ICS Final Year PhD Research Presentations 2023

Jun15Thu

ICS Final Year PhD Research Presentations 2023

Thu, 15/06/2023 - 09:30 to 14:00
Speaker: 
Sam Patterson, Ben Murphy, Malcolm Garrow, Blair Kennedy & Adam Knight
Affiliation: 
Heriot Watt
Synopsis: 

ICS PhD Research Presentations

9:30 – 9:35 Welcome and Introduction (Professor Matt Costen)

Session 1 – Chair: Dr Carlos Martin-Fernandez
09:35 – 10:05 Sam Patterson
“Shining light on accelerated degradation for the controlled release of agrochemicals”
10:05 – 10:35 Ben Murphy
“The study of elastomer blend dynamics for improved tire performance”

Session 2 – Chair: Dr Muhammad Sajjad
11:15 – 11:45 Malcolm Garrow
“Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of nitrobenzene using ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy”
11:45 – 12:15 Blair Kennedy
“Synthesis, Phase Behaviour and Thermoelectric Properties of Alloyed Half-Heusler Materials”
12:15 – 12:45 Adam Knight
“OH on the Gas-Liquid Interface: Molecules, Movies, and Monte-Carlo Modelling”

13:45 – 14:00 Awards and Closing Remarks (Professor Matt Costen)

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