Visitor from Kazakhstan Electrospins
Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
This week CDRSP welcomed Aigul Iskakova from the Institute of Combustion Problems of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. She will spend two weeks on an internship working with Professor Geoffrey Mitchell gaining experience in producing nanoscale fibres using electrospinning techniques. Her Institute led by Director Zulkhair Mansurov has a collaborative programme with CDRSP. They are interested in preparing high performance carbon fibres from electrospun nanoscale polymer fibres. Aigul said “I [+]
Biomanufacturing at Nanotech Italy 2013
Saturday, December 7th, 2013
Professor Geoffrey Mitchell and Professor Paulo Bartolo were the conference chairs for a Biomanufacturing Workshop as part of the Nanotech Italy 2013 conference held in Venice in November. The programme consisted on a series of invited lectures with speakers drawn from CDRSP (Geoffrey Mitchell, Henrique Almeida), Institute of Composite and Biomedical Materials, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy(Antonio Gloria), The Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Malcolm Sperrin) [+]
Electrospinning Conference 5/6 December 2013
Saturday, December 7th, 2013
On 5 December 2013, The Hooke Room at the Institute of Physics in London was packed with 86 delegates for the International Conference on Electrospinning: Principles, Practice and Possibilities. It was indeed an international event with 77 papers drawn from 22 countries including Australia, New Zealand, USA and China. In fact, some potential participants were turned away due to the constraint of space and the poster session with some 40 [+]
International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
On 1/5 October 2013, at ESTG, Institute Polytechnic Leiria, in Leiria, Portugal, was held the The International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping (VRAP 2013). Organised every two years since 2003,it is recognized as one of the most important world events in virtual and physical prototyping. VRAP 2013 is designed to be a major forum for the scientific exchange of multi-disciplinary and inter-organisational aspects of virtual and rapid [+]
International Workshop on Ecosustainable Food Packaging: The Industrial Challenges
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
On 4/5 July 2013, at CDRsp, Institute Polytechnic Leiria, Marinha Grande Portugal, took place the International Workshop on Ecosustainable Food Packaging: The Industrial Challenges. The conference provided an opportunity for the key challenges for polymer scientists and engineers in the field of ecosustainable food packaging to be discussed in an industrial context. Keynote lectures were presented by scientists and engineers representing leading industry material providers, food packaging companies and end users. Click here [+]