
Marc-Olivier Coppens to present at the 8th World Congress on Particle Technology
17 April 2018
Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens, CNIE Director, will present at the upcoming 8th World Congress on Particle Technology, held o...Read more

CNIE attends ChemEngDay UK 2018
16 April 2018
On 27-28 March, ChemEngDay UK 2018 hosted its annual conference, run by Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), at t...Read more
CNIE presents to students at the North London Collegiate School
12 April 2018
On 21 March, CNIE’s Nidhi Kapil visited the North London Collegiate School to give a talk on, ‘Supported Gold Nanopartic...Read more

Maxeler Technologies delivers new pilot system on Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) computations
11 April 2018
Maxeler Technologies, members of the CNIE Advisory Board, recently delivered a pilot system that has the potential of fa...Read more

CNIE present new PhD projects for Nature-inspired and bio-integrated Architecture
28 March 2018
On Monday 12th March, The Centre Pompidou in Paris visited the CNIE to learn more about our research on nature-inspired ...Read more

New vacancy: CNIE Research Laboratories Manager
26 March 2018
The Centre of Nature Inspired Engineering is seeking to recruit a new Research Laboratories Manager. The post holder wil...Read more

Read the new CNIE brochure
16 March 2018
Read the new CNIE brochure outlining the work of the Centre and its research outputs. The Centre was formed in 2013 and...Read more

New research paper published in the Journal of Catalysis
15 March 2018
A new paper on the effects of zeolite particle size and internal grain boundaries on Pt/Beta catalyzed isomerization of ...Read more

New research published on pattern formation in pulsed fluidized beds
15 March 2018
A new article by former CNIE postdoc, Dr Lilian de Martin (now Assist. Prof at Chalmers University) and Prof Marc-Olivie...Read more

CNIE contributes to a new book on ‘Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society’
05 March 2018
CNIE contributes to a new book on ‘Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society’, edited by Armin Bunder, Jürge...Read more

New research paper published in the Journal of Materials Science
01 February 2018
CNIE’s new paper on ‘optimization of mesoporous titanosilicate catalysts for cyclohexene epoxidation via statistically g...Read more

CNIE Annual Advisory Board meeting and Conference
30 January 2018
The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) hosted its 5th Annual Advisory Board Meeting and Workshop on 24-25 Jan...Read more

Marc-Olivier Coppens appointed Corresponding Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences
29 January 2018
Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens, CNIE Director, has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences ...Read more

CNIE's Mark Miodownik awarded a MBE in the New Year’s Honours list
11 January 2018
Many congratulations to CNIE's Professor Mark Miodownik on receiving a MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) i...Read more

CNIE awards five new "Inspiration" Grants
15 December 2017
We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering has awarded five new "Inspiration" Grants. ...Read more

Nature Inspired 4D printing for biomedical applications
15 December 2017
We are pleased to announce that Anna Ploszajski, Mark Miodownik, Cathy Holloway and Patrick Cullen have been awarded a C...Read more

An applied, engineered oscillation inspired by the natural oscillatory behaviour of HIV
12 December 2017
We are pleased to announce that Dr Darren Nesbeth and Dr M. Carmen Romano have been awarded a Centre for Nature Inspired...Read more

CNIE / Quantachrome mini workshop - 20 November
17 November 2017
We are hosting a CNIE / Quantachrome mini workshop on particle size measurement of concentrated dispersions using Acoust...Read more

CNIE Research Paper to be featured in the Energy & Environmental Science Journal
25 October 2017
The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) at UCL has had a research paper accepted to appear in the Energy and E...Read more

2017 AIChE Annual Meeting
25 October 2017
Members of the Department of Chemical Engineering are attending this year's 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting on October 29 - No...Read more

IN THE MEDIA: CNIE RESEARCH COLLABORATION FEATURED IN ACS CATALYSIS PUBLICATION
28 September 2017
The July 2017 edition of ACS Catalysis features a research article in collaboration with State Key Lab of Chemical Engin...Read more

Prof. Marc-Olivier Coppens delivers a plenary talk at Process Intensification in Chemistry Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia
27 September 2017
In September, Professor Coppens had the honour of being invited to attend the conference in Russia and gave a plenary ta...Read more

Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens delivers keynote at IUMRS-ICAM
27 September 2017
Following the conference in Hong Kong, Marc-Olivier travelled to Kyoto in Japan in late August to attend the Materials R...Read more

Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens delivers keynote speech at the Asian Pacific Community of Chemical and Process Engineering (APCChE)
27 September 2017
In August, Professor Coppens was invited to attend the APCChE conference and deliver a keynote speech. The APCChE is a b...Read more

IN THE MEDIA: CNIE & FORMER NICE PHD STUDENT FEATURED IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE
27 September 2017
The December 2017 issue of the Chemical Engineering Journal, (Volume 32, Special Issue for the ChemReactor 22 conference...Read more

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