Season's Greetings from the CNIE and the NICE Group
25 December 2020
Happy Holidays, and Very Best Wishes for a Healthy, Successful 2021! Despite the incredible challenges this year and re...Read more
Congratulations to Nidhi and Halan for new grant to work on anti-microbial resistance!
22 December 2020
Nidhi Kapil and Halan Mohamed have been awarded a £15k Precision AMR Seed funding on the project: “Gold Nanoparticles De...Read more
Dynamic Structuring of Fluidised Beds: Our extensive review is out!
16 December 2020
Victor Francia, Kaiqiao Wu and Marc-Olivier Coppens review various approaches to structure gas-solid fluidized beds in t...Read more
Yanan and Halan present at the ICOM2020
08 December 2020
The International Congress on Membranes & Membrane Processes 2020 (ICOM 2020) takes place this week as a 5-day online ev...Read more
CNIE at the Scale4MAT Workshop
04 December 2020
The work of Aleksandra Glowska, joint PhD student with IFPEN, on "Multi-technique characterisation of hierarchically org...Read more
CNIE presents at the 2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting
26 November 2020
The CNIE was well represented at the 2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting (16-20 November 2020) with 7 oral presentations f...Read more
Our paper on polymer nanotube membranes is out
26 November 2020
Our work on a new polymer nanotube (PNT) membrane has just appeared in Colloid and Interface Science Communications as a...Read more
Microgravity tests on the 35th DLR Parabolic Flight Campaign
22 October 2020
Carrying water to space is extremely costly, thus recycling of it should be improved. On Earth, water management is also...Read more
RSC Sustainable Energy and Fuels paper out now!
15 October 2020
A new CNIE article has been published in RSC Sustainable Energy and Fuels entitled “Effect of extended short-circuiting ...Read more
Paper on culture device for T cell activation out now
08 October 2020
A new research article on “A Hydrogel-Integrated Culture Device to Interrogate T Cell Activation with Physicochemical Cu...Read more
Biogenic Architecture at the Ars Electronica 2020
23 September 2020
Nina Jotanovic presented her work on Biogenic Architecture this year at the Ars Electronica. Ars Electronica2020 offered...Read more
New publication on water treatment
10 September 2020
Our new article from the UCL Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) is out in Science of the Total Environment en...Read more
New Article on Developmental Bioengineering in MSDE Journal
14 August 2020
Could we make the blind see and the lame walk again? Recent advances in the field of bioengineering bring such dreams cl...Read more
Registration open for CNIE / KTN webinar on Clean Energy and Resource Efficiency - 4th August
15 July 2020
In collaboration once more with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), the CNIE will be co-hosting a webinar on 'Clean En...Read more
New article now appearing in Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (MSDE)
06 July 2020
A new article on nature-inspired membranes has just appeared in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Molecular Systems Desig...Read more
Inspiration Grants 2020
29 June 2020
We are delighted to announce that the CNIE Inspiration Grants are open for application. The scheme was launched in 2015....Read more
Professor Coppens to give first talk in the 2020 BP-ICAM webinar series - Thursday 25th June, 3pm
24 June 2020
Update: The talk is now available to be viewed online here: Our CNIE Director, Marc-Olivier, is honoured to have been...Read more
Paper co-written by CNIE PhD Student Sasank Bethapudi is published in Energy Conversion and Management
24 June 2020
In collaboration with the Electrochemical Innovation lab (EIL), CNIE have published a new paper in the reputed Energy Co...Read more
CNIE PhD, Halan Mohamed, honoured as part of International Women in Engineering Day
23 June 2020
Started in 2014 by the Women’s Engineering Society to commemorate their 95th anniversary, International Women in Enginee...Read more
Prof Mark Miodownik co-authors article on the environmental impact of reuseable facemasks
17 June 2020
CNIE Theme 3 Lead, Mark Miodownik, co-wrote an interesting article regarding the use of reuseable facemasks. Entitled 'T...Read more
Next One O'clock Space Webinar with Malica Schmidt
01 June 2020
Malica Schmidt from CNIE is giving a webinar on "Nature-Inspired Multi-Functional Surface Coatings for Sustainable Life ...Read more
Cancer Immunotherapy paper appears in Trends in Biotechnology
29 May 2020
A new Opinion piece on "Rethinking Cancer Immunotherapy by Embracing and Engineering Complexity" has been published by C...Read more
Fabio Cardinale successfully defends Master's thesis 'cum laude'
12 May 2020
Heartfelt congratulations are due to Fabio Cardinale who has successfully defended his Master's thesis on Catalytic gas ...Read more
Professor Coppens to kick off series of Taster Lectures for Department of Chemical Engineering’s Undergraduate Offer Holders on Monday 27th April, 10am
22 April 2020
CNIE’s parent department, UCL's Department of Chemical Engineering, has put together an inspiring series of online taste...Read more
RSC and Chemical Society Reviews publish review by Dr Trogadas and Prof Coppens on 'Nature-inspired electrocatalysts and devices for energy conversion'
06 April 2020
Dr Panos Trogadas and Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens' extensive review has just appeared in Chemical Society Reviews (DOI: 10...Read more
Congratulations to the newly titled Dr Kaiqiao Wu
04 March 2020
We are delighted to announce that our very own Kaiqiao Wu has just officially received his Doctor's title, completing hi...Read more
ChERD Special Issue on NICE Processes
21 February 2020
Chemical Engineering Research & Design (IChemE journal, published by Elsevier) has just released a Special Issue devoted...Read more
Professor Coppens gives Inaugural Lecture at Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften
16 February 2020
On Friday 14th February, Professor Coppens was honoured to give his inaugural lecture at Sächsische Akademie der Wissens...Read more
Fluid mixing study in collaboration with Zhejiang University appears in Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.
10 February 2020
A new article has appeared in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, resulting from a collaboratio...Read more
PhD Matthew Chin successfully defends Viva
04 February 2020
Congratulations to the now Dr Matthew Chin for successfully defending his PhD on Designing Platforms to Biophysically Re...Read more
Matthew Chin Wins Poster Presentation
03 February 2020
Congratulations to PhD student Matthew Chin for winning the £100 prize and award of Best Poster Presentation for his pos...Read more
CNIE Advisory Board, Conference and Workshop a great success!
03 February 2020
Many thanks to all who attended and contributed to our two day Advisory Board, Conference and Workshop. We saw a wealth ...Read more
CNIE Hosts Two Day Advisory Board Conference and Workshop
24 January 2020
The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) are greatly looking forward to welcoming our valued Advisory Board mem...Read more
CNIE to host Nature Inspired Solutions to Industrial Challenges event alongside Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)
14 January 2020
CNIE are pleased to announce that we’ll be hosting a Nature Inspired Solutions to Industrial Challenges event in partner...Read more
Festive greetings from the CNIE!
18 December 2019
The NICE group and Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) send warmest wishes for a happy holiday season, and a p...Read more
CNIE Alumnus Dr Niall Kent Accepts Honorary Lectureship
12 December 2019
We are delighted to announce that valued CNIE alumnus, Dr Niall Kent, has accepted the position of Honorary Lecturer in ...Read more
Kaiqiao Wu successfully defends PhD
04 December 2019
Many congratulations to Kaiqiao Wu for successfully defending his PhD. Kaiqiao's thesis was titled: 'Dynamically Structu...Read more
New Paper on Nature-inspired fuel cells
27 November 2019
CNIE has published a new paper in the reputed Chemical Engineering Science Journal titled "Optimising the Architecture o...Read more
Research Lab Manager, Dr Han Wu publishes 2 new papers
25 November 2019
Dr Han Wu whom is currently managing the Research Facility for the Department of Chemical Engineering has published 2 pa...Read more
New article on zeolite catalysis in Angewandte Chemie
22 November 2019
An article has just been accepted in the prestigious Chemistry Journal Angewandte Chemie titled "Understanding the Role ...Read more
New Paper: "Acoustic emission as a function of polarisation"
19 November 2019
CNIE in collaboration with the Electrochemical Innovation lab (EIL) have published a new paper in the reputed Electroche...Read more
New Guest Researchers join CNIE
14 November 2019
CNIE would like to welcome Frank Chen and Shuman Xu, our new guest researchers. Frank is a second year PhD university st...Read more
New published paper on “Biotic analogies for self-organising cities”
08 November 2019
We are delighted to announce publication of “Biotic Analogies of Self-Organising Cities” which is now available here in ...Read more
CNIE Centre Administrator Position Available
08 November 2019
The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) is in search for a Centre administrator to deal with day to day manage...Read more
Coming up: 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting & UCL Chemical Engineering Reception
05 November 2019
The Annual AIChE Meeting for 2019 is fast approaching and will take place from the 10th-15th of November in Hyatt Regenc...Read more
New published paper: "A lung-inspired printed circuit board polymer electrolyte fuel cell"
04 November 2019
CNIE in collaboration with the Electrochemical Innovation lab (EIL) have published a new paper in the reputed Energy Con...Read more
A warm welcome to our new MSc student Ibrahim Alnutaifi
01 November 2019
Ibrahim Alnutaifi is a new MSc student who has just joined the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering this previous mont...Read more
Dr Han Wu's latest paper featured as PCCP Editor's Choice and the Front Cover of the forthcoming issue
31 October 2019
Dr Han Wu, Research Facility Manager UCL Chemical Engineering and CNIE recently published a new paper titled "Understand...Read more
CNIE Features in the UK Royal Society of Chemistry Magazine "Chemistry World"
26 October 2019
Earlier this week, the UK Royal Society of Chemistry published a feature piece in Chemistry World, titled "Single-atom c...Read more
Two PhD openings on Nature-Inspired Process Intensification
25 October 2019
We are pleased to offer two fully funded, four-year long PhD openings under the guidance of Professor Marc-Olivier Coppe...Read more
Nina Jotanovic to give a talk at the "Design with the Living" Symposium
22 October 2019
PhD candidate Nina Jotanovic will give a talk at the Design Museum on Friday the 8th of November. The symposium is title...Read more
PhD Candidate Malica Schmidt receives a total of 3 awards in September
16 October 2019
CNIE PhD candidate Malica Schmidt, whom is currently conducting research on nature-inspired, multi-functional surface co...Read more
Closing in on the month of September at CNIE
10 October 2019
September has been a very busy but nevertheless an exciting time for the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering. Followi...Read more
PhD studentship available at the Nature-Inspired Materials Engineering Lab
08 October 2019
A new PhD studentship is available at the Nature-Inspired Materials Engineering (NIME) lab led by Dr Yang Lan within CNI...Read more
Prof Coppens attends the second International panel meeting on Mesoscience
27 September 2019
On the 22nd-24th September, Marc-Olivier Coppens, the Director of CNIE attended the 2nd international panel meeting on M...Read more
Nina Jotanovic showcases work at the Biodesign Here Now exhibition
24 September 2019
PhD student Nina Jotanovic showcased her work at the Biodesign Here Now exhibition from the 19th to the 21st of Septembe...Read more
Postdoctoral researcher Maximilian Besenhard gives a talk at FLOWMAT2019
17 September 2019
UCL Chemical Engineering postdoctoral research associate Maximilian Besenhard gave a talk at the Flow synthesis of multi...Read more
CNIE researchers to showcase their work at the Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019
16 September 2019
The Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019 is the launch of a second series of summits jointly hosted by the UK Royal Acade...Read more
Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens featured in One Earth Voices “Visions for a Positive Future” article
16 September 2019
The Director of the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering, Prof Coppens contributed an invited opinion piece on the fir...Read more
CNIE releases new brochure for 2019
06 September 2019
CNIE is pleased to announce the release of our newly updated brochure for 2019. The front cover image “Aquaphile - Eli...Read more
ECI Conference on Nature-Inspired Engineering begins Sunday 8th September
05 September 2019
This first ECI Conference on Nature-Inspired Engineering will bring together practitioners and researchers from academia...Read more
PhD students, Haiyue Yu & Mohammad Alkhunaizi present their posters at Diffusion Fundamentals VIII
04 September 2019
PhD students at UCL, Haiyue Yu and Mohammad Alkhunaizi presented their posters at the international conference “Diffusio...Read more
Nidhi Kapil presents poster at EuropaCat 2019
28 August 2019
PhD student Nidhi Kapil, presented a poster at 14th European Congress on Catalysis, EuropaCat 2019 which was held in Aac...Read more
UK’s first polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell/battery hybrid mobility scooter successfully tested
23 August 2019
On the 15th August 2019, Jason Cho (Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens) and Lara Rasha (PhD student ...Read more
CNIE Welcomes Inspire Summer School
23 August 2019
The Inspire Summer School was run in collaboration with the Engineering Development Trust for thirty female A-Level stud...Read more
61st London International Youth Science Forum 2019
09 August 2019
On Wednesday 31st July 2019, Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens was invited to be a speaker and facilitator at the “Science ...Read more
NICE Group Away Day
09 August 2019
On the 23rd July 2019, the NICE research group enjoyed a team away day at the WWT London Wetland Centre. WWT London Wetl...Read more
Kaiqiao Wu awarded IChemE young researcher second prize at PTF2019
02 August 2019
On 28–31 July 2019, the 7th UK–China International Particle Technology Forum and annual UK Particle Technology Foru...Read more
Webcast - KTN - Nature Inspired Solutions meet industry challenges event
23 July 2019
The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN – part of Innovate UK) has established a new UK Special Interest Group (SIG), bringi...Read more
Chemical Engineering Summer Challenge
16 July 2019
UCL's Access and Widening Participation team ran a six week summer challenge in various STEM and humanities subjects for...Read more
Nina Jotanovic showcases work at SynbiTECH 2019 exhibition
02 July 2019
On 24-25th June 2019, PhD student, Nina Jotanovic, showcased her research project at Synbitech 2019, QEII Centre, London...Read more
NICE collaborations between UCL and Zhejiang University
02 July 2019
Currently working on collaborative projects in the context of Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering are students Shuxian ...Read more
NIS SIG launch event: Nature Inspired Solutions meet industry challenges
27 June 2019
On Tuesday 9 July, Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens will present a Keynote lecture on Nature-inspired Solutions for Engine...Read more
Marc-Olivier Coppens gives seminars at Fluidization XVI conference, Zhejiang University and ECUST
24 June 2019
Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens gave a seminar, “A NICE Approach to Fuel Cell Design” on 14 June 2019 at the State Key Laborat...Read more
Dr Niall Kent wins the Early Career Impact Award 2019
24 June 2019
On Tuesday 4 June, CNIE Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Niall Kent won the Early Career Impact Award at the UCL Awards for I...Read more
Dr Yang Lan appointed as Nature-Inspired Chemical Engineering (NICE) Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
24 June 2019
We are delighted to welcome Dr Yang Lan to the Department of Chemical Engineering and the CNIE, as our first Nature-Insp...Read more
Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens to give Plenary Lecture at Fluidization XVI Conference in Guilin
24 May 2019
The Fluidization XVI conference, aims to bridge fundamental research on fluidization and emerging applications of fluidi...Read more
Sasank (Viswanath) Bethapudi to present a talk at 235th ECS Meeting, Dallas, Texas
24 May 2019
PhD student Sasank (Viswanath) Bethapudi, will present a talk at the 235th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeti...Read more
New paper: Dynamic viscoplastic granular flows: A persistent challenge in gas-solid fluidization
24 May 2019
At a macroscopic scale, Eulerian models based on the Kinetic Theory of Granular Flow (KTGF) have been successfully emplo...Read more
Congratulations to Jason Cho for successfully completing his PhD
02 May 2019
Jason Cho successfully defended his PhD entitled “A nature-inspired approach to robust fuel cell design with water man...Read more
CNIE and UCL Chem Eng win four prizes at ChemEngDayUK 2019
12 April 2019
On 8-9 April 2019, UCL Chemical Engineering and the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) participated at an exc...Read more
Dr Niall Kent shortlisted for 'Early Career Impact Award 2019'
11 April 2019
CNIE's Dr Niall Kent, has been shortlisted for a UCL Innovation and Enterprise Award, in the category 'Early Career Impa...Read more
La Fabrique du vivant (Designing the Living) Exhibition, at Centre Pompidou, Paris
08 April 2019
La Fabrique du vivant (Designing the Living) Exhibition "Mutations/Creations 3" Our team at University College L...Read more
CNIE awarded EPSRC “Frontier Engineering: Progression Grant”
26 March 2019
We are pleased to announce that the UCL Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering (CNIE) has been awarded £750,000 of core ...Read more
Professor Coppens invited to give lecture at Trinity School for Facets of Science event
21 March 2019
On Thursday 7th March, Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens gave one of three 30 minute lectures titled 'Nature-Inspired ...Read more
ECI Conference on Nature-Inspired Engineering - Keynote speakers announced + call for abstracts
21 March 2019
Abstract Submission One-page abstracts should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than the deadlines noted ...Read more
Dr Victor Francia appointed Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University
21 March 2019
We congratulate Dr Victor Francia, former postdoctoral researcher at the CNIE, who recently became Assistant Professor a...Read more
Malica Schmidt wins joint Best Poster Prize in CheERS Poster Competition
06 March 2019
On February 22nd in conjunction with the Industrial Advisory Board meeting, the CheERS group organised a poster competit...Read more
TU Dortmund Jubilee Lecture with presentation by Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens
06 February 2019
Marc-Olivier Coppens, Ramsay Memorial Chair and Head of Department of Chemical Engineering at UCL has been invited to pr...Read more
Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens featured in IChemE's "The Chemical Engineer"
28 January 2019
Ramsay Memorial Professor and Head of Department Marc-Olivier Coppens was interviewed for the IChemE's "The Chemical Eng...Read more
Season's Greetings from CNIE
18 December 2018
The Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering at UCL would like to wish all our students, friends, colleagues and collabo...Read more
A recent study from CNIE on mesoporous materials highlighted in Nature Nanotechnology
13 November 2018
A recent publication from the CNIE titled, 'Confinement Facilitated Protein Stabilization As Investigated by Small-Angle...Read more
2018 AIChE Annual Meeting & UCL Chemical Engineering Reception
23 October 2018
Colleagues from the Department of Chemical Engineering are attending this year's 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting from October ...Read more
New study from CNIE published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
03 October 2018
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) reveals stabilization of fluid-like protein arrangements in mesoporous silica, fac...Read more
Dr Ayomi Perera appointed Lecturer at Kingston University
02 October 2018
We congratulate Dr Ayomi Perera with her recent appointment as Lecturer in Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Kings...Read more
Two new publications on hierarchically structured catalysts
19 September 2018
As part of our highly fruitful collaboration with East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in Shanghai (g...Read more
IChemE & UCL conference on 'Kinetic, Transport Modelling and Experiments in Catalytic Systems'
17 September 2018
The IChemE Catalysis Special Interest Group, in collaboration with University College London (UCL) and the Centre for Na...Read more
New Paper: 'Titanium(IV)-induced cristobalite formation in titanosilicates and its potential impact on catalysis'
12 September 2018
This new paper describes unexpected phase transitions that occur during the synthesis of titanosilicates, and their impa...Read more
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