Epiphany Term As we approach the end of Epiphany Term, we are incredibly grateful to be able to share our two dinners we have hosted this term. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all those who attended, particularly those who travelled to Durham from around the country. Our first event of the …
Innovate UK Funds DIRDI Research on EM Metamaterials It is with great pleasure that we can announce that DIRDI has been successful in applying for the Innovate UK – Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (AKT) scheme. The AKT Scheme aims “to deliver a short, rapid and targeted intervention to accelerate the evaluation or development of an innovation …
Ultrasonic Agitation in electroplating This year, DIRDI has supported two projects looking into the effects of ultrasonic agitation on the industrial electroplating process. In Epiphany Term 2023, we supported six students in a Physics Team Project ‘Investigating the Effect of Ultrasonic Agitation and Electrolyte Stirring on the Quality of Nickel Electroplated Brass’, which called for …
Michaelmas 2023 Termly Dinner DIRDI’s first termly dinner of the 2023/2024 Academic Year was held on the 29th November 2023 and was enjoyed by a number of Fellows and Members. We are grateful to Professor Paula Chadwick, Professor Ann Maclarnon, Dr Amitabh Trehan, Professor Sana Salous, Professor Adekunle Adeyeye, Dr Jen Topping, Professor Daniel Maitre, …
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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