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Read more at: Collin awarded Explorer Grant through the Breakthrough Energy Fellows program

Collin awarded Explorer Grant through the Breakthrough Energy Fellows program

12 October 2022

Dr. Collin Smith, CaPI's recent Ph.D. graduate, was awarded the Explorer Grant through the Breakthrough Energy Fellows 2022 program. He will be now working as a Post Doc at CaPI on his project "AmmPot- Single Vessel Ammonia Synthesis". He will be developing a single-vessel ammonia production process using exclusively...


Read more at: Marina bags yet another award at E-MRS Conference-2022

Marina bags yet another award at E-MRS Conference-2022

21 September 2022

Marina Avena Maia , CaPI's Ph.D. student has bagged yet another award. She secured first place at the 3 Minutes Thesis competition at the E-MRS Conference - Fall Meeting 2022 held at Warsaw University of Technology. Well Deserved Congratulations Marina !! .


Read more at: CaPI's Part IIB students win prestigious awards

CaPI's Part IIB students win prestigious awards

14 July 2022

CaPI's Part IIB students Abbey Robins and Micheal Wong Fletcher recently won awards for their exceptional projects and brilliant academic performances. Abbey was awarded the North Carolina State University Award , for her outstanding research project dissertation in the 2022 cohort. Michael was awarded the T.R.C Fox Prize...


Read more at: Marina Wins Best Nano-related Presentation Award at Environ22

Marina Wins Best Nano-related Presentation Award at Environ22

23 June 2022

Marina Avena Maia , CaPI's Ph.D. student won the Best Nano-related Presentation Prize for her work on "Phosphate Capture by Atomic Layer Deposition-based Materials at the 32nd Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium-"Environ22". Congratulations Marina, well-deserved! ...


Read more at: Dr. Laura Promoted to Professorship

Dr. Laura Promoted to Professorship

16 June 2022

CaPI's Principal Investigator, Dr. Laura Torrente Murciano, has been promoted to Professorship at the Department of Chemical Engineering. Many Congratulations to Laura!


Read more at: Joseph Wins Best Presentation Award at CEB Conference 2022

Joseph Wins Best Presentation Award at CEB Conference 2022

15 June 2022

Our Ph.D. student Joseph El Kadi won the Best Presentation Prize at the recent CEB Research Conference 2022. Congratulations Joseph, well-deserved! .


Read more at: Cambridge Festival 2022

Cambridge Festival 2022

6 May 2022

The CaPI group took part in the annual Cambridge Festival 2022 to showcase our work in sustainability and health and inspire younger generations to get involved in science. Joseph and Collin’s ignition of hydrogen balloons - to demonstrate how much energy can be stored safely in a few milliliters of liquid ammonia - was...


Read more at: Dial-a-material paper published in Advanced Energy Materials

Dial-a-material paper published in Advanced Energy Materials

19 July 2021

Pleased to share our recent paper in Advanced Energy Materials on precise manufacturing of plasmonic nanoparticles based on early growth Information. We hope to redefine automation for slow material synthesis. #automation #sustainability #nanomaterials #nanotechnology #chemistry #microfluidics Please check our article at...


Read more at: Gaia - North Carolina State University Award

Gaia - North Carolina State University Award

19 July 2021

Congratulations to Gaia Ganzer for getting another award during her Part IIB research project. This time she got the North Carolina State University (NCSU) award, which is awarded annually to a candidate that exhibits distinction in the performance of original work (experimental or theoretical) in the research project...


Read more at: 3-year EPSRC grant awarded for nanomaterial automation

3-year EPSRC grant awarded for nanomaterial automation

18 April 2021

The CAPI group has been recently awarded an EPSRC grant for a 3-year project in the Manufacturing sector, being entitled “Dial-a-particle: model-driven self-optimised manufacturing platform of nanoparticles”. This project aims to deliver automated precise manufacturing of customized inorganic nanoparticles (1 to 100 nm) of...