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Events at the Henry Royce Institute

And from around the Materials Community

Royce at Cranfield: Hydrogen Material Challenges Short Course
17
March

17 March 2025 - 20 March 2025
All Day

On the 17-20 March 2025, Cranfield University will be hosting a “Hydrogen Material Challenges” short course, supported by the Henry Royce Institute. This course will focus on providing delegates with both practical and experimental knowledge on the fundamental material challenges faced by all components in the hydrogen supply chain: production, storage and distribution, and use.


Event Type: Short Course


Lead Partner:none


Location: Cranfield University

Royce Training: Thin-Film Device Manufacturing
18
March

18 March 2025 - 20 March 2025
All Day

This course will introduce participants to the fundamentals of vacuum technologies and develop knowledge on essential concepts in thin film deposition techniques. It will provide a foundation in microfabrication methods, such as photolithography and ion milling, essential for advanced research and thin film device manufacturing.


Event Type: Training


Lead Partner:Imperial College London


Location: Michael Uren Building, Imperial College London

Physics of Life 2025
24
March

24 March 2025 - 25 March 2025
All Day

The second edition of “Physics of Life 2025” will take place in Harrogate 24-27 March 2025 to represent and draw together the diverse UK biological physics community.


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Lead Partner:none


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NTPMI Workshop: Big Data Handling for Research Technical Professionals: Best Practice Workshop
31
March

31 March 2025 - 01 April 2025
All Day

This NTPMI workshop for Research Technical Professionals will consider the various challenges in handling data in materials science, such as: i) specification of metadata; ii) methods of compression or down-sampling; iii) data storage and retention practices; iv) sharing and tools for access. The idea is to gather perspectives on the above aspects to instigate discussions around working methods and best practices.


Event Type: NTPMI Training


Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Royce Hub Building

Royce Training: Milling, Particle Characterisation, Tube Furnaces and Hardness Testing with Verder Scientific
07
May

07 May 2025 - 08 May 2025
All Day

In Collaboration with Verder Scientific, this course explores milling, particle characterisation, tube furnaces and hardness testing techniques involved in the fabrication of advanced materials. The content will cover the application of these processes across Royce’s research areas in advanced metals processing, biomedical materials, chemical materials design, and nuclear materials.


Event Type: Training


Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Royce Hub Building

CHEMUK 2025
21
May

21 May 2025 - 22 May 2025
All Day

CHEMUK is the UK’s leading trade show supporting the R&D, engineering, sourcing, manufacture, and management of chemicals and formulated products.


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Lead Partner:none


Location: The NEC | Birmingham

Royce Training: An Introduction to Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS)
22
May

22 May 2025
9:30 am - 4:15 pm

This course will provide an introduction to energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis for alloys at the Royce Hub Building in Manchester.

The content will introduce the concepts for the generation of X-rays for alloy analysis and EDS techniques on bulk samples. Participants will cover experimental produres, quantification methods, sample preparation and analysis artefacts. The course aims to develop understanding and guidance for practical experimentation to ensure the collection of high-quality EDS data.


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Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Royce Hub Building

Royce Training: Analysing Your XPS Data
26
June

26 June 2025 - 27 June 2025
9:00 am - 4:30 pm

This workshop aims to bring together the local XPS user community to learn how to begin analysing XPS data. Through the demonstration of basic analysis principles, working with training datasets, and user-submitted examples, the content will help users of the university’s XPS facilities develop understanding of best practice approaches to exploring their own data.


Event Type: Skills


Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Royce Hub Building

Microscience Microscopy Congress 2025 (mmc25)
01
July

01 July 2025 - 03 July 2025
All Day

The Microscience Microscopy Congress (mmc) will be back in 2025! One of the biggest events of its kind in Europe, mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025 will bring you the very best in microscopy, imaging and cytometry from across the globe.


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Lead Partner:none

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Supercomputer Modelling of Advanced Materials
06 June 2022 - 07 June 2022    
All Day
High end computing and data science offer unprecedented opportunities for predictive modelling of complex materials.
Surfex: Surface Paint & Coatings Technology
07 June 2022 - 08 June 2022    
All Day
Join us and meet the key decision makers and innovators from across the surface, paint and coatings sector!
Discover Materials at Cheltenham Science Festival
07 June 2022 - 12 June 2022    
All Day
Discover Materials will be attending Cheltenham Science Festival, where no question is off limits! Every year we are joined by the world’s greatest scientists, futurologists and thought-leaders to help make sense of the world around us.
Software Solutions to the Challenges of Materials Modelling
08 June 2022 - 09 June 2022    
All Day
The Royal Society will discuss the challenges and achievements in materials modelling that will and have been enabled by High End Computer (HEC) resources as well as the software solutions recently developed and still required in order to effectively exploit HEC to address the scientific challenges identified during the Discussion meeting.
Royce @ The University of Cambridge - Cluster Tool Open Hour
09 June 2022    
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
A free one-hour tour of the Royce Institute Ambient Cluster Processing & Research Facility in the Maxwell Centre at Cambridge University.
Dimensional X-ray Computed Tomography Conference
13 June 2022 - 16 June 2022    
All Day
The Dimensional X-ray Computed Tomography conference is an annual event coordinated by the NPL to present the latest developments in XCT and its impact.
RUEDI: Ultrafast Energy Materials & Energy Storage Scientific Theme
13 June 2022    
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
This is the first in a series of Town Hall meetings organised across the UK to introduce the scientific community to MeV Ultrafast science.
Discover Materials at the Great Exhibition Road Festival
18 June 2022 - 19 June 2022    
All Day
Celebrate trailblazing ideas in science and the arts with us at the Great Exhibition Road Festival. 
EPSRC Engineering Net Zero Week
20 June 2022 - 24 June 2022    
All Day
Join us for the opportunity to bring researchers, industry leaders and policy makers together to reflect on and raise awareness of the EPSRC investments made regarding net zero initiatives!
Discover Materials at The Big Bang Festival 2022
22 June 2022 - 24 June 2022    
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair is returning from Wednesday 22 to Friday 24 June 2022 at The NEC in Birmingham. The Fair is open to schools from 9.30am to 3.30pm to get stuck in, get inspired and get excited at the STEM event of the year.
University of Manchester Community Festival
25 June 2022    
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join us in the Royce Hub Building during the University of Manchester Community Festival to learn about advanced materials and their real-world applications.
Advanced Materials Show 2022
29 June 2022 - 30 June 2022    
All Day
The Advanced Materials Show provides a truly unique, free-to-attend exhibition and conference that brings together a highly focused audience, all involved in the research, production, purchasing or integration of advanced materials technology including Graphene & 2D Materials, Composites, Polymers, Coatings, and Ceramics.
R&I Health Accelerator: Graphene in Medicine Workshop
29 June 2022    
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
GRAPHENE: The ‘Wonder Material’ driving innovation in medical diagnostics, therapeutics, and drug delivery. This half-day accelerator brings together The University of Manchester’s world-class graphene researchers, blue chip medical device manufacturers, SME biomedical innovators, and lead clinicians working at the coal face of medicine.
Discover Materials at CoCoMad
02 July 2022 - 13 September 2022    
All Day
Join Discover Materials at the Cotteridge Community Music Arts and Dance Festival where they will present alongside several other awesome science stands.
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