industrial engagement will also be supported by UCL Business (UCLB) who will advise on protection and exploitation of intellectual property. We expect, within the next phase of the CNIE, to see further IP generated in the areas of nature-inspired electrochemical systems, water management, and biomedical materials.
Another key impact will be on the researchers - Research Fellows and PhD students - working within the Centre. We place a great deal of emphasis on the professional and personal development, as well as the career progression, of all our researchers and academics. Research Fellows supported by the Progression Grant will be given significant autonomy to set their own research agenda, explore complementary research opportunities, and co-supervise post-graduate (MEng, MSc and PhD) students. Each will have access to an individual travel budget enabling them to attend key meetings and conferences, and to travel to and work in partner laboratories. Each will be provided by support and mentorship to apply for grant and fellowship funding. Training and support will also be available for researchers pursuing entrepreneurial activities and developing spin-out companies.
Finally, nature-inspired engineering is a concept that has proven to capture the imagination of researchers, students, and the public. To ensure that the CNIE is accessible in the broadest terms, a number of outreach activities are planned. CNIE researchers will help organise a "Summer Challenge" on "Engineering Solutions from Nature" for high school students, whose parents have not gone to university, including many from underrepresented groups. The Centre will also work closely with the award-winning charity In2scienceUK/TeachFirst, which empowers students from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential and progress to STEM and research careers. Theme 3 Lead, Professor Mark Miodownik, will also continue to deliver key messages about STEM, and, where appropriate, about Nature-Inspired Engineering, via radio, print media and television.
Industry will remain a key beneficiary of the work of the CNIE. All research within the Centre addresses key industrial challenges, identified in dialogue with a wide network of major industrial partners. Industrial engagement in the Centre has been steadily growing since its launch in 2013. Currently, the Centre collaborates with over 40 industrial partners who provide informal advice on research opportunities, serve on the CNIE Advisory Board, host researchers, and provide funding and resources for additional projects. Partners come from a variety of sectors, including energy, pharma, chemicals, healthcare, architecture and specialty materials. Contacts are nurtured via company site visits with CNIE representation, visits by industrial representatives to the CNIE and, via our extended academic network, through involvement in the Inspiration Grants scheme. Engagement will continue to be led by the PI, supported by the Management Team and a departmental Strategic Alliance Manager. Industrial engagement will also be supported by UCL Business (UCLB) who will advise on protection and exploitation of intellectual property. We expect, within the next phase of the CNIE, to see further IP generated in the areas of nature-inspired electrochemical systems, water management, and biomedical materials.
Another key impact will be on the researchers - Research Fellows and PhD students - working within the Centre. We place a great deal of emphasis on the professional and personal development, as well as the career progression, of all our researchers and academics. Research Fellows supported by the Progression Grant will be given significant autonomy to set their own research agenda, explore complementary research opportunities, and co-supervise post-graduate (MEng, MSc and PhD) students. Each will have access to an individual travel budget enabling them to attend key meetings and conferences, and to travel to and work in partner laboratories. Each will be provided by support and mentorship to apply for grant and fellowship funding. Training and support will also be available for researchers pursuing entrepreneurial activities and developing spin-out companies.
Finally, nature-inspired engineering is a concept that has proven to capture the imagination of researchers, students, and the public. To ensure that the CNIE is accessible in the broadest terms, a number of outreach activities are planned. CNIE researchers will help organise a "Summer Challenge" on "Engineering Solutions from Nature" for high school students, whose parents have not gone to university, including many from underrepresented groups. The Centre will also work closely with the award-winning charity In2scienceUK/TeachFirst, which empowers students from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential and progress to STEM and research careers. Theme 3 Lead, Professor Mark Miodownik, will also continue to deliver key messages about STEM, and, where appropriate, about Nature-Inspired Engineering, via radio, print media and television.
Organisations
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (Lead Research Organisation)
- ExxonMobil (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Sabic Americas, Inc. (Collaboration)
- Particulate Solid Research (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- Zhejiang University (Collaboration)
- German Aerospace Centre (DLR) (Collaboration)
- Saudi Aramco (Collaboration)
- John Heathcoat & Co. Ltd (Collaboration)
- IFP Energies Nouvelles (Collaboration)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- Shimadzu Corporation (Collaboration)
- Synfuels China Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Bath (Collaboration)
- GE Healthcare Limited (Collaboration)
- University of Ghent (Collaboration)
- Johnson Matthey (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- European Space Agency (Collaboration)
- Xenocs SAS (Collaboration)
- Perkin Elmer (Collaboration)
- GSK (Project Partner)
Publications

Allison A
(2022)
Improving compostable plastic disposal: An application of the Behaviour Change Wheel intervention development method
in Frontiers in Sustainability

Alsubei M
(2024)
Fabrication and characterization of coated ceramic membranes from natural sources for water treatment applications
in Journal of Membrane Science

Bethapudi V
(2019)
A lung-inspired printed circuit board polymer electrolyte fuel cell
in Energy Conversion and Management

Bethapudi V
(2020)
Hydration state diagnosis in fractal flow-field based polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells using acoustic emission analysis
in Energy Conversion and Management

Bethapudi V
(2021)
Electro-thermal mapping of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells with a fractal flow-field
in Energy Conversion and Management

Bethapudi V
(2020)
Acoustic Emission Analysis of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
in ECS Transactions

Bethapudi V
(2022)
Dynamic acoustic emission analysis of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
in Energy Advances

Bukowski B
(2021)
Connecting theory and simulation with experiment for the study of diffusion in nanoporous solids
in Adsorption

Chau C
(2021)
The environmental performance of protecting seedlings with plastic tree shelters for afforestation in temperate oceanic regions: A UK case study.
in The Science of the total environment

Chen Z
(2021)
Microfluidic-Generated Biopolymer Microparticles as Cargo Delivery Systems
in Advanced Materials Technologies
Title | A film of CNIE collaborative research featured in the virtual Italian pavilion at the Venice Biennale. |
Description | There has been continued CNIE collaboration with the UCL Bartlett for applications on the Bio-ID (Prof Marcos Cruz, Dr Brenda Parker)/CNIE interface, including biogenic architecture and NIMFS. This work was part of a film featured in the virtual Italian pavilion at the Venice Biennale. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Increased profile of CNIE collaborations. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/jul/ucl-centre-nature-inspired-engineeri... |
Title | Biogenic Architecture this year at the Ars Electronica 2020 |
Description | Nina Jotanovic exhibited three stand-alone elements, which are part of her experiment. After the exhibition these were placed in the outdoor environment where the development of micro-crusts will be monitored. The elements are designed to provide optimal conditions for the development of specific microbiological species. The spatial elements in the upper zone provide rainwater collection and create dynamic shading in the middle part of the elements. The central part is selectively glazed in order to simultaneously provide directed gliding of water droplets and water retention in shaded, porous parts in order to maintain the level of humidity necessary for the development of microbes. Ceramics were chosen as the substrate due to their biocompatibility, neutral pH value, porosity, manipulative absorption and micro roughness. Each of the three vertical elements was inoculated with different cultures of algae and bacteria, whose development will be monitored in the external environment for a period of 12 months. Her work is in collaboration with the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Impact | The exhibition opened the eyes of the visitors to the possibilities of the use of surfaces to be used as living element in architecture. The 12 months monitoring period will take palce in a public space and will in addition lead to scientific outcomes. |
URL | https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=GymepV1zepQ |
Title | CityX Venice - Marcos Cruz, Brenda Parker: BIO-ID, CITYX Venice Italian Virtual Pavilion, 17th Biennale Architettura 2021 |
Description | Video displayed at the Italian Virtual Pavilion during the Biennale Architettura 2021. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The video, which so far received around 1.500 views, is visible on youtube. It has increased the awareness of the project, involving bio-integrated (UCL BioID) and nature-inspired engineering (UCL CNIE) for applications in the built environment, on earth and in space. |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF_C5rmaItM&t=10s |
Title | Dance - Plastic Drastic Fantastic |
Description | Dance aimed at young people about plastic waste at Polka Theatre |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | Young people influenced |
URL | https://polkatheatre.com/event/plastic-drastic-fantastic/ |
Title | MSc Nature-Inspired Solutions |
Description | Video describing the new MSc on Nature-Inspired Solutions, launched at UCL East in September 2023 as part of the Manufacturing Futures Laboratory. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Impact | Attraction of students for the MSc Nature-Inspired Solutions, launched at UCL East in September 2023 as part of the Manufacturing Futures Laboratory. |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11OtoRSAeoQ |
Title | Malica Schmidt wins 'Research Images as Art / Art Images as Research' competition |
Description | From over 305 images, PhD candidate Malica Schmidt from the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) and the Department of Chemical Engineering won the 'Research Images as Art / Art Images as Research' competition 2020 organised by the UCL Doctoral School. Her winning image "Sustainable Life Support" shows a water droplet on a nature-inspired multi-functional surface. Malica created these 3D micro-printed surface structures, which absorb excess atmospheric moisture from the air and transport it passively by capillary action, to tackle issues of water recycling in extreme environments on Earth and in space. The aim of her research is to leverage passive hydrodynamic processes, often utilised in nature, and hereby achieve a reduction in energy consumption for sustainable water reuse to support life on Earth and under conditions present on the International Space Station (ISS), as well as future space missions to Moon, Mars, and beyond. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Prestige for CNIE and Malica Schmidt for winning the award. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/feb/malica-schmidt-wins-research-images-... |
Title | New Disruptive Thinkers video on UCL Centre for Nature-Inspired Engineering. |
Description | New Disruptive Thinkers video on UCL Centre for Nature-Inspired Engineering produced and distributed online. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | Increased visibility for UCL CNIE and NIS methodology. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2022/nov/new-disruptive-thinkers-video-ucl-ce... |
Title | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens from UCL CNIE has contributed his expertise on bio-inspired design to 'Wild Bond', a BBC Radio 4 programme on the links between the famous fictional spy James Bond, and the natural world. |
Description | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens from UCL CNIE has contributed his expertise on bio-inspired design to 'Wild Bond', a BBC Radio 4 programme on the links between the famous fictional spy James Bond, and the natural world. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | Increased visibility for UCL CNIE and NIS Methodology. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2022/oct/name-bond-james-bond |
Title | Self RepairingCities |
Description | Animation aimed at primary school children. Artwork and Model Making by Ruby Wright Animation and Compositing by Levan Tozashvili Sound Design by Patrick Lee |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Schools impact |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6brzZCUPg |
Description | The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) has developed an unprecedented, systematic methodology to discover fundamental mechanisms in nature, which underpin desirable properties (such as scalability, efficiency or resilience), and apply these mechanisms to implement transformative, innovative solutions to a broad range of engineering challenges. The systematic methodologies developed in the CNIE are demonstrating their appeal beyond the original areas of sustainability and scalable manufacturing, which remain the CNIE's core objectives, to applications in health and biomedical engineering, and the built environment. Thanks to the "Frontier Engineering: Progression" grant, the CNIE continues being a vehicle for innovation, accelerating discovery and offering unexpected solutions by promoting lateral thinking. Its inherently cross-disciplinary work is leading to new findings, patents, commercial interests and entrepreneurial activity. These include novel catalysts for clean chemical and energy processes, ways to intensify and facilitate the scale-up of multiphase reactors, biomedical and healthcare applications, and multi-functional smart wall coatings. Over the course of the EPSRC "Frontier Engineering" grant, the CNIE's Inspiration Grant scheme has been a powerful mechanism to attract a diverse body of talented researchers to the CNIE, broaden the Centre's disciplinary reach, and raise its visibility. Each of the Inspiration Grant projects, often led by Early Career Researchers, has provided short-term funds for new projects (around 3-12 months in duration) that apply the nature-inspired approach to solve a different challenge; they always include a project partner from an external academic institution or industrial partner, in collaboration with a researcher at UCL. Inspiration Grants have created not only publications and other research deliverables, but also formed the basis for follow-on, externally funded projects and entrepreneurship. In 2020 and 2021 we issued 4 more projects, bringing the total number to 26 Inspiration Grants, which connect now UCL researchers with at least 26 external academic and industrial partners. With the EPSRC "Frontier Engineering: Progression" grant, we were able to initiate a new, 4th Theme that aims to learn from ecosystems, networks, control and modularity in nature to provide robust solutions to a range of applications, where resilience and adaptability are key. This has already led to publications in the areas of cancer immunotherapy and developmental bioengineering, and participation in a Cancer Grand Challenges project (2022-). We successfully continued our work on hierarchically structured zeolites, nature-inspired fuel cells, bio-inspired membranes and pulsed fluidised beds leading to numerous publications. Applications are consistently framed in the context of Industrial Strategy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. |
Exploitation Route | The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering, which continues its work thanks to the EPSRC "Frontier Engineering: Progression" grant, is reaching beyond UCL to become a UK National Hub, as an enabler with a unique platform approach to innovation. It stimulates many areas of critical, national importance, in particular in the focus areas of sustainable manufacturing and resource efficiency, which is crucial to reach the UK's "net zero" goals. The outcomes are not only in terms of "products" and outcomes of individual projects within the CNIE, but, importantly, also in terms of systematic methodology for responsible innovation and design. The training of people has been and continues to be extremely important. Furthermore, the many industrial collaborations and engagement, the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst CNIE researchers, the new KTN on Nature-Inspired Solutions, international conferences and workshops, engagement and outreach activities are all catalysing further growth and adoption of the CNIE's methodology. Many of the companies engaging with the CNIE are located in the UK or have very significant commercial, manufacturing and/or activity in the UK. There is a balance of SMEs and multinationals, start-ups and companies with a long history. Senior technical representatives from these companies serve on the Centre's Advisory Group, and are involved in workshops, sandpits and show-and-tell vents. Industrial advice and co-creation on many projects boost success and practical relevance, and open roads to implementation and commercialisation. This mechanism also trains researchers to be future leaders. UCL Business is facilitating the generation and exploitation of intellectual property. |
Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Chemicals Construction Education Electronics Energy Environment Healthcare Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Culture Heritage Museums and Collections Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/research |
Description | The new Frontier Engineering: Progression grant has allowed the CNIE to expand considerably both the breadth and depth of its activities, to a level beyond what could have been hoped for at its inception - in research, education, public engagement, and translation to practice. The CNIE's research objectives are framed by Grand Challenges related to the UK Industrial Strategy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We continued our work with the InnovateUK funded SIG on Nature-Inspired Solutions (NIS), which held well-attended joint events with the CNIE in 2019 and 2020 (in person and online). The methodologies developed in the CNIE are demonstrating their appeal beyond the original areas of sustainability and scalable manufacturing, which remain the CNIE's core objectives, to applications in health and biomedical engineering, and the built environment. These new, core Application Areas (added in this grant) kept thriving with publications in leading journals, and non-scientific events like the ArsElectronica 2020 and Nature-inspired multifunctional surfaces (NIMFS) included on the DLR's 35th parabolic flight campaign (collaboration with German Aerospace and ESA). Subsequently, the NIMFS were sent to the International Space Station for testing of their antimicrobial properties. The CNIE is partnering in a £20M Cancer Grand Challenges grant to tackle solid paediatric tumours, using the systems engineering approach first developed during the Frontier Engineering: Progression Grant. The CNIE's research is leading to new fundamental insights, new patents, commercial interests and entrepreneurial activity, on dental bone graft substitute materials and toothpaste (patents awarded and licensed in 2023), nacre-inspired, adaptive materials that allow for actuating controlled release, the NIMFS for Space technology, as well as more efficient and robust fuel cell technology, and solutions for process intensification. A new EPSRC Sustainable Manufacturing grant is now investigating nature-inspired olefin synthesis from bio-derived syngas. Industrial interest has been steadily growing, leading to several industry (co-)funded projects and useful exchanges with around 40 companies and national laboratories in the UK and internationally. The CNIE engages with companies from sectors varying from chemicals, energy and health, to textiles and construction, to support sustainable development via the CNIE's nature-inspired solution methodology. On the educational front, a successful elective course with taught and project components on Nature Inspired Chemical Engineering at UCL is attracting chemical engineering MEng and MSc students. In September 2023, a new MSc programme on Nature-Inspired Solutions was launched at UCL's new campus, UCL East, and new Lecturers have been appointed. Workshops are held at international conferences, online and in person, as well as with companies. Diversity and inclusion in every sense of the word is both a natural component and a source of success for the CNIE. Furthermore, the CNIE enthusiastically organises numerous outreach activities, hosts In2Science, in2Research and Nuffield students and has, for several years, been the home for a UCL Engineering-based Summer Challenge for promising students from disadvantaged backgrounds and other Widening Participation activities. |
First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Construction,Education,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic |
Description | A chapter by Marc-Olivier Coppens and former NICE Group member, Ass Prof Guanghua Ye (ECUST), appeared in a book on Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society, 2nd Edition (ed. Armin Bunde, Jürgen Caro, Christian Chmelik, Jörg Kärger and Gero Vogl). https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-67798-9 |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
URL | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-67798-9 |
Description | Advisory Board of B-BEST Bioproduction Research program (France) |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | CNIE Supported by Hackney Council in HEIF bid for £15000 funding for second Recycling Outreach Event in Hackney. |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Description | Legacy of Anna R. Ploszajski Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Impact | Legacy of Anna R. Ploszajski Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/people/inspiration-grant-awardees |
Description | Legacy of Asterios Gavriilidis Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Impact | Legacy of Asterios Gavriilidis Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/people/inspiration-grant-awardees |
Description | Legacy of Jonathan Knowles Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Impact | Legacy of Jonathan Knowles Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/people/inspiration-grant-awardees |
Description | Legacy of Katherine Holt Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Impact | Legacy of Katherine Holt Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/people/inspiration-grant-awardees |
Description | Legacy of Matthew Chin Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Impact | Legacy from Mathew Chin Inspiration Grant. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/people/inspiration-grant-awardees |
Description | Legacy of Max Besenhard Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Impact | Legacy of Max Besenhard Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/people/inspiration-grant-awardees |
Description | Legacy of Nidhi Kapil Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Impact | Legacy of Nidhi Kapil Inspiration Grant - Via EPSRC Progression Funding. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/people/inspiration-grant-awardees |
Description | Malica Schmidt continued her work as UCL Space Ambassador. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemical-engineering/news/2021/sep/ucls-research-travels-space |
Description | Member of DEFRA technical working group on EPR packaging |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Feed expertise into the pricing of unrecyclable packaging as part of EPR - |
Description | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens gave a keynote at 5 December 2022 workshop, organised in Paris by the European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE), and joined by EFCE's leadership, through the help of the SFGP (France), to launch a new EFCE section on "Chemical Engineering applied to Medicine". |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Description | Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens was respondent for UKRI in a session on "Future Cities" at the AAAS virtual Annual Meeting 2021, and also featured in Chemistry & Industry (SCI) in an article on "Living Cities" |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/jul/interview-and-article-living-cities-... |
Description | Submitted evidence to the DEFRA Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee Review of Pro-oxidant Additive Containing Plastic |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Influenced policy making on PAC plastics. |
Description | UKRI selected CNIE/NICE research on nature-inspired fuel cells as case study for "Moving towards net zero", and "responding to climate change" for their communications in relation to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens' team at the UCL Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) created a fuel cell that draws lessons from the human lung and desert lizards. This was a collaboration with the UCL Electrochemical Innovation Laboratory (EIL), and was selected by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for communications in relation to COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/nov/ukri-selects-ucl-cnie-case-study-com... |
Description | Yanan Liu - Legacy from Inspiration Grant provided through EPSRC Progression Grant Funding. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Impact | Yanan Liu - Legacy from Inspiration Grant provided through EPSRC Progression Grant Funding. |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/people/inspiration-grant-awardees |
Description | AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance Research) Seed Funding |
Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University College London |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2020 |
End | 08/2021 |
Description | Bug-Busting Spandex: Biodegrading Textile Blends for Molecular Recycling |
Amount | £303,615 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/X011348/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2023 |
End | 02/2025 |
Description | Dr Diego Lopez BDiego López Barreiro received a Royal Society Research Grant titled "A nature-inspired approach to manufacture complex biomineralised materials". |
Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2024 |
End | 08/2030 |
Description | EPSRC DTP Funding |
Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 560328 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2022 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | EPSRC Sustainable Manufacturing grant |
Amount | £1,440,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2022 |
End | 05/2025 |
Description | Faculty Equipment Fund Grant |
Amount | £66,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University College London |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2021 |
Description | NOSTOS 2 |
Amount | £143,600 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 574980 |
Organisation | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation |
Sector | Private |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Start | 08/2022 |
End | 08/2026 |
Description | Nature-inspired bio-Syngas Technologies for Olefins Synthesis |
Amount | £1,168,549 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 02/2025 |
Description | Saudi Aramco PhD studentship 2019 |
Amount | £260,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Saudi Aramco |
Sector | Private |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Start | 08/2019 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | Synfuels China Technology PhD funding |
Amount | £432,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Synfuels China Technology |
Sector | Private |
Country | China |
Start | 07/2019 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | The Comfort Loop: A systems approach for sustainable absorbent hygiene products |
Amount | £1,463,528 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/Y003993/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2023 |
End | 09/2026 |
Description | The Leaf-Tech Team from UCL CNIE, led by Yuanxi Yang (PhD student with NICE Lecturer, Dr Yang Lan) won a Prestigious £5,000 Prize for "'Nature-inspired membrane technology" in the LBS "Innovation to Market" Competition. |
Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | London School of Business and Finance |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 04/2023 |
Description | UCL EPSRC Interdisciplinary DTP Studentship - Gowan Whalley - CNIE |
Amount | £78,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2021 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | UCL EPSRC Interdisciplinary DTP Studentship - Julia Linke - CNIE |
Amount | £78,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2021 |
End | 09/2023 |
Title | 3D nano-printed scaffolds to study the impact of the micro-environment on cells - Matthew Chin |
Description | Matthew Chin used the Nanoscribe 3D printing instrument.to produce 3D nano-printed scaffolds to study the impact of the micro-environment on cells (the latter hasn't been done at time of submission, but the scaffolds have been printed, based on model outcomes). He used Graph Theory to understand structural networks found in nature, and used that information to generate 3D scaffolds both virtually and physically. The 3D models of these scaffolds are generated using a combination of computer-aided design (CAD) and generative design tools. For this work, Matthew has in part been funded by a CNIE Inspiration Grant, in collaboration with Sophie Acton. There has been follow-up funding partly triggered by use of this instrument, such as an EPSRC DTP for Julia Linke, and philanthropic funds funding Matthew for 6 months |
Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - non-mammalian in vivo |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Continuing work from Matthew Chin at UCL CNIE. |
Title | Micro-3D printer (Nanoscribe) refinement - Barry Reid and Malica Schmidt |
Description | Using multi-DiLL sample holder to increase sample throughput. This required some code for instructing the instrument to the correct sample positions. The method for detachment of the print from the substrate was refined. A combination of ultrasonic agitation and extended submerging in PGMEA solvent facilitated the removal of the print from the substrate in short periods of time without causing damage to the print itself. UV curing methods were employed to adhere printed structures to non-standard substrates. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Nano-scale prints for arrays of bio-inspired scaffolds were produced. |
Title | Ultra-High Vacuum Diffusion Setup |
Description | A unique Ultra-High Vacuum Diffusion Setup allows to investigate the effect of the geometry of nanoporous media on Knudsen diffusion. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Maria Mourkou finished a series of experiments in the Ultra-High Vacuum Diffusion Setup for the investigation of the effect of fractal surface roughness of nanoporous media on Knudsen transport diffusion, with promising results. |
Title | Update of Nanoscribe equipment |
Description | Upgrade to increase printer speed |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Faster, better prints underpinning work in the CNIE and the external users of the Nanoscribe |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/photonic-professional-3d-printer-nanoscribe |
Title | Big Compost Experiment |
Description | Citizen Science Dataset |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Influence on Policy |
URL | https://www.bigcompostexperiment.org.uk/ |
Title | Experimental data for: Medium-density amorphous ice |
Description | Amorphous ices govern a range of cosmological processes and are potentially key materials for explaining the anomalies of liquid water. A substantial density gap between low-density amorphous (LDA) and the high-density amorphous ices (HDA) with liquid water in the middle is a cornerstone of our current understanding of water. However, we show that ball milling 'ordinary' ice Ih at low temperature gives a structurally distinct medium-density amorphous ice (MDA) within this density gap. These results raise the possibility that MDA is the true glassy state of liquid water or alternatively a heavily sheared crystalline state. Remarkably, the compression of MDA at low temperature leads to a sharp increase of its recrystallization enthalpy highlighting that H2O can be a high-energy geophysical material. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Amorphous ices knowledge development. |
URL | http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.7sqv9s4wk |
Description | A special issue on "Nature-inspired catalysts and devices for electrochemical energy conversion and storage" is being guest edited for Electrochimica Acta by Dr Panagiotis Trogadas and Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens. |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Chemical Engineering |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | A special issue on "Nature-inspired catalysts and devices for electrochemical energy conversion and storage" is being guest edited for Electrochimica Acta by Dr Panagiotis Trogadas and Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens. |
Collaborator Contribution | A special issue on "Nature-inspired catalysts and devices for electrochemical energy conversion and storage" is being guest edited for Electrochimica Acta by Dr Panagiotis Trogadas and Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens. |
Impact | A special issue on "Nature-inspired catalysts and devices for electrochemical energy conversion and storage" is being guest edited for Electrochimica Acta by Dr Panagiotis Trogadas and Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens. |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | Aramco Funding for two PhD studentships - Ibrahim Alnutaifi and Mohamed Alkhunaizi |
Organisation | Saudi Aramco |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Muhammad Alkhunaizi and Ibrahim Alnutaifi had their PhD research funded by Saudi Aramco. Their PhD research projects are supervised by Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens. Ibrahim focuses on the continuous synthesis of hierarchically structured zeolites catalysts by aerosol assisted evaporation-induced self-assembly and catalytic testing. Muhammad investigates external surfaces and grain boundaries in zeolite-based catalysts, and how these might play a significant role on diffusion and reaction in such catalysts. Synthesis and detailed characterisation efforts, using appropriate reactions (such as alkylation) are being carried out to investigate these effects, to see how they can be either avoided or exploited. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding is ongoing for Ibrahim Alnutaifi until August 2023, Muhammed Alkhunaizi having reached the end of his funding agreement in September 2021. |
Impact | Muhammad Alkhunaizi has completed his studies. Ibrahim Alnutaifi has defended his MPhil-to-PhD transfer viva, and is continuing his PhD studies. The projects involve aspects of catalysis, physical chemistry, nano materials synthesis and chemical reactor engineering. They relate to the use of the interdisciplinary nature-inspired solution methodology developed at the CNIE to accelerate innovation -- in this case the first two Themes of the CNIE: (T1) Hierarchical Transport Networks; (T2) Force Balancing and Nano-confinement effects. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Cancer Grand Challenges NeXTGen team |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Department of Haematology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Nature-inspired systems engineering approach to investigate the impact of the environment on intercellular and cell-scaffold interactions, e.g., in the context of the tumour microenvironment. |
Collaborator Contribution | £20M CancerGrandChallenges (CRUK / NCI / Mark Foundation) grant -- interdisciplinary team of experts on cancer immunotherapy, to tackle solid paediatric tumours. |
Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration within the context of new Cancer Grand Challenges award, one of only four such £20M / $25M awards funded by Cancer Research UK and the US National Cancer Institute. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Cancer Grand Challenges NeXTGen team |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | UCL Cancer Institute |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Nature-inspired systems engineering approach to investigate the impact of the environment on intercellular and cell-scaffold interactions, e.g., in the context of the tumour microenvironment. |
Collaborator Contribution | £20M CancerGrandChallenges (CRUK / NCI / Mark Foundation) grant -- interdisciplinary team of experts on cancer immunotherapy, to tackle solid paediatric tumours. |
Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration within the context of new Cancer Grand Challenges award, one of only four such £20M / $25M awards funded by Cancer Research UK and the US National Cancer Institute. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Collaboration with EIL (Electrochemical Innovation Lab) researchers on water management for PEM fuel cells. |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Chemical Engineering |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | CNIE PhD student Linlin Xu (EPSRC DTP) has been actively collaboration with EIL researchers on water management for PEMFCs under the guidance of Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens. Publications in J. Power Sources and Energy Conv Mgt have already resulted from this collaboration, with Assoc Prof Rhodri Jervis. In collaboration with Dr Yang Lan's group, we also published an article in Nano Research. |
Collaborator Contribution | The EIL researchers contribute equipment and expertise on electrochemical technology. |
Impact | Publications in J. Power Sources (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233184) and Energy Conv Mgt (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117717) have already resulted from this collaboration, with Assoc Prof Rhodri Jervis. In collaboration with Dr Yang Lan's group, we also published an article in Nano Research: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12274-023-6009-z. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Collaboration with Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT) |
Organisation | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The collaboration with the Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT) was established to support the parabolic flight. This included the following: Malica Schmidt, PhD student in the EPSRC "Frontier Engineering" Centre for Nature-Inspired Engineering (CNIE), led a successful research project on nature-inspired multifunctional surfaces that was conducted as part of the 35th DLR parabolic flight campaign in September 2020. This included formulating the research, the design of the rack, the procedures, the analysis, and the administrative and technical documentation required by Novespace. She was also the active participant during the parabolic flight. |
Collaborator Contribution | KIT was responsible for the manufacturing of half of the nature-inspired multifunctional surfaces (15 surfaces). |
Impact | - Successful parabolic flight, which led to a new proposal for scaling up as well as the continuation of collaboration. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Department | European Astronaut Centre (EAC) |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) was established to validate microgravity aspects. It included the following: - Malica Schmidt was the PI for a successful research project that was conducted as part of the 35th DLR parabolic flight campaign in September 2020. She ran the project, this included the fabrication of the research, the design of the rack, the procedures, the analysis, and the administrative and technical documentation required by Novespace. She was also the active participant during the parabolic flight. |
Collaborator Contribution | It included the following from ESA's side: - ESA was responsible for providing technical expertise for this project. |
Impact | - Successful parabolic flight. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | ENVAR |
Organisation | John Heathcoat & Co. Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Industrial Composting |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to industrial processes |
Impact | Industrial compostable plastics |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | ExxonMobil |
Organisation | ExxonMobil |
Department | ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The partner has been provided with access to the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering's multi-disciplinary expertise, cutting-edge research and knowledge related to catalysis and reaction engineering. Joint research, presentations and publications. |
Collaborator Contribution | Research funding. Expertise. Joint publications. Letters of support, place on CNIE advisory board. |
Impact | Proactive research engagement between partner and the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | GE Healthcare |
Organisation | GE Healthcare Limited |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The partner has been provided with access to the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering's multi-disciplinary expertise, cutting-edge research and knowledge related to catalysis and reaction engineering. Joint research, presentations and publications. |
Collaborator Contribution | Research funding. Expertise. Joint publications. Letters of support, place on CNIE advisory board. |
Impact | Proactive research engagement between partner and the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Guest Research Role and Collaboration with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) |
Organisation | German Aerospace Centre (DLR) |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The guest research role and collaboration with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) was established to validate microgravity and microbial research aspects. It included the following: - Malica Schmidt was the PI for a successful research project that was conducted as part of the 35th DLR parabolic flight campaign in September 2020. She ran the project, this included the fabrication of the research, the design of the rack, the procedures, the analysis, and the administrative and technical documentation required by Novespace. She was also the active participant during the parabolic flight. - Malica was the Co-I for the successful research project "Touching Surfaces" that was implemented on the International Space Station (ISS) during the Alpha and Cosmic Kiss Missions. She was responsible for the manufacturing of the research, attachment to the hardware, technical documentation, and logistic support. - She is the Co-I for the upcoming project "Contamination Tracking and Antimicrobial Testing Surfaces (ConTACTS)" that will be implemented on Concordia Research Station in Antarctica for winter-over 2022/2023. - She also has conducted initial microbial experimentation at the DLR facilities for one week. |
Collaborator Contribution | It included the following from DLR side: - The DLR was responsible for funding the parabolic flight project, providing medical testing, and building the rack as well as providing professional and logistical support. - The DLR is PI of the "Touching Surfaces" project on the ISS. - The DLR is PI of the "ConTACTS" project that will be on Concordia Research Station in Antarctica. |
Impact | - Successful parabolic flight - Successful ISS flight - Successful proposal for Concordia Research Station |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Han Wu and Nidhi Kapil from CNIE interviewed by Shimadzu about their instruments and equipment. |
Organisation | Shimadzu Corporation |
Department | Shimadzu Europa GmbH |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Han Wu and Nidhi Kapil from CNIE interviewed by Shimadzu about their instruments and equipment. |
Collaborator Contribution | Instruments and training. |
Impact | Years of CNIE research carried out with Shimadzu equipment. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Johnson Matthey, Technology Centre |
Organisation | Johnson Matthey |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The partner has been provided with access to the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering's multi-disciplinary expertise, cutting-edge research and knowledge related to catalysis and reaction engineering. Joint research, presentations and publications. |
Collaborator Contribution | Research funding. Expertise. Joint publications. Letters of support, place on CNIE advisory board. |
Impact | Proactive research engagement between partner and the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | LMCB - Harnessing the lymphoid tissue niche to boost anti-tumour immune responses |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Nature-inspired design of bioengineered lymphoid niches, and 3D microprinting |
Collaborator Contribution | CRUK Senior Fellowship by Dr Sophie Acton: Background on artificial lymph nodes, molecular cell biology. |
Impact | Intensive interdisciplinary collaboration in cancer immunotherapy, also linking to our new Cancer Grand Challenges grant, led by Dr Martin Pule (lead of UCL CAR-T). Involves former PhD student and CNIE Inspiration Grant holder, Dr Matthew HW Chin. Papers in progress. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge collaboration - Inspiration Grant - Yang Lan - Oct 2021 |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Melville Laboratory of Polymer Synthesis |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Inspiration Grant Awarded to Yang Lan, October 2021. Partnered by the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge |
Collaborator Contribution | Facilities and expertise from University of Cambridge |
Impact | Inspiration Grant Awarded to Yang Lan, October 2021. PArtnered by the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Novel membranes for water treatment - collaboration with Prof Luiza Campos, including PhD student Mohammed Alsubei |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Chemical Engineering |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | A patent application on novel membranes for water treatment was submitted with PhD student Mohammed Alsubei and Prof Luiza Campos in 2022. An article was published in the Journal of Membrane Science in 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.122226). |
Collaborator Contribution | A patent application on novel membranes for water treatment was submitted. Partners contributed resources, scientific collaboration. |
Impact | Patent application on novel membranes for water treatment, journal article, active collaboration. Multi-disciplinary, involving civil & environmental, and chemical engineering. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Particulate Solid Research Inc |
Organisation | Particulate Solid Research |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The partner has been provided with access to the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering's multi-disciplinary expertise, cutting-edge research and knowledge in such areas as chemical engineering, biochemical and mechanical engineering, materials discovery, computer science and architecture. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partner allowed us access to their expertise in various areas which are relevant to the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering. |
Impact | Proactive research engagement between partner and the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | PerkinElmer |
Organisation | Perkin Elmer |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The partner has been provided with access to the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering's multi-disciplinary expertise, cutting-edge research and knowledge in such areas as chemical engineering, biochemical and mechanical engineering, materials discovery, computer science and architecture. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partner allowed us access to their expertise in various areas which are relevant to the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering, especially in lab products and services. |
Impact | CNIE researchers have been trained to use some lab products and services. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Prof Yi Ouyang visited us from Ghent University (Belgium) for a month |
Organisation | University of Ghent |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaboration on dynamically structured fluidised beds, as part of Professor Ouyang's FWO Fellowship. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration. A joint article has been submitted for publication. |
Impact | Publication has been submitted on "Machine learning assisted experimental characterization of bubble dynamics in gas-solid fluidized beds" |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens' tenure on the Scientific Council of IFPEN and as International Director on the AIChE CRE Board have been extended. There has been a renewal of the strategic framework agreement between UCL CNIE and IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN). |
Organisation | IFP Energies Nouvelles |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens' tenure on the Scientific Council of IFPEN and as International Director on the AIChE CRE Board have been extended. There has been a renewal of the strategic framework agreement between UCL CNIE and IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN). |
Collaborator Contribution | Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens' tenure on the Scientific Council of IFPEN and as International Director on the AIChE CRE Board have been extended. There has been a renewal of the strategic framework agreement between UCL CNIE and IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN). |
Impact | Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens' tenure on the Scientific Council of IFPEN and as International Director on the AIChE CRE Board have been extended. There has been a renewal of the strategic framework agreement between UCL CNIE and IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN). |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | SAXSLAB / Xenocs |
Organisation | Xenocs SAS |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Use of steat-of-the-art, evolving equipment for X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS/GISAXS), and providing insights through frontier research that are also useful to the company for further improving their instruments. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partner allowed us access to their expertise, especially in area of Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) systems, and exclusive support for maintenance and improved use of the instrument. |
Impact | CNIE researchers have been trained to use Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) scattering systems. Several journal articles have used the equipment, including one in Science (2023) that was enabled by it. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Sabic Americas, Inc. |
Organisation | Sabic Americas, Inc. |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The partner has been provided with access to the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering's multi-disciplinary expertise, cutting-edge research and knowledge related to catalysis and reaction engineering. Joint research, presentations and publications. |
Collaborator Contribution | Research funding. Expertise. Joint publications. Letters of support, place on CNIE advisory board. |
Impact | Proactive research engagement between partner and the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Synfuels China Tecnology Co., Ltd |
Organisation | Synfuels China Technology |
Country | China |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The partner has been provided with access to the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering's multi-disciplinary expertise. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partner allowed us access to their expertise in various areas which are relevant to the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering. Synfuels China supported two PhD students (full fees and stipend, consumables and equipment) and technical support for research on nature-inspired process intensification. This already led to several research publications. Dr Zheng Ke from Synfuels worked for a year at UCL CNIE, before returning to Synfuels China. He also co-advised an MSc student, which lead to a joint research paper in the ACS journal Ind Eng Chem Res. |
Impact | PhD student support, technical support, equipment, visiting research fellow, all for fundamental research related to nature-inspired process intensification and catalysis |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | The journal Chemical Engineering Processing: Process Intensification, for which Marc-Olivier Coppens serves as Editor-in-Chief, published a special issue "Voices of the next generation of process intensification", led by the Early-Career Advisory Board, which is already enjoying tremendous visibility. |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Chemical Engineering |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The journal Chemical Engineering Processing: Process Intensification, for which Marc-Olivier Coppens serves as Editor-in-Chief, published a special issue "Voices of the next generation of process intensification", led by the Early-Career Advisory Board, which is already enjoying tremendous visibility. A new international ECAB has been appointed, following a rigorous selection procedure. |
Collaborator Contribution | The journal Chemical Engineering Processing: Process Intensification, for which Marc-Olivier Coppens serves as Editor-in-Chief, published a special issue "Voices of the next generation of process intensification", led by the Early-Career Advisory Board (ECAB), which is already enjoying tremendous visibility. A new ECAB has been appointed, following a rigorous selection procedure. |
Impact | The journal Chemical Engineering Processing: Process Intensification, for which Marc-Olivier Coppens serves as Editor-in-Chief, published a special issue "Voices of the next generation of process intensification", led by the Early-Career Advisory Board, which is already enjoying tremendous visibility. |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | UCL Bartlett - 3D Printing Collaboration with Matthew Chin |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Bartlett School of Architecture |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Chin from the EPSRC "Frontier Engineering" Centre for Nature-Inspired Engineering (CNIE) has recently started engaging with Martyn Carter (B-made, The Bartlett) to discuss 3D printing of the scaffolds for biomedical engineering and life science applications printed using the Nanoscribe instrument also on the macro-scale, rather than only the microscale. This is to demonstrate the applicability of the structures on different length scales. |
Collaborator Contribution | Martyn Carter (UCL Bartlett) has already provided Matthew with technical advice, including 3D model refinement, and the potential use of UCL Bartlett's selective laser sintering (SLS) machine. |
Impact | No outputs on this collaboration as yet, work ongoing. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | UCL Department of Chemistry Collaboration - Inspiration Grant - Simona Migliozzi - Oct 2021 |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Department of Chemistry |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Inspiration Grant awarded to Simona Migliozzi in October 2021, in collaboration with UCL Department of Chemistry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Facilities and expertise of UCL Department of Chemistry. |
Impact | Grant not yet completed, work ongoing. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | University of Bath CNIE Inspiration Grant |
Organisation | University of Bath |
Department | Department of Chemical Engineering |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | CNIE Inspiration Grant was awarded to perform a collaboratory project - Nature inspired graphene-based membrane for water treatment, between the CNIE and the University of Bath. |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific input |
Impact | No impact yet |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Zhejiang University |
Organisation | Zhejiang University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Expertise on nature-inspired chemical engineering, catalysis, student guidance and mentoring. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding for visiting PhD student for 18 months. Access to excellent other student who did MSc at ZJU co-advised by Marc-Olivier Coppens and is now doing her PhD at the UCL CNIE. |
Impact | Joint research articles, PhD students, combining expertise on fluid mechanics and catalysis. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Title | Bone graft system |
Description | The present invention relates generally to the field of bone graft substitutes and methods for making the same, particularly the invention relates to bone graft substitutes for use in dental or orthopaedic implants. The bone graft substitutes described herein comprise a silicate based material. The silicate based material is a silicate network with a porous structure. The silicate network has one or more metal cations incorporated therein. Preferably a phosphate is also incorporated into the silicate network. The bone graft substitute may have a low density, preferably a density of less than 1.1 g/cm 3. The bone graft substitute may be an aerogel or a cryogel.es novel low density bioactive synthetic biomaterial for use in bone substitution. |
IP Reference | GB1513040.4 |
Protection | Patent / Patent application |
Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
Impact | Patents have been licensed are being used in manufacturing working towards product launch. |
Title | PARTICLE PROCESSING |
Description | Relates to dynamically structured fluidised beds. Currently unpublished application. |
IP Reference | PCT/GB2021/052620 |
Protection | Patent / Patent application |
Year Protection Granted | 2021 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | Collaboration for commercialisation - currently not published, but related to work described in an article published in Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification, on "Dynamically structured fluidization: Oscillating the gas flow and other opportunities to intensify gas-solid fluidized bed operation" |
Title | Scalable Preparation of Janus Particles with High Naturality |
Description | Provided are Janus particles derived from natural starting materials, including starting materials that are plant-based and are not based on petrochemicals. Also provided are related compositions that include the disclosed particles, including emulsion compositions. Additionally provided are methods of synthesizing the disclosed Janus particles. |
IP Reference | US20210301054A1 |
Protection | Patent application published |
Year Protection Granted | 2021 |
Licensed | Yes |
Impact | University of Pennsylvania |
Description | 'Biogenic Architecture' at the Ars Electronica Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Nina Jotanovic presented her work on Biogenic Architecture this year at the Ars Electronica. Ars Electronica 2020 offered a duality of local-physical and globally networked events all over the world. Across the Ars Electronica's international network, "real" events took place in many places, with "real" artists and scientists for "real" audiences, all of which were networked into a festival from September 9 to 13 2020. The project is a collaboration between the Bartlett School of Architecture and the CNIE and is closely linked to the team of Bio-ID. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=GymepV1zepQ |
Description | 'Sustainable Waste Management: a fast track to Net Zero' - Free Seminar on 27 April at Senate House as part of NIS Network |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 'Sustainable Waste Management: a fast track to Net Zero' - Free Seminar on 27 April at Senate House as part of NIS Network |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2023/mar/sustainable-waste-management-fast-tr... |
Description | 1st International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing (ICAM22) for Air, Space and Land Transportation, ESA and NASA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | The aim of the 1st International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing (ICAM22) for Air, Space and Land Transportation organised by ESA and NASA was to promote and facilitate discussion and exchange of experience among members of the various engineering disciplines concerned with air, space and land transportation. This will cover design, development, assembly, integration and verification aspects. Bringing together the space, aeronautics and land transportation engineering manufacturing community, will maximise the cross-fertilisation opportunities, promoting an inter-sectorial technical and commercial exchange worldwide. Malica Schmidt presented her research, which increased the awareness of the research, especially in the additive manufacturing community. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://atpi.eventsair.com/icam22/ |
Description | 3 Nuffield Research Placements at UCL CNIE supervised by Nidhi Kapil and Marc-Olivier Coppens |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | 3 Nuffield Research Placements at UCL CNIE supervised by Nidhi Kapil and Marc-Olivier Coppens |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2022/aug/another-successful-year-nuffield-res... |
Description | A landmark IUPAC report on diffusion in nanoporous materials, from a broad international collaboration is to be released soon, following several years of work, via the Diffusion Fundamentals initiative, led by Prof Jörg Kärger. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A landmark IUPAC report on diffusion in nanoporous materials, from a broad international collaboration is to be released soon, following several years of work, via the Diffusion Fundamentals initiative, led by Prof Jörg Kärger. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | AAAS 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting in a UKRI Session on the "Future of Cities: Green Buildings and Sustainable Infrastructure" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens represented the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) on 9 February 2021 at the AAAS 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting in a UKRI Session on the "Future of Cities: Green Buildings and Sustainable Infrastructure", responding to presentations and discussing with other academics working in archtitecture and urban planning, like Rachel Armstrong (Newcastle University), Michael Ramage (University of Cambridge), Jaideep Gupte (University of Sussex), on topics varying from living architecture, dynamic ecosystems, urbanplanning, sustainable infrastructure in developing countries, and the remarkable opportunities to use timber in tall buildings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://meetings.aaas.org/ |
Description | Albatross Sustainability Lecture - Manchester University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Why the Albatross Lectures? Check back soon to find out why we chose the Albatross to champion this lecture. The Albatross Lecture 2024 Join us on 30th January 2024 to hear a keynote presentation from Professor Mark Miodownik, University College London. For more than twenty years Prof. Miodownik has championed materials science research that links to the arts and humanities, medicine, and society. This culminated in the establishment of the UCL Institute of Making, where he is a director and runs the research programme. Mark also recently set up the Plastic Waste Innovation Hub to carry our research into solving the environmental catastrophe of plastic waste dealing with topics such as biodegradable plastics and product reuse and repairability. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
URL | https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:n28f-loipdiqp-5jxzp7/the-albatross-lecture-2024-professo... |
Description | Aleksandra Glowska presented her UCL CNIE research on "Multi-technique characterisation of hierarchically organised gamma-alumina catalyst supports" at the virtual ACS 30 April 2021 Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Aleksandra Glowska, joint PhD student with IFPEN, presented her work on "Multi-technique characterisation of hierarchically organised gamma-alumina catalyst supports" last week at the ACS Spring Meeting on 30 April 2021 at the session on "Well-Defined Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis: Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance Studies". The session was organised by the ACS Division of Catalysis Science and Technology. With collaborators at IFPEN, Aleksandra has shown that a multi-technique characterisation approach is crucial for unravelling the link between the porous structure of catalysts and their diffusional properties, and therefore, essential to guide new catalyst designs. The multi-technique methodology comprising advanced image processing techniques allowed to characterise and quantify the spatial heterogeneity of gamma-alumina and highlight the non-negligible impact of alumina grain surface barriers on diffusional tortuosity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/apr/aleksandra-glowska-presented-acs-spr... |
Description | Aleksandra Glowska presented her UCL CNIE research on "Multi-technique characterisation of hierarchically organised gamma-alumina catalyst supports" at the virtual ECCE/ECAB 23 September 2021 Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Aleksandra Glowska presented her UCL CNIE research on "Multi-technique characterisation of hierarchically organised gamma-alumina catalyst supports" at the virtual ECCE/ECAB 23 September 2021 Conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Aleksandra Glowska presented her UCL CNIE research on "Multi-technique characterisation of hierarchically organised gamma-alumina catalyst supports" at the virtual FEZA 9 July 2021 Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Aleksandra Glowska , PhD student in the UCL Centre for Nature-Inspired Engineering (CNIE) in collaboration with IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN), participated in the July 2021 Federation of European Zeolite Associations (FEZA) conference. Aleksandra prepared a poster titled: "Impact of spatial heterogeneity on diffusion in y-alumina catalyst supports". The poster detailed the developed multi-technique characterisation strategy of gamma alumina, including advanced SEM image processing techniques, which allowed her to reveal and quantify alumina spatial heterogeneity and further assess its impact on mass transfer. The event was held virtually, and the poster was displayed online for the duration of the conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/jul/aleksandra-glowska-participated-july... |
Description | Aleksandra Glowska won the runner-up prize for Best Poster at UCL Chemical Engineering Research Day (15 September 2021), on 'Multi-technique characterisation of hierarchically organised gamma-alumina catalyst supports'. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | UCL Chemical Engineering hosted its first virtual Research Day on 15 September 2021 to showcase its research and spur interdisciplinary collaboration with industry and other academics. The event featured poster presentations, panel discussions, industry speakers and 1:1 sessions with academics. CNIE PhD student Aleksandra Glowska (jointly supervised by Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens and Dr Elsa Jolimaitre from IFPEN) won runner-up of the Best Poster Prize. Aleksandra's poster was on the topic "Impact of spatial heterogeneity on diffusion in gamma-alumina catalyst supports", exemplifying the excellent outcomes of the academic-industrial collaboration discussed on the day. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/sep/dr-yang-lang-cnie-chaired-session-uc... |
Description | Almost 40 students enjoyed our elective NICE module for MEng (4th year undergraduate) and MSc Chemical Process Engineering students, taught by Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens, with assistance by PhD students Gowan Whalley and Adriana Bernardes, as demonstrators. The course included team projects and contributions by NICE Group members (Shuxian Jiang, Maria Mourkou, Panos Trogadas, Linlin Xu, Lucy Todd, Nidhi Kapil, Matthew Chin, Gowan Whalley, and Adriana Bernardes) to showcase the wide spectrum of c |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Almost 40 students enjoyed our elective NICE module for MEng (4th year undergraduate) and MSc Chemical Process Engineering students, taught by Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens, with assistance by PhD students Gowan Whalley and Adriana Bernardes, as demonstrators. The course included team projects and contributions by NICE Group members (Shuxian Jiang, Maria Mourkou, Panos Trogadas, Linlin Xu, Lucy Todd, Nidhi Kapil, Matthew Chin, Gowan Whalley, and Adriana Bernardes) to showcase the wide spectrum of chemical engineering applications, and a lab visit. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Animate materials schools talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Charles Dickens Primary school Science Week talk |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Anton Paar / Quantatec webinar through WebEx, delivered by Prof.Marc-Olivier Coppens from CNIE - 25.1.22 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Anton Paar / Quantatec webinar through WebEx, delivered by Prof.Marc-Olivier Coppens from CNIE - supply & maintenance of characterisation equipment. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | BBC Earth film |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | BBC Earth film aimed at young people in collaboration with Facebook - presented by post-doc Charnett Chau |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://m.facebook.com/bbcearth/posts/5529052523794925/?comment_id=2054118474746706 |
Description | BBC Radio interview & Podcast - Inside Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview about sustainability |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001vlf5 |
Description | BBC and CBC Radio interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Radio interviews by Mark Miodownik on the BBC and CBC about the Big Compost Experiment |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/nov-12-rocket-debris-falling-to-earth-non-compostable-plastic-animal... |
Description | BBC podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | People Fixing the World BBC podcast |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct3j2s |
Description | BBC podcast Infinite Monkey Cage |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f1wfhc |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f1wfhc |
Description | BP's International Centre for Advanced Materials webinars 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens presented on Nature-Inspired Engineering of Multifunctional Materials at the BP-ICAM seminar series on Thursday 25th June 2020. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Big Green Money Show |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Right to Repair programme |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ckgj9t |
Description | Big Repair Project webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Citizen Science podcast |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bigrepairproject.org.uk/ |
Description | Bio+Climate+Space, Women in 3D printing, Immersive Kind, Crowdcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | "Bio+Climate+Space" was an outreach event hosted by Women in 3D printing and Immersive Kind that involved multidisciplinary researchers talking about their 3D printing projects. Malica Schmidt was part of this panel, which sparked another outreach activity - a school interview about the career as a researcher. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.crowdcast.io/e/immersivekind_1 |
Description | CNIE Advisory Board Conference and Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | CNIE run the two-day Advisory Board Conference and Workshop on 27 & 28 January 2020. Centre researchers showcased their ground-breaking research and discussed strategies for the future of the centre and potential funding opportunities. As always, this is a welcome occasion to get the views of our academic and industrial advisors. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | CNIE Advisory Board, Conference and Workshop, London, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | The CNIE Advisory Board, Conference and Workshop was held in UCL to foster industrial collaboration and brought together practitioners and researchers from academia, national laboratories and industry, with interest in nature-inspired solutions for engineering. Malica Schmidt gave a presentation, which increased the awareness of the research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | CNIE Guest Lecture to School Students in India by Nidhi Kapil (Virtual event over Zoom) - 10/01/22 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | A UCL Student Recruitment lecture given by Nidhi Kapil from CNIE. 60 pupils attended, questions raised and answered |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | CNIE PhD students participated in the UCL Engineering Faculty and EPSRC Student Retreat 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | From 16th - 18th February 2022, CNIE 1st and 2nd year PhD students participated in the UCL Engineering Faculty and EPSRC PhD student retreat 2022, organised by the Faculty of Engineering for all UCL Chemical Engineering PhD students. The program included sessions about ethics and integrity, resilience, dissemination of research and workshops concerning team building, presentations skills and academic writing. CNIE students also networked with other PhD student from the department. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2022/feb/cnie-phd-students-participated-ucl-e... |
Description | CNIE Public Engagement Event London Fields - Recycling plastic waste in Hackney - Saturday 16 October 11am-2pm |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Dr Nidhi Kapil, Julia Linke, and Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens organised a public engagement community event in the London Borough of Hackney on plastic waste recycling and composting, attended by 100 people, with support from UCL Culture (UCL East, Trellis) and in collaboration with the Plastic Waste Innovation Hub. The event was held in London Fields, Hackney, London, close to Broadway Market. This was an event for local traders, shop owners and stallholders to learn more about the type of plastics used in packaging and how to make the best sustainable choices for their business, as well as involving local residents. The event took the form of a half-day workshop, which people could attend all of, or dip in and out, where researchers, traders, and interested locals exchanged information and ideas. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/oct/saturday-16-october-cnie-public-enga... |
Description | CNIE Zoom workshop on Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering and Nanotechnology given by Nidhi Kapil and Halan Mohamed |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | UCL Department of Chemical Engineering and the Centre for Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering (CNIE) was involved with the UCL 2021 Widening Participation Summer School which took place online over 5 days at the end of July. The year 12 (S5 Scotland / Year 13 Northern Ireland) participants joined from across the UK and were from groups currently underrepresented in Higher Education. The summer school aimed to help prospective students to realise their aspirations, feel part of the UCL community and gain an understanding of Chemical Engineering at degree level. The programme involved a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous activities organised by both the chemical engineering department and the UCL central WP team. Led by Dr Isobel Mackay and Dr Javier Fernandez-Garcia the department activities included workshops on reactors and distillation from PhD Students Solomon Bawa and Zahra Rana. Research Fellow Katerina Tsatse demonstrated the use of computer software to create simulations of chemical processes. Participants were asked the same questions at the beginning and at the end of the summer school and we could see the differences in their more elaborated answers at the end of the summer school. They gained new perspectives and ideas about what Chemical Engineering is and how it helps the real world and our society. Participants also had the opportunity to get involved with experiments at home, the first was an exploration of membrane filtration with Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) PhD students Halan Mohamed and Nidhi Kapil. Isobel and Javier then finished the week with a "kitchen chemistry" experiment investigating how common soft drinks can affect human health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemical-engineering/news/2021/aug/chemical-engineering-joins-ucl-2021-widenin... |
Description | CNIE celebrates the successful completion of the In2Research programme |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | CNIE celebrates the successful completion of the In2Research programme |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2023/aug/cnie-celebrates-successful-completio... |
Description | CNIE presented at at the 2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | CNIE's work on membrane, fluidized beds and catalysts was presented by Halan Mohamed, Yanan Liu, Kaiqiao Wu and Nidhi Kapil. Prof MArc-Olivier Coppens gave 2 invited keynote lectures. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.aiche.org/conferences/aiche-annual-meeting/2020 |
Description | Cheltenham Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Two events: How To Green Your Home, Engineering With Nature |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science-/whats-on/grid |
Description | Chemical Engineering and Medicine - EFCE Event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | On 5 December 2022, an excellent workshop was organised in Paris by the European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE), and joined by EFCE's leadership, through the help of the SFGP (France), to launch a new EFCE section on "Chemical Engineering applied to Medicine". Special thanks go to Professors David Bogle (UCL) for taking a lead with Giorgio Veronesi (EFCE President), Francois Nicol (Veolia) and Dr Martine Poux (Uni Toulouse) for the organisation. Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens was invited to present, and spoke about our NICE approach and applications in controlled delivery, combating anti-microbial resistance, and a systems engineering approach to cancer immunotherapy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2023/feb/nextgen-cancer-grand-challenges-and-... |
Description | Compostable packaging in markets |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk in London Fields market with shoppers about compostable packaging |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Coordinating the In2Research programme - Renato Cristian Boruntea |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Coordinating the In2research programme, for three students working with several CNIE PhD researchers - Process managed by Cristian Renato Boruntea. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Critical Conversations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Online discussion Right to repair: how can we end built-in obsolescence? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.raeng.org.uk/events/events-programme/2021/october/critical-conversations-right-to-repair... |
Description | DLR 35th Parabolic Flight Campaign |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Malica Schmidt, a PhD candidate in UCL's Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering, undertook over 30 minutes of microgravity research relating to the recycling of water in space aboard a parabolic flight in September 2020. During the flights Malica tested novel Nature-Inspired, Multi-Functional Surfaces (NIMFS) she produced using the new 3D nanoprinting facility. The event got attention from various news outlets and Malica was interviewed by the Frankfurter Rundschau (article behind paywall). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemical-engineering/news/2020/oct/ucl-cnie-student-undertakes-microgravity-te... |
Description | DLR 35th Parabolic Flight Campaign |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Malica Schmidt, a PhD candidate in UCL's Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering, undertook over 30 minutes of microgravity research relating to the recycling of water in space aboard a parabolic flight in September 2020. During the flights Malica tested novel Nature-Inspired, Multi-Functional Surfaces (NIMFS) she produced using the new 3D nanoprinting facility. The event got attention from various news outlets and Malica was interviewed by the Frankfurter Rundschau (article behind paywall). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemical-engineering/news/2020/oct/ucl-cnie-student-undertakes-microgravity-te... |
Description | Diego López Barreiro participated in the "Sping into STEM" festival at UCL with a presentation titled "Learning from Nature to manufacture sustainable materials". |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Diego López Barreiro participated in the "Sping into STEM" festival at UCL with a presentation titled "Learning from Nature to manufacture sustainable materials". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Dr Yang Lan from UCL CNIE chaired a virtual session on 'Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering for Scalable Manufacturing & Process Intensification' at the UCL Research Open Day on 15 September 2021. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr Yang Lang from UCL CNIE chaired a session on "Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering for Scalable Manufacturing & Process Intensification" at the UCL Research virtual Open Day. Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens delivered a presentation on the topic. Dr Jean-Francois Joly from IFPEN (IFP Energies nouvelles) was guest speaker, delivering a presentation on "Partnership-driven research strategy", and highlighting the excellent collaboration through a unique Scientific Research Framework Agreement between IFPEN and UCL, initiated by the CNIE. Dr Joly also discussed the great industrial opportunities he saw for nature-inspired solutions in scalable manufacturing and process intensification, using the NIS methodology developed at the CNIE. UCL Chemical Engineering hosted its first virtual Research Day on 15 September 2021 to showcase its research and spur interdisciplinary collaboration with industry and other academics. The event featured poster presentations, panel discussions, industry speakers and 1:1 sessions with academics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/sep/dr-yang-lang-cnie-chaired-session-uc... |
Description | EPSRC Grand Challenges Summit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019 was the launch of a second series of summits jointly hosted by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, the US National Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, inspired by the 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering. The Summit took place on 16-18 September 2019 in London, at the Southbank Centre's wonderful Queen Elizabeth Hall, with 900 of the next generation's engineers, researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and policymakers in attendance. EPSRC hosted an evening event as part of the Summit, entitled EPSRC Engineering Research for Grand Challenges, and will be showcasing a selection of their over £50 million investment into research which tackles the grand challenges facing our future. As part of the EPSRC's evening exhibition on Tuesday 17th September, CNIE staff and students had a display to showcase the EPSRC "Frontier Engineering" Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE). The exhibition ran from 6.30pm to 9.30pm at the Royal Festival Hall, Weston Roof Pavilion. Halan Mohamed, Sasank Bethapudi, Nazanin Owji & Malica Schmidt all exhibited their work at the summit. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.raeng.org.uk/events/events-programme/2019/september/global-grand-challenges-2019-recepti... |
Description | Environmental Materials |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Sustainability talk ay St Pauls School |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Exploring Interdisciplinarity and Innovation at UCL - online seminar 15 March 2023 by Prof. Coppens |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Exploring Interdisciplinarity and Innovation at UCL - online seminar 15 March 2023 by Prof. Coppens |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2023/mar/exploring-interdisciplinarity-and-in... |
Description | Festival of Stuff |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Festival of Stuff - importance of materials in society |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/events |
Description | Free one-day workshop on 'Surface & Pore Characterisation' delivered on 28 March 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Free one-day workshop on 'Surface & Pore Characterisation' delivered on 28 March 2023 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2023/mar/free-one-day-workshop-surface-pore-c... |
Description | Fully Charged Podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Right to Repair discussion |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://fullycharged.show/podcasts/podcast-132-the-right-to-repair-with-helen-czerski/ |
Description | Good Housekeeping and RSC Chemistry World |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviews with Good Housekeeping and RSC Chemistry World on Big Compost Experiment |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/citizen-science-project-investigates-what-happens-to-biodegra... |
Description | Guardian Newspaper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Quoted in Guardian article on greenwashing |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/28/tesco-accused-of-greenwashing-over-biodegradable... |
Description | Guardian Newspaper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview with Guardian about our publication on the Big Compost Experiment. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/03/greenwash-home-compostable-plastics-dont-work-ao... |
Description | Guardian Newspaper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Quoted in Guradian Article on wish-cycling |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/07/stop-wishcycling-and-get-wise-how-to-recycle-alm... |
Description | Guardian newspaper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Mark Miodownik quoted in "Reuse? Compost? Dump? Solving the eco-conundrum of nappies" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/20/disposable-nappies-plastic-waste-diapers |
Description | Halan Mohamed (PhD Student at UCL CNIE) ran a remote workshop on NICE for George Mitchell School Year 10 students on "Chemical Engineer in the Classroom", engaging school children during the Covid-19 pandemic, on 23 March 2021. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | On the 23 March, CNIE's PhD student Halan Mohamed ran a remote workshop for a group of George Mitchell School year 10 students. This was part of UCL Chemical Engineering's "Chemical Engineer in the Classroom" outreach initiative to continue engagement with school children during the coronavirus pandemic. Halan presented what chemical engineering and nature-inspired chemical engineering are, with the help of the example of her research on nature-inspired membranes for water purification. The workshop concluded with a simple experiment demonstrating the application of membranes for the separation of oil-water emulsions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/mar/chemical-engineer-classroom-session-... |
Description | Help with the organisation of the Society of Chemical Industry, SCI Early career materials annual conference 2022 - Cristian Renato Bountea. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Help with the organisation of the Society of Chemical Industry, SCI Early career materials annual conference 2022. Cristian Renato Boruntea. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Innovative Materials: Which Scale-Up Methodology? Organised by IFPEN, Lyon, France |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens gave a lecture at Innovative Materials: Which Scale-Up Methodology? Organised by IFPEN, Lyon, France, in November 2020. Also work of our PhD student Aleksandra Glowska was presented. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Inspiration Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Royal Institution Family talk, Zoe Laughlin, Ben Oldfrey, Mark Miodownik |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/your-inspiration-making-material-difference |
Description | Interview at the Burgate School and 6th Form, Fordingbridge, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | The Burgate School and 6th Form in Fordingbridge invited Malica Schmidt for an outreach interview to school students and teachers about her career path into academia and support in STEM outreach. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Julia Linke attended Expo 2020 in Dubai, UAE, as a part of the Engineering Leaders Scholarship (Royal Academy on Engineering). |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Julia Linke attended Expo 2020 in Dubai, UAE, as a part of the Engineering Leaders Scholarship (Royal Academy on Engineering). International contacts developed for UCL CNIE. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Julia Linke from UCL CNIE - Presentation on Biochemical Engineering to RAEng ELS scheme scholars and alumni 31 August 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Julia Linke from UCL CNIE - Presentation on Biochemical Engineering to RAEng ELS scheme scholars and alumni 31 August 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Julia Linke, PhD student at UCL CNIE, visited Dubai Expo 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | In February 2022 one of the CNIE PhD students, Julia Linke, visited the Expo 2020 exhibition that took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Julia is a Cohort 25 student on the Engineering Leaders Scheme under the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), until December 2023, and was able to undertake the journey as a scholar on this scheme. Expo is a world exhibition that happens every 5 years over 6 months, organized by the Bureau International des Expositions. The purpose is to facilitate a global gathering of nations to support solving challenges that humanity faces in present times. Expo sites serve as large-scale platforms that enable different entities such as governments, various organizations and citizens to engage, collaborate and enter communication to achieve progress and learn from each other. In Dubai, during Expo 2020, 192 countries presented their exhibitions around 3 major themes: Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability. Several exhibitions presented solutions that would fall under Nature-Inspired Engineering approaches. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2022/mar/julia-linke-phd-student-ucl-cnie-vis... |
Description | KTN Nature Inspired Solutions to Industrial Challenges |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The CNIE coorgaised the Industrial Challenges event with KTN on 27 February 2020. The event brought together academics and researchers working in nature-inspired technologies, SMEs developing new solutions and larger companies with industrial challenges. The day will feature breakout discussions to address challenges in: Batteries, Hydrogen and fuel cells, Solar fuels, Plastic recycling, reuse and packaging, Industrial process intensification and scalable manufacturing, Novel materials (applicable to at least 2 different sectors, including construction), Carbon capture; CO2 sequestration & utilisation, Biomedical & Healthcare Engineering, Textiles & Fashion Industry, Built Environment: Construction, and Architecture and Urban design. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | KTN workshop on 'Clean Energy and Resource Efficiency' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | In collaboration with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), the CNIE co-organised a webinar on 'Clean Energy and Resource Efficiency' on Tuesday 4th August. As part of the Nature Inspired Solutions webinar series, this discussion will explore how nature inspired solutions can contribute to clean growth within the UK and the impact this could have on the UK economy. The session brought together experts in academia and industry from across the UK and beyond to discuss the latest developments in the field. The panel comprises Professor Coppens (CNIE), Professor Raffaela Ocone (Heriot-Watt University), Dr Nagore Sabio (ExxonMobil), Dr Massimiliano Materazzi (UCL), Dr Greg A. Mutch (Newcastle University) and was chaired by Emma McKenna from the KTN. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://youtu.be/_HeENyo0ZcA |
Description | Keynote Sustainability Lecture - University of Vienna |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | https://rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/interview-with-mark-miodownik |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
URL | https://rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/interview-with-mark-miodownik |
Description | Lab Innovations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Royal Society of Chemistry. Lab Innovation Exhibition |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.labbulletin.com/articles/get-ready-the-return-lab-innovations |
Description | Lucy Todd assisted with an external schools outreach program in two Tunbridge primary schools |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Lucy Todd assisted with an external schools outreach program in two Tunbridge primary schools, reaching around 65 children. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Lucy Todd assisted with the organisation of the Engineering Cup & CheERS end of term BBQ |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lucy Todd assisted with the organisation of the Engineering Cup & CheERS end of term BBQ for 80 to 100 Engineering and Post Graduate students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Lucy Todd coordinated lab tours for the various UCL open days |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lucy Todd coordinated lab tours for the various UCL open days, over 50 potential students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Lucy Todd helps organise 2nd Annual UCL Engineering Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lucy Todd helps organise 2nd Annual UCL Engineering Festival |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2023/jul/lucy-todd-helps-organise-2nd-annual-... |
Description | Lucy Todd volunteered as PhD Rep for 2022/3 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lucy Todd volunteered as PhD Rep for 2022/3. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Lucy Todd worked on the organisation, and presented at, the Engineering Festival 2022. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lucy Todd worked on the organisation, and presented at, the Engineering Festival 2022, reaching 200 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Lucy Todd, UCL CNIE PhD Student, participates in UCL Widening Participation Summer School. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lucy Todd, UCL CNIE PhD Student, participates in UCL Widening Participation Summer School. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2023/sep/lucy-todd-ucl-cnie-phd-student-parti... |
Description | Malica Schmidt selected as Analog Astronaut and participated in the 1st UK Analog Astronaut Mission, organised by UCL on Scottish Islands. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Group of 12 Analog Astronauts, carrying out a series of activities in the Scottish islands to simulate conditions in space. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Marc-Olivier Coppens gave a UCL Masterclass, a lecture on applications of NICE in process intensification for the Ramsay Society, a lecture for the UCL Review Society as Vice-Dean Engineering to discuss interdisciplinarity and innovation at UCL and made presentations at local schools. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Marc-Olivier Coppens gave a UCL Masterclass, a lecture on applications of NICE in process intensification for the Ramsay Society, a lecture for the UCL Review Society as Vice-Dean Engineering to discuss interdisciplinarity and innovation at UCL and made presentations at local schools. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Marc-Olivier Coppens gave advice as Scientific Council member at IFP Energies Nouvelles (France), the NSFC Mesoscience programme of the CAS-IPE (China), as International Director for the AIChE CRE (USA), on IChemE panels (UK), the Crick Institute, an EPSRC Prosperity Partnership, at UMP6 (Morocco), as well as in other fora at UCL related to his role as Vice-Dean Engineering and as co-chair for the UCL Grand Challenge on Transformative Technology, emphasising the importance of responsible innova |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Marc-Olivier Coppens gave advice as Scientific Council member at IFP Energies Nouvelles (France), the NSFC Mesoscience programme of the CAS-IPE (China), as International Director for the AIChE CRE (USA), on IChemE panels (UK), the Crick Institute, an EPSRC Prosperity Partnership, at UMP6 (Morocco), as well as in other fora at UCL related to his role as Vice-Dean Engineering and as co-chair for the UCL Grand Challenge on Transformative Technology, emphasising the importance of responsible innovation for sustainable development. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Marc-Olivier Coppens organised and delivered the 17th edition of the prime conference series on Fluidization,held in Edinburgh from 21-25 May 2023. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Marc-Olivier Coppens organised and delivered the 17th edition of the prime conference series on Fluidization, held in Edinburgh from 21-25 May 2023. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2023/jul/fluidization-xvii-edinburgh |
Description | Marc-Olivier Coppens presented at SmartProSys online symposium on sustainable and circular production |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens (UCL CNIE) presented at an international Online Symposium "Towards Sustainable & Circular Production Processes", organised by the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg's SmartProSys Research Cluster from 2-4 March 2022. The presentation by Professor Coppens was on the subject of "Sustainable Process Systems through Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2022/mar/marc-olivier-coppens-presents-smartp... |
Description | Materials for 21st Century |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Sustainability talk at Collyers School |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Membrane work presented at ICOM 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The CNIE is represented by Dr Yanan Liu and Halan Mohamed. Yanan will talk about her work on nature-inspired graphene oxide membranes with vertical pores for fast water treatment on Thursday at the Biomimetic and Bioinspired Membrane session. During the Wednesday morning poster session Halan will display her work on kidney-inspired polymer brush modified membranes which have enhanced anti-fouling properties. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://www.icom2020.co.uk/ |
Description | Munchen TEDX Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Animate materials talk and debate |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://mbasic.facebook.com/cookie/consent-page/?next_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmbasic.facebook.com%2Ftedxmu... |
Description | NICER Right to Repair webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | NICER Right to Repair webinar |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://ce-hub.org/nicer-programme/ |
Description | Nature Inspired fuel cell work presented at Electrochemical Society Annual Meeting 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Panos Trogadas & Sasank Bethapudi presented their latest work on nature-inspired fuel cells at the Electrochemical Society Annual Meeting 2020. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.electrochem.org/prime2020 |
Description | New Scientist |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Danielle Purkiss quoted in "Do your own experiment to see if teabags are really compostable" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://institutions.newscientist.com/article/mg25433894-600-do-your-own-experiment-to-see-if-your-t... |
Description | Newspaper article - DerSTANDARD, Austria |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000203446/warum-recycling-kein-ausweg-aus-der-materialschlacht-ist |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
URL | https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000203446/warum-recycling-kein-ausweg-aus-der-materialschlacht-... |
Description | NexTGen Cancer Grand Challenges launch -- Spotlight talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Launch of the recently awarded, $25M NexTGen Cancer Grand Challenges project (led by Dr Martin Pule, UCL, and Prof Catherine Bollard, Children's National Hospital), in which the CNIE joins cancer experts from the UK, USA and France to develop cancer immunotherapies that target paediatric solid tumours. Following online events in October, and a CGC Future Leaders Conference on 2-4 November 2022 in Barcelona (where Dr Matthew Chin, UCL CNIE presented), an intense in-person workshop was held at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in London on 24 and 25 January 2023. Here, Marc-Olivier Coppens (UCL CNIE) was one of three spotlight speakers, joining Dr. Kevin Litchfield (UCL) and Prof Irving Weissman (Stanford). The 6 work packages were introduced and discussed by key investigators on the grant, strategizing on their execution, and an important part revolved around advocacy, poignantly introduced by the patient advocates. This highlighted the immense challenge the team is putting its collective efforts towards, but also the hope presented by this interdisciplinary team. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2023/feb/nextgen-cancer-grand-challenges-and-... |
Description | Nidhi Kapil and Halan Mohamed from UCL CNIE presented a workshop at Precision AMR Meeting in collaboration with UCLH - 29 June 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Nidhi Kapil and Halan Mohamed from UCL CNIE presented a workshop at Precision AMR Meeting, in collaboration with UCLH, on 29 June 2021. They presented on the project "Gold Nanoparticles Decorated on Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Brushes as Stable Anti-microbial Surfaces". Nidhi Kapil and Halan Mohamed are both PhD students advised by Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens and are working on nature-inspired engineering of catalysts and membranes, respectively. The new project was developed by synergistically combining ideas at the interface of their respective PhD topics. The project will also aim to create awareness and outreach among the general public about this issue. The design and synthesis of the anti-microbial surfaces will be carried out at the CNIE, and anti-microbial studies will be performed at UCLH in collaboration with Dr Shanom Ali and Prof Peter Wilson. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2020/dec/congratulations-nidhi-and-halan-new-... |
Description | Nidhi Kapil and Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens (CNIE) hosted a student under the Nuffield placements scheme. The student was awarded a Gold CREST award for the project. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Nidhi Kapil and Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens from the UCL Department of Chemical Engineering and the Centre for Nature-Inspired Engineering (CNIE) participated in and hosted student Miss Minahil Ahmad under the Nuffield placements scheme. Nuffield Research Placements are funded by the Nuffield Foundation and delivered by STEM Learning. They are engaging, hands-on research projects, where students have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution towards the work of a host organisation. Minahil worked on the project The Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles for Novel Scientific Applications. She was also awarded Gold CREST award for this project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/sep/nidhi-kapil-hosts-nuffield-placement... |
Description | Nina Jotanovic, PhD Student from UCL CNIE - Talk given online to CEPT University India - 3rd November 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Nina Jotanovic, PhD Student from UCL CNIE - Talk given online to CEPT University India - 3rd November 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Nina Jotanovic, PhD Student from UCL CNIE - Talk given to UCL Bartlett Annual Research Conference - Hybrid format - 25 February 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Nina Jotanovic, PhD Student from UCL CNIE - Talk given to UCL Bartlett Annual Research Conference - Hybrid format - 25 February 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/events/2021/feb/phd-research-projects-2021-conference-ex... |
Description | One O'clock Lecture, Space Domain & Environmental Domain, UCL, London, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The UCL Space Domain "One O'clock" lunchtime Webinar series is intended to be an informal platform for sharing on space related topics to a general, non-specialist audience including undergraduate and postgraduate students, staff members, and is open to the general public. Malica Schmidt presented her research, which instigated the role as UCL's Space Ambassador. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-oclock-space-webinar-tickets-106227282662 |
Description | Oxford University's Chemical Engineering Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Faculty seminar. Following the extensive interest in the seminar on NICE at Oxford, a meeting is organised for approx 40 graduate students from Oxford's Engineering Science department to visit the CNIE's Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering (NICE) lab space. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Participated in organising UCL Widening Participation Summer School program that was held in August 2022. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | UCL Widening Participation Summer School program from August 2022. Ibrahim Alnutaifi. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2022/sep/cnie-phd-students-participate-wideni... |
Description | Pentland Innovation Forum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion on nature-inspired design for an online global audience consisting of product designers and developers from all of Pentlands brands such as Speedo, Berghaus, Endura, Canterbury, Kickers and Ellesse. The Pentlands Innovation Team was interested to learn about our CNIE tools and methodologies, to explore collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Plastic . Remaking Our World |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Design exhibition catalogue essay |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.design-museum.de/en/information/calendar/events/plastic-exhibition-programme.html |
Description | Podcast interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview about plastics included on 4 episodes of The Discarded podcast |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://link.chtbl.com/DiscardedPodcast |
Description | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens co-chaired the international Fluidization XVII Conference in Edinburgh, with Prof Raffaella Ocone (Heriot-Watt University), Prof Paola Lettieri (UCL) and Prof Christine Hrenya (University of Colorado, Boulder). A Special Issue for Powder Technology guest edited by Marc-Olivier with a team of early-career researchers is in preparation. PhD student Shuxian Jiang presented at the conference. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens co-chaired the international Fluidization XVII Conference in Edinburgh, with Prof Raffaella Ocone (Heriot-Watt University), Prof Paola Lettieri (UCL) and Prof Christine Hrenya (University of Colorado, Boulder). A Special Issue for Powder Technology guest edited by Marc-Olivier with a team of early-career researchers is in preparation. PhD student Shuxian Jiang presented at the conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens co-chaired the international Rideal Conference on Catalysis at UCL with Prof Sir Richard Catlow, Prof Sankar Gopinathan, Prof Asterios Gavriilides and Dr Reza Abbasi. PhD student Maria Mourkou presented her research. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens co-chaired the international Rideal Conference on Catalysis at UCL with Prof Sir Richard Catlow, Prof Sankar Gopinathan, Prof Asterios Gavriilides and Dr Reza Abbasi. PhD student Maria Mourkou presented her research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens presented over 20 online plenaries, keynotes & invited webinars on NICE and NIS at conferences, academic (Princeton, Manchester, Surrey, Edinburgh, Tianjin, Zhejiang University, KAUST, University of Tyumen) and industrial departments around the world. Plenaries (all virtual) include ESCAPE-31, 21st Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, MaCKiE, CNRS Year of Nature-Inspired Engineering etc. He was also invited to present at the AIChE Annual meeting in honour of |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens presented over 20 online plenaries, keynotes & invited webinars on NICE and NIS at conferences, academic (Princeton, Manchester, Surrey, Edinburgh, Tianjin, Zhejiang University, KAUST, University of Tyumen) and industrial departments around the world. Plenaries (all virtual) include ESCAPE-31, 21st Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, MaCKiE, CNRS Year of Nature-Inspired Engineering etc. He was also invited to present at the AIChE Annual meeting in honour of Prof Arup Chakraborty's (MIT) 60th birthday. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/jul/several-plenary-lectures-nice-profes... |
Description | Recycling Plastic Waste in Hackney |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Trellis/UCL culture/ UCL East, Plastic Waste Innovation Hub collaboration on event to reach local residents and traders in the Hackney ares (120 attendees). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Repair Cafe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | UCL Repair Cafe |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/events/2023/nov/repair-cafe |
Description | Repair Cafe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Repair cafe for repairing items containing metals, plastics and other materials. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
URL | https://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/events/detail/repair-cafe-mechspace-44-wicklow-street |
Description | Rise of the Resistance Festival - Nidhi Kapil and Halan Mohamed from CNIE performing and speaking at Bloomsbury Theatre, UCL. This included a stage play and a 3 minute thesis, to raise awareness about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) among the public. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Nidhi Kapil and Halan Mohamad from the UCL Department of Chemical Engineering and the Centre for Nature-inspired Engineering (CNIE) participated in the Rise of the Resistance Festival, organised by Nosocomial in partnership with the UCL Precision AMR research initiative. The event aimed to raise awareness about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) among the general public. The event started with a play on "What Is AMR And What Can We Do About It?". At the event, scientists and actors worked together to convey the message in more straightforward terms to the general audience and discussed their research projects. In December 2020, Nidhi and Halan were awarded a £15k Precision AMR Seed funding on "Gold Nanoparticles Decorated on Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Brushes as Stable Anti-microbial Surfaces", and some promising results from their nature-inspired research were presented at the show. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/sep/cnies-anti-microbial-research-stage-... |
Description | Self-repairing Materials |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Animate Materials Discussion |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2021/03/animate-materials/ |
Description | Space Microbiology Subgroup, Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM) 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The Association for General and Applied Microbiology (Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie - VAAM) promotes the scientific exchange of information and the cooperation of its members with the aim of implementing research results from microbiology for the benefit of society and the environment. As part of her German Aerospace Center (DLR) guest research role, Malica Schmidt presented her preliminary research on microbial control in space. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.vaam-kongress.de |
Description | Space Week: Humans in Space and Space Debate "The settlement of Mars is essential for the future of humanity", Space Domain, UCL, London, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The UCL Space Week was a week of events exploring ongoing topics of Space research and studies, delivered through a mixture of face to face and online events. As Space Ambassador, Malica Schmidt was heavily involved in the planning of the Space Week. During the "Humans in Space" panel, she presented her research and during the closing flagship event of the week, the Space Debate, Malica acted as chair. She organised the event and invited six guest speakers who argued for and against the motion that "settling on Mars is essential for the future of humanity". As outcome of the event, one panelist followed up with an invitation to present her work as part of his talk at the British Interplanetary Society. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/events/2021/nov/coss-hybrid-ucl-space-debate-set... |
Description | Spotify Podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Instand Genius Podcast on biodegradability |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BBIjMrKOCb6eVBqXvQbtI?si=1f6998052db84419%29&nd=1&dlsi=260374fdb75... |
Description | Spotify podcast - NICER |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Contibution by Danielle Purkiss. This is NICER Life, the podcast exploring how a circular approach to business and industry could change the world. In this series, the team talk with experts from the different research centres in the UK's National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) network, a cross-cutting research programme to help the UK become more circular and sustainable. Each episode we meet the people behind the research and explore the latest circular initiatives across academia, business and policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
URL | https://open.spotify.com/show/6OUZm2lpY6XrhOml8oo47c |
Description | Sustainability Debate - Luiss University, Italy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Freshers week debate to whole university - online platform |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | TV interviews - CNN, ABC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | TV interviews with CNN, ABC and other by Danielle Purkiss on the Big Compost Experiment results. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Metals waste of disposable waste |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-07-15/rise-of-single-use-vapes-sending-tonnes-of-... |
Description | The CNIE offers a module on Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering for 4th year undergraduate and MSc students as part of their Chemical Engineering qualification. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | The CNIE offers a module on Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering for 4th year undergraduate and MSc students as part of their Chemical Engineering qualification. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/study/nature-inspired-chemical-engineering-module |
Description | The CNIE started again organising in-person free technical workshops, led by Dr Han Wu. A Workshop on Surface & Pore Characterisation was organised with Anton Paar, featuring a lecture by Dr Martin Thomas. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The CNIE started again organising in-person free technical workshops, led by Dr Han Wu. A Workshop on Surface & Pore Characterisation was organised with Anton Paar, featuring a lecture by Dr Martin Thomas. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) at UCL Chemical Engineering organised the first Meeting of the Nature-Inspired Solutions (NIS) Network on Thursday 24th November 2022. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) at UCL Chemical Engineering organised the first Meeting of the Nature-Inspired Solutions (NIS) Network on Thursday 24th November 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2022/oct/launch-event-network-nature-inspired... |
Description | The Nature-Inspired Solutions (NIS) Network held events on Nature-Inspired Solutions to problems on sustainable waste management (led by Dr Massimiliano Materazzi) and water treatment (led by Prof Luiza Campos, with Dr Diego Lopez-Barreiro and Adriana Bernardes). |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | NIS Network Webinar - 2nd May 1pm - Challenges and Opportunities in Nature-Inspired Water Treatment. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2023/mar/nis-network-webinar-2nd-may-1pm-chal... |
Description | The work of CNIE on hydrogen was presented by Diego López Barreiro at the UCL Hydrogen Innovation Network & Showcase Event on 08/11/23. This was a very successful event that was attended by leaders from industry, academy, and the government, including the Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | The work of CNIE on hydrogen was presented by Diego López Barreiro at the UCL Hydrogen Innovation Network & Showcase Event on 08/11/23. This was a very successful event that was attended by leaders from industry, academy, and the government, including the Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | UCL CNIE participated in ISCRE 26 & APCRE 9, India - 5-12 December 2021 - Virtual posters presented by Nidhi Kapil and Shuxian Jiang online. Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens (CNIE) also chaired a session as member of the scientific committee. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr Nidhi Kapil and CNIE PhD student Shuxian Jiang presented posters (online due to Covid-19) at the ISCRE APCRE meeting in Delhi India, as part of the 26th International Symposium for Chemical Reaction Engineering & 9th Asia-Pacific Chemical Reaction Engineering Symposium. Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens serves on the Scientific Committee of ISCRE 26 and chaired a session on 'CFD, Reactor Modeling and Analysis' on 7 December from 07:00 - 09:50pm IST. Nidhi Kapil presented 'Atomically precise gold cluster catalysts for enhanced propylene epoxidation' on 7 December. Shuxian Jiang presented 'Fractal injectors to intensify liquid-phase processes by controlling the turbulent flow field' on 6 December. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2021/dec/ucl-cnie-participates-iscre-26-apcre... |
Description | UCL Chemical Engineering Taster Lecture series |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens gave the first in the Spring 2020 Taster Lectures series for the Department of Chemical Engineering. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://youtu.be/ZCKzvyNTh9E |
Description | UCL Education Award - Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | UCL Education Award for curriculum development, with a focus on research-based education (2020) - this was mostly for the development and delivery of a unique module on Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/teaching-learning/news/2020/may/shortlist-announced-education-awards-2020 |
Description | UCL Masterclass on Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering delivered by Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens from CNIE, attended online by 200 students of underrepresented groups to encourage STEM university studies, on 14 February 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | UCL Masterclass on Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering delivered by Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens from CNIE, attended online by 200 students of underrepresented groups to encourage STEM university studies, on 14 February 2022. The outline of the talk can be found below. 'We turn to nature for inspiration because nature provides us with examples of solutions. In this Masterclass, you will discover how we can learn from trees, lungs, kidneys, and dunes to transform chemical and energy processes.' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marc-olivier-coppens-626a44_masterclasses-activity-689913220094450483... |
Description | UCL Repair Cafe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | UCL Repair Cafe - MechSpace - 10th Nov 2023 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Video profile for International Women in Engineering Day at UCL Faculty of Engineering - Halan Mohamed |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PhD student Halan, who is researching nature-inspired engineering, discusses what inspired her to start studying engineering, what she enjoys most about her research, and what advice she'd give to a young person wanting to enter the field of STEM. The video was one of 8 video profiles of women in UCL Faculty of Engineering and was watch by over 200 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://youtu.be/QOUfXupv_Vs |
Description | Virtual placement programme, In2ScienceUK, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | In2scienceUK empowers young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential through life changing opportunities that give them insights into STEM careers and research and boosts their skills and confidence. Malica Schmidt supported multiple groups of 5 students (aged 16 - 18 years old) in their personal and career pathway over multiple sessions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://in2scienceuk.org/ |
Description | Voyage a Mars series (webinar), Givaudan, Geneva, Switzerland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens gave a lecture for Voyage a Mars series (webinar), Givaudan, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2020 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | WNCST 2021 talk: A systematic, scalable, nature-inspired design methodology for functional nanomaterials |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof MArc-Olivier Coppens presented at the WNCST 2021 talk. The talk was titled A systematic, scalable, nature-inspired design methodology for functional nanomaterials. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://vit.ac.in/WNCST2021/congress-info.php#About-WNCST-2021 |
Description | Warsaw University of Technology (Poland) - online seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation on the Future of Chemical Engineering, including NICE for, predominantly, MSc students in Chemical Engineering, with discussion at the end. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | We enjoy our continued consultancy for and engagement with Eurokin, through a project championed by Albemarle, IFP Energies Nouvelles and Johnson Matthey on computationally assisted porous materials design, involving Adriana Bernardes and Marc-Olivier Coppens. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | We enjoy our continued consultancy for and engagement with Eurokin, through a project championed by Albemarle, IFP Energies Nouvelles and Johnson Matthey on computationally assisted porous materials design, involving Adriana Bernardes and Marc-Olivier Coppens. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Webinar for Hypergravity/Microgravity, Access to Space for All - part of the Space4SDGS, United Nations Office of Outer Space (UNOOSA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | United Nations Office of Outer Space (UNOOSA)'s Access to Space for All - part of Space4SDGS - is a joint initiative of UNOOSA and space agencies, research institutions and industry to offer access to space research facilities, infrastructure and information with the aim of developing technical know-how, engineering processes and infrastructure in the areas of hypergravity and microgravity, satellite development and space exploration and promote international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. Malica Schmidt was invited for this talk, in which she presented her research at the Material Science Subgroup for R&D in Hypergravity/Microgravity, due to her involvement at the ELGRA conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/access2space4all/index.html |
Description | Why lego struggling to go greener |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | comments on Lego's decision to scrap plans to make its bricks from recycled plastic bottles, after discovering their manufacture involves higher carbon emissions than those made from crude oil. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/2023/sep/why-lego-bricks-are-struggling-go-greener |
Description | Widening Participation Masterclass delivered by Prof. Marc-Olivier Coppens to Year 12 students |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Widening Participation Masterclass delivered by Prof. Marc-Olivier Coppens to Year 12 students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nature-inspired-engineering/news/2022/mar/widening-participation-masterclass-d... |
Description | Widening Participation Masterclass: Chemical Engineering |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | In February 2021, UCL hosted Online Masterclasses for students in Year 12 in England and Wales, S5 in Scotland and Y13 in Northern Ireland covering various subjects. Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens gave a talk on teh subject "Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering: A NICE Approach to Solve Challenging Problems". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/learners/year-12-and-13/masterclasses |
Description | Wild Bond - BBC Radio 4 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | In 2022, it had been 60 years since the first Bond movie, Dr No. Now, surely, 007 could be helped by a bit of nature-inspired engineering when saving the planet? Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens from UCL CNIE has contributed his expertise on bio-inspired design to 'Wild Bond', a BBC Radio 4 programme on the links between the famous fictional spy James Bond, and the natural world. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001d5pn |
Description | Woodland Trust article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Article called "What shall we do about tree shelters?" for WoodWise Magazine. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ |