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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

Aerial view of the application bitstream as fitted to the reconfigurable device of MAX5. By zooming into this image one can distinguish between utilisation of logic, DSP or on-chip memory (FMEM) resources on the chip, which are colour-filled according to which kernel uses the resource. Note that the design contains many (minor) kernels not listed in the legend.

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