{"id":226,"date":"2016-09-30T09:12:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T08:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2018-06-14T16:15:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:15:42","slug":"chemengcatchup-episode-10-emily-cooksey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/2016\/09\/30\/chemengcatchup-episode-10-emily-cooksey\/","title":{"rendered":"#ChemEngCatchUp Episode 10 &#8211; Emily Cooksey"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_237\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_237\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/08\/Manchester-Graduation-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"A lovely family photo from Emily's graduation\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/08\/Manchester-Graduation-Blog.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/08\/Manchester-Graduation-Blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/08\/Manchester-Graduation-Blog-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lovely family photo from Emily&#8217;s graduation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hello everyone. And welcome to Episode 10 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/\" target=\"_blank\">#ChemEngCatchUp<\/a>. After last month\u2019s chat with Head of School <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceas.manchester.ac.uk\/people\/staff\/profile\/?ea=c.hardacre\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Hardacre<\/a>, we meet with our first PhD student today.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Cooksey came highly recommended. A colleague told me how exciting Emily\u2019s research was, and how heavily involved with the school\u2019s outreach programmes she is, so I thought she\u2019d be a great interviewee. And I wasn\u2019t wrong. It turned out to be one of my favourite #ChemEngCatchUps so far:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Hi Emily. Thanks for chatting to us. Could you please describe your research, for the layman, in ten sentences or less?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>My research is based on a type of technology called a microbial fuel cell. It uses bacteria that normally live in waste water and it uses them to actually clean the waste water. And the way that the systems works is \u2013 as it\u2019s cleaning, it also produces electricity.<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s a new type of waste water treatment that\u2019s a bit better for the environment.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Brilliant, thank you. And could you tell us a bit about how your research can benefit the general public?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZdgKIfogmEQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The UK alone produces eleven billion litres of waste water every day. At the moment there is a system to clean it, which is great. Because it\u2019s safe for us to use again. But the main problem with it is that it\u2019s really harmful for the environment. It produces a large quantity of sludge which needs to be incinerated or chemically treated before we can release it to the environment. It uses large areas of land. And it\u2019s quite energy intensive.<\/p>\n<p>All of those things make it quite harmful to the environment. So as with a lot of other technologies at the moment, we\u2019re trying to find cleaner ways of doing things. So my research is based on a cleaner way of cleaning our waste water.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Well that sounds very important and exciting! So how did you first get interested in this research area?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2-iH8JH7BzU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>It was a little bit by accident actually. My whole journey into chemical engineering was kind of by chance. When I was at school I was convinced I was going to do medicine and I\u2019d prepared everything towards applying for medicine\u00a0at\u00a0uni, but when it came to the end of year 12 and I had to write my personal statement I couldn\u2019t remember why I wanted to do it anymore. So I panicked and went to speak to one of my teachers. She sat me down and told me to write down what I liked at school, what I was good at, and what I hated. And it was quite clear that I liked maths and chemistry and I was good at them. And she suggested chemical engineering.\u00a0So that was sort of how I got into the programme.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_238\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/Emily-Research-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"Emily presents her research in poster form \" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/Emily-Research-Blog.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/Emily-Research-Blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/Emily-Research-Blog-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emily presents her research in poster form<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My research was because of my fourth year master\u2019s project. So I did my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceas.manchester.ac.uk\/study\/undergraduate\/\" target=\"_blank\">undergraduate<\/a> here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester<\/a> and in my fourth year my master\u2019s dissertation was with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceas.manchester.ac.uk\/people\/staff\/profile\/?ea=stuart.holmes\" target=\"_blank\">Stuart Holmes<\/a> in his fuel cell group. That was the favourite part of my degree and it just followed on from there really.<\/p>\n<p>So a bit by accident, but it\u2019s good!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>And who or what first inspired your interests in science and engineering?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>At school I was always interested in science. I think I was really lucky that most of my teachers were fantastic and they were always really enthusiastic about science. And because I loved it anyway it just kind of progressed from there.<\/p>\n<p>Then just seeing loads of different technologies in the news just made me think; \u2018that\u2019s what I want to do\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>With things that I understand and I enjoy, I\u2019m really happy to put loads of time in. Things that I\u2019m not so happy about, I just lose patience straight away. So for me it was just something that I always enjoyed and the teachers I had were fantastic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_239\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/London-Paris-Cycle-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"Emily at the end of the London to Paris Bike Ride\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/London-Paris-Cycle-Blog.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/London-Paris-Cycle-Blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/London-Paris-Cycle-Blog-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emily at the end of the London to Paris Bike Ride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Moving away from work for a question, then, can you tell us a bit about your other interests and what you get up to in your spare time?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As a PhD student I am fairly busy, but I really enjoy widening participation and outreach. So I go into schools and talk to them about chemical engineering and that kind of thing. One of my main passions is that education should be for everyone. I was really lucky that the high school down the road from me happened to be a really good one, but I don\u2019t think education should be about luck or privilege. It should be for everyone. And outreach is a really good way of bridging that gap, particularly when telling people about chemical engineering which they\u2019ve probably never heard of. But the opportunities it gives you are incredible, so to go into schools and say \u2018this is amazing and you can all do it\u2019, and to get them excited and engaged in school, is really rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>I also have a bit of a habit of signing up for stupid sporting challenges. I\u2019m in the lab a lot so like doing outdoor things and people keep saying \u2018have you seen this challenge where you\u2019ll be outdoors all the time?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So my last one was the London to Paris charity bike ride for Breast Cancer now, which I did a couple of months ago (<strong>Ed:<\/strong> you can hear more about this with our blogger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/2016\/03\/31\/sam-peckett-from-london-to-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Peckett<\/a>). It was really hard but I really enjoyed it. I\u2019ve got a half marathon in October, another one in May, and at some point probably a marathon. But I\u2019m trying to put that off until the end of my PhD.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wow! You sound very busy! Well, to end the interview, could you tell us how being here in Manchester helps your work and research?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rJMuGQ5gUnU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>So Manchester is obviously one of the biggest universities in the country, so whatever interest you have there is always somebody here that can help you. And I was really lucky with my supervisor, Stuart, in that we get on really well\u00a0and he\u2019s very supportive of my work and my research. So if I have a problem I know that I can go to him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_240\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_240\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/Manchester-10km-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"One of Emily's many medals!\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/Manchester-10km-Blog.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/Manchester-10km-Blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/09\/Manchester-10km-Blog-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Emily&#8217;s many medals!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And I also know that if he can\u2019t help me, then there\u2019s probably ten other people within the department that can. 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