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

Congratulations to Dr. Babak Bhakit 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...


Read more at: Paragraf visits the group

Paragraf visits the group

20 March 2024

We received Sebastian Dixon, Paragraf, to our group for a meeting and lab visit. From left to right is Sebastian Dixon (just completing an RAEng Industry Fellow in the Driscoll group), Ji Soo (our newly collaborating PhD student), and Moritz Muller (our PhD student, collaborated for 2 years with Paragraf).


Read more at: Dr Bakhit talk at HiPIMS 2024

Dr Bakhit talk at HiPIMS 2024

18 March 2024

Dr Babak Bakhit gave an invited talk in HiPIMS Today 2024. He discussed the recent advances in high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) and the advantages of growing strategic and functional thin films by hybrid HiPIMS/DC magnetron co-sputtering using synchronised metal-ion irradiation. This advanced sputtering...


Read more at: Prof. Briscoe from QMUL visits the group

Prof. Briscoe from QMUL visits the group

8 March 2024

We were pleased to host Prof. Joe Briscoe from QMUL to discuss our collaborative research on ferroelectric enhancement of photovoltaics.


Read more at: Prof. Driscoll meeting with Dr. Wang from Applied Materials

Prof. Driscoll meeting with Dr. Wang from Applied Materials

8 March 2024

Judith was pleased to meet Dr. Connie Wang from Applied Materials to discuss our mutual interests in AI hardware and superconducting coated conductors.


Read more at: Prof. Driscoll at the RAEng

Prof. Driscoll at the RAEng

7 March 2024

Judith was happy to take part in a Royal Academy of Engineering panel to discuss how to be successful with Horizon Europe funding.


Read more at: Congratulations to Dr Tom Bedford!

Congratulations to Dr Tom Bedford!

7 March 2024

Our PhD student Tom Bedford has passed his viva! Congratulations from the group!


Read more at: Congratulations to Dr Silva for Award for the Impact of Scientific Research

Congratulations to Dr Silva for Award for the Impact of Scientific Research

23 February 2024

23/2/24- We are very pleased to congratulate our close collaborator, Jose Silva, from Univ. Minho, Portugal, on a recognition Award for the Impact of Scientific Research, which distinguishes him for the quality, volume and national and international recognition of scientific production he has carried out in the School of...


Read more at: Prof. Driscoll present at IWAM 2024

Prof. Driscoll present at IWAM 2024

22 February 2024

18-22 Feb 2024 - Judith was pleased to present the group’s work at the IWAM 2024 (18-22 Feb 2024) conference, https://iwam-rakcam.com/index.html , in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE, on neuromorphic oxides. She served on the board of IWAM and helps produce a very well attended meeting, supporting energy materials research in the...


Read more at: Neuromorphic workshop at Trinity College

Neuromorphic workshop at Trinity College

5 February 2024

We were happy to host a Neuromorphic workshop at Trinity College, Cambridge. Our invited speakers, Prof. Bilge Yidiz and Prof. Adnan Mehonic gave excellent talks on their latest research.