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By James Grant. Having just started my doctorate, I was invited to partake in the Manufacturing and Materials theme review which took place on the 7th of February 2018. This was a chance to discover what projects my colleagues were working on and their methodologies having had a few years’ more experience on the EngD course. […]

By Sara Lairah Mugabo. My journey to Lillafured – Miskolc (Hungary) for The 3rd International Conference on Rheology and Modelling of Materials (ic-rmm3) started on Sunday morning from Cardiff Airport to Budapest via Amsterdam, and finally arrived at my destination – Hunguest Hotel Palota – which was also the conference venue, and got myself rested for the next

By James Edy The annual Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA) Corrosion & Prevention 2017 meeting took place over 12th-15th November 2017 at the ICC centre in Darling Harbour, Sydney. The 4-day conference saw over 500 world experts on corrosion mitigation from industries such as; water, defence, mining, oil & gas, cathodic protection and power, gather to share

By Samuel Minshell. This year was the 11th International Galvatech Conference on Zinc and Zinc Alloy Coated Steel Sheet. Hosted by the prestigious University of Tokyo at the main Hongo Campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. 8 members of Swansea University presented their research at the conference including Associate Professor Dr David Penney and 7 Engineering Doctorate

By Hani Hilal. On the 12th of June 2017, the first year of M2A funded engineering students embarked on the annual industrial site tour.  This began with the world renowned Morgan’s Motorcars based in Worcestershire, England. After being founded in 1910, Morgan’s has set a precedent in the automotive world today producing 1300 cars upwards per

By Tom Dunlop. Last week two of us spent time at Margam Park, South Wales, doing outreach helping with the Treehugger project. This experience combines of a number of engineering and scientific developments into a single original VR experience, combining science and art. This experience has been developed by Marshmellow Laser Feast and Salford university

By Virginia Clement. At the end of February three colleagues and myself headed to Chennai in India for the 4th International Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) Conference. After the success of the first three FSM Conferences in Hanoi (2015) and Durban (2011 & 2012), FSM4 aimed to bring together professionals working in the sector, governments and

By Emily Radley. The 253rd ACS National Meeting had almost 19,000 attendees and featured over 7000 talks. It’s unsurprising with this number of talks available to attend, the diversity of presentations was incredible. Being a member of the Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE) division, meant this is where I spent the majority of my time,

By Chris Griffiths. PRiME is an electrochemistry and solid-state technology conference that has been held every 4 years since 1987 in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the largest and most significant research conference, of its kind, in the world. This international gathering is a joint effort of The Electrochemical Society (ECS) along with other pacific electrochemical,

By Dan Butcher. Last week myself and four peers travelled to Oundle School in Peterborough, as part of a budding collaboration with the College of Engineering at Swansea. We arrived at the Design Engineering Technology Centre at Oundle and we were all instantly impressed with the brand new facility, which was fully equipped with equipment