The 2021 CDT Conference was held online on the 15th and 16th of July and was entitled: CDT Conference 2021: A series of varied perspectives on our 2D Futures. While it was a great disappointment that this event couldn't be held in person, the event offered some interesting talks and discussion panels that students seemed to enjoy thoroughly. The information from the event is shown below:
Both days of our event will consist of a talk from one of our invited speakers, followed by an interactive panel discussion. Our speakers are Prof Mario Caironi and Dr Jessica Wade. Our two panels are full of a wide range of industry and academic experts in the field of 2D materials, and CDT alumni (from the Manchester-Lancaster NOWNANO CDT and the Cambridge Graphene CDT) with interesting stories to tell about how they started their careers after graduating. Read on to find out more about the sessions! For more detail about our guests, please download the
CDT Conference 2021 Programme.
CDT Conference 2021 Programme.
The Speakers
Day 1 - ‘Towards Edible Electronics’
Prof Mario Caironi
Center for Nano Science and Technology @PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Enhanced biocompatibility and ease of processability of conjugated organic materials have spurred the work of the bioelectronics community towards the development of an increasing number of organic electronic biosensors and bioactuation devices. A further inspiring opportunity stems from the use of natural or bioinspired materials to develop edible electronic systems, composed of devices that can be safely ingested and degraded within the body after performing its function. Edible electronics could potentially target a significant number of biomedical applications, such as monitoring patients’ compliance to medications, and of applications in food packaging as well, by providing ingestible smart tagging of perishable goods. I will first give an introduction to this emerging field and propose long-term opportunities in terms of environmentally friendly smart technologies, remote healthcare monitoring, along with the challenges ahead. Then, I will report on our recent progress in the development of edible circuitry and components, towards future integrated edible electronic systems.
Prof Mario Caironi
Center for Nano Science and Technology @PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Enhanced biocompatibility and ease of processability of conjugated organic materials have spurred the work of the bioelectronics community towards the development of an increasing number of organic electronic biosensors and bioactuation devices. A further inspiring opportunity stems from the use of natural or bioinspired materials to develop edible electronic systems, composed of devices that can be safely ingested and degraded within the body after performing its function. Edible electronics could potentially target a significant number of biomedical applications, such as monitoring patients’ compliance to medications, and of applications in food packaging as well, by providing ingestible smart tagging of perishable goods. I will first give an introduction to this emerging field and propose long-term opportunities in terms of environmentally friendly smart technologies, remote healthcare monitoring, along with the challenges ahead. Then, I will report on our recent progress in the development of edible circuitry and components, towards future integrated edible electronic systems.
Day 2 - ‘Science and storytelling: how who we talk about matters.’
Dr Jessica Wade
Department of Materials, Imperial College London
Despite women leading the development of the Moderna, Astra Zeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, only half of UK adults can name a woman scientist. That’s not entirely surprising given the GCSE national curriculum for science doesn’t include a single woman’s name. Jess will talk about how who we talk about matters and how we can make our science classrooms more inclusive spaces. She’ll also discuss her efforts to increase visibility of scientists from historically marginalised groups on Wikipedia, her research in materials science and nanotechnology, the power of social media for early career researchers and her new picture book ‘Nano, the Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small’.
Dr Jessica Wade
Department of Materials, Imperial College London
Despite women leading the development of the Moderna, Astra Zeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, only half of UK adults can name a woman scientist. That’s not entirely surprising given the GCSE national curriculum for science doesn’t include a single woman’s name. Jess will talk about how who we talk about matters and how we can make our science classrooms more inclusive spaces. She’ll also discuss her efforts to increase visibility of scientists from historically marginalised groups on Wikipedia, her research in materials science and nanotechnology, the power of social media for early career researchers and her new picture book ‘Nano, the Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small’.
The Panels
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For a full detailed description of the event and all of our amazing guests and speakers, please download our CDT Conference 2021 Programme.
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