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Events at the Henry Royce Institute

And from around the Materials Community

IOM3 Surface Technologies Group Webinar Series: Energy
29
April

29 April 2025
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Join us for the first instalment of the IOM3 Surface Technologies Group Webinar Series, where Royce Professor Ping Xiao will chair a discussion exploring the role of surface engineering in the energy sector. This session will delve into cutting-edge advancements in coatings, materials, and surface treatments that enhance performance, efficiency, and sustainability in energy applications.


Event Type: Webinar


Lead Partner:University of Manchester

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

IOP British Carbon Group: Research into Carbon Treatment and Recycling
14
May

14 May 2025
All Day

Hosted by the British Carbon Group, this event will explore the technical and scientific aspects of carbon research with the potential to be applied to nuclear decommissioning. There is an opportunity for UK researchers to play a key role in emergent technologies, especially those that could be transferred from other industries and applications.


Event Type: Conference


Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Henry Royce Institute Hub Building

GROWTH UK Online Seminar 4: Testing batteries performance - Elucidating chemical degradation and SEI formation in batteries with microchip-based electrochemistry mass spectrometry
14
May

14 May 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

In this online seminar, Dr. Bethan Davies, Research Associate. Imperial College London will give a talk on Testing batteries performance – Elucidating chemical degradation and SEI formation in batteries with microchip-based electrochemistry mass spectrometry


Event Type: Webinar


Lead Partner:Imperial College London

NTPMI Workshop: Automated Formulation Mindset Workshop
15
May

15 May 2025
10:30 am - 4:30 pm

This workshop aims to upskill Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) in the concepts of Automated Formulation by exposing them to World Class practitioners, speakers and the experience of fellow RTPs working in this area, along with a guided tour of the state-of-the-art facilities at the Materials Innovation Factory housed at the University of Liverpool. 


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Lead Partner:University of Liverpool


Location: Materials Innovation Factory

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

European Materials Research Society 2025 Spring Meeting
26
May

26 May 2025 - 30 May 2025
All Day

The 2025 Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) organized with the Foundation Jean-Marie Lehn will be held at the Convention & Exhibition Centre of Strasbourg (France), from May 26 to 30, 2025.

The conference will consist of 23 parallel symposia with invited speakers, oral and poster presentations assorted by a plenary session to provide an international forum for discussing recent advances in the field of materials science. The meeting will be augmented by an exhibition of products and services of interest to the conference participants.


Event Type: Conference


Lead Partner:none


Location: Palais de la Musique et des Congrès

GROWTH UK Online Seminar 5: Graphene and 2D material deposition at the GEIC
11
June

11 June 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

In this online seminar, Dr. Andrew Strudwick, Application Manager at the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre will give a talk on Graphene and 2D material deposition at the GEIC


Event Type: Webinar


Lead Partner:University of Manchester

Tissue & Cell Engineering Society (TCES) Conference 2025
18
June

18 June 2025 - 20 June 2025
All Day

This three-day event will feature cutting-edge science from internationally renowned keynote speakers, opportunities for early career researchers to give podium and poster presentations, a “meet-the-mentor” session, and networking events on the first two nights.

The Biomedical Materials team at Royce will exhibit at this year’s Tissue & Cell Engineering Society Conference and will be on hand throughout the event to answer questions about leading Materials Research expertise and capability available to access through Royce.  


Event Type: Conference


Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Queen Elizabeth Conference Hall

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Royce Training: Practical Cleanroom Skills
27 January 2025 - 31 January 2025    
All Day
This training course will explore basic practices and techniques for cleanroom use. Through a combination of taught lectures, discussion sessions, and practical training participants will gain fundamental skills for working in cleanrooms.
Knowledge of the Nanoscale: Developing AFM Activities for Outreach
29 January 2025 - 30 January 2025    
All Day
This workshop will engage participants in designing and developing outreach activities focused on atomic force microscopes (AFMs). It aims to inspire new materials science communicators, diversify existing outreach in the field, and help audiences explore materials science. The content will include presentations by leaders in outreach and experts in materials characterization. Participants will be challenged to build AFMs for outreach use and develop supporting activities to convey scientific techniques and knowledge to diverse audiences.
Rising Stars 2025
31 January 2025    
All Day
Rising Stars is returning to the Henry Royce Institute in January 2025. Developed and delivered by early career researchers to celebrate and support the rising stars within under-represented groups in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
Royce Training: Analysing Your XPS Data
05 February 2025 - 06 February 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.
Publishing engineering and sustainability research with the Nature Portfolio
11 February 2025    
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
In this session, Dr Matthew Allinson, an associate editor at Nature Reviews Clean Technology, will talk about how to publish articles with journals in the Nature Portfolio, with a focus on engineering and sustainability research.
Materials and Manufacturing Showcase
19 February 2025    
8:30 am - 7:30 pm
The Materials and Manufacturing Showcase will showcase the impact of £1.75 billion investment in materials and manufacturing, offering exclusive access to groundbreaking innovations and high-growth investment opportunities.
NTPMI Workshop: Residual Stress Measurement, Prediction, and Control Techniques
20 February 2025    
All Day
This workshop will bring together the residual stress community to explore new advancements in measurement and control methods, drive innovation, and train the next generation of research technical professionals (RTPs). The event also offers the opportunity to observe live demonstrations and network with industry and academic leaders.
Royce Training: Advanced EBSD Characterisation of Alloys
21 February 2025    
9:30 am - 4:15 pm
This course will provide an introduction to advanced electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique in alloy imaging and characterisation. It will also provide an overview of the state-of-the-art facilities hosted by Royce at The University of Manchester, and other kit located with Royce partners. Routes to accessing Royce EBSD facilities will also be highlighted.
Royce at Cambridge: Automated High-throughput Laboratory for Structural Materials in Extreme Environments
25 February 2025    
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Join Royce at the University of Cambridge for this talk from Prof. Todd Hufnagel; Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. In this talk, Prof. Hunagel will discuss The AI for Materials Design Laboratory (AIMD-L) at Johns Hopkins University's design and implementation, with particular emphasis on the unique laser microflyer impact and x-ray characterisation instruments, along with the data architecture and handling that provides the unifying backbone for lab operations and its integration with AI/ML models for materials exploration.
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