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CDT-UP PhD student Charlie Barty- King was among the winners of the 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Awards. His achievements and commitment to positive social change impressed a panel of judges consisting of four stakeholders representing the community, the University of Cambridge and organisations dedicated to supporting student socia…

PhD Student Joe Eastwood was part of the winning team for the 2020 euspen Talent Programme, successfully designing an alignment platform for the 160,000 accelerating cylinders of a new 50km particle accelerator for CERN.Joe Eastwood was part of the wining team for the 2020 Euspen Talent Programme. The task was to design an alignment platform for th…

CDT-PhD student Tanyaradzwa (Tanya) Mangoma enjoys the challenge of learning something new and being innovative, Tanya reveals more about her Cambridge experience, as part of our Women in Engineering series.CDT-PhD student Tanyaradzwa (Tanya) Mangoma enjoys the challenge of learning something new and being innovative. Her PhD research in the neurom…

CDT-UP PhD student Nadeem Gabbani was proud to take part in a film for Great Northern rail for their ‘Line Residents’ series.CDT-UP PhD student Nadeem Gabbani was proud to take part in a film for Great Northern rail for their ‘Line Residents’ series.The series focuses on the ‘power of journeys’ by sharing the positive transformations that can happe…

First year PhD student Tanya Mangoma wins the Institute of Physics Printing and Graphics Science group student prize at the recent IoP conference, ‘Printing the future 2019’.Congratulations to Tanya Mangoma, for winning the Institute of Physics Printing and Graphics Science group student prize at the recent IoP conference, ‘Printing the future 2019…

The CDT-UP sponsored the ‘Promoting Girls in STEM’ event on the 28th October, which is run for local Girl Scout Troop’s aged 5 to 11 years old. This event was also supported in part by the Gates Scholar support fund.  The event was attended by 70 children, along with a number of troop leaders, who each attended a 2 hour session consisting of 4 acti…

Congratulations to Clare Collins who has submitted her PhD thesis ahead of her 3 year end date! Congratulations to Clare Collins who submitted her PhD thesis entitled Ordered Nanomaterials for Electron Field Emission in August 2017, before completing her 3 years of funded study! Clare was also a named author on a number of publications during the …

This brochure showcases a selection of research projects being undertaken across EPSRC-supported Centres, from tackling social care challenges using big data to developing innovative applications of DNA sequencing to improve water treatment processes.  

Get an insight into the Cambridge and Cranfield MRes projects, and find out how to become a CDT-UP project partner, check out the CDT-UP May news. Project Partners - Working together for the future of Ultra Precision Engineering The Centre for Doctoral Training in Ultra Precision Engineering relies on extensive support from industrial and governmen…

Engineering Diversity: Career Paths in Engineering - The Road Less Travelled. The series of talks given by inspirational engineers, organised by the University of Cambridge Engineering Department, is next hosted by Sakthy Selvakumaran, PhD student and Chartered Civil Engineer on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.Following the University of Cambridge Engi…

Read the latest news on the CDT-UP programme, giving an insight into the Cambridge mini-projects and looking ahead to events during the Spring. Cranfield MRes Recruitment Recruitment at Cranfield for the MRes in Ultra-Precision is still open with a few attractive opportunities still available for world class students. Please, contact Dr Renaud Jour…

Read the latest news on the CDT-UP programme, welcoming new students and saying goodbye to the first ever CDT-UP cohort. Recruiting now - MRes October 2017 The MRes in Ultra Precision Engineering is now recruiting for its October 2017 intake. With limited placements available we recommend applying as soon as possible.Read about how to apply.Cranfie…

Read features on the 2015/16 MRes Group Projects, EUSPEN 2016 and the industrial tours taken by the MRes cohort.EUSPEN 2016 was definitely a positive experience for the Ultra Precision community. Out of three awards for the PhD poster presentations, one was claimed by Cambridge CDT student and one by the CIM Ultra Precision student, with the first …

Read our newsletters from December 2014 to May 2016May 2016Project feature: Display motion error reduction through novel binary dithering schemesFebruary 2016Project feature: Ordered Nanomaterials for Electron Field EmissionNovember 2015Project feature: High Power Laser system with Built-in Dynamic Spatial Phase ModulationJune 2015Project feature: …

The Ultra Precision Engineering Conference organised by the 2015/16 cohort of MRes students took place on 9 May 2016 at the Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge.The annual event showcased advances in ultra precision engineering in fields such as aerospace, medical devices, metrology, non-conventional processes and photonics.The students were set …