News
National Physical Laboratory and University of Surrey launch Strategic Partnership
03/09/08: To launch the strategic partnership in research and training between the National Physical Laboratory and the University of Surrey, a programme of events will be held at the University of Surrey on Wednesday 3rd September 2008.
Advanced Technology Institute attracts £5M of new research funding
10/11/06: The ATI announces the award of new funding in grants from research councils, the DTI, regional development agencies, the European Union, the Carbon Trust, and charities. The funding, which supports activities across the range of research in the ATI, was awarded over the last 6 months and is associated with collaborative research contracts of total value in excess of �9M.
Bio-nanotechnology to kill cancer cells
03/11/06: The University of Surrey has been awarded a grant of £420,000 to utilize nanotechnology to develop cancer treatments. The grant is part of an international project: "Multifunctional Carbon Nanotubes for Biomedical Applications (CARBIO)" supported by the European Union under the Marie Curie scheme.
Advanced Technology Institute secures Carbon Trust funding
27/10/06: Researchers at the Advanced Technology Institute have been awarded a £200,000 Carbon Trust Applied Research Grant to produce prototype solid state lighting devices using nano-composite materials invented at the ATI. This funding will contribute to a larger programme of development worth £465,000, which will use carbon nanotube-organic composites to fabricate ultra low energy lighting devices.
New funding for silicon light
07/08/06: Si-Light Technologies Ltd, a spin-out company from the University of Surrey (UniS) has announced that it has received equity seed funding worth £150,000 ($284,000) from the Cascade Fund to develop silicon-based light emitters.
ATI researcher is "Outstanding Young Scientist"
21/07/06: PhD student Wei-Mong ("John") Tsang has been awarded the E.W. Müller "Outstanding Young Scientist" Award of the International Field Emission Society. The award was made following his presentation at the joint 19th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference and 50th International Field Emission Symposium, held this July in Guilin, China.
A Surrey Professor is one of "10 Britons who shaped our world"
11/07/06: Congratulations to Professor Alf Adams who this month appeared in the Universities UK publication, 'Eureka UK'. Alf was also named as one of the "Ten Britons who shaped our world" in articles in both The Guardian and The Independent.
Surrey Physics tops again!
19/06/06: Once again, The Times Good University Guide and The Guardian University Guide rank Surrey Physics in the top physics departments in the UK.
Ion Beam Centre and Gray Cancer Institute to build world's first vertical nanobeam for individualised cancer care
08/06/06: The University of Surrey Ion Beam Centre (IBC) in collaboration with the Gray Cancer Institute is working on a £1.2M project which is underpinned by a prestigious grant of £800k from the Wolfson Foundation. The funding will be used to build the world's first vertical scanning focussed nanobeam which will be used to analyse how radiation affects living cells.
University of Surrey Wins Major Nano-materials Contract
06/06/06: The Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) at the University of Surrey (UniS), together with its regional partner, CEVP Ltd. of Newhaven, East Sussex, have won a £450K contract to develop a 'NanoGrowth' Machine.
New funding for the Surrey Ion Beam Centre at UniS ensures continuance of leading, international research
22/05/06: The Surrey Ion Beam Centre (IBC) has been awarded £2.3m by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to fund the core of its activities, and to keep it right at the front of current research.
Tunnelling electrons speed up large area carbon electronics
25/12/05: Researchers at the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey have reported in the January 2006 issue of Nature Materials the first demonstration of negative resistance in amorphous carbon semiconductors. This offers the prospect of low-cost electronic devices switching at Gighertz rates.
UniS professor gets the third degree!
09/12/05: ATI researcher Professor Bernard Weiss has been awarded the Doctor of Engineering (DEng) degree from Newcastle University. This follows his election earlier in 2005 as Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the award of the Institution of Electrical Engineers Achievement Medal in 2004.
University of Surrey has key to 45nm production
21/07/05: Organisations worldwide are looking for ways to bring 45nm chips to production, and the University of Surrey could have an important piece of the jigsaw.
Surrey Electronics and Physics in the "top ten"
01/06/05: The Times Good University Guide 2005, published on May 27th 2005, ranks the University of Surrey's Physics and Electronic Engineering Departments among the "top ten" in the UK.
MeV ion nanobeams: nanotechnology for the 21st century
31/05/05: The Ion Beam Centre (IBC) at the University of Surrey has been awarded a research grant of £256,845 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), to construct and utilise a new tool for nanotechnology.
New vector processor and cluster for the ATI supercomputing lab
31/05/05: An NEC SX-6/4B high productivity parallel vector processor has been installed in the nano-modelling supercomputing laboratory within the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) at the University of Surrey. It provides the high-end computational engine to complement the recently-installed 64-Node Opteron cluster.
Electronics All in a Spin
26/05/05: Professors Ben Murdin and Ortwin Hess, from the Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, have been awarded a grant of £221k from EPSRC to study "spintronic" devices.*
NPL sign up to a strategic relationship with the University of Surrey
24/05/05: The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington has signed up to a unique deal with the University of Surrey's Nano-Electronics Centre (NEC) based within the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI).
ATI approaches Open Day with £1.6m new funds
24/05/05: The Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) announces £1.6 million of new funding as May 31st Open Day approaches.
Understanding energy transfer in hybrid quantum dot systems
24/05/05: Dr Richard Curry at the University of Surrey has been awarded a grant of £115k from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to carry out studies on hybrid quantum dot systems*. Working with Professor Jeremy Allam, also of Surrey, and researchers in Korea, real time kinetics of energy transfer between organic complexes and colloidal quantum dots will be studied using ultrafast spectr
Spin out company from UniS and University of Dundee aims to tap into €70 billion market in flat panel displays
29/04/05: Quantum Filament Technologies (QFT) is a new company which has been created in Dundee as a result of a cross-border 'spin-out' from the Universities of Surrey and Dundee.
Generous bursaries and scholarships at the 'University for Jobs'
17/03/05: With the Government's introduction of variable fees in 2006, the University of Surrey (UniS) has today announced a wide range of financial support packages that will ensure that the best and most deserving students, whatever their background, will be able to benefit from a UniS education.
UniS' nanotechnology expertise on show at Science Museum
04/03/05: The University of Surrey's world-class expertise in nanotechnology research is a key contributor to a new exhibition entitled 'Nanotechnology: small science‚ big deal', now showing at the Science Museum in London.
UniS Presents its First Two Proof of Concept Awards
25/11/04: UniS is delighted to present its first two Proof of Concept Awards to Professor Graham Reed and Professor Alf Adams of the Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey.
UniS welcomes planning permission for Manor Park campus
20/10/04: The University of Surrey is delighted that Guildford Borough Council has granted detailed planning permission for the first phase of student and staff accommodation on Manor Park.
Graduate Employment - Nobody does it Better than UniS!
12/09/04: The Sunday Times University Guide 2004 again rates the University of Surrey as tops for jobs.
Since 1997, the University of Surrey has always been near the top of the league tables for employment. This year The Sunday Times comments that `Surrey remains the university for jobs'.
Research Fellowship in High Pressure Research for Optoelectronics
29/04/04: A two-year Research Fellowhip available for research into the application of high pressure measurements to optoelectronics devices and materials.
ION BEAMS: UNLOCKING THE FUTURE AND THE PAST
31/03/04: You are invited to attend the annual workshop of the University of Surrey Ion Beam Centre (IBC) and the opening of the Stephens Laboratory on Wednesday, 31 March 2004.
International and National Awards for Surrey Scientist
20/11/03: Professor Ravi Silva of the University of Surrey has been awarded the UNESCO 2003 Javed Husain Prize for Young Scientists and the UNESCO Albert Einstein Silver Medal. Ravi is Professor of Solid State Electronics in the School of Electronics and Physical Sciences of the University. He received the award from the Director-General of UNESCO at a ceremony in Budapest, Hungary on World Science Day, 10 November, 2003. In addition to this prestigious international award, before he departed for Hungary, on 5 November in London, Ravi received the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) Achievement Medal for 2003.
Graduate Employment - Nobody does it Bettet than UniS!
11/11/03: The University of Surrey (UniS) welcomed the publication today (Tuesday 11 November) of the latest What do Graduates do? Report by the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS). The report shows that degrees which provide work experience give graduates the best employment prospects. This comes as no surprise to the University of Surrey, which has topped the league tables for graduate employment for the past seven years, since the majority of UniS degree level courses include a year's professional training.
Surrey Top for Jobs Again!
17/09/03: Since 1997, the University of Surrey has held its place at the top of The Sunday Times league tables as the UK University which is 'top for jobs'. The statistics published in this week's Sunday Times (14 September 2003) 97.4% of Surrey graduates found jobs in the first six months after graduation. Beating the University of Cambridge into fourth position in the 'best for jobs' league table, the University of Surrey can be justly proud of its reputation.
