Pint of Science 2014

Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:03:00 BST

Pint of Science is a non-profit organisation run by volunteers and was established by a community of postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers in 2012 with the aim of bringing cutting-edge science presentations to the public in an informal environment, i.e. the pub! The Pint of Science Festival will take place between Monday 19th - Wednesday 21st May 2014 in 11 universities across the UK and in Ireland, US, France and Switzerland internationally.

Prize for Mathematical Biology PhD Student

Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:15:00 GMT

Former postgraduate student Dr Stephen O’Malley, who graduated in 2011, has been awarded the prestigious 2014 Lee Segel Prize for Best Student Paper by the Society for Mathematical Biology.

Proud to be highly ranked

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:07:00 BST

College of Science and Engineering scores highly in multiple University rankings.

2013 Brian Pippard Prize

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:50:00 GMT

Professor Robert Hadfield of the University of Glasgow, School of Engineering is the winner of the 2013 Brian Pippard Prize. Professor Hadfield was considered by the IoP Superconductivity Group's Prize Selection Panel, alongside a range of other strong contenders for the prize, to have made a very significant contribution to advances in superconductivity.

Winner of 2013 Brian Pippard Prize

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 15:28:00 GMT

Professor Robert Hadfield of the University of Glasgow, School of Engineering is the winner of the 2013 Brian Pippard Prize.

Tackling Transition Events Series – Maths & Stats

Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:25:00 GMT

Tackling Transition Events Series – Maths & Stats

The Sequence to Come: Biotechnology in the Genetic Era

Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:27:00 GMT

Genome sequencing joins hands with biotech innovation. Join our panel on 27 November, discussing Human Genome Sequencing: science, entrepreneurship and beyond. A unique opportunity to ask questions and interact with the experts.

Women in Science and Technology - feature in the Guardian and the University of Glasgow's first ever Public Engagement Officer is announced.

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:16:00 GMT

Women in Science and Technology - feature in the Guardian and the University of Glasgow's first ever Public Engagement Officer is announced.

Glasgow Students Punch above their Weight in National Science Slam Events!

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:12:00 GMT

Science Slam

Scottish Crucible Award 2013

Tue, 19 Nov 2013 10:52:00 GMT

Dr Haralampos Miras has been awarded the Scottish Crucible 2013

Geeks Unleashed!

Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:08:00 BST

The College of Science and Engineering Graduate School held the first ever UK Science Slam event on Friday 19th July at the Cottier Theatre. Over 100 students, academics, representatives from industry and members of the public attended to hear eight of our PhD students present their research in a way never before seen.

The Glasgow Raspberry Pi Cloud

Wed, 25 Sep 2013 16:09:00 BST

• The Raspberry Pi Cloud has been used on two lecture courses. • Six undergraduate students have helped to build the Cloud. • Attracted significant domestic and international media attention and praise. • Featured at the SICSA demofest and at the University of Stirling. • First research publication presented at an international conference in July 2013. • Featured in an invited conference tutorial in St Petersburg, September 2013.

Doppler shift with a twist

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:27:00 BST

Writing in Science Magazine, Martin Lavery and Miles Padgett of the Optics Group with collaborators Stephen Barnet and Fiona Speirits from Strathclyde has shown that the familiar change in pitch of an approaching ambulance siren can also apply to spinning objects even when their linear velocity is zero

International Workshop on Singularities and Topological Structures of Light

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:56:00 BST

Professor Miles Padgett and Sonja Franke-Arnold of the Optics Group were plenary speakers at International Workshop on Singularities and Topological Structures of Light held at the UNESCO funded International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy

Glasgow 2013 UK MHD Conference

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:05:00 BST

The School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow is proud to host the 2013 UK National Conference on Geophysical, Astrophysical and Industrial Magnetohydrodynamic on 23 and 24 May 2013

PhD student wins SET award in Parliament

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:38:00 GMT

Emma Wisniewski-Barker a PhD student in the Optics Group won Third Prize in SET for Britain, a poster competition held in the Houses of Parliament.

Congratulations to Dr. Stéphanie Rossit who is the 2012 recipient of the British Psychological Society Award

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:12:00 GMT

Congratulations to Dr. Stéphanie Rossit who is the 2012 recipient of the British Psychological Society Award for OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHOLOGY for her thesis entitled ‘Action and Rehabilitation in Hemispatial Neglect’.

Major accolade for University of Glasgow refrigeration expert

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:59:00 GMT

Professor Robert Hadfield, Professor of Photonics in the University’s School of Engineering, received the J&E Hall Gold Medal from the Institute of Refrigeration. This international prize is awarded annually for the ‘most noteworthy contribution to refrigeration and related technologies’.

Tweezers work well under pressure

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:19:00 GMT

Writing in Physical Review Letters, Richard Bowman of the Optics Group has optically trapped micron-sized particles at Giga Pascal Pressures – comparable to the pressures found in stars.

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Image of talk

Optical Angular Momentum plenary lecture

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:38:00 GMT

Professor Miles Padgett gave talk at Photonics West 2013 in San Francisco

Optics Group to host ICOAM 2013

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:01:00 GMT

The Optics Group will host international conference in The Burrell Collection, one of Glasgow's historic Museums.

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the cube

Optical Tweezers in 'The Cube'

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:22:00 GMT

Optics Group technology commercialised by partner

IEEE Fellow named at University of Glasgow

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:59:00 GMT

University of Glasgow academic receives highest award from IEEE

Great College Postgrad Win

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:21:00 GMT

Congratulations to David Ellis, whose debut publication in PLoS ONE made a huge splash in the media on Friday.

Fellowship for University of Glasgow optics and photonics expert

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:44:00 GMT

Each year, SPIE (international society for optics and photonics) promotes members as new Fellows of the Society. In 2013 SPIE will honor 69 new Fellows of the Society this year.

Upcoming SRC Events

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:36:00 GMT

Upcoming SRC Events

HETECH 2013 - Call for abstracts

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:07:00 BST

The University of Glasgow will be hosting this year's Hetech conference from 9th to 11th September. For more information, please visit http://hetech2013.org/

3D imaging with single pixel detectors

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:41:00 BST

Writing in Science Magazine, Baoqing Sun of the Optics Group with collaborators in Statistics has used the projection of random patterns to measure the 3D profile of an object

Science and Engineering news

All news items should be submitted to scieng-news@glasgow.ac.uk.

w/c 23rd December 2012
 62005/1 Buttar, Dr C M (Physics & Astronomy)  Support for leadership of ATLAS UK Updagrade Project Science & Technologies Facilities Council  £16,659
 61053/1 Gillies, Dr E (Aerospace Engineering)  Hydrodynamics of tidal turbine blades  Scottish Funding Council  £25,000
w/c 2nd December 2012
 62131/1 Pagett, Prof M (Physics & Astronomy) Upgrading the small scale equipment base fro early career researchers in the engineering and physical sciences  EPSRC  £447,930
62193/2 Marquez, Dr R (Chemistry) Investigation of the mechanism of action and therapeutic potential of Aurodox EPSRC £100,228
w/c 25th November 2012
 60333/2 Hough, Prof J (Physics & Astronomy)  Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA): A Partnership for Excellence  Scottish Funding Council  £450,999
 w/c 18th November  2012   
 56660/1 Grassl, Dr P (Infrastructure & Environment)  SAFE - A Systems Approach for Engineered Barriers  EPSRC  £141,480
w/c 4th November 2012
54216/4 Britton, Prof D (Physics & Astronomy)  GridPP4 - the Uk Grid for Particle Physics Science & Technologies Facilities Council £104, 049 
 w/c 28th October 2012
 59468/1 Hutchings, Prof D C (Electronics & Nanoscale Engineering)  Materials World  Network:  Complex oxides for heterogeneous optoelectronic integration  EPSRC  £307,494
w/c 21st October 2012
 58353/1 Fabel, Dr D (Geographical & Earth Sciences)  Britice-Chrono Natrual Environment Research Council   £237,001
59013/1 Azzopardi, Dr Leif (Computing Science) Models and Measure of Findability EPSRC £97,376
 w/c 7th October 2012
 60707/1 Manlove, Dr D (Computing Science)  Efficient Algorithms for Mechanism Design without Monetary Transfer  EPSRC  £269,483
w/c 30th September 2012
60001/1 Doyle, Prof A (Physics & Astronomy) Expiremental Particle Physics  Science & Technologies Facilities Council £3,942,430
w/c 9th September 2012
61836/1 Paul, Prof D (Electronics & Nanoscale Engineering) ISG-EPSRC: "MEMS for gravity" EPSRC £24,356
61837/1 Yin, Dr H (Biomedical Engineering) ISG-EPSRC:  Imaging of radiogracers in microfluidic devices for integreted quality assurance, tracer evaluation and synthesis applications EPSRC £24,825
61844/1 Sutherland, Dr A (Chemistry) ISG-EPSRC:  Transition metal catalysis:  New methods for the generation of PET imaging agents for the diagnosis of neurological disease and cancer EPSRC £13,086
w/c 23rd September 2012
44031/3 Brown, Prof K Scottish Doctoral Training Centre - taught course centre for UK PhD stuents in the mathematical sciences EPSRC  
w/c 6th August 2012
 57059/1 Simitev, Dr R D (Maths & Statistics) Two-layer thermo-compositionsal dynamo models of the geomagnetic field  The Leverhulme Trust  £147,659
59138/1 Hild, Dr S (Physics & Astronomy) SagnacsSpeedmeter:  Interferometry beyond the standard quantum limit using velocity sensitive sagnac intereferometer European Research Council £1,166,049
61644/1 Pearce, Prof C J (Infrastructure Engineering) On-line position specific isotope analysis interface for continuous flow isotope ration mass spectrometry Royal Society £67,219
58828/1  Gallagher, Dr H (Geographical & Earth Sciences) Researching sonic environments:  exploring audio methodologies Arts and Humanities Research Council  £71,042

Science Slam Mark II May 2014

Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:21:00 GMT

Following the great success of the first UK Science Slam, the Graduate School is holding its second Science Slam on Friday 9th May 2014. It is hoped that around eight PhD students from Science and Engineering will participate. The event will be held again at Cottiers, a fantastic venue in Glasgow’s West End. For further information about the event please contact scieng-gradschool@glasgow.ac.uk.