Meet the Department
Meet the academics – from both fashion business and technology and materials science and engineering – who help make the Department of Materials what it is.
#MondayMaterials Episode 15 – Sobia Khan
Meet the Department 18th January 2016
So I’m looking at all these different types of strategies that retailers are using for product presentation, but I’m looking at it more specifically within a mobile context. More consumers are going shopping using their mobile phones, so we think that, you know, technology needs to improve on that front.
#MondayMaterials Episode 14 – Professor Constantinos Soutis
Meet the Department 7th December 2015
Hello all – and welcome to the final #MondayMaterials of 2015! Yes, I know there’s a few Mondays left in the year yet, but after 14 excellent episodes I figured the series deserves a Christmas break. Don’t worry, though, we’re ending on a high point. Professor Constantinos Soutis (Costas) is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering, […]
#MondayMaterials Episode 13 – Dr Patsy Perry
Meet the Department 23rd November 2015
I was only about a month into my role here when I first met Dr Patsy Perry at the Design, Fashion, and Business Degree show. She was introduced to me as someone I should definitely talk to about my plan’s for the School’s digital media, someone who would have a very useful insight, and someone who, on […]
#MondayMaterials Episode 12 – Dr Christopher Blanford
Meet the Department 9th November 2015
I first came across Dr Christopher Blanford’s name a few years ago. I worked for the Faculty of Life Sciences in my previous role at the University, and in that role I used to help look after the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology’s website. Christopher is a research group leader within that institute, and I clearly remember […]
#MondayMaterials Episode 11 – Professor Stuart Lyon
Meet the Department 26th October 2015
Welcome back, everyone – and thanks for continuing to follow the series. I was introduced to this week’s interviewee by Delia Vazquez, a previous #MondayMaterials star. In fact, she introduced me to a whole host of people during a recent School of Materials coffee morning, so you can expect to hear this story again and […]
#MondayMaterials Episode 10 – Rachel Parker-Strak
Meet the Department 12th October 2015
So today the #MondayMaterials series hits double figures. What better place to do that than with Rachel Parker-Strak, a lecturer and part time PhD student in the Design, Fashion, and Business area of the School. I first met Rachel while attending one of the School’s Discover Days. These sessions offer A-level students the opportunity to […]
#MondayMaterials Episode 9 – Dr Joao Quinta da Fonseca
Meet the Department 28th September 2015
Dr Joao Quinta da Fonseca first came to my attention when I edited an article about his research for the School of Materials website. While I had to Google terms like ‘deformation at the nanoscale’ and ‘polycrystalline plasticity of austenitic stainless steel’, I found the basic ideas of his work to be both intriguing and […]
#MondayMaterials Episode 8 – Dr Delia Vazquez
Meet the Department 14th September 2015
It’s #MondayMaterials time again, and today we’re chatting with Dr Delia Vazquez. If you’re particularly eagle-eyed and have the memory of an elephant, you might remember Delia’s name from one of our very earliest episodes. She is the PhD supervisor of Sophie Miell, our second interviewee. What made Delia’s interview all the more exciting for […]
#MondayMaterials Episode 7 – Professor Sarah Cartmell
Meet the Department 31st August 2015
#MondayMaterials has been going fantastically so far, with a range of fascinating interviewees discussing subjects which have shown just how broad and exciting the work happening in the School of Materials can be. And there’s no change this week, in that respect. Episode 7 has been particularly interesting for me, though, because it’s the first […]
#MondayMaterials Episode 6 – Dr Gianpaolo Vignali
Meet the Department 17th August 2015
Gianpaolo Vignali was one of the first academics I met when I started working for the School of Materials. Just a few days into my job I was sitting in his office and discussing the intricacies of the Fashion SOC, a web app he is creating with his colleagues. So early in my time here, I didn’t […]