Computing, Robotics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Final Year Student Project Showcase Event - Monday 27 April 2015

We are pleased to let you know that the annual Final Year Student Project Showcase event will be taking place on the Plymouth University campus on Monday 27 April, from 10.00 - 13.00, in the Smeaton Building (East Entrance) - please go to the following link for a campus map:
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/your-university/visit/getting-here

This is a great opportunity to see what our talented students can achieve in their final year of study at the University and to meet them before they graduate; perhaps identify a potential employee of the future?

There will also be the opportunity to have a tour of the PEMC on the day, if you haven't yet had the opportunity to meet the team and make use of the 12 hours of free support available for companies based in the south west with less than 250 employees.

If you would like to join us for this interesting event, please email:
compmath@plymouth.ac.uk or claire.pearce@plymouth.ac.uk

New speaker announced - Centrax Industries Ltd

We are pleased to confirm that Richard Bartlett, Materials Engineer at Centrax Industries Ltd, will be joining our panel of speakers on Thursday 12 February, for our joint event with WEAF at the Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre.

The day's programme is shaping up as follows:

11.30 - Arrival and networking
12.00 - Welcome - Simon Young, Chief Executive, WEAF
12.10 - PEMC - practical examples of how we support business -and FREE support until 31 March 2015 - Claire Pearce, Project Manager, PEMC
12.20 - Using the technique of EBSD to make a difference to  your company - Kim Larsen, Oxford Instruments
12.40 - Precision micro-electronics for the aerospace and defence sctors - how we use electron microscopy for quality control - Victor Arghyrou, UTC Aerospace Systems
13.00 - What else we can do for you (funding, KTP) - Catherine Parnall, Plymouth University
13.10 - Lunch
14.10 - Turbine engineering for aerospace - how we use electron microscopy to analyse our materials - Richard Bartlett, Centrax Industries Ltd
14.30 - Aircraft material and accident investigations - Professor Neil James, Plymouth University
15.00 - Tour of the University technical facilities (PEMC, Materials Characterisation Lab) - Dr Roy Moate, Plymouth University
16.00 - Event close

To book your please, place to go the WEAF website.

Delegates Enjoy Composite Fracture Event

On the 27th June the EM Centre once again opened its doors to regional companies keen ot learn more about failure analysis of composites. 23 delegates from 13 different organisations from around the South West listened to academic and industrial speakers to gain knowledge about how Electron Microscopy fits into the toolbox for analysing the failure of compiste components.

Delegates had the chance to see their own samples analysed with experts on hand to give on the spot results and images.

Talks were given by Composite Innovations, the National Composite Centre, the Advanced Composite Manufacturing Centre and the Electorn Microscopy team. With the South West composite Gateway also in attendance, delegates had a great chance to talk to a wide range of composite support availble within the region all for free.

Keep an eye open on our events pages to hear about future Industrial Solutions events.

Programme for Composite Event Annonuced

On the 27th June the Electron Microscopy Centre is opening its doors to composite and plastics manufacturers. They are going to learn about failure modes in composite use and methods to help identify the failure causes. There are a last few places available so please email emc@plymouth.ac.uk to reserve your place. Please find travel details on our webpage.

Programme : Room Rolle 605a

  9.30              Coffee and Registration

  9.45              Welcome and Introduction – Dr Clare Tremlett, Plymouth University

10.00              Electron Microscopy Overview – Roy Moate, PEMC

                        Composite Failure Modes – Dr John Summerscales, ACMC

11.00              Coffee/Networking

11.20              Industrial Applications Presentations:

- Tim Searle – Composite Innovations

                        - Dr John Summerscales – Structural Composite Fracture Investigation

12.30                   Phase 2 National Composite Centre – Nigel Keen

            ERDF support for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises – Clare Tremlett

                                South West Innovation Vouchers – Richard Knight

12.35              Lunch/Networking

13.30              Lab Demonstrations and ACMC Tour. Delegates will be split into groups

You are welcome to bring a sample for analysis by prior arrangement.

Please note this programme is subject to change.

Composite Failure Analysis Seminar

27th June 2013

The subject of composite analysis has been widely requested among our industrial users. So to respond to this demand we are holding a Seminar on the 27th June 2013 to concentrate on this topic. We will be having a number of speakers in the morning from both the Electron Micrscopy Centre and the Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre; with delegates being split into groups for faciltity tours and analysis, after a networking lunch, in the afternoon.

The cost is free, but places are limited to 2 delegates per company, except by prior arrangment. To reserve your place, please email your contact details to emc@plymouth.ac.uk.

We will shortly be releasing news of more events centred around other uses of the technology, so please visit regularly for updates.

Automated Mineralogy Analysis at Plymouth EMC

On the 28th November, Oxford Instruments and the EMC are holding a demonstration of Oxford's new automated mineral identification and analysis software. With an overview in the morning and a practical demonstration on the new Electron Microscopes at Plymouth, INCA Mineral aims to demonstrate how the rapid automated software can identify, quanitfy, determine liberation amounts and particle sizes in geological samples.

For registration details, invite and programme for the day, please follow the relevant link.
If you are a Plymouth academic or researcher, please find details of a separate session being held on the morning of the 29th November by following the link here.

Please check back regularly for news of other forthcoming events. We will soon be announcing a day specifically aimed at the frozenn food and ice cream industry schedualed for the end of January 2013.

For further information or help, please email emc@plymouth.ac.uk, or ring the Enterprise Solutions Gateway on 0800 052 5600, and ask to speak to someone in the Electron Microscopy Centre.

EMC Tour after iNet Breakfast meeting

On the 19th October, Plymouth plays host to the Microelectronics iNet. The breakfast meeting is being held to promote and explain the new funding competition for regional SME's. Afterwards there be the opportunity to tour the Electron Microscopy Centre to see how the facility can help support projects.

Core areas in microelectronics, phontonics and digital communications that the iNet is looking to support include

• Power management, and energy efficient sustainable technology
• Smart grids
• Transport, including marine
• Healthcare, wellbeing and medical electronics
• Smart communities
• Test and verification
• Industrial, instrumentation
• M2M communications
• Security

For more information or to book a place please follow the link.

Industrial Open Day attracts over 15 local businesses

On the 28th June 2012, the Electron Microscopy Centre opened its doors to local industry in the engineering and micro-electronics sectors.

As well as a short technical seminar from technique experts, delegates were given the opportunity to look at their own samples on the day, to find out directly how the technology could help them in their industrial sector.

More open days are being planned to cover composites, cryogenic (frozen) applications and others. Please check back regularly for updates.

Postponed - Biomedical Applications Event

Due to unforseen circumstance we are cancelling the event 'Biomedical Applications of Electron Microscopy' schedualed for the 29th June 2012. Please accept our sincere aplogies.

Continue to revisit this site regularly for information on the new date, or email
emc@plymouth.ac.uk subject: mailing list, to be added to the mailing list to be informed of future events.

UPDATE - Programmes now available for the June 2012 Open Days

Programmes are now available for Improving Production Yields and Biomedical Applications of Electron Microscopy by following the links. Places are filling fast for the events in June 2012, so please be sure to register soon to secure your FREE place.

Please follow the link for registration.

Postponed - Biomedical Applications of Electron Microscopy

Friday June 29th, will see Plymouth's Electron Micrcoscopy Centre introduce its new capabilties and instruments to the biological and medicinal sectors of industry and research. Come and join the team for this FREE event and find out more about how the recent investment by the University, the ERDF and Jeol can be used for your research and development projects.

To keep updated about future events, please keep visiting the website.