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DFT+U with generalized<br />

Wannier functions: selfconsistent<br />

projectors and<br />

linear-scaling<br />

Invited lecture<br />

A Thomas Young Centre Soiree,<br />

King’s <strong>College</strong> London, UK<br />

22 July 2010<br />

Heterostructured Si/Ge<br />

nanowire thermoelectrics:<br />

a first-principles model<br />

Hamiltonian approach<br />

Invited lecture<br />

Psi–k Conference 2010, Berlin,<br />

Germany<br />

12–16 September 2010<br />

Dr Alexandra E Porter<br />

Imaging the cellular uptake <strong>of</strong><br />

multi-walled carbon nanotubes<br />

using 3D Electron tomography<br />

Invited talk<br />

11th International Conference<br />

on the Science and Application<br />

<strong>of</strong> Nanotubes, Montreal,<br />

Canada<br />

27 June–2 July 2010<br />

Interactions <strong>of</strong> carbon<br />

nanotubes with target<br />

epithelial and macrophage cells<br />

Invited talk<br />

European Respiratory Society<br />

<strong>Annual</strong> Congress, Barcelona,<br />

Spain<br />

18–22 September 2010<br />

Cellular uptake <strong>of</strong> bioceramic<br />

nanoparticles<br />

Invited talk<br />

SCERN Meeting on Bioceramics<br />

in the UK, London, UK<br />

30 September 2010<br />

Dr Rongshan Qin<br />

Local 0rganizer<br />

Corus-Academia Symposium,<br />

<strong>Imperial</strong> <strong>College</strong> London, UK<br />

14–15 July 2010<br />

Organizing Committee Member<br />

1st UK-China Steel Forum,<br />

Leicester, UK<br />

19–20 July 2010<br />

Manufacturing engineering at<br />

<strong>Imperial</strong> <strong>College</strong> London<br />

Invited presentation<br />

UK-China Forum on Advanced<br />

<strong>Materials</strong> Manufacturing,<br />

Shanghai, China<br />

14–17 August 2010<br />

Electrical current metallurgy<br />

Invited lecture<br />

Wuhan University <strong>of</strong> Science<br />

and Technology, Wuhan, China<br />

12 April 2010<br />

Electrical current metallurgy<br />

Invited lecture<br />

Wuhan Steel Ltd, Wuhan, China<br />

12 April 2010<br />

Electrical current metallurgy<br />

Invited lecture<br />

Huazhong University <strong>of</strong> Science<br />

and Technology, Wuhan, China<br />

13 April 2010<br />

Supercooled simultaneous<br />

composite casting<br />

Invited lecture<br />

Wuhan University <strong>of</strong> Science<br />

and Technology, Wuhan, China<br />

13 April 2010<br />

Application <strong>of</strong> electropulsing in<br />

tailoring the microstructure <strong>of</strong><br />

pearlitic steels<br />

Oral presentation<br />

1st UK-China Steel Forum,<br />

Leicester, UK<br />

19–20 July 2010<br />

Phase-field simulation <strong>of</strong><br />

crystal growth during warm<br />

rolling <strong>of</strong> steels<br />

Oral presentation<br />

1st UK-China Steel Forum,<br />

Leicester, UK<br />

19–20 July 2010<br />

Green steel processing<br />

Poster presentation<br />

The Royal Academy <strong>of</strong><br />

Engineering <strong>Annual</strong> Research<br />

Forum 2010<br />

15 September 2010<br />

Dr Jason Riley<br />

Engineering nanomaterials for<br />

light harvesting<br />

Seminar<br />

University <strong>of</strong> Leicester, UK<br />

10 November 2009<br />

Q-dots for efficient light<br />

harvesting in solar cells<br />

Oral presentation<br />

MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA<br />

30 November–4 December<br />

2009<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Eduardo Saiz<br />

Gutierrez<br />

Tissue engineering scaffolds<br />

Invited talk<br />

AADR 2nd Fall Focused<br />

Symposium: Tissue Engineering<br />

<strong>of</strong> Crani<strong>of</strong>acial and Oral Tissues,<br />

San Francisco, USA<br />

5–6 November 2009<br />

Nuevas tendencias y conceptos<br />

en el diseño de biomateriales<br />

para regeneración<br />

Invited talk<br />

Osteocite – Worshop sobre<br />

Regeneración Ósea, Santiago<br />

de Compostela, Spain<br />

23 January 2010<br />

Early stages <strong>of</strong> dissolutive<br />

spreading<br />

Invited talk<br />

Triple Lines in Metals and<br />

Ceramics, Ecole de Physique<br />

des Houches, France<br />

25–28 May 2010<br />

Dissolutive spreading<br />

Invited talk<br />

IIB2010 (XIII international<br />

conference in intergranular<br />

and interphase boundaries in<br />

materials), Mie, Japan<br />

27 June–2 July 2010<br />

Hierarchical materials through<br />

freezing<br />

Invited talk<br />

Solidification <strong>of</strong> Colloidal<br />

Suspensions, Avignon (France)<br />

6-8 September 2010<br />

Bio-inspired hybrid composites<br />

with complex hierarchical<br />

structures<br />

Plenary talk<br />

11th International Symposium<br />

on Multiscale, Multifunctional<br />

and Functionally Graded<br />

<strong>Materials</strong>, Guimaraes, Portugal<br />

26–29 September 2010<br />

Dr Stephen J Skinner<br />

Fuel cell technology<br />

Invited talk<br />

University <strong>of</strong> Uppsala, Sweden<br />

14–16 October 2009<br />

New materials advances for<br />

solid oxide fuel cells<br />

Invited talk<br />

University <strong>of</strong> Science and<br />

Technology, Beijing, China<br />

October 2009<br />

Novel high conductivity<br />

electrochemical gas sensors<br />

based on La2CuO2<br />

Invited talk<br />

SCI Gas Sensors Group,<br />

London, UK<br />

December 2009<br />

Ionic mobility in novel materials<br />

for solid oxide fuel cells: new<br />

structural solutions<br />

Invited talk<br />

Trinity <strong>College</strong> Dublin, Ireland<br />

February 2010<br />

Novel materials for lower<br />

operating temperature SOFCs<br />

Invited talk<br />

UK-SEA Symposium, Bangkok,<br />

Thailand<br />

February 2010<br />

Fuel cells for stationary<br />

applications: materials<br />

advances and capabilities<br />

Invited talk<br />

UKTI <strong>Materials</strong> Technologies<br />

for energy Applications,<br />

Manchester, UK<br />

March 2010<br />

A researchers view <strong>of</strong> scientific<br />

publishing<br />

Invited talk<br />

STM Journal workshop, London,<br />

UK<br />

May 2010<br />

Advances in novel ionic<br />

conductors for electrochemical<br />

applications<br />

Invited talk<br />

12th International Ceramics<br />

Congress, Italy<br />

June 2010<br />

70 Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Materials</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2009–10 www.imperial.ac.uk/materials www.imperial.ac.uk/materials Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Materials</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2009–10 71

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