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- Annual ACCIS & CoSEM CDT student hackathon 25 November 2021
- Composites for Future Resilience – Bristol Composites Institute annual conference 11 November 2021 The 14th annual Bristol Composites Institute conference was held virtually on 9 November 2021. Sustainability was one of the key themes at this year's conference that attracted over 250 attendees from six continents.
- IDC Showcase event success 1 November 2021 The Industrial Doctorate Centre (IDC) in Composites Manufacture held its Showcase event on Tuesday 26 October.
- Third international workshop on measuring strength 14 October 2021 Professor Michael Wisnom of Bristol Composites Institute, together with Professor Yentl Swolfs from KU Leuven and Professor Federico Paris from the University of Seville, organised a successful online workshop on UD Compression Strength on 5 October.
- Bristol behind world’s massive egocentric dataset 14 October 2021 Professor Dima Damen and her group in computer vision are part of an international consortium of 13 universities in partnership with Facebook AI that has built the world’s most diverse egocentric dataset - officially released 14th October.
- New Hot Robotics facility to further Nuclear Research 5 October 2021 A new University of Bristol facility at Fenswood Farm, part of the National Nuclear User Facility for Hot Robotics (NNUF-HR) officially opens next week. There are 4 partners including Bristol (UK Atomic Energy Authority, National Nuclear Laboratory and The University of Manchester), each offering equipment and test spaces.
- Completion of H2020 TeamPlay project 5 October 2021 Prof Kerstin Eder's team has just completed the final review of the TeamPlay project, which was funded by Horizon 2020.
- Seven Turing Fellowships awarded to Bristol Engineering 30 September 2021
- New leadership for the Bristol Composites Institute 14 September 2021 Professor Michael Wisnom will step down from his role as Director of the Bristol Composites Institute in September 2021. The Institute welcomes new co-directors, Professor Ole Thomsen and Professor Stephen Hallett.
- Successful Seminar on Sustainable Composite Materials for Wind Turbine Blades 9 September 2021 Bristol Composites Institute and Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) hosted a virtual research seminar on Sustainable Composite Materials for Wind Turbine Blades on 6 September 2021. The event was a success, with 200 attendees across six continents.