Engagement Activities
Women in Engineering social event organised by CDT student Zaynah Ahmed
Thank you to Zaynah Ahmed for her help in organising this event
CDT Director represents the CDT at Postgraduate Futures event
Pictured below is the CDT Director when he represented the CDT at a Postgraduate Futures open day event for ethnically minoritised community members.
Rebecca Burns leaves PEMC Group
Rebecca Burns left the PEMC Group in June 2023 - see picture below with fellow colleagues and students.
Cohort 3 students celebrate Eid: 28 June 2023
Professor Volker Pickert attends Future Propulsion Conference 2023: 1 and 2 March 2023
Copied below is Professor Volker Pickert, CDT Director at the FPC Conference.
Tridonic at Engineering Employability Event at Newcastle University: 2 February 2023
Pictured below is cohort 2 student Ben Stainthorpe with his sponsoring company Tridonic.
Dr Nick Baker's MU-EDRIVE project, in collaboration with University of Edinburgh
Pictured below is Dr Nick Baker showcasing his research project with plans to turn wave motion into a source of #RenewableEnergy.
Also pictured is CDT Cohort 3 student Farrel Asker.
Dynex meeting: 24 January 2023
Pictured below is Professor Anthony O'Neill with Atreyee Roy (cohort 4 student). Anthony and Atreyee visited the Dynex Semiconductor site for a meeting with Paul Taylor.
Cohort 4 welcome meeting: 30 September 2022
Welcome to Newcastle University to our Cohort 4 students (and some from Cohort 3) as pictured below.
Cohort 2 students at University of Nottingham: 23 September 2022
Pictured below are Ben Stainthorpe and Joe McDonald from Cohort 2. They are completing one of the Fusion Training Units at Nottingham.
Power Electronics, Machines and Drives Conference: 21-23 June 2022
The picture below shows Glenn Galea, CDT student presenting at Power Electronics, Machines and Drives Conference 2022 (PEMD).
Centre for Power Electronics Annual Conference 2022
The picture below shows pictures of some of the CDT students attending the Centre for Power Electronics Annual Conference.
The Conference took place on 5 and 6 July 2022 at University of Warwick.
PEMC PhD Showcase event: 15 March 2022
Congratulations to all of the CDT students who took part in the PEMC PhD Showcase event on 15 March 2022. Pictured below is William Layzell-Smith from Cohort 3 who won 1st place for his presentation.
Other winners included Danielly Bezerra (Cohort 3) and Alex Jeffrey (Cohort 1) who both won 2nd place for their respective year groups.
Research and Technical Showcase event: 8 March 2022
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Students attend CDT Showcase Event: 8 March 2022
It was great to see all of our students attend our Research and Technical Showcase event held at York on 8 March 2022.
Cohort 2 students at University of Nottingham: 4 March 2022
Pictured are some of the Cohort 2 students during their stay at University of Nottingham taking part in the Fusion Training Unit activities.
Cohort 1: Responsible Research and Innovation Workshop with students from AAPS CDT 30 July 2021
Cohorts meet up at Nottingham: March 2022
Students from Cohorts 1, 2 and 3 are shown in this picture during a meet up at University of Nottingham.
Industrial presentation - Why are Industrial Drives different from EV's: 16 February 2022
Dr Richard Gibson from Nidec Control Techniques presented to CDT and PhD students, Academic and Research colleagues at Newcastle University and University of Nottingham.
Cohort 3 students arrive at Nottingham: 9th February 2022
Pictured are some of the Cohort 3 students arriving at PEMC building, University of Nottingham for Semester 2.
CDT Director Professor Volker Pickert talks about 'electrification' at Newcastle University PGR Conference panel discussion: July 2021
AVL Presentation: Dr Bernadette Longridge 27 May 2021
Cohort 2: Visiting Nottingham for practical module 17 May 2021
Cohort 2: Induction at University of Nottingham 1 February 2021
Cohort 2: Team Building event - 26/27 October 2020
