Sewing scrubs for the NHS: MEng student Olivia-Faye Dickinson
Student experience 16 April 2020
Discover how third-year MEng student Olivia-Faye Dickinson is helping during the COVID-19 crisis by voluntarily sewing scrubs for NHS staff.
Tribute to Dr Colin Leach by Professor William Sampson
Meet the Department 8 April 2020
Head of the Department of Materials Prof William Sampson shares the news of college Dr Colin Leach’s passing.
The Buzz podcast: Fast fashion
Materials World 31 January 2020
The new Faculty of Science and Engineering podcast The Buzz kicks off with an episode exploring the darker side of modern fashion: fast fashion. Listen here.
The sting in the tail of Manchester’s fashion ascent
Materials World 11 October 2019
Dr Patsy Perry and Dr Amy Benstead of the Department of Materials discuss the real cost of Manchester’s successes in the world of fast fashion.
Red wine spills and wearable technology: Turning failure into success
Research and impact 30 July 2019
Dr Xuqing Liu explains how the ‘failure’ of red wine stains can be turned into successes when it comes to the next generation of wearable devices.
Fourth Composites@Manchester Research Workshop
Welcome to Materials 11 July 2019
Find out what happened when early career researchers shared their work in composite materials as part of the fourth Composites@Manchester Research Workshop.
Dr Xuqing Liu: Wearable devices to assist the elderly and disabled
Meet the Department 5 July 2019
Dr Liu’s research explores functional fashion and wearable devices – and could drastically improve the lives of disabled people and the elderly. Find out more.
ASTM Zirconium Symposium returns to UK after 40 years
Materials World 28 June 2019
For the first time in 40 years ASTM International’s Symposium on Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry has been hosted in the UK, following a successful bid by The University of Manchester.
Coating of textiles with nanoparticles – 72-year-old PhD student Roy Conway
Student experience 23 May 2019
Meet Roy Conway, a 72-year-old PhD student proving age is no barrier as he researches textile coating with nanoparticles for multifunctionality.
Polymer fibres and wearable electronics: PhD student Evie Chalmers
Student experience 8 May 2019
PhD student Evie Chalmers discusses her research into polymer fibres used in wearable electronics – and tells us what life’s like in the School of Materials.