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Congratulations to Prof Judith Driscoll

15 July 2024

Many congratulations to Prof Judith Driscoll on being recognised by the Women’s Engineering Society in the “Top 50 Women in Engineering 2024” list.

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Want to know more about our postgraduate research degrees?

09 July 2024

We'll be sharing information about postgraduate study at the Department of Materials Science on Thursday 7 November 2024 from 15:00 to 15:45 BST. This session is part of the University of Cambridge Virtual Postgraduate Open Days 2024, which will be held in November. If you can't join us on...

RMS awards presented to two Department members!

03 July 2024

The Royal Microscopical Society Science Sectiona have announced the winners of their awards for 2025 and we are delighted to see that Professors Sohini Kar-Narayan and Emilie Ringe has both been selected as award-winners.

The RMS recognises outstanding achievements in microscopy, imaging...

Promotions!

21 June 2024

We are delighted to be able to highlight the outstanding success of our academic colleagues in this year's Academic Career Pathways exercise, as published in the Reporter (12 June 2024). Many congratulations to the following on their promotions:

Professor Rachel Evans (Professor,

CaMPUS: an undergraduate internship scheme

13 June 2024

The Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy has been running a European vacation placement scheme for its undergraduate students since the early 1990s. It was initially built upon existing collaborations through individual academics, with institutions including TU Wien, University of...

The Business of Materials: alumni spotlight

13 June 2024

Chris Dobson, co-founder of one of the UK’s most successful semiconductor-fabrication-equipment companies, has been giving back to Cambridge for more than two decades. He was born in Wales shortly before the outbreak of World War 2 and, as a result, in his early years he remembers always being...

From Atoms to Answers: Celebrating 10 years of WEMS

13 June 2024

After a decade of innovative research, the Wolfson Electron Microscopy Suite (WEMS) continues to be at the forefront of materials science discovery through advanced electron microscopy, diffraction and microanalysis.

Thanks to the generosity of the Wolfson Foundation,...

Professor Driscoll wins Royal Society of Chemistry prize

12 June 2024

Judith Driscoll, Professor of Materials Science at the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, has been named winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Interdisciplinary Prize 2024. Professor Driscoll won the prize for interdisciplinary work to realise unprecedented properties in a...

Past Kelly Lecturer awarded highest Japanese order

30 May 2024

We extend our congratulations to Professor Akihisa Inoue, a world-leading material scientist and a pioneer in the development of Bulk Metallic Glasses and Advanced Non-Equilibrium Materials, who has been awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure.

Professor Akihisa...

Dr Nicole Church elected Beatrice Mary Dale Research Fellow

17 May 2024

We extend our congratulations to Dr Nicole Church, Post-Doctoral Research Associate within the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, who has been elected the Beatrice Mary Dale Research Fellow at Newnham College. The Fellowship will...

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Congratulations to Prof Judith Driscoll

Want to know more about our postgraduate research degrees?

RMS awards presented to two Department members!

Promotions!

CaMPUS: an undergraduate internship scheme

The Business of Materials: alumni spotlight

From Atoms to Answers: Celebrating 10 years of WEMS

Professor Driscoll wins Royal Society of Chemistry prize

Past Kelly Lecturer awarded highest Japanese order

Dr Nicole Church elected Beatrice Mary Dale Research Fellow

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