News and research highlights

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2023

22.11.2023 - Congratulations to Samira who had a paper accepted in Crystal Growth and Design! The work tested various OPLS and GAFF based force fields for urea in crystal and solution phases.

10/11/2023 - Congrats to Mozhdeh and Mark on submission of a joint experimental and DFT paper on glycine zwitterion vibrational modes.

Pre 2021 news and research highlights

2020

01/10/2020 - Welcome to new PhD students: Samira Anker and Mark Christie. Looking forward to starting the new projects on heterogeneous nucleation!

08/09/2020 - David presents a talk at the CCP5 online conference. Watch the talk!

01/09/2020 - Welcome to Mozhdeh Mohammadpour, who has joined the group as a PDRA on our Leverhulme funded project.

01/07/2020 - Karen gives her first online conference talk at the 1st Annual ScotCHEM Polymer and Soft Materials Conference.

01/06/2020 - Karen is promoted to Senior Lecturer!

12/05/2020 - Congratulations to Ehud Kirsh, who has received a vacation bursary from CCP5 to study epoxy systems in collaboration with Solvay Composites Group.

07/04/2020 - I am very pleased to host Kieran Somers again (after lockdown!) to work on interface potential development. Kieran was awarded HPC-Europa3 Transnational Access funding for international exchange and supercomputer time.

30/03/2020 - Congratulations to David who has his second paper as first-author accepted for publication in Polymer! The paper investigates the shift in glass transition temperature of a polymer under confinement and focuses on the importance of a robust simulation methodology.

12/03/2020 - Karen and Joao visit Solvay Composites Group, Wilton, U.K. Last work travel for some time!

28/02/2020 - Congratulations to David whose first paper as first author has been accepted for publication in JPCL! Congrats also to Samira and Saraf, who contributed to the paper with research done during their MEng and summer projects!

03/02/2020 - Good luck to David who starts a 3-month placement in Takeda, Boston, U.S.A.

31/01/2020 - Karen visits an MEng student on a placement at Dupont Teijin Films polyester plant in Dumfries. Very interesting tour of the plant!

2019

11/11/2019 - Good luck to David in his nucleation talk and polymer glass transition poster presentation at the AIChE conference in Florida!

04/11/2019 - Welcome to Kieran Somers who is visiting from NUI Galway!

19/09/2019 - Good luck to Mohammad and Calum who are presenting posters at the Research Interns Poster Event.

18/09/2019 - Congratulations to David for winning the Best Presentation at the Research Celebration Event!

06/09/2019 - Karen receives a Strathclyde Team Award as part of the Really Small Science volunteers!

04/09/2019 - Karen attended the COMPASS Launch at Heriot-Watt University.

21/08/2019 - Karen gave a talk at the Advanced Materials session of the Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Showcase Event in the Technology and Innovation Centre.

30/07/2019 - Karen is very happy to be the Principal Investigator on a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant awarded to the University of Strathclyde! Looking forward to the project on "Catching Nucleation in Action" with Co-Investigators Jan Sefcik and Karen Faulds!

08/07/2019 - Good luck to David, Maxime and Jazmin who will present talks or posters at the 50th annual BACG conference.

14/06/2019 - Congratulations to Francesco, who got his second paper accepted into Polymer journal.

03/06/2019 - Welcome to Calum Laing and Mohammad Talha Dar, who start their summer research projects! Calum will work on polymer simulations and Mohammad will work on soy milk coffee experiments.

29/05/2019 - Congratulations to Mohammad Talha Dar, who was awarded a RI@S vacation bursary to study soymilk coffee mixtures!

14/05/2019 - Karen gives an invited talk at the CECAM workshop: Biomolecular mechanisms at functionalized solid surfaces in Paris.

25/04/2019 - Karen visits and gives a talk at the Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory at Solvay/CNRS in Lyon. Very interesting projects going on there!

15/04/2019 - My first paper in food science (soy milk coffee mixtures) was just accepted for publication in Food Hydrocolloids!

12/04/2019 - Well done to David for submitting two extended abstracts (one on glycine, one on polymers) to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting in November!

22/03/2019 - Congratulations to Calum Laing who was awarded an EPSRC vacation bursary to study biodegradable polymers!

22/03/2019 - Good luck to Marc Isele who returns to Konstanz soon! We enjoyed hosting him!

18/02/2019 - Our paper on the effect of stirring on glycine nucleation is accepted for publication in Cryst. Eng. Comm. Congratulations to Jazmin and David who did all the experimental work!

28/01/2019 - Karen gives an invited talk at the workshop: Forcefields: Status, Challenges and Vision in Daresbury.

07/01/2019 - Good luck to Jazmin who starts a new position with Chris Price and thanks for her hard work on the Carnegie funded project!

2018

17/12/2018 - Karen is attending the ScotCHEM-IBioIC workshop on Smart Sustainable Materials.

05/12/2018 - Karen gives an invited talk at the CECAM workshop on Modelling Metal Nanoparticles in Grenoble.

05/12/2018 - Welcome to Marc Isele, who is here on an Erasmus+ exchange from the University of Konstanz.

06/11/2018 - Congratulations to Francesco on his PhD graduation!

25/10/2018 - Congratulations to Jazmin and David for submitting a manuscript on glycine polymorphism!

11/10/2018 - Karen and David are part of CPE's winning team in Glasgow Science Centre's Question of Science.

01/10/2018 - Welcome to Joao Gregorio, who is starting his PhD on computational modelling of carbon fibre composites.

10/09/2018 - Karen is attending and presenting a talk at the CCP5 AGM in Manchester.

01/09/2018 - Welcome to Dr. Jazmin Vesga, who starts a short Carnegie-funded research project.

08/08/2018 - Congratulations to Francesco who successfully defended his PhD thesis!

19/07/2018 - Karen, Aurelien and Calum visit Solvay Composites Group, Wilton Research Centre.

16/07/2018 - Karen gives an invited talk at the RSC's Theoretical Chemistry Conference in Sheffield.

03/07/2018 - Karen passed her TALON assignment, giving her the final 20 credits towards a PG Diploma in Teaching and Learning.

29/06/2018 - Karen gets a CPE Outreach plaque for 50 hours of volunteering with Really Small Science.

27/06/2018 - Karen awarded a Carnegie Research Incentive Grant - looking forward to starting the new project!

20/06/2018 - Good luck to David in his talk at the BACG conference in Limerick!

08/06/2018 - Well done to Francesco Pelizza for submitting his thesis.

01/06/2018 - Congratulations to Francesco Pelizza for submitting his second manuscript.

30/05/2017 - Welcome to Calum MacRae, who officially starts his CCP5-sponsored summer project!

15/05/2017 - Vacation bursary awarded by CCP5 gratefully acknowledged! Looking forward to a new polymer project in collaboration with Solvay Composites Group!

14/05/2018 - Karen gives a seminar in the University of Warwick Engineering department.

09/05/2018 - Our manuscript for our vibrational work on formaldehyde solutions is accepted for publication in Vibrational Spectroscopy!

02/05/2018 - Welcome to Aurelien Collas, an exchange student from Toulouse, France, who starts a 3 month project.

16/04/2018 - Karen is internal examiner for Chris Campbell's viva. Congratulations Chris!

21/03/2018 - Karen gives a seminar in Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde.

09/03/2018 - Congratulations to Francesca Laitano for successfully defending her PhD at the University of Calabria!

09/03/2018 - Our manuscript and cover artwork for our self-assembly paper is accepted for publication in J. Phys. Chem. C (thanks Sara for creating the cover image)!

03/02/2018 - Soymilk Challenge article is on Vegan Connections magazine!

12/01/2018 - Karen is accepted for Soapbox Science Art and Science event in Perth, Scotland.

2017

14/12/2017 - Karen will present a talk on water-gold force fields at the SARA17 Institute of Physics workshop in Lincoln.

10/10/2017 - Congratulations to Andrej Berg whose paper was accepted in JCTC. Andrej is first author and the project started from his exchange visit from Konstanz to Strathclyde.

29/09/2017 - Karen volunteers in Explorathon for The Soymilk Challenge at the Riverside Museum.

15/09/2017 - Jordan presents a talk on his summer project. We wish him good luck with future studies!

11/09/2017 - The CCP5 AGM Materials Modelling: Simulation Meets Experiment begins! Francesco presents a talk and David, Paul and Karen are presenting posters.

04/08/2017 - Karen is presenting The Soymilk Challenge in Science Late: Taste at Glasgow Science Centre.

30/06/2017 - Good luck to Marta who is leaving the group.

13/06/2017 - Congratulations to Andrej Berg, who submitted a manuscript based on his Erasmus project.

01/06/2017 - Congratulations to David McKechnie, who is now starts his PhD studentship! David will work on glycine crystallisation with Jan Sefcik as first supervisor.

01/06/2017 - Welcome to Jordan Cree who starts work on a CCP5-sponsored summer project.

18/05/2017 - Good luck to Francesca Laitano who returns to the University of Calabria to complete her PhD!

02/05/2017 - Congratulations to Francesca Laitano for getting her Free-from matters image on display in Images of Research.

28/04/2017 - Vacation bursary awarded by CCP5 gratefully acknowledged! Looking forward to a new polymer project!

25/04/2017 - Congratulations to Paul Rapp for getting into the University final for Three Minute Thesis competition!

25/04/2017 - Welcome to Sudhansu Sekhar Jena, a new PhD student. Sudhansu will work on chiral crystallisation in CMAC with Karen and his primary supervisor Joop ter Horst.

22/04/2017 - Karen joins Really Small Science in Glasgow Science Centre on Earth Day. We are presenting our new outreach event The Soymilk Challenge!

21/03/2017 - Karen and David visit Wilton Research Centre. Great tour of polymer composite labs, polymer thin film pilot plant and even magic tricks!

10/02/2017 - Karen visits Diageo canning and bottling plant in Castlereagh, Northern Ireland.

2016

17/12/2016 - Karen attends Salters' Institute Award Ceremony. Congratulations to Carol Nairn on winning a Salters' Graduate Prize!

15/12/2016 - Abstract submission open for CCP5 AGM in Sept 2017. Check the website for details: www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/chemicalprocessengineering/ccp5-agm-2017

18/11/2016 - Karen is internal examiner for Javier Cardona's viva. Congratulations Javier!

03/10/2016 - Welcome to new group members Marta Cruz Fernandez and David McKechnie! Marta is starting a PhD position and David is starting a 6-month position as a graduate research assistant.

13/09/2016 - Karen and Francesco present talks at CCP5 AGM, Harper Adams University.

09/09/2016 - Karen awarded an EPSRC Institutional Sponsorship grant!

02/09/2016 - Phosphonic acid paper published in Applied Materials and Interfaces with co-authors Javier Cardona and Helena Gleskova.

18/08/2016 - Welcome to Francesca Laitano who is visiting from the University of Calabria and is working on free-from food science projects.

11/07/2016 - Karen gave a plenary talk at the CCP5 summer school.

11/07/2016 - Paul is attending the CCP5 summer school, Lancaster University.

23/06/2016 - Karen attending Lab 3 of Scottish Crucible at the University of Strathclyde.

20.06.2016 - Nanomaterials for Technology: Theory meets experiment workshop begins at the University of Strathclyde.

06/06/2016 - Congratulations to Francesco for having his first manuscript accepted for publication in European Physical Journal!

26/05/2016 - Karen attending Lab 2 of Scottish Crucible at the University of St. Andrews.

26/04/2016 - Congratulations to Francesco Pelizza for submitting his first manuscript!

12/04/2016 - Congratulations to Paul Rapp for winning a poster prize in the Department's Research Celebration Event!

22/03/2016 - Karen has been accepted to participate in Scottish Crucible 2016!

15/03/2016 - Karen has a manuscript accepted for publication in J. Chem. Phys. with collaborators, Sara Fortuna and David Cheung.

08/03/2016 - Good luck to Paul Rapp who is presenting a poster in the Set for Britain event in Westminster.

29/02/2016 - Welcome to Sara Fortuna who is visiting the Department for a week.

22/02/2016 - Nanomaterials for Technology website now online.

19/02/2016 - Paul's charge density picture of carbon dioxide on graphene accepted in University of Strathclyde's Images of Research 2016 competition!

18/02/2016 - Registration open for Nanomaterials for Technology Workshop. Download flyer.

2015

29/10/2015 - Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Clinic launched at the Scottish Plastics and Rubbers meeting in Strathclyde University.

17/09/2015 - Karen gave an invited talk at the Workshop Mathematical and Computation Techniques for Molecular Systems, Heraklion, Greece

16/09/2015 - Karen has a manuscript accepted in Surface Science

09/09/2015 - Karen presented a talk at the CCP5 annual conference, University of Lancaster, U.K.

30/06/2015 - Karen gave an invited talk at the CECAM workshop "Modeling metal-based nanoparticles: toward realistic environments", Toulouse, France

24/06/2015 - Congratulations to Paul for winning a poster prize at the Faculty's Research Presentation Day!

22/05/2015 - Francesco presented a poster at Les Houches summer school on Multiscale Modeling of Materials, France.

23/04/2015 - The Department of Chemical and Process Engineering received an Athena SWAN Bronze award.

25/03/2015 - Karen gave a talk and Paul gave a pico-talk and poster presentation at the CCP9 Young Researcher event in York.

12/03/2015 - Karen visited and gave a seminar in the Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering, TOBB University.

17/02/2015 - Karen was elected as a CCP5 committee member.

01/02/2015 - Welcome to Andrej Berg, who joined the group as an Erasmus student for 2 months.

2014

23/10/2014 - Karen and Francesco are part of CPE's winning team on Question of Science

25/10/2014 - Publication Interphase of a polymer at a solid interface accepted in Macromolecules

01/10/2014 - Welcome to Francesco and Paul, who joined the group as PhD students

17/09/2014 - Karen attended and gave an invited talk at the E-MRS meeting, Warsaw, Poland