What follows is a blog post by Durham physics undergraduate, Thomas Rudkin. I recently took part in EEOPS-D, a 3-day opportunity to build and explore the use of drones run by the Durham Institute of Research, Development and Innovation (DIRDI). When we arrived, we first had some practice flying much smaller drones than the one …
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Later this month, DIRDI will be hosting the first of our series of online webinars entitled ‘Biophotonics: A Marriage of Sciences’. Our speaker will be Professor John Girkin, a distinguished physicist at Durham and a fellow of DIRDI, the Institute of Physics, the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, and the Optical Society of …
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New Invention Institute opens in Durham seeking next Newtons and Edisons A NEW research Institute dedicated to finding and supporting the next Isaac Newtons and future Nobel Prize winners of science in the United Kingdom has been officially opened this week. The Durham Institute of Research, Development, and Invention (DIRDI) is a scientific research institute …
Durham students from across disciplines took part in DIRDI’s very own drone competition at the start of this year’s Easter Term. The weekend Drone competition, known as “EEOPS-D” (Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities using Drones), was the first in what will become an annual event for students. With the vital support of DIRDI Fellow and senior academic …
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Second-year Durham undergraduate and theoretical physicst, Maria Athina Vogiatzi (pictured) recently wrote an article on Acoustic Metamaterials (AMMs). Her work has gone beyond the areas of study covered in her course, to explore an innovative field that first emerged in the 1990s and has applications in acoustic cloaking and quantum optomechanics. Selected for publication via …
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On Wednesday the 16th of February 2022, Head of DIRDI, Daniel Dobrowolski and Director-General, Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter OBE were delighted to be joined by Professor Jacqui Ramagge, Executive Dean of Durham’s Faculty of Science, for a panel discussion at the Durham Union Society. The Durham Union Society is the University’s oldest student society, dating …
DIRDI has been awarded a grant from Durham University’s Enterprise Education Fund, in partnership with Dr. Oliver Vogt, Department of Engineering, Durham University. This grant will help kick start a week-long, annual event engaging Engineering, Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics students in “Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities Using Drones (EEOPS-D)”. This drone technology development ‘hackathon’ will be …
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Last month, DIRDI members Matyas Draskovits and Xiayao Yin penned articles on subjects of their interest. In reviewing the literature around a given topic related to the core research areas of DIRDI, these articles will likely form the basis of some of DIRDI’s future research. Matyas, a second year physics undergraduate, wrote his article on …
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17 December 2021 Coltraco Ultrasonics and Durham University have taken a new step in furthering their relationship to develop collaborative research activity and to create research impact, within the new Durham Institute of Research, Development, & Invention, as reported on the University Website. Enabling innovation We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the …
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