Keeping you updated on my thesis experience!
Nice to have you all back on my blog! Well, I am happy that you would be joining me on the last phase of my master’s degree programme here at Cranfield University. I am so ...
A sit down with Kenisha Garnett the winner of Best Research Supervisor at the CSA Student Choice Awards 2020
What have been some of your highlights of teaching this year's cohort? The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed how we deliver teaching and supervise our students, and while the transition to online learning was successful during ...
Reflections on Srebrenica
The 11th of July marks the 25th anniversary of the massacre at Srebrenica. A great deal has been written over the years about the horror that unfolded on that day and about the 7,000 Muslim ...
NERC COVID-19 Digital Sprint – Hackathon series
We have now passed halfway through our NERC COVID-19 'Digital Sprint' hackathon activities, and there are some fascinating outputs emerging from this! Cranfield University's Ron Corstanje and Stephen Hallett act together as the Natural Environment ...
My experience on the Component Design module
My name is Princewill Moh, I am a Nigerian student on the Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc at Cranfield. When reviewing the course modules and I saw the course content for the Component Design module I had concerns that I may ...
My PhD Journey at Shrivenham – Part 2
I have always wanted to become a scientist, even when I was younger, so my family was never surprised I wanted to do a PhD. It is sometimes a little hard to explain to them what exactly I do, as no one in my family is a scientist, but they are always supportive and proud of what I do. With my friends, those that are not scientists are happy that I found something I enjoy, even if they may not understand exactly what I talk about sometimes. My more scientific friends are happy that I found an interesting scientific challenge to explore.
My thesis survey on COVID-19
Health and food security has been one of the most spoken about topics during recent years and more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amongst other businesses, the food and beverage supply network has been severely ...
My PhD Journey at Shrivenham – Part 1
My background is as an analytical chemist and a forensic scientist. I have a BSc and an Erasmus Mundus Masters in Forensic Science, and after I finished my Masters, I worked for a while as a scientist. However, I always enjoyed research, so I knew that I wanted to do a PhD at some point. When I came across the position at Cranfield, I thought the project sounded interesting and applied.
My experience of online teaching: inspiration, excitement and going off-piste
A couple of weeks ago, I posted some pictures of my first Zoom lecture and a) I think the lecture went quite well, and b) I had a lot positive comments on LinkedIn too. I ...
CFI group at the German electron synchrotron (DESY)
A group of three PhD students from Cranfield Forensic Institute finished a four day visit to DESY, the German electron synchrotron in Hamburg. The group was led by Marleen Vetter, whose PhD project explores novel aspects of polymers under stress. This was this first time the scientists at DESY had used their state of the art X-ray Raman system to look at this sort of material, and they were very interested to see how it would perform.