Watch the new CNIE Research Facility video
07 August 2018
The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering contains a wide range of state-of-the-art equipment including SAXS/WAXS, Liqu...Read more
New PhD Studentship with UCL CNIE (London) and IFP Energies nouvelles (Lyon)
09 July 2018
In collaboration with, and sponsored by IFPEN (Institut Français du Pétrole – Energies Nouvelles), there is a vacancy fo...Read more
Maxeler joins Amazon Web Services (AWS) at the International Supercomputing Conference, Frankfurt, 24-28 June 2018
27 June 2018
Maxeler Technologies, members of the CNIE Advisory Board, is proud to announce the availability of Maxeler Multisca...Read more
Congratulations to Guanghua Ye for his prestigious new position as Te Ping Associate Professor at ECUST
22 June 2018
We are delighted to announce that Dr Guanghua Ye, former PhD researcher in the Nature Inspired Chemical Engineering grou...Read more
Marc-Olivier Coppens attends the International Panel for Mesoscience, at the Chinese Academy of Sciences
06 June 2018
On 27-29 May 2018, Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens, Director of the CNIE, served on the first meeting of the Internationa...Read more
CNIE attends the 25th International Conference on Chemical Reaction Engineering
31 May 2018
CNIE’s Nidhi Kapil and Dr Victor Francia attended the 25th International Conference on Chemical Reaction Engineering in ...Read more
New Inspiration Grant awarded on Novel microfluidic chemotaxis screening platform for high-throughput bacterial viability quantification
24 May 2018
We are pleased to announce that Anand N. P. Radhakrishnan, Asterios Gavriilidis, Elaine Allan and David Wareham have bee...Read more
New Inspiration Grant awarded on Nature-Inspired water management in PEM Fuel Cell
11 May 2018
We are pleased to announce that Jason Cho, Dan Brett, Marc-Olivier Coppens and Nikolay Kardjilov have been awarded a Cen...Read more
Marc-Olivier Coppens interviewed on Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering
09 May 2018
In the below video interview, Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens discusses 'Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering - a Pathway to I...Read more
New paper outlines an exciting new technology for remote-controlled drug release using biocompatible magnetic nanofibres
03 May 2018
An exciting new technology for remote-controlled drug release using biocompatible magnetic nanofibres, is reported in a ...Read more
CNIE/LINKAM mini-workshop on environmental controlled hot-stage - 17th May
24 April 2018
Join us on Thursday 17 May to explore the possibilities of the Linkam imagining system - a new addition to the CNIE rese...Read more
Matthew Chin presents at the UCL Grand Challenges Showcase 2018
24 April 2018
On Wednesday 8 April, UCL hosted an exhibition of posters and films to showcase projects that have been supported by the...Read more
Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens to present a plenary talk at the 8th World Congress on Particle Technology
17 April 2018
Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens, Dr Victor Francia and Kaiqiao Wu from the Centre of Nature Inspired Engineering will pre...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