Poorya Shaghaghi awarded the Mellon bursary

Clare Hall PhD student Poorya Shaghaghi has recently been awarded a Mellon bursary by his College. This award is given by Clare Hall to up to four students, based on academic merit. Poorya joined the Institute during Easter term, and is now working under the supervision of professor Woods. His research focusses on the ventilation

Primary school children visited the Flow Labs

On Tuesday 20 May, 60 Year-4 children from our local primary school visited the Earth Sciences department. They explored different volcanic processes and new technologies for the energy transition in the IEEF Flow Labs, and discovered fossils from the chalk sea that covered Cambridge 90 million years ago at the Collections Research Centre.

Earth Sciences Alumni visited the Institute

On Saturday 17 May, alumni from the Department of Earth Sciences visited the Institute and the Bullard Laboratories.  Professor Andy Woods presented some of the research which is currently being developed at the Institute, including work on carbon and hydrogen storage, CO2 dissolution in aquifers, and electrolysis. Andy also discussed our recent experiments on the

Dr Quentin Kriaa is joining the Institute

Dr Quentin Kriaa is joining the Institute as a new Assistant Professor in Climate and Environmental Fluid Dynamics, a joint position between the Department of Earth Sciences and DAMTP.  Before coming to Cambridge, Quentin studied in Marseille and Toulouse, France, and then worked as a postdoc at the University of Twente, in the Netherlands. Quentin

Professor Routh awarded the Thomas Graham Lecture

Professor Alex Routh has recently been awarded the Thomas Graham Lecture.  The Graham Lecture is awarded to researchers working in the UK, who are in the prime of their research careers, have established an international reputation in colloid science, and have already made distinguished contributions to the field of colloid science. On Tuesday 1st April,

PhD position in Electrohydrodynamics

A fully funded PhD at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Professor Alex Routh is available. It is in collaboration with a Dynamic Smart Glass manufacturer. Dynamic Smart Glass windows become opaque or clear in response to an external trigger. Example uses can be temperature modulation in cars through to maintaining a pleasant environment in a

Head of Institute gave RGS lecture on the Energy Transition

On the 29th January 2025, Professor Andy Woods gave a public lecture for the Royal Geographical Society titled ‘The energy transition: what it means for the UK and the world’. The event was held at 7:30pm at the Leys School in Cambridge and was open to all.