REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
The Department of Chemical Engineering are proud to host their inaugural Research Showcase 2025. This is a brilliant opportunity for external delegates and internal colleagues to join us for a day to showcase and exchange knowledge on the latest world-leading research emerging from within the Department.
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Programme
12.00-13.00: Lunch | Poster session | ACEX 306 (Design rooms) | List of posters
13.00-13.10: Introduction | Professor Omar Matar | Head of Department | Lecture theatre 3
13.10-14.10: Research talks | Lecture theatre 3 | Chair: Dr Daniel Cristiu
- 13.10: Heather Au | Towards sustainable structural Li-S batteries
- 13.25: Martin Trusler | Understanding fluids properties for the energy transition
- 13.40: Ben Lyons | Waste not, want not: Assessing municipal solid waste gasification for circular chemical production
- 13.55: Magda Titirici | Catalyzing change: Sustainable and automated pathways in batteries and electrocatalysis
14:10-14:40: Refreshments | ACEX 306 (Design rooms)
14:40-15:40: Research talks | Lecture theatre 3 | Chair: Dr Lyes Kahouadji
- 14.40: Zain Ahmed | Roughly functional: design of responsive soft topographies
- 14.55: Cariny Polesca | Efficient fractionation and purification of lignocellulosic biomass using a cost-effective protic ionic liquid
- 15.10: Giulia Tarantino | Shining a light on cleaner fine chemical technologies
- 15.25: Takeshi Kurotori | Multiscale flow and transport processes in CO2 storage
15.40-16.10: Refreshments | ACEX 306 (Design rooms)
16.10-17.10: Research talks | Lecture theatre 3 | Chair: Dr Andrea Galeazzi
- 16.10: John Fong | Engineering Biology: foundational technologies for advancing cell engineering
- 16.25: Karen Polizzi | An introduction to the alternative protein research activities at Imperial College London
- 16.40: Maria Papathanasiou | Responding to an ever-changing world: digitally-enhanced process design under uncertainty
- 16.55: Claire Adjiman | Improving the sustainability of pharmaceutical processes: a Molecular systems engineering approach
17.10-17.25: Break | ACEX 306 (Design rooms)
17.25-18.10: Invited lecture | Dr James Cookson | Technology Manager | Johnson Matthey | Lecture theatre 3
Talk title: Metal science supporting the global net zero transition – challenges, opportunities, and skills
18.10-19.30: Wakeham Award Ceremony – posters and drinks | ACEX 306 (Design rooms)
19.00-21.30: Dinner: by invite only (invited attendees to proceed to the dinner promptly following the awards ceremony, drinks to continue for the rest in room ACEX 306)
About the invited speaker:
Dr James Cookson is a Technology Manager at the Johnson Matthey (JM) Technology Centre, leading their Core Capabilities Programme. He leads multiple research groups across two sites enabling JM’s businesses to deliver their pipeline of current and future products and processes. These groups include multiscale modelling, materials synthesis, formulation and coating, manufacturing and engineering science, electrochemical transformations, and statistical design.
Prior to this, James ran JM’s research team in battery materials. He was instrumental in the development of technology and intellectual property (including acquisition and divestment) within the business, ensuring a pipeline of products was developed by internal and external collaborations.
He has also expertise in the areas of nanotechnology, catalysis for the fine chemicals and pharmaceutical sector and has worked in scientific policy and administration. James has a DPhil in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Oxford.
Attendance
For external attendees: We are inviting external contacts to register on an ‘invite only’ basis. If you would like to know more, or have received an invite and have questions, please email our team on chemeng.comms@imperial.ac.uk.
For internal attendees: This event is now fully booked. Any questions, email our team on chemeng.comms@imperial.ac.uk.