Quantum Engineering CDT awarded funding for another 5 years
The QECDT is one of the 75 EPSRC Centres for Doctoral training which were successful in the recent refunding round, and one of nine CDTs going ahead at the University of Bristol.
News in 2018
Adventures in Japan – Reactor Cores and Dragon Eggs
In October 2018 a team from the University of Bristol, led by RAIN researchers Professor Tom Scott and Dr Yannick Verbelen with Dr Chris Hutson and PhD student Dean Connor ventured to Japan, flying first to Osaka for a visit to collaboration partners at the Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI).
Could ‘Iron Man’ style suit be the answer to the world’s biggest nuclear challenge?
If wearable technologies are the future, a radioactive-busting robotic suit could represent yet one more dramatic step into the beyond.
South West Nuclear Hub wins Academic Innovator award
The South West Nuclear Hub is the proud winner of an The Engineer Collaborate to Innovate Award, following a recent ceremony in London.
Three months with Hitachi-GE: a Student's story
Each year one student on the MSc Nuclear Science and Engineering programme at the University of Bristol is able to undertake an exciting internship with Hitachi-GE in Japan.
School invests in high resolution Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
South West Nuclear Hub celebrates research and skills growth on two year anniversary
The South West Nuclear Hub has recently celebrated the second anniversary of its doors opening and colleagues gathered in the David Smith Building to reflect on the success in addressing nuclear skills, research and innovation challenges so far.
£9.4m Research Funding Announced for Collaborative Nuclear Decommissioning Research
A large programme of projects looking into nuclear decommissioning has been announced, that will see a consortium of 11 universities collaborate with industry on over 40 projects with funding totalling over £9m. This includes South West Nuclear Hub members the universities of Bristol and Southampton, as well as Cavendish Nuclear.
A year's supply of galaxy clusters
The international team working on the XXL Survey has released a new dataset of 365 clusters of galaxies and 26,000 active galactic nuclei, along with 20 papers presenting the results from the new data.
University of Southampton join the South West Nuclear Hub
The South West Nuclear Hub, based at the University of Bristol, has grown its academic network further by welcoming the University of Southampton as another University member.
‘Dragon eggs’ hatched to monitor volcanic activity
The University of Bristol is pioneering the monitoring of volcanic activity by developing a cutting-edge measurement system that can withstand the harsh conditions around the heart of an active volcano.
The BCFN at Blue Dot Festival
Students from the BCFN wowed spectators at the Blue Dot Festival with their polarized stained glass windows!
BCFN students travel to Cork for joint symposium at Tyndall Institute
Performance materials at the interface: where sports and science collide
Paralympic swimmer and gold medalist Susie Rodgers MBE to visit BCFN PhD students next week
Robotics Researchers Visit Local School with Special Guest Superhero
A number of researchers from the School of Physics recently visited a local primary school to introduce the children to robotics and the wide range of exciting equipment in use at the University of Bristol.
IAC Celebrates Latest PhD Graduates
Two PhD students from the Interface Analysis Centre celebrated their graduation during the July Ceremonies having successfully completed their nuclear-related theses.
IAC Students Recognised for Superior Research Papers
Two PhD students from the School of Physics at the University of Bristol have received "Superior Paper” recognition for their research following the Waste Management Symposium (WMS) 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona earlier this year.
BCFN student Victoria Taylor wins People's Choice award at Research Without Borders 2018
EDF and University of Bristol sign international framework agreement for nuclear Research, Education and Innovation
A delegation from the University of Bristol travelled to the EDF Group research laboratories in Saclay near Paris to sign an international framework agreement.
Kate Oliver makes it to the final of the IoP’s 3 Minute Wonder competition
BCFN 4th year student, Kate Oliver, has made it through to the finals of the Institute of Physics’ 3 Minute Wonder
BCFN student Victoria Taylor reaches the final of the Three Minute Thesis competition
BCFN 3rd years student, Victoria Taylor, has made it through to the final stage of the Three Minute Thesis competition, to be held during the finale of the Research Without Borders event on the 9th May.
Kate Oliver and the Agony Auncles of Science
BCFN 4th year student, Kate Oliver, was the MC at the first Bristol edition of Agony Auncles of Science; a show which provides comedic scientific answers to audience submitted problems.
Student exchange between South West Nuclear Hub and Materials Ageing Institute
Two students on the MSc Nuclear Science and Engineering programme undertook a week-long exchange at the Material Ageing Institute (MAI), EDF Lab Les Renardières, Paris in early 2018.
How Materials Science Kept the Paralympics on Track
The Royal Society of Chemistry have produced a short film featuring BCFN student Maddy Nichols
BCFN in UK Summer Festivals Outreach
This year the BCFN will be joining the exciting UK summer festival circuit.
BCFN students on their experience with Ottobock at the Winter Paralympics
Our BCFN PhD students Rafael Moreno Tortolero and Madeleine Nichols have just returned from an exciting couple of weeks in the Ottobock repairs workshop at the South Korea Winter Paralympic Games.
BCFN students on the BBC
Students Maddy Nichols and Rafael Moreno Tortolero who have just returned from working alongside world-leading prosthetic limb manufacturers Ottobock at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics have been featured on the BBC.
Agony Auncles of Science
Science Showoff Bristol is bringing the Agony Auncles of Science to the Crofter's Rights on 27th March
Kate Oliver exhibits at STEM for Britain
BCFN student Kate Oliver exhibited her work to MPs and other scientists in the House of Commons on 12 March as part of STEM for Britain. Here's what she had to say about the exciting event.
British Science Week Schools Day at Unit DX
On Tuesday 13th March Laura Sosa and Angela Suriyakumaran from the BCFN helped celebrate British Science Week by getting involved in outreach sessions at Unit DX
Students to be stationed at Paralympic Winter Games prosthetic ‘pit lane'
Two PhD students from the University of Bristol will be travelling to South Korea this week [10 March] where they will be assisting within the Repair Service Centre at the Paralympic Winter Games.
BCFN student to exhibit at STEM for Britain
BCFN student Kate Oliver will be exhibiting her work to MPs and other scientists in the House of Commons in March as part of STEM for Britain.
BCFN and BDC in Mexico
Delegates from the Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials and Bristol Doctoral College visited Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP), in Puebla, Mexico from February 6th – 9th as part of an event sponsored by the British Council “Higher Education Links” programme to discuss the development of closer doctoral training links between UDLAP, BCFN and Bristol.
Seeing the value of scientific study
BCFN and Synthesis CDT students took some time out from their laboratory studies to explore the commercial potential of the research going on around them, in a month-long Business Bootcamp programme that looks set to yield two new university-linked start-up companies.
Congratulations to all our graduating MSc students
The BCFN celebrated on Friday 9 February with some of our graduating MSc students
BCFN student Noha Abu El Magd wins award from EPSRC RISE
BCFN student Noha Abu El Magd has won an award from the EPSRC RISE programme for inspiring people in STEM
BCFN students attend Science Communication workshop
BCFN students attended a Science Communication workshop hosted by Imperial College London and the BBC to explore how the research community engages with the public
BCFN Industry Conference 2017
The Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials hosted its inaugural industry showcase, 'Materials for the Industries of Tomorrow', at We The Curious science centre in Bristol
Open Research Associate Position
Research Associate position to work on hydrogen compound superconductors at high pressures.
Tom Croft receives IOP Superconductivity Group Thesis Prize
This year's undergraduate teaching prizes have been awarded to lectures from the Correlated Electron Systems group.