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We are super excited to share the news that Eleonore passed her PhD viva, and will be graduating this coming summer.During her almost five years at MCG, Eleonore's research topic was the degradation mechanisms of 2 coatings on single crystal nickel superalloys in hot corrosion and fatigue environment. Using an experimental rig, she exposed the samp…

MCG is delighted to share the news that Professor Vasant Kumar was recently honored with Whittingham International Energy Award "For Leadership in developing new energy technologies for a sustainable development in the environmental, economic, and social points of view".

2023 Nankai-Cambridge Symposium on Advanced Materials took place on November 21st, 2023, as part of the ongoing collaboration of Nankai-Cambridge Link programme. This one-day Symposium features experts and scholars from universities of Cambridge and Nankai, as well as institutions across the globe, covering a wide range of topics, from Hydrogen Tec…

Professor Geoffrey Brooks of Swinburn University, Australia will be presenting an exciting talk on Tuesday 31st October at 11 am in A&B Meeting Room (Large).Manufacturing Metal and Ceramics on the MoonAn overview of recent work at Swinburne University and CSIRO looking at fundament thermodynamics and kinetics of making materials on the moon using r…

MCG PhD candidate Minfei recently presented his most recent sodium battery project at the 8th International Conference on Sodium Batteries 2023 (8th ICNaB-2023) from September 21 to 24, at Liyang China. About the conference:Chairs’ welcome: "......Its spirit continues the momentum initiated in the first seven sodium battery conferences held worldwi…

In honor of the lifetime achievements of Prof. Vasant Kumar, Kumar International Symposium on Sustainable Secondary Battery Manufacturing & Recycling (8th Intl. Symp.)  is established to celebrate this great moment. Prof. Katerina Aifantis (U. of Florida, USA), Dr. Claudio Capiglia (Reliance Industries Limited, India), Dr. Athan Fox (Ever Resource …

Have you ever thought about the about the potential impact of your research or how you could translate this to commercial applications? Join colleagues from the Materials Department and experts from Cambridge Enterprise for a workshop designed to explore these questions.We’ll be joined by Professors Vasant Kumar and Xavier Moya, who will reveal how…

MCG is delighted to announce our research article 'Solid state electrochemically synthesised β-SiC nanowires as the anode material in lithium ion batteries' published in Energy Storage Materials in 2020 has gained the recognition of International Society for Scientific Network (ISSN), in energy chemistry sector. ISSN is a society for bringing toget…

MCG PhD candidate Eleonore was recently selected as a winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Social Impact Award!The Vice-Chancellor's Social Impact Award is highly competitive, this year they received a high number of competitive nominations and the decision-making process was extremely difficult. The panel of judges, were immensely impressed with Eleono…

Professor Vasant Kumar is going to give a talk on Thursday 17 Nov in Global Low-Carbon Metallurgy Innovation Forum on "The Path Ahead to Net-Zero Carbon Metal" in Shanghai. The Forum will be in hybrid mode, and Professor Vasant will be talking on Zoom. 

Professor Vasant Kumar has been recently elected as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), which is not only a huge recognition for his dedicated contributions to the fields, but also an inspiration for all MCGers.

Book details:Rechargeable Ion Batteries: Materials, Design and Applications of Li-Ion Cells and BeyondKaterina E. Aifantis (Editor), R. V. Kumar (Editor), Pu Hu (Editor)ISBN: 978-3-527-35018-6 January 2023 (Hard Copy) Professor Kumar has contributed to 4 Chapters in the Book, one of the Chapter on Li-S Batteries is co-authored with Prof Kai Xi - Fo…

Professor R. Vasant KUMAR, is invited as a guest speaker, at The 21st International Metallurgy and Materials Congress which will be held in Istanbul between 6-8 October 2022. The congress venue will be at the TUYAP Fair, Convention and Congress Center in Beylikdüzü.The talk is scheduled on 6th of October between 13:00 and 13:30. It will be in Hall …

MCG PhD candidate Emma Latchem recently presnted her work at ENC in Orlando and ECS in Vancouver. Emma presented her work on the quantification of crossover in operating aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs). Crossover of redox-active materials in AORFBs leads to capacity decay. By using in situ NMR, we have been able to explore how this cr…

Rechargeable Ion Batteries explores the concepts of rechargeable ion batteries, including their materials, applications, stability, and novel developments, focusing on state-of-the-art Li-based batteries used for portable electronics and electric vehicles, while also covering emerging ion-battery technologies. The text addresses innovative approach…