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Preparing for the Moon under a Mountain – Eleonore's 8-day analogue space mission

29 August 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Eleonore is again hitting the news headline. There were some media sources, including Le Temps , ma RTS , SWI swissinfo , and Canal9 , showcasing her recent 8-day analogue space mission with some other analogue astronauts at Grimselpass, Switzerland, in July. In 2019, Eleonore was selected as an...

Sarah passes her MPhil viva and is embracing the next consulting chapter

26 July 2021

Sarah recently passed her MPhil viva on aqueous zinc ion batteries last month, and is earger to start her next chapter as a Knowledge Analyst for Energy, Power and Oil and Gas at McKinsey & Company Jakarta office in August 2021. The MCG group had a relaxed farewell gatherings at the Plough in Coton. Here's Sarah's...

Cambridge spin-out Porotech, co-founded by MCG Ph.D. alumnus Yingjun Liu, secures £3 million Seed investment

30 June 2021

Porotech , co-founded by Dr. Yingjun Liu, along with Dr. Tongtong Zhu and Prof. Rachel Oliver, recently secures £3 million Seed investment led by Speedinvest alongside IQ Capital , Cambridge Enterprise , Martlet Capital and Cambridge Angels . This adds to £1.5m seed funding in 2020. Porotech has created a new class of...

Eleonore and Minfei presented at the Postgraduate Seminars Day

29 June 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidates Eleonore and Minfei both gave presentations on their recent progress at the departmental Postgraduate Seminars Day. Eleonore's title is: Crack Initiation and Propagation Mechanisms in Coatings for Gas Turbines in Hot Corrosion and Fatigue Conditions. Minfei's title is: A More Stable Lithium Anode via...

Prof. Vasant Kumar to co-chair the 7th International Symposium on Sustainable Secondary Battery Manufacturing and Recycling

18 June 2021

Prof. Vasant Kumar, joined by Prof. Katerina Aifantis (U. of Florida, USA), Dr. Claudio Capiglia (Talga Technologies Limited, UK) and Dr. Athan Fox (Ever Resource Ltd, UK), is going to chair the 7th International Symposium on Sustainable Secondary Battery Manufacturing and Recycling , at Phuket, Thailand, from November 28...

Birthday special issue: Eleonore’s interview with Swiss Cockpit Magazin “auf dem weg ins all”

27 March 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Eleonore was recently interviewed by journalist Daniel Dubouloz for the Swiss aerospace magazine Cockpit Magazin . The interview was titled “ Eleonore Poli: auf dem weg ins all ” (Eng: Eleonore Poli: journey to the aerospace). Eleonore shared with Minfei her first-hand feedback and excitement for the...

Paul started his new journey after eight years of wonderful time at MCG

23 March 2021

Our fellow lab mate Paul recently finished his project after eight years at MCG. Paul is an experienced researcher with a world-class record across materials, metallurgy and sustainable energy. As one of the UK's leading scientists in the field, he has steered and managed the development of major projects in solar energy...

Bright finished his 14 months research at MCG

30 November 2020

Bright just left MCG after spending around 14 months with us on a Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship. Bright is a PhD student visiting us from the University of Ghana. He was a member of St. Edmunds College. During his time with us, Bright focused on the synthesis, characterisation and application of metal-oxide photo-...

Mike launched his new entrepreneur role as start-up Co-Founder and CCO

11 November 2020

Mike Coto, MCG Ph.D. alumnus, is now dedicated to his entrepreneur role as Co-Founder and CCO for a couple of start-ups which are resulted from his research work. After obtaining his PhD, Mike worked as Senior Product Developer for the global technology company Keronite. He then shifted to academia as a Research Associate...

Alumnus Tiesheng Wang Started New Career as Asst. Prof. at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

25 February 2020

MCG Ph.D. alumnus Tiesheng Wang was recently appointed as Assistant Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University's School of Mechanical Engineering: http://me.sjtu.edu.cn/en/FullTimeTeacher/wangtiesheng.html . Dr. Wang received 1st Class BEng from Imperial College London, followed by MRes and PhD at the University of...

Preparing for the Moon under a Mountain – Eleonore's 8-day analogue space mission

Sarah passes her MPhil viva and is embracing the next consulting chapter

Cambridge spin-out Porotech, co-founded by MCG Ph.D. alumnus Yingjun Liu, secures £3 million Seed investment

Eleonore and Minfei presented at the Postgraduate Seminars Day

Prof. Vasant Kumar to co-chair the 7th International Symposium on Sustainable Secondary Battery Manufacturing and Recycling

Birthday special issue: Eleonore’s interview with Swiss Cockpit Magazin “auf dem weg ins all”

Paul started his new journey after eight years of wonderful time at MCG

Bright finished his 14 months research at MCG

Mike launched his new entrepreneur role as start-up Co-Founder and CCO

Alumnus Tiesheng Wang Started New Career as Asst. Prof. at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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