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Read more at: Two group members pitch at MATcelerate Zero in Hauser Forum

Two group members pitch at MATcelerate Zero in Hauser Forum

3 May 2024

Markus and Thomas presented pitches for their technologies at the Matcelerate Zero event in the Hauser Forum on 30 April 2024.


Read more at: Prof Driscoll awarded Freeman of the City of London

Prof Driscoll awarded Freeman of the City of London

2 May 2024

Judith was pleased and honoured to become a Freeman of the City of London today at a ceremony in the City of London, followed by a walk around to see some livery companies in London ( who do many good charitable works across the UK).


Read more at: Ji Soo and Markus present at MRS Spring Meeting 2024

Ji Soo and Markus present at MRS Spring Meeting 2024

26 April 2024

Ji Soo Kim and Dr Markus Hellenbrand presented their work on ferroelectric hafnium oxide and resistive switching, respectively, at the MRS Spring Meeting 2024 in Seattle. Dr. Markus Hellenbrand was an invited speaker and featured as an MRS Communications Early Career Distinguished Presenter!


Read more at: Judith visits Dr. Welland, Cambridge alumnus and contributer to the Driscoll group

Judith visits Dr. Welland, Cambridge alumnus and contributer to the Driscoll group

22 April 2024

Judith was very happy to visit Dr. Bill Welland, and alumnus of the department, in Somerton, Somerset. Pictured here are Judith, Kelly, Bill and his wife Sarah. Bill is extremely kind to donate funds to the Driscoll group (over the past 5+ years). The funds have been used to part pay the stipends of PhD students. These...


Read more at: Driscoll group and collaborators at Spring MRS 2024

Driscoll group and collaborators at Spring MRS 2024

22 April 2024

Here is a picture from Spring MRS 2024, Seattle, of the Driscoll group and her close collaborators. Pictured are (from front left, clockwise), Prof. Quanxi Jia (Judith’s long term collaborator, formerly Los Alamos and now SUNY Buffalo) who is coming on sabbatical as a Trinity visiting fellow in summer 2024, Prof. Robert...


Read more at: Group welcomes visiting Postdoc Dr Ahn

Group welcomes visiting Postdoc Dr Ahn

18 April 2024

The group welcomes Heebeom as visiting Postdoc. He received his PhD from Seoul National University. He will focus on neuromorphic applications of functional oxides and halide perovskites.


Read more at: Welcome to our visitor Yi-Xuan

Welcome to our visitor Yi-Xuan

16 April 2024

Dr Yi-Xuan, who received a PhD from Tsinghua University, has joined the Driscoll group as a visiting postdoc. He will work on development and discovery of novel ferroelectric memristor systems, with a focus on thin film by PLD fabrication and advanced characterizations.


Read more at: Dr Wells presents the Power of Interfaces 2024 conference

Dr Wells presents the Power of Interfaces 2024 conference

5 April 2024

Dr Matthew Wells presented his work on Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite thin films as electrode materials for solid oxide cells at the Power of interfaces 2024 conference as part of the EPISTORE project framework. The conference was held at the Caixa Forum of Palma de Mallorca (Spain). Thank you to the organisers for such...


Read more at: Dr Salonikidou attends Brain-on-a-chip workshop at Porto University

Dr Salonikidou attends Brain-on-a-chip workshop at Porto University

4 April 2024

Dr Barbara Salonikidou attended the 4th Workshop on Neuroengineering: brain-on-a-chip platforms at Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto. The 2-day workshop focused on bioengineering and artificial synapses for neuromorphic applications. The workshop stimulated interesting discussions on how...


Read more at: Congratulations to Dr. Babak Bakhit on winning an award from the University of Cambridge Energy IRC Small Grants.

Congratulations to Dr. Babak Bakhit on winning an award from the University of Cambridge Energy IRC Small Grants.

28 March 2024

Babak has been using our fancy oxide sputter chamber (from the RAENG Chair in Emerging Technologies project) to grow high performance resistive switching materials on TiN on Si. He is obtaining exciting results which are moving towards industry applicability. Well done Babak! For more info, visit the Dept of Engineering...