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Carbon saving project on a roll

15 June 2012

A project which will save the College around 400 tonnes of carbon per year reaches its halfway point this month. Facilities and Property Management, together with Capital Projects and Planning, started replacing the 1960s windows in the ACE Building on the South Kensington Campus in February. The work being carried out includes replacing the existing windows with new double glazed windows and overcladding the existing facade with an energy-efficient aluminium panel system. The work to the Department of Chemical Engineering will be completed this month, with the Department of Aeronautics work beginning in October. The project has the potential to save the College around £50,000 in energy costs each year.

Nick Roalfe, Director of Facilities and Property Management, said: “This has been an opportunity for the College to radically change one of the campus’s 1960s building elevations, whilst also benefiting from energy efficiency savings that this overcladding system delivers.”

Tags: Aeronautics, Chemical Engineering, Facilities Management
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Henry Edward Armstrong medal

4 May 2012

Dr Vivian Onyebuchi Ikem (MSc Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology 2005, PhD 2010) was awarded the Henry Edward Armstrong Memorial Trust medal by the Deputy Rector, Stephen Richardson, at an event on 30 March 2012.

Vivian was recognised for her PhD research developing highly porous, permeable and mechanically sound materials, via a technique called emulsion templating, for use as filters in oil wells.

Tags: Awards and Honours, Chemical Engineering, Deputy Rector
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Plant power

3 May 2012

On 18 April, Imperial unveiled its new £2 million carbon capture pilot plant – the most sophisticated facility of its kind in the world for training the next generation of engineers to enter industry. The Director of the pilot plant project, Dr Daryl Williams (Chemical Engineering), pictured below right, takes Reporter’s Colin Smith on a guided tour before undergraduates take over the running of the facility on a day-to-day basis.

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Tags: Carbon capture pilot plant, Chemical Engineering
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Meet the reader: Dr Manel Torres, Academic Visitor (Chemical Engineering)

3 May 2012

What are you doing in the picture?

I am in the V&A cafe. I find this place relaxing and inspiring. I come here sometimes to think and sometimes to talk, particularly when I have visitors from overseas companies.

What would you do if you were editor of Reporter?

I would devote a small section to materials research here at the College. I’m sure there would always be something interesting to talk about, from fashion to biomaterials. I would also launch an edition of Reporter that people could read on their tablets and smartphones.

Who would your front cover star be?

It would have to be Lady Gaga, wearing the ‘Chemist Tailor’s’ dress we made for her in the Department of Chemical Engineering out of Fabrican’s spray-on fabric. Her stylist contacted us in February and commissioned it but I’m still waiting to see a photo of it!

Tags: Chemical Engineering, Meet the Reader
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Student achievements in the field of hydrogen energy

12 March 2012

A group of Imperial students running a student chapter of the International Association of Hydrogen Energy (IAHE), have just received an official chartership of the chapter from IAHE, as well as the outstanding student and faculty service awards.

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Tags: Awards and Honours, Chemical Engineering, Energy Futures Lab
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Improving oil refinery in Russia

9 March 2012

The Skolkovo Foundation has approved the establishment of a centre to involve Imperial, the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, and BP, which will focus on making oil refining in Russia more efficient and environmentally sustainable.

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Tags: Chemical Engineering
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Ideas worth spreading

9 March 2012

Across the College – in lecture theatres, in hallways and in common rooms – ideas flow like oxygen. Imperial staff and students believe in the power of ideas to benefit society; a vision shared by the founders of the not-for-profit organisation TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design), which is the driving force behind the first TEDxImperialCollege event to be held on 24 March.

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Tags: Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Computing, Humanities, Medicine, Physics, racing green
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Seven EPSRC Fellowships

25 January 2012

Dr James Bull (Chemistry), Drs Amelle Zair and Piers Barnes (both Physics), and Dr Thomas Reddyhoff (Mechanical Engineering) have been awarded Career Acceleration Fellowships by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC).

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Tags: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Mechanical Engineering, Physics
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Festival of Science

15 November 2011

Professor Sergei Kazarian (Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology) and members of his group in the Hamlyn Centre demonstrated their research at the Festival of Science, which was held in Moscow, Russia, this October.

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Tags: Chemical Engineering
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A winter challenge

15 November 2011

On 20 November Dr Apostolos Georgiadis (Chemical Engineering), Dr Avgoustinos Filippoupolitis and Nikolitsa Markou (both Electrical and Electronic Engineering) will be participating in a 17 mile fundraising trek in Derbyshire  called the High Peak Trail- Winter Challenge 2011 to raise money for The British Heart Foundation.

The BHF is a national heart charity, dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital equipment and information.

Visit https://www.facebook.com/BrightSparks2011 to see photos and updates of the team’s preparations for the event, and find out how to donate

Tags: Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Promoting German academic excellence

15 November 2011

Professor Sandro Macchietto (Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology) has been appointed to an international panel by the Wissenschaftsrat, the German council for science and humanities.

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Tags: Chemical Engineering
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Japanese volunteering project

3 November 2011

From the 11-25 September, five Imperial students Ryan Browne (Chemistry), Francesco Ferroni (Mechanical Engineering), Kuo Jian Wong (Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology), Jiahui Tan (Computing), Jingyi Yu (Chemistry), visited and worked in five sake breweries in the region of Tohoku that had sustained damage in the 11 March earthquake and tsunami. The Sake Volunteer Project was organised by student-led Action for Japan UK and the Japan Affairs Forum.

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Tags: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering
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A Winter Challenge

3 November 2011

On 20 November Dr Apostolos Georgiadis (Chemical Engineering), Dr Avgoustinos Filippoupolitis and Nikolitsa Markou (both Electrical and Electronic Engineering) will be participating in a 17 mile fundraising trek in Derbyshire called the High Peak Trail-Winter Challenge 2011 to raise money for The British Heart Foundation.

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Tags: Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Engineering world rankings

19 April 2011

The College was ranked fifth in the world for civil and structural engineering by the 2011 QS World University Rankings for Engineering and Technology. Imperial was also ranked seventh in the world for mechanical, aeronautical and manufacturing engineering; eighth for chemical engineering; ninth for electrical and electronic engineering and 15th for computer science and information systems. The QS rankings listed the top 50 highest scoring institutions in the world in each discipline.

Tags: Aeronautics, Chemical Engineering, Department of Computing, Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, QS rankings
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