JOIN US at the GC Workshop at Shimadzu, 20th October
15 September 2017
Come and join us! FREE one day GC workshop at Shimadzu head office in Milton Keynes. You do not need to have a Schimadzu...Read more
Prof. Marc-Olivier Coppens wins AIChE PSRI Lectureship Award in Fluidization
03 August 2017
We are delighted to announce that our Head of Chemical Engineering, Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens has been selected to ...Read more
CNIE-SAXS Seminar and Networking Event: Adventures with Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering at USC
18 July 2017
On Monday 24th July, CNIE holds their very first SAXS Seminar on Adventures with Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering at USC. It...Read more
Inaugural Symposium of the EPSRC/Jeol Centre of Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy
13 July 2017
On the 10th July, UCL Department of Chemistry hosted a symposium to celebrate the official opening of the LPEM Centre. T...Read more
Professor Coppens delivers keynote speech and presentation at ICMAT 2017, Singapore
13 July 2017
Professor Coppens was honoured to be invited to deliver a keynote speech, and an invited presentation with Dr Panos Trog...Read more
CNIE PhD researcher Matthew Chin presents posters at two international conferences
11 July 2017
Matthew was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Research Fund from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), and U...Read more
UCL Grand Challenges Doctoral School Small Grant awarded
11 July 2017
PhD researcher Matthew Chin has been awarded a grant by UCL Grand Challenges ("Transformative Technology" category)...Read more
CNIE participates in In2science program 2017
30 June 2017
After having a wonderful experience with Shantona Shahid from in2science program 2015, the Centre for Nature Inspired En...Read more
Congratuations to Michele Lynch on receiving the Best Poster Prize in the 1st Meeting of the UCL Cross-Disciplinary Network on Soft Materials
21 June 2017
CNIE has participated in the 1st Meeting of the UCL Cross-Disciplinary Network on Soft Materials. Dr Ayomi Per...Read more
Dr Han Wu: UK representative at ISO for the development of nanoparticle characterisation standards
16 June 2017
Han Wu, senior research technician in Chemical Engineering, has been nominated as the UK expert at ISO and appointed as ...Read more
New paper - "Pattern formation in pulsed gas-solid fluidized beds – the role of granular solid mechanics" by Kaiqiao Wu
31 May 2017
Congratulations to CNIE team - Kaiqiao Wu, Lilian de Martín, Marc-Olivier Coppens with new paper - "Pattern formation in...Read more
CNIE takes part in 'It's All Academic Festival', 10 June 2017
07 April 2017
It's All Academic Festival Saturday 10 June 2017 Dr Ayomi Perera from the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering will ...Read more
CNIE won the second prize of the poster presentation at UK Particle Technology Forum 2017!
29 March 2017
Congratulations to PhD student Kaiqiao Wu who won the second prize of the poster presentation at UK Particle Technology ...Read more
CNIE and UCL Chemical Engineering won seven prizes at ChemEngDayUK 2017
28 March 2017
On 27-28 March 2017, Birmingham University hosted ChemEngDayUK 2017, which welcomed leading UK Chemical Engineering acad...Read more
CNIE featured SAXS Workshops at UCL on 26-28 April
01 March 2017
A successful CNIE/SAXSLAB workshop organised by Dr Han Wu (CNIE) and Dr Isja de Feijter (SAXSLAB) h...Read more
CNIE participates in ChemEngDayUK 2017 Better Life, Better World (27-28 March 2017, Birmingham, UK)
01 February 2017
We are glad to announce that CNIE is participating in ChemEngDayUK 2017 Better Life, Better World (27-28 March 201...Read more
Season’s Greetings: Happy Holidays and a New Year filled with Prosperity and success!
09 December 2016
Dear Colleagues, Partners, Collaborators and friends of CNIE, On behalf of all of us at UCL’s Centre for Nature Insp...Read more
Great opportunity to join CNIE: Research Associate (Chemical Engineering), - Ref:1612663
01 December 2016
Department of Chemical Engineering and CNIE is seeking an exceptional Post Doctoral researcher to join the team at UCL. ...Read more
Ralph Anderson Memorial Lecture, 9th November 2016 at the Royal Society of Medicine London
03 November 2016
Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens will present the 19th Ralph Anderson Memorial Lecture, organised by the Worshipful Compan...Read more
The Open Call: CNIE Inspiration Grants 2016-2018
01 November 2016
We are delighted to announce the Open-Call-CNIE Inspiration-Grants 2016-2018 following the success of the first and seco...Read more
CNIE presents at 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco USA, November 13-18, 2016
17 October 2016
The AIChE Annual Meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professi...Read more
VIDEO: Drawing lessons from nature to engineer innovative solutions to our grand challenges by Prof Coppens
13 October 2016
Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens gave a talk on 'Drawing lessons from nature to engineer innovative solutions to our grand chal...Read more
Prof Stephen Marshall kicks off the CNIE-funded Nature-inspired Urbanism series
12 October 2016
Tuesday 12th October – Stephen Marshall kicks off the UCL CfNIE-funded Nature-inspired Urbanism series, with an introduc...Read more
Congratulations to Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens, the newly elected Fellow of the AIChE!
10 October 2016
It is our pleasure to announce that Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens just has been elected Fellow of the AIChE (the Americ...Read more
Opening lecture of the 'First workshop on rational design for improved functionalities of porous inorganic materials', Cavaillon, France, November 7th – 9th 2016
05 October 2016
We are pleased to announce the ‘First workshop on rational design for improved functionalities of porous inorganic mater...Read more
Prof Coppens attends the Symposium on 'Scalable production of nanostructured materials', Delft, Netherlands on October 28th, 2016
05 October 2016
Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens will attend the mini-symposium “Scalable Production of Nanostructured Materials” a tTU Delft, ...Read more
Congratulations to Dr Han Wu on achieving PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification!
03 October 2016
We are glad to announce that Dr Han Wu (Senior Research Technician) completed Project Management courses and succes...Read more
CNIE hosts 'Novel Analytical Techniques' seminar/conference by Quantachrome, 10th November, London
30 September 2016
We are glad to announce 'Novel Analytical Techniques' seminar by Quantachrome, co-organised by CNIE at 10th November at ...Read more
The IET Engineering the Future Festival, IET London: Savoy Place, 6th October 2016
28 September 2016
We are glad to announce The IET Engineering the Future Festival, IET London: Savoy Place, 6th October 2016....Read more
Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens delivers a lecture at Zhejiang University, 14th October 2016
19 September 2016
We are glad to announce that Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens will be visiting the College of Chemical and Biological Engineeri...Read more
Congratulations to Jichuan Liu on a successful BEng completion and new research article!
01 September 2016
Congratulations to Jichuan Liu for obtaining his BEng from the entire staff at the CNIE. You have earned every single mo...Read more
New paper in Langmuir: "Chaperonin-Inspired pH Protection by Mesoporous Silica SBA-15 on Myoglobin and Lysozyme"
26 August 2016
We are pleased to announce a new research article, "Chaperonin-Inspired pH Protection by Mesoporous Silica SBA-15 on Myo...Read more
Michele Lynch presents at ESBES 2016
15 August 2016
Michele Lynch will present at the European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Sciences (ESBES) 2016. The con...Read more
Congratulations to Guanghua Ye on a successful PhD completion!
20 July 2016
Congratulations to our recent Alumni - Guanghua Ye on earning your PhD from the entire staff at the CNIE. You have earne...Read more
CNIE group has a day out!
07 June 2016
The CNIE group has had some summer fun together! On 7 June we all met up for a Thames riverboat cruise. And of course it...Read more
New vacancy: Research Associate - Chemical Engineering and Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering, Ref: 1553509
03 June 2016
Department of Chemical Engineering and CNIE is seeking an exceptional Post Doctoral researcher to join the team at UCL. ...Read more
Great opportunity to join CNIE: Research Associate - Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering vacancy, Ref:1553531
02 June 2016
CNIE is seeking an exceptional Post Doctoral researcher to join the team at UCL. Closing Date: 24th August 2016 ...Read more
Announcement of CNIE Inspiration Grant: The Self-Organising Built Environment
01 June 2016
We are pleased to announce that Prof Stephen Marshall has been awarded a Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering Inspir...Read more
Announcement of CNIE Inspiration Grant: Robust self-healing fabrics for soft robotic applications
01 June 2016
We are pleased to announce that Prof Mark Miodownik and Mark Ransley from the UCL Institute of Making (www.instituteofma...Read more
Announcement of CNIE Inspiration Grant: Nature-inspired confined jet-mixers for ionic liquid-liquid extraction applications
01 June 2016
We are pleased to announce that Prof Panagiota Angeli and Dr Dimitrios Tsaoulidis have been awarded a Centre for Nature ...Read more
Congratulations to Silo Meoto with 2016 Enterprise Fellowship
27 May 2016
We are delighted to congratulate Dr Silo Meoto for the award of a prestigious Enterprise Fellowship to support her in de...Read more
Alan Jones Memorial Session at this year's BACG conference, University of Leeds, 30th June 2016
24 May 2016
We are delighted to announce THE ALAN JONES INDUSTRIAL CRYSTALLIZATION SYMPOSIUM at the 47th Annual Conference of BACG, ...Read more
Congratulations to Silo Meoto on a successful PhD viva!
24 May 2016
Congratulations to Silo Meoto on earning your PHD from the entire staff at the CNIE. You have earned every single moment...Read more
CNIE participates in Pint of Science 2016, London, 25 May 2016
02 May 2016
We are glad to announce that Dr Ayomi Perera (Post-doctoral Researcher, Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering) will par...Read more
H. Walter Stern PhD Studentship - CNIE is seeking an exceptional graduate student
21 April 2016
CNIE is seeking an exceptional graduate student to be the first recipient of the prestigious H. Walter Stern PhD Student...Read more
The Summer Challenge 2016, 'Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering' supported by CNIE, London, 13 June - 27 July 2016
18 April 2016
The Summer Challenge 2016, 'Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering', planned in collaboration with the UCL Office of Wid...Read more
CNIE participates in Gordon Research Conference: “Catalysis - From Theory to Commercialization”, New London, US,12-17 June 2016
14 April 2016
We are glad to announce that Dr Ayomi Perera and Dr Michael Nigra will be representing the CNIE at Gordon Research Confe...Read more
New paper: 'Pattern formation in fluidized beds as a tool for model validation: A two-fluid model based study' by Kaiqiao Wu
01 April 2016
We are pleased to announce the new paper 'Pattern formation in fluidized beds as a tool for model validation: A two-flui...Read more
Annoncement: Michele Lynch received the 3rd Prize for the heavily contested “Three-Minute Thesis Presentation”
01 April 2016
CNIE has participated in ChemEngDayUK 2016: Towards a sustainable future (31 March - 1 April 2016), which welc...Read more
CNIE participates in The Second HPC Materials Chemistry Consortium conference, Cardiff, Wales, 6-8 April 2016
21 March 2016
We are glad to announce that Dr Katarzyna Maksimiak will be representing the CNIE at The Second HPC Materials Chemistry ...Read more
New paper: 'Titano-silicates: highlights on development, evolution and application in oxidative catalysis' by Dr Ayomi S. Perera
07 March 2016
We are pleased to announce the new paper by CNIE members: “Titano-silicates: highlights on development, evolution and ap...Read more
3rd CNIE Advisory Board Meeting, London, 22-23 March, 2016
07 March 2016
Dear CNIE Partners and Collaborators, You are cordially invited to take part in open sessions (where ‘Participants’ are...Read more
CNIE particpates in ChemEngDayUK 2016, Bath, 31 March - 1 April 2016
03 March 2016
We are glad to announce that CNIE is participating in ChemEngDayUK 2016: Towards a sustainable future (31 March - 1 Apri...Read more
Announcement: Small/Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS)
01 March 2016
We are glad to announce that The CNIE at UCL has a unique in-house Small/Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS) instrum...Read more
Announcement: Materials characterization facilities
01 March 2016
We are glad to announce a wide range of equipment including state-of-the-art SAXS/WAXS, mercury porosimetry,gas adsorpti...Read more
CNIE Seminar by Professor Alexander Katz, University of California (Berkeley), 29th February 2016
29 February 2016
We are delighted to announce that Professor Alexander Katz, University of California (Berkeley) visited CNIE to deliver ...Read more
Congratulations to Professor Panagiota Angeli with EPSRC grant of £1.95M!
24 February 2016
Congratulations to Professor Panagiota Angeli, who was awarded an EPSRC grant of £1.95M to perform the project titled:...Read more
Commissioning of SAXS/WAXS instrument
22 February 2016
We are pleased to announce the commissioning of a unique Small/Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS/GISAXS) instrumen...Read more
Professor William S. Price visiting CNIE on 3rd March 2016
18 February 2016
We are glad that Professor William Price, Western Sydney University will visit CNIE and meet with our researchers and s...Read more
2nd CNIE Call for "Inspiration" Grants - 31st March 2016
15 February 2016
We are delighted to announce the 2nd-Call-CNIE Inspiration-Grants March 2016 launch of 2nd CNIE Call for “Inspiration” g...Read more
New paper: "Nature-inspired optimization of hierarchical porous media for catalytic and separation processes" by Dr Panagiotis Trogadas, Dr Michael Nigra and Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens
12 February 2016
We are pleased to announce the new paper by CNIE members: "Nature-inspired optimization of hierarchical porous media fo...Read more
Dr Katarzyna Maksimiak additionally received 20 millions of allocation units on ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service
08 February 2016
We are pleased to announce that Dr Katarzyna Maksimiak has received 20 millions of allocation units on the ARCHER...Read more
CNIE participates in 'Sustainable Materials Inspired by the Living world for Energy (SMILE 2016)', IFPEN/RUEIL - 6-8 April 2016
01 February 2016
Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens (Director of CNIE) is a Keynote Speaker at ‘Sustainable Materials Inspired by the Living ...Read more
Announcement of CNIE Inspiration Grant: 3D Printing underwater: the regenerative fishing nets of salps
19 January 2016
We are pleased to announce that Dr Brenda Parker (in collaboration with Dr Will Goodall-Copestake, British Antarctic Sur...Read more
CNIE participates in 'DOE: International School 2016 TOTAL Chair of the Foundation Balard', Montpellier, France, 18th-20th January 2016
13 January 2016
Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens (Director of CNIE) will be representing CNIE at ‘MDE : Ecole Internationale 2016 de la Ch...Read more
Congratulations to Professor Mark Miodownik with EPSRC Future Cities grant (£4.2M)!
11 January 2016
Congratulations to Professor Mark Miodownik , who (as Co-PI) was awarded an EPSRC Future Cities grant of £4.2M to perfor...Read more
Announcement of CNIE Inspiration Grant: Pulsating flow inspired by blood circulation to improve fluid dynamics in flow reactors and crystallizers
08 January 2016
We are pleased to announce that Prof Asterios Gavriilidis (in collaboration with Dr Luca Mazzei (UCL) and Prof Chris Pri...Read more
Announcement of CNIE Inspiration Grant: Bioactive Aerogels - Preclinical Development of a Novel Bone Grafting Material
06 January 2016
We are glad to announce that Dr Niall Kent has been awarded a Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering Inspiration Grant...Read more
CNIE co-organises The XXII International Conference on Chemical Reactors (CHEMREACTOR-22), London, UK, 19-23 September 2016
04 January 2016
It is our pleasure to announce the XXII International Conference on Chemical Reactors (CHEMREACTOR-22) to be held on 19-...Read more
Announcement of CNIE Inspiration Grant: Modelling hierarchical transport network of rocks using multiscale modelling and X-ray tomography
04 January 2016
We are glad to announce that Dr Jayesh S. Bhatt (in collaboration with Dr David A. Faux and Prof Peter J. McDonald from...Read more
CNIE participates at The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2015, Hawaii, USA, from December 15th-20th, 2015
30 November 2015
Dr Ayomi Perera and Dr Han Wu will be representing the CNIE at The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Soci...Read more
New paper: Hierarchically Structured Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion by Dr Panos Trogadas
30 November 2015
We are glad to announce new paper published by Dr Panos Trogadas. Congratulations Panos! Hierarchical nanomaterials are...Read more
Congratulations to Dr Niall Kent and Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens with EPSRC Discovery-To-Use grant!
25 November 2015
Dr Niall Kent and Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens have been awarded an EPSRC Discovery-To-Use grant of £50,000. The aim ...Read more
CNIE contributes to 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City USA, November 8-13, 2015
15 October 2015
The AIChE Annual Meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professi...Read more
CNIE welcomes more visiting research students - Annelien Schijve from Eindhoven University of Technology
05 October 2015
In September 2012 Annelien Schijve started with the Bachelor Chemical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology...Read more
CNIE part of £500k MRC award to develop novel dental implant material
25 September 2015
The novel bone graft has shown strong potential in preliminary studies and more research is now needed to fulfil the req...Read more
Invited talk to the winners of Newcastle University’s Bio Apprentice competition by Dr Niall Kent
22 September 2015
On Tuesday the 22nd of September Dr Niall Kent was invited to give a talk to the winners of Newcastle University’s Bio A...Read more
New "Guest Researchers" at CNIE: Professor Daniel Lepek and Dr Soon-Hwa Jung
20 September 2015
Professor Daniel Lepek: A warm welcome to Daniel Lepek, Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at Cooper Union, NY....Read more
Guanghua back to Shanghai - see you in October!
20 September 2015
After having spent a year with us at the CNIE, Guanghua Ye has returned to Shanghai. We wish Guanghua all the best with ...Read more
CNIE at MIMENIMA Symposium, Baltic Coast, 28-30 September 2015
17 September 2015
CNIE at MIMENIMA Symposium, Baltic Coast, 28-30 September 2015 Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens will give a presentation ...Read more
The Sino-US Joint Conference of Chemical Engineering, Shanghai, China - October 12 - 15, 2015
15 September 2015
The Sino-US Joint Conference of Chemical Engineering, Shanghai, China - October 12 - 15, 2015 The Sino-US Joint Conf...Read more
CNIE presents at EPSRC Manufacturing the Future Conference, Cambridge, 17-18 September 2015
13 September 2015
EPSRC Manufacturing the Future Conference, Cambridge, 17-18 September 2015 Professor Coppens gave an invited presentati...Read more
Dr Katarzyna Maksimiak has received 10 millions of allocation units on ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service
10 September 2015
We are pleased to announce that Dr Katarzyna Maksimiak has received 10 millions of allocation units on ARCHER UK Nation...Read more
Announcement: Sustainable Materials Inspired by the Living world for Energy (SMILE 2016) IFPEN/RUEIL - 6-8 April 2016
08 September 2015
The IFPEN (Institut Français du Petrole Energies Nouvelles) will organise a scientific conference, SMILE 2016 - Susta...Read more
CNIE participates in Applied Catalysis and Biocatalysis Reaction Engineering conference at Bath, 3-4 Sept 2015
01 September 2015
We are pleased to announce the Applied Catalysis and Biocatalysis Reaction Engineering conference was held at the Univer...Read more
CNIE offers student research placements
30 August 2015
Shantona Shahid, a student from Eltham High School, undertook at two-week project in the Centre for Nature Inspired Eng...Read more
Diffusion Fundamentals VI, Dresden, 23-26 August 2015
11 August 2015
The CNIE will be amply represented at the upcoming Diffusion Fundamentals VI Conference in Dresden, Germany (23-26 Augus...Read more
Vacancy: PhD project on "Nano-structured Catalysis Engineering", sponsored by Sabic in the CNIE
11 August 2015
A PhD studentship at UCL (Department of Chemical Engineering, Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering) is available to ou...Read more
CNIE call for "Inspiration" Grants - September 2015
11 August 2015
A workshop was organised by the EPSRC "Frontier Engineering" Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) on 28 July 20...Read more
Visiting undergraduate student from Columbia University joined CNIE for the summer
07 July 2015
The CNIE is delighted to host Edward Ko, an undergraduate in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University, where he is...Read more
CNIE presents new paper at Mathematics in (bio)Chemical Kinetics and Engineering 2015 (MaCKiE-2015), Ghent, Belgium, 2-3 July 2015
01 July 2015
Mr Guanghua Ye (collaboration between ECUST in Shanghai and the CNIE at UCL) will present his research at the Internatio...Read more
National Women in Engineering Day 2015: Women in Engineering Change the World!
23 June 2015
For National Women in Engineering Day, the Faculty of Engineering at University College London invited young people and ...Read more
CNIE at the International Symposium on Zeolite and Microporous Crystals 2015 (ZMPC2015), Sapporo, Japan (28th June - 2nd July 2015)
15 June 2015
We are pleased to announce that CNIE will be presented by Dr Ayomi S. Perera at the International Symposium on Zeolite a...Read more
The Summer Challenge 'Engineering Solutions from Nature' supported by CNIE, London, 15 June - 15 July 2015
15 June 2015
The Summer Challenge 'Engineering Solutions from Nature', planned in collaboration with the UCL Office of Widening Parti...Read more
EARTH FLOWS 2015: Interface Dynamics during Geophysical Flows, 18-19 June 2015, Oslo, Norway
08 June 2015
Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens will deliver The EarthFlows lecture: ‘A random walk through porous media: Diffusion under...Read more
Low permeability media and nanoporous materials from characterisation to modelling: can we do it better? IFPEN / Rueil-Malmaison - 9-11 June 2015
01 June 2015
CNIE is pleased to announce that Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens will serve as an invited keynote speaker at the LowPerm2...Read more
Collaboration between CNIE and PPE group at TUDelft
19 May 2015
CNIE research associate Dr Lilian de Martín has been invited to conduct experiments during one month at Delft University...Read more
Coppens presents at TU Dortmund: 'Nature Inspired Routes to Process Intensification' (27th May 2015)
17 May 2015
Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens was invited by Professor Andrzej Górak (Fluid Separations at TU Dortmund) to deliver a se...Read more
The 24th North American Meeting of the North American Catalysis Society, June 14-19, 2015
13 May 2015
Dr Michael Nigra will present an oral presentation at the 24th North American Meeting of the North American Catalysis So...Read more
Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering participates at the 4th European Young Engineers Conference, Warsaw, Poland
28 April 2015
The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) takes active role in enabling more international research links and co...Read more