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We are also excited to share that Prof Vasant Kumar is going to give an invited talk at the upcoming Cambridge University - IIT Bombay Workshop on Advanced Materials and Devices, to be held from September 22-23, 2025.The Venue is: P.C. Saxena Auditorium, IIT BombayThe title of Prof Vasant's talk is: Advanced MEMS based platform gas sensing solution…

We are very delighted to share the news that Prof Vasant Kumar is going to deliver a Plenary Lecture on 20th September at 9.15 am (UK time), at MMTME 2025 (2025 International Conference on Mechanical Manufacturing Technology and Material Engineering), to be held in Northeastern University (Nanhu campus), Shenyang, China, from 19 – 21 September.The …

The 2025 International Conference on Green Materials and Manufacturing Technology (GMMT 2025) will be held from June 23 to 25 at Churchill College, bringing together researchers, engineers, and industry professionals to explore the latest advancements in sustainable materials and eco-friendly manufacturing. Featuring keynote speeches and technical …

We are very happy to share that our recent paper on Na-ion batteries has been featured as the departmental Paper of the Month (February, 2025).Here's the highlight from the MSM department website: With key resource supplies (e.g. Li and Co) for commercial Li-ion batteries being exhausted, the world is calling for the next-generation rechargeable ba…

We are happy to share that Professor Kumar was appointed as Distinguished Member of the British Council of Institution of Association of Advanced Materials (Sweden) from 9 September 2024.

Ever Resource Ltd (Regenerate Inc USA) is making great progress on Battery Upscaling with the Research Team in the group led by Prof. Kumar and Prof J Robinson (HOD).Project Title: Circular Economy Innovation for the Recycling and Upcycling of Batteries Company: Ever Resource Ltd (UK), subsidiary of Regenerate Inc (USA)Ever Resource Ltd was establi…

We are excited to share that, Professor Kumar presented the Opening Plenary Lecture on “An overview of landscape of future developments in batteries” on 6 Dec 2024 in Battery Bharat 2024 in Bengaluru. On 7th Dec, he offered a Tutorial on “Battery Metal Chemistries” and on the 8th Dec, he was part of a Panel discussing Battery Recycling in Circular …

Professor Kumar is the Technical Organizer along with Dr Athan Fox (CEO of Ever Resource Ltd/ Director of Regenerate Inc) of Materials 2.0. to be held in Cambridge on 28 and 29 April 2025.   The inaugural conference Materials 2.0 offers a tribute to the great achievements globally in Materials Science & Technologies and looks forward to future chal…

Professor Kumar has been invited to present a Plenary Lecture in Skopje in April 2025. His selected topic is: “Scientific Input into Circular Economy of Battery Technologies”.Please check more details on the GREEN CIRC 2025 website:https://congress.sctm.mk/event/6/page/37-plenary-lecturers

We are excited to share that MCG PhD candidate Minfei has passed his viva recently, and was approved by the Degree Committee without correction, being the second student of Professor Vasant's career, and one of the very few students from the whole Department in recent years, to have achieved this.(A short stop in front of DMSM after viva and before…

Professor Vasant Kumar is going to be a keynote speaker at the upcoming RAMS 2024: Recent Appointees in Materials Science, a conference organized by Royal Society of Chemistry, to be held in Brunel University London on the 5th and 6th September.Professor Kumar is one of the three keynote speakers along with Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens from UCL a…

We are happy to share that, MCG PhD candidate Minfei Fei is the only awardee for the Best Poster Prize at this year's Armourers and Brasiers' Forum, which was held at Cambridge on June 18th, 2024.The Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum is held annually at the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy in Cambridge with the aim of raising the …

We are excited to share that, one of our past Chemical Communications (Chem. Comm.) publications has been selected to feature in an online collection highlighting 60 pioneering historic papers from the United Kingdom. Details of this publication is shown below: Title:Carbon with hierarchical pores from carbonized metal-organic frameworks for lithiu…

Professor R Vasant Kumar will be a Keynote Speaker in 14th International Conference on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Systems (CMCEE14) Conference in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday 20th August from 9.20 – 9.50 am in “Advance Sensors” Symposium. The Title of his talk is: MEMS and Solid State Sensors for Developing Platf…

Professor Vasant is invited to give a talk at the 5th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Cells in Groningen, scheduled on 23 April at the Van Swinderen Huys. This event will serve as a platform for leading experts, researchers, politicians, and innovators in the field of solid oxide cells to convene and share their invaluable insights.According…