Defence and Security
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.
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.
COVID-19 and terrorism: assessing the short- and long-term impacts
Summary The COVID-19 pandemic is already having a significant impact on terrorism in a variety of ways. There is a mixed picture on the level of attacks in the short-term – lockdown measures will tend ...
Helping to revive wargaming in the Royal Navy
Wargaming played a vital role during World War Two in helping Royal Navy ship and submarine commanders to outthink their opponents in the Battle for the Atlantic and keep convoy supply routes to the UK ...
Cranfield University Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associates – helping businesses to achieve growth with academic expertise
Cranfield University has a portfolio of diverse collaborative projects with business that are run under Innovate UK's Knowledge Transfer Partnership scheme (KTP). Our current KTP business partners include: Siemens Industrial Turbomachinary Ltd., Warden Plastics Ltd., ...
Meet Cranfield Defence and Security, 3MT competition winner
An interview with Cranfield Defence and Security 3MT competition winner, PhD student Sarah Gosling. Developed by Queensland University, the 3MT competition challenges research students to concisely articulate their research to a non-specialist audience in just ...