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| July |
Jawwad Darr gave an invited lecture at MPA Nanotech in Alvor, Portugal entitled “Scale-up of Continuous Hydrothermal Flow Synthesis Reactors; Controllable and Combinatorial Methods for Nanoceramics Production” |
| June |
Jawwad Darr is shortlisted for the "Provost's Spirit of Enterprise Award". Click here to view the nomination video |
| June |
Jawwad Darr gave a lecture at IOP, UK entitled “Nanomaterials for Energy Applications” |
| June |
Jawwad Darr gave a lecture at Bath University (UKIF meeting) entitled “Small Nanoparticles on a Big scale; From Discovery to Pilot Plant” |
March |
Chiaki Crews gave a lecture at the University of Arizona entitled “Continuous Hydrothermal Flow Technology” |
5th January |
Jawwad Darr gave a lecture at Queens University Belfast, SPC Photocatalysis meeting entitled “Photocatlaysis; Does Size Matter?” |
| November |
Chris Tighe gave a lecture in Berlin entitled "Scale-up of a Green and Continuous Hydrothermal Process for the Manufacture of Nanoparticles" |
| 16th November |
Jawwad Darr gave a lecture at Department of Physics, Kings College London, entitled “From lab to market: Green chemistry and nanoceramics for energy” |
| August |
Jawwad A. Darr gave a presentation (UK-Japanese Symposium) entitled "Continuous Hydrothermal synthesis of nanomaterials" at UCL |
| August |
Jawwad A. Darr gave a presentation entitled "Continuous Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nanomaterials" at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) in Beijing, China |
July |
Jawwad A. Darr is promoted to Professor in Materials Chemistry (effective from October 2011) |
5th July |
Jawwad A. Darr chaired a conference session and gave an invited presentation entitled "Continuous Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nanoceramics; From Laboratory to Pilot Plant' at UK Colloids 2011, De Vere Hotel, Canary Wharf |
28th June |
Jawwad A. Darr chaired a conference session and gave an invited presentation entitled "Advanced Manufacturing Scale-Up Production of Nanoparticles for Industrial Applications" at the 5th MPATECH Nanotech Conference held in Alvor, Portugal |
21st June |
Jawwad A. Darr gave an invited presentaiton entitled "Making nanoceramics in a safe, clean, continuous and controlled manner; from lab to pilot plant" in industry |
16th June |
Jawwad A. Darr gave a presentation entitled "Nanomaterials for electrochemical devices" at the UCL Electrochemical Innovation Networking Event (including launch of the EI Network) |
9th June |
Jawwad A. Darr gave an invited presentation entitled "High value manufactured nanoproducts for industry - en route to spinout?" at Nanomaterials 2011 International Conference in London. Over 140 attendees were present of which ca. 50% were from industry |
15th April |
Jawwad A. Darr gave a presentation entitled "Nanoceramics for Biomedical Applications" at the UCL Nanomedicine Networking Event. Over 100 delegates were present from UCL and industry |
12 - 13th April |
Jawwad A. Darr gave an invited presentation entitled "Combinatorial direct solid state syntheses from nanoceramic precursors; is this the end of shake and bake?" at the BCA meeting held at Keele University |
| October |
Kathryn Thompson passes PhD viva with minor corrections |
| October |
On Ying Wu joins as PhD student |
| September |
Jawwad A. Darr talk on "High Throughput Nanoceramics Discovery - Efficient Continuous Hydrothermal Automation for Synthesising Photocatalyst Nanomaterials" at the SCI meeting on Photocatalysis held at UCL |
| August |
JAD talk on "Continuous Hydrothermal Nanoceramics Synthesis; from Combinatorial to Pilot Plant" UK-China Forum on Advanced Processing /Manufacture of Materials and Nanostructures, JC Marriott Hotel Shanghai, China |
| July |
JAD talk on "Biomaterials; Future trends and Directions" 2nd PSoBTE Meeting on Biomedical Materials, King Edward Medical College Lahore, Pakistan, July, 2010
- JAD talk on "High throughput hydrothermal nanoceramics synthesis and discovery using automation" ISHA 2010 Conference, Beijing China |
| July |
JAD talk on "Environmentally Friendly Routes to Nanoceramics Discovery and Scale-up, Zhezhiang University, Hangzhou, China |
| July |
One Day Workshop on "effective networking and how to interface with industry, held at the 2nd PSoBTE Meeting on Biomedical Materials, King Edward Medical College Lahore, Pakistan |
| July |
Half day workshop for 25 (pre-A level) children from Walthamstow Hall School on "Nano and photoactive smart materials". Activities on the day included practical experiments and measurements of dye concentration using UV/Vis spectrometer and photocatalytic dye tests on coated glass slides. The Children also saw a demonstration of RAMSI the synthesis robot and other liquid handling apparatus ion action (Crosby Medley, K. Thompson, Suela Kellici and Tian Lin supported the day's events) |
| June |
JAD talk on"High Performance Engineered Nanomaterials: From University to Market" Nanomaterials 2010, Jurys Hotel, London |
| May |
EPSRC funding £1.1 M on Origins of Life Project for reduction of CO2 from the air |
| 12th April |
JAD talk on"High Throughput Nano Photocatalyst Synthesis and Discovery; Automated Continuous Hydrothermal Reactors" at SP3 (Semiconductor Photocatalysis) on in Glasgow |
| 27th Apri |
talk on "Continuous hydrothermal synthesis of nanoparticles: measurements of particle size distribution using dynamic light scattering" At the World Conference of Particle Technology, Nuremburg [Lecture given by PDRA T. Lin] |
| 7th April |
JAD talk on"High Throughput Nanomaterials at a workshop at Diamond, RAL, Oxfordshire |
| 1st March |
JAD talk on "High Throughput Nanoceramics Synthesis with RAMSI, the Rapid Automated Materials Synthesis Robot" at Department of Chemistry, Cardiff University (RSC divisional lecture) |
| 5th March |
JAD talk on "Nanomaterials for Energy Applications; from Water Splitting Devices to Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Development" ETH Zurich, Department of Materials (during EU Nanomission to Europe) |
| 4th March |
Josie Talk on "An Automated Liquid and Nanoparticle Slurry Handling Combinatorial Nanoceramics Synthesis Robot"" at ELRIG event on Liquid Handling and Label Free Detection Technologies at Whittlebury Hall, Silverstone, UK |
| 23rd March |
JAD talk on "A New High Throughput and Safer Green Technology for Nanophosphor Syntheses" at the Phosphors Global Summit in San Diego USA |
| 26th January |
"Recent Developments in Robots and Nanoparticles" at UCL chemistry Department |
| December |
TSB project on nanoparticle inks awarded |
| October |
Talk on "High Throughput Discovery of Nanoceramics for Energy, Healthcare and Security Applications" at the Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen |
| 3rd September |
Josies Goodal gave a talk on "Continuous hydrothermal flow synthesis of materials for UV attenuation and photocatalysis" at Nanoparticles 2009 conference held at Liverpool University |
| 10th April |
RAMSI is completed |
| 1st April |
Jawwad A. Darr gave an invited lecture at the Advanced Functional Materials conference (RSC Spring Solid State Group meeting) |
| 15 - 17th March |
Lecture to school teachers entitled "Green chemistry, nanotechnology and a sustainable future" at the UCL/LCTC (London Chemistry Teachers' Centre) |
| March |
Josie Goodall gave a lecture at the CIKTN Associates meeting |
| February |
Jawwad A. Darris awarded a visiting professorship at the IRC in Biomedical Materials, COMSATS University, Lahore, Pakistan. The mission of the IRCBM is to develop biomedical materials and implants |
| 21st January |
Jawwad A. Darr gave an invited lecture to both industrialists and academics entitled "Throughput Nanoceramics Discovery" at the London Technology Network one day seminar on "Advances in Smart Materials" |
| 15th January |
Jawwad A. Darr gave a keynote lecture at the Biomaterials Chemistry Group 4th Annual Meeting entitled "Use of Continuous Hydrothermal Flow Technology for the Synthesis of Substituted Nanoceramics and Their Transparent High Strength Sintered Monoliths" at SCI, Belgrave Square, London |
| 7th January |
SPC Network meeting, Glasgow University, talks given by nearly half of the CMTG |
| December |
Jawwad ran a series of lectures and training seminars during a three-day grant writing and networking workshop to younger academics in Pakistan in the IRC in Biomedical Materials, COMSATS University, Lahore Campus, Ravind Road, Lahore, Pakistan. Subjects covered included how to become a more effective networker, how to interface with industry, a mock grant panel for Pakistani academics and grant writing |
| December |
Jawwad visits the IRC in Biomedical Materials, COMSATS University, Lahore, Pakistan. The mission of the IRCBM is to develop and commercialise biomedical materials and implants within 5 years |
| 8th September |
10th ISHA Conference in Nottingham (hydrothermal and solvothermal meeting) |
| 5th September |
UCL/JM research day hosted by Chemistry |
| 4th September |
UCL workshop on high throughput materials discovery |
| September |
Scale-up project |
| September |
Sam Alexander, Sofia Elouali and Rob Gruar join the group as PhD students |
| August |
Green Chemistry Gordon Conference |
| 30th June |
High throughput robot for hydrothermal flow synthesis delivered to UCL |
| 25th June |
First experiments (high throughput) of the group at Diamond Light Source |
| 23rd June |
Aqif Chaudhry has PhD viva |
| 13th June |
Paul Boldrin has PhD viva |
| 1st - 5th June |
Zhice Zhang and Xiaole Weng give talk at the NSTI Nanotech conference in USA |
| June |
Annual group BBQ at Jawwad's house |
| June |
Suela goes to ESRF (France) with Pual Barnes's group for more experiments on nano-ceria (in total this is the third visit of the group) |
| May |
visits to XPS (EPSRC access scheme visit) |
| May |
EPSRC project begins on Nanocrystalline Photodiodes: Novel Devices for Water Splitting |
| March |
Jawwad goes back to (XRD) school |
| March |
Full paper of Xiaole Weng published for "Direct Syntheses of La-Ni-O phases from nano-sized crystallites in Journal of Solid State Chemistry |
| March |
Kenan Gong has PhD viva |
| March |
High Resolution TEM in Oxford - the first pictures including 2D sheets of titanates |
| March |
EPSRC funded 3 year Project: Nanocrystalline Photodiodes: Novel Devices for Water Splitting |
| 4 - 5th February |
Nanoparticles 2008 conference is held at Bradford Media Museum - see photos of the wonderful 2 days (X. Weng wins best industrially relevant poster and Josie Presents) |
| February |
visit to Johnson matthey to see the nanoparticle flame synthesis rig (Paul Boldrin's presentation) |
| February |
High Thropughput Automation is commisioned and the build begins at Labman |
| January |
Jawwad is appointed sectetary to the Colloids and Interface Science Group |
| December |
Christmas dinner in Chinatown with Albertina Cabanas |
| December |
Saba passes her PhD viva on Bioceramics |
| September |
Energy Materials conference |
| September |
Polfest - conference to celebrate Martyn Poliakoff's 60th Birthday |
| July |
MC8 conference at UCL |
| 1st May |
CMTG moves to UCL Chemistry and Jawwad A. Darr is appointed Reader in Materials Chemistry. The group moves into the Kathleen Lonsdale Building labs and offices |
| April |
Leaving party for the group at Queen Mary, University of London |
| March |
RSC Nanoparticles 2 conference at Warwick University |
| March |
Xiaole's first paper on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Ceramic Cathode Materials is accepted for publication (within one month of submission) |
| February |
Group annouces move to UCL |
| January |
The group is awarded another large EPSRC consortium grant on "Engineering for Nanomaterials" call (total joint grant value £1 million) |
| 14th December |
Christmas dinner at Dhakka Byriani and secret santa |
| 14th December |
Graduation for Sona and Suela (Jawwad A. Darr's first PhD students) |
| 22nd November |
Jawwad A. Darr gives an invited lecture at the Engineering Department, Cambridge University |
| 5 - 8th November |
8th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, held in Kyoto, Japan |
| 2nd November |
Jawwad A. Darr gives an invited lecture at the Engineering Department, Queen Mary, University of London |
| 18th October |
Andy Hebb and Sonia get jobs. Andy joins LTN as a technology analyst and Sonia pursues a career as a mechcanical engineer (later she took a PDRA position in tissue enginereering as of 2007/08) |
| 2nd October |
Baby Saif is born weighing 7 lbs 3 oz |
| 1st October |
Kathryn Thompson joins the group as a PhD student |
| October |
Jawwad A. Darr promoted to Senior Lecturer at QMUL Materials Department |
| September |
JAD gives Industrial seminar on "High throughput Nanomaterials Discovery" in Reading |
| September |
High throughput Nanomaterials Discovery Project begins with Suela's PDRA |
| August |
Group record for high throughput is set at 66 samples in one experiment over a few days |
| August |
First liquid handling robot delivered. Group consolidates space in eng 271, 272 and 240 |
| July |
Jawwad A. Darr attends his first RSC colloids and interfaces committee meeting |
| 1st May |
Josie (the girl from Skipton) starts EPSRC case award PhD |
| 24 - 28th April |
Invited Lecture (Jawwad) on High Throughput Nanomaterials at NIST in Washington USA and then visit to SRI International Labs in California, USA |
| 20th April |
Invited Lecture (Jawwad) "Nanomaterials from Supercritical Fluids" at Leeds University |
| 24th March |
Aqif's first paper is accepted for Chem Commun "Instant Hydroxyapatite; a continuous and rapid synthesis" |
| 24th March |
Sonia Partap's PhD viva |
| March |
Fuel cell research collaboration starts with Imperial College. Initial dielectric materials tested at LSBU |
| February |
"High throughput Nanomaterials Discovery for Sustainable Energy Applications", at Imperial College Dept of Materials |
| February |
Visit to Rolls Royce Fuel Cell Systems site |
| January |
Sonia's paper on "controlled porsoity alginates" is published in high impact factor journal, Advanced Materials |
| January |
LTN event on drug delivery |
| December |
Christmas dinner at Dhakka Byriani |
| December |
Heptagon Life Sciences funding awarded for proof of concept (£90k) |
| December |
Jawwad A. Darr led consortium is awarded nearly £1 million from EPSRC for High Throughput Nanomaterials Discovery |
| 23rd November |
Prize and poster day in the Department of Materials; Kenan Gong is awarded best poster |
| 11 - 15th September |
19th Conference on Biomaterials, European Society of Biomaterials |
| 4th July |
Monisha Phillips graduation |
| 21 - 22nd June |
"4th Conference and Postgraduate Day" hosted by the UK Society
for Biomaterials (UKSB) in Nottingham: attendees Sonia, Saba (oral presentation) and Kenan. Click here for flyers from our group on 21st and 22nd June.http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~epzwww/school4m/Bioengineering/UKSB/index1.htm |
| 18th June |
First CMT group BBQ held at Jawwads House |
| 15th June |
Ekatarina K. joins CMTG for 2 month research visit from Russia |
| June |
CMTG form a consortium to look at addessing photocatlyst discovery programme for generating hydrogen from sunlight |
| June |
Yogesh and Tatyana leaving events |
| May |
We are awarded an CRYSTAL FARADAY CASE AWARD with AMR technologies on nanoparticle research into lanthanide nano-materials |
| May |
Supercritical fluids conference (A. Hebb and S. Kelici) 7th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Rosen Centre, Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 5 - 7th April |
Johnson matthey conference (Boldrin - presentation and Darr) |
| March |
We are awarded an Insight Faraday CASE AWARD with Sun Chemicals - The CMTG proposal was ranked first place out of the 4 awarded projects. The project will be to develop nanomaterials with special optical properties |
| March |
Aqif Anwar Chawdry joins CMT group from GIKI for a PhD |
| March |
New research; nanograined ultra hard copper - the first results |
| March |
Dr Jawwad Darr is invited to give a lecture in the British embassy in Japan as part of a week long visit involving a UK delegation of chemists, engineers and UK industry called the "Workshop and Lab Tour On Green Sustainable Processing with Supercritical Fluids". The delegation was led by Professor Martyn Poliakoff {FRS) of Nottingham University |
| January |
Visit to Intel and Xaar, respectively, in Cambridge Science Park |
| December |
Jawwad A. Darr visits pakistan (between 17th and 27th Dec).
In particular, the visit incoporated the Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at GIKI near islamabad |
| 29th September |
Jawwad A. Darr Gives a lecture at " Exploring the comercial potencial of Bio-nanotechnology and nano-medicine" hosted by the London Technology Network held at the Insitute of Mechanical Engineers |
| September |
Paul Boldrin joins CMTG (3 year industrially funded PhD; Johnson Matthey) Jia Ma starts a PhD (enviro-composites). Tatyana and Yogesh (CTES fellows) join CMTG for a project on commecialisation of nanograined coatings |
| August |
Andy Hebb to join CMTG (from Liverpool) as a 2-year postdoc in cleaner nanoceramics for inks |
| June |
Jawwad A. Darr presents lecture on SCF research at IOM |
| March |
Jawwad A. Darr attends the second meeting between UK and Russian academics on Green Chemistry and Catalysis (held in Moscow) |
| March |
The group attend Biomateirals workshop [Royal Soc.] and the Supercritical fluids meeting at Birmingham (31st March) |
| January |
Chemical Comm. paper accepted - the first CVD of bone mineral like calcium phosphates using two metal-organic volatile precursors |
| December |
CMTG is awarded a two-year postdoc grant on Nanotechnology from EPSRC (£120k) |
| September |
Kenan Gong joins the group as a PhD student researching drug delivery |
| 13th November |
Jawwad and Naila celebrate the birth of Elsa and Hannah |
| September |
Sonia, Sabba, Suela, Kenan (MSc) and Junlin (MSc) join the CMT group for supercritical fluids based research |
| September |
MSc students from various top Chinese Universities join the department |
| May |
Jawwad's former supervisor, Martyn Poliakoff is elected as a FRS - our heartfelt congratulations go to Martyn and his family |
| May - September |
The CMT Laboratory receives delivery of ISCO syringe pumps, NWA autoclaves and a 450mL stirred Parr autoclave |
| May |
Jawwad attended the EPSRC Advanced Research Fellows meeting and Scottish Gala dinner in Edinbugrh University. Jawwad's group of 5 EPSRC fellows were awarded £1000 prize to cover meeting expenses in order to get together and develop future EPSRC grant applications |
| May |
Jawwad and colleagues set up a simulataneous thermal analyser (STA 1500C) in the Materials Department - initial trials underway |
| April |
Jawwad attended the 8th Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, held in Bordeaux. The work on carbonated biomedical ceramics attracted much interest from industry and academics alike |
| January |
The CMT group continue work on their patent for a fully carbonated bone mineral-like material |
| September |
Jawwad appointed a Research Lecturer in the Department of Materials. JAD teaches MAT 300 course on energy concepts (thermodynamics) and several MSc lectures on clean technologies / materials characterisation |
| September |
Jawwad awarded a 5-year EPSRC Advanced Fellowship (total award over 5 years worth over £227k). The Clean Materials Technology (CMT) Laboratory is established in the IRC in Biomedical Materials |
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