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Sensor CDT joins UK TechExpert pilot

10 December 2025

The Sensor CDT is part of the UK TechExpert pilot offering an enhanced stipend of £10,000 above the UKRI minimum stipend of £21,000 for students eligible for home fee status in the 2026/27 cohort. Join us and help grow the UK’s national capability in sensor technologies, part of the UK’s modern industrial strategy . The...

October's Sensors Cafe - Internship Experience

19 November 2025

In October, two Sensor CDT students, Jake Stuchbury-Wass and Josephine Tumwesige , who had recently completed their internships, shared their experiences with other cohorts. Jake Stuchbury-Wass undertook a three-month internship at Nokia Bell Labs . Josephine Tumwesige completed a three-month internship with DEFRA under...

Welcoming our 2025 cohort

7 October 2025

We were pleased to welcome our new cohort of students! They are the first cohort of the next phase of the Sensor CDT 'Sensor Technologies and Applications in an Uncertain World'. 2025_cohort_group_photo.jpg To help everyone to get to know each other, we took a sunny walk to Madingley Hall, where we had some introductions...

Summer social 2025

25 August 2025

The rain held off for this year's Sensor CDT Summer Social. It's a lovely opportunity at the end of the vacation for all our students to catch-up and relax. Well done to Jiayi and Yuqi for being excellent grill-masters!

Cross-CDT Makerspace Hackathon 2025

14 July 2025

Find out what happened at this year's Cross-CDT Makerspace Hackathon, with the Applied Photonics CDT . Our brief was set by Ben Moore from RO2 . Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube-nocookie.com in a new tab)

Graphic design workshop with Ryo Mizuta

10 June 2025

Dr Ryo Mizuta, Senior Teaching Associate at the NanoDTC , and independent scientific illustrator , gave a workshop to our students about how to improve their graphics for publications and presentations. He talked about the theories of design, and the students developed the 'stories' of their latest research.

Sensor CDT talk with Dr. Duygu Sevilgen

2 May 2025

At this month's Sensors CDT talk, we were pleased to welcome Dr. Duygu S. Sevilgen , a Postdoctoral Researcher specialising in the use of microelectrode sensors to study biomineralisation. The talk provided an insightful overview of electrochemical microsensors - small, custom-made tools enabling real-time, high-resolution...

The smart home sensors model with information sheets

Sensor CDT at Cambridge Festival 2025

24 March 2025

The Sensor CDT was at this year's Cambridge Festival, in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. Many members of the public visited to learn more about how sensors might make their homes more efficient, comfortable and sustainable. Terry Cambridge Festival 2025 Jiayi at Cambridge Festival 2025 Terry...

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...

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...

Sensor CDT joins UK TechExpert pilot

October's Sensors Cafe - Internship Experience

Welcoming our 2025 cohort

Summer social 2025

Cross-CDT Makerspace Hackathon 2025

Graphic design workshop with Ryo Mizuta

Sensor CDT talk with Dr. Duygu Sevilgen

Sensor CDT at Cambridge Festival 2025

Christmas talk 2024

Sensors Day 2024 - Sensing our environment

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