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Sensor Christmas Talk 2024

Christmas talk 2024

6 December 2024

For our Sensor CDT Christmas talk, we were delighted to host Prof. Utkan Demirci , Professor of Radiology and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. As well as a distinguished academic researcher, he is also a serial entrepreneur with expertise in translating microfluidics into licenced medical sensor devices. He...


Read more at: Sensors Day 2024 - Sensing our environment
Group photo of attendees of the Sensors Day 2024

Sensors Day 2024 - Sensing our environment

1 November 2024

In October, we held our annual Sensors Day 2024 at Robinson College, with the theme of Sensing Our Environment . As the flagship event of the Sensor CDT, Sensors Day brings together students, academics, and industry experts interested in sensor technologies for an engaging programme of invited speakers and student...


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2023 cohort start their PhDs

1 October 2024

We are very proud that our 2023 cohort will start their three-year PhDs today. They will continue to be part of the Sensor CDT while moving to their new departments. Below is a list of their projects and departments Student Main department Topic Abbie Davidson Physics Quantum sensing at the nanoscale for emerging...


Read more at: June's Sensors Cafe - Cambridge Enterprise
Sensors Cafe with Cambridge Enterprise

June's Sensors Cafe - Cambridge Enterprise

26 June 2024

At this month's Sensors Café, we welcomed Dr. Nathalie Muller , Commercialisation and Academic Relations Manager from Cambridge Enterprise to give our students a talk about IP and commercialisation within Cambridge University. She introduced Cambridge Enterprise and its areas of work and answered students' questions about...


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Team challenge vet school visit

University vet school and dairy farm visit

18 June 2024

To prepare for the Team Challenge , Professor Ian McCrone from the Cambridge University Vet School gave our students an introduction to the Vet School and took them on a trip to the University Dairy Farm . As the students will be testing their devices on cattle, they learned how existing collars help track the cows and...


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Industry talk with Will Gompertz

Industry talk with Will Gompertz

12 June 2024

For this month's Sensor CDT Industry Talk, we welcomed Dr. Will Gompertz, a long-term supporter of the CDT and Innovation Lead for Low-Cost Nuclear at Innovate UK. In his talk, he introduced himself and the strategy of UKRI's Innovate UK, providing valuable insights into the role of sensors within society and the...


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Team challenge kick off

Team Challenge kick-off

11 June 2024

We launched this year's Team Challenge with a kick-off event. The topic for this year's challenge is 'Automated Vegetation Monitoring Using Animal-Mounted Sensors.' We are fortunate to have mentors from Rothamsted Research , Harry Rogers from AgriFoRwArdS CDT , and Dr. Xiaohan Li and Dr. Sebastian Pattison from the...


Read more at: May's Sensors Cafe - Tiesheng Wang (Dalian University of Technology)
Sensors Cafe DUT

May's Sensors Cafe - Tiesheng Wang (Dalian University of Technology)

29 May 2024

To celebrate the end of the MRes students' exams, we held a casual event with special guests. Tiesheng Wang , a 2014 Sensor CDT graduate and now Associate Professor at Dalian University of Technology (DUT) in China, returned to the CDT. He brought around 25 students, postdocs, and staff from DUT to tour the UK and meet...


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Industry talk with the Office for Translational Research

Industry talk with the Office for Translational Research

15 May 2024

This month, we had an informative talk by Dr. Anita Marguerie de Rotrou from the Office for Translational Research (OTR) at the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge. She introduced the OTR and the areas in which it works, such as translating research for medical devices, project management, and industry...


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Sensors Cafe with Tijmen

April's Sensors Cafe - How to complete a paper

14 May 2024

This month's Sensors Café was led by Sensor CDT co-director Tijmen Euser . He conducted an engaging and educational workshop on the steps following the completion of a paper, including journal submission, the review process, responding to reviewers, and writing referee reports.