Plastic Electronic Materials 2021 Autumn School

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13 September 2021

Plastic electronic materials students descend on the Lake District for a week of science and adventure.

PE-CDT Cohorts 9 and 10 were joined by students from the Plastic Electronic Materials MRes, a number of CPE students and academics from Imperiain the English Lake District.

There were three aspects to the schedule for participants.

Science talks

Academic research talks were given by Ji-Seon Kim, Piers Barnes, James Durrant, Jenny Nelson and Martin Heeney. Firat Güder gave a tutorial on LT SPICE.

PEM-MRes students gave 15-minute talks on their research.

CDT and CPE students presented posters and some students were selected for 5-minute elevated pitch talks on their posters.

Group Project

The second element of the schedule was taken over by the week's group project, generating a press package on a paper related to plastic electronic materials. Students were grouped into teams and had to identify a recent 2021 paper on something novel (fundamental concept/demonstration) that can have a big impact on plastic electronics community. Teams were to consider how this novel concept/demonstration can be used for next generation science and technology. The aim of the project was to show how to would generate as much national/global coverage of the paper as possible.

Groups to:

Create a press release or commentary piece describing the science, eg what it is, how it works, why it’s important, discuss the broader importance of the findings
Create a youtube video or TV report (no longer than 10 minutes) to explain how it works to a lay audience, eg by interviewing scientists in the field
Use social media to generate buzz around the science

Inter-cohort team building

Patterdale Hall Adventure Learning Centre organised outdoor activities throughout the week for inter-cohort building team building, including rock climbing, kayaking, canoeing, hiking, gorge walking, bushcraft and archery.