School of Chemistry

Young Scientist Symposium 2007

Image of Ben Robinson giving the winning presentation The Young Scientist Symposium 2007 (North Wales Local Section) was well attended, attracting students and industrialists from the North Wales Area. Guest speakers included Dr Samanth Gardner, Chemicals Northwest, discussing Technolgy Transfer, and Bryn Jones, UWB, who gave a brief presentation on Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. Dr Ieuan Roberts discussed his role in exploiting intellectual property owned by Excelsyn as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate, and Richard Lowe from Dulas Solar gave an insight into the basics of solar photovoltaics and news from the industry.

This energy theme was continued by student speakers: Rachel Rowlands - A multi-variant investigation of CdTe photovoltaic material, and Alistair Ward: Optimisation of anaerobic digestion for biogas production. Modification of carbomethyl cellulose by gamma radiation was presented by Syed Gulrez, while Dr Jesus Cirre discussed solution properties and emulsification properties of gum.

Image of The ping pong ball shooter demonstration of inkjet printing technology Image of Ben Robinson receiving the Phil Adams memorial prize, presented by Sylvia Adams A lively demonstration involving ping pong ball shooters was given by delegate volunteers to demonstrate inkjet printing in a talk given by Yara Arjona. The winning presentation was given by Ben Robinson on molecular rectification of ultra-thin films. Robinson was awarded the Phil Adams memorial prize presented to him by Sylvia Adams, Phil’s mother, and a prize sponsored by Almetron Ltd.

Alistair Ward won the second speaker prize, sponsored by Excelsyn. A range of posters were presented at the symposium, Differential Factors in Colorectal Cancer by Image of Wilma Prinsloo receiving the second prize for the poster presentations, sponsored by Aguacell, presented by Dr Andy Wheildon, Excelsyn. Debalina Sarkar receiving the prize for best poster, sponsored by CARM, presented by Dr Andy Wheildon, Excelsyn. Debalina Sarkar and Discovering Structural Features of Mycolic Acids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Wilma Prinsloo winning best poster presentations, the prizes sponsored by CARM and Agualcell and presented by Dr Andy Wheildon, Excelsyn.

The organisers would like to thank all the sponsors, and the Industry and Technology Forum - North West Trust, OpTIC and Knowledge Transfer Partnership for their generosity in funding this event.