Cambridge University Department of Chemical Engineering
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The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge
is one of the smaller departments in the university. It was formed from the merger of The Department of Chemical Engineering and The Institute of Biotechnology on 1 August 2008. The main site is situated at Pembroke Street
, to the south of Cambridge city centre. The department is the primary centre for chemical engineering
teaching and research activities in Cambridge, and is currently headed by Professor Nigel Slater (following Professor Lynn Gladden
's elevation to Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research).
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NMR
spectrometers in addition to lower field equipment such as Earth's field NMR
equipment .
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
is one of the smaller departments in the university. It was formed from the merger of The Department of Chemical Engineering and The Institute of Biotechnology on 1 August 2008. The main site is situated at Pembroke Street
Pembroke Street, Cambridge
Pembroke Street is a street in central Cambridge, England. It runs between Downing Street and Tennis Court Road at the eastern end and a junction with Trumpington Street at the western end...
, to the south of Cambridge city centre. The department is the primary centre for chemical engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
teaching and research activities in Cambridge, and is currently headed by Professor Nigel Slater (following Professor Lynn Gladden
Lynn Gladden
Lynn Faith Gladden CBE, FRS is the Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering and was Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge up until 1 October 2010. She is also a Pro-Vice Chancellor from 1 January 2010 and a Fellow of Trinity College since 1999...
's elevation to Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research).
Research
The department's research areas are microstructure engineering, measurement techniques, processes and modellingScientific modelling
Scientific modelling is the process of generating abstract, conceptual, graphical and/or mathematical models. Science offers a growing collection of methods, techniques and theory about all kinds of specialized scientific modelling...
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Research Groups
Research in the department is conducted by a number of research groups which act somewhat independently of the department. These research groups are:- The Magnetic Resonance Research Centre
- The Computational Modelling Group.
- The Laser Analytics Group
Buildings
The department is mostly situated in the Shell building on the new museums site, a collection of university buildings and museums in the city centre. The department was formed by a recent merger between the old Department of Chemical Engineering and the former Institute of Biotechnology and will eventually enter a single building on the west Cambridge site. The Magnetic Resonance Research Centre has been situated at the West Cambridge site since it was built in 1997 and houses four BrukerBruker
Bruker is a leading provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis...
NMR
NMR
NMR may refer to:Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance:* Nuclear magnetic resonance* NMR spectroscopy* Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance* Protein nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy* Proton NMR* Carbon-13 NMR...
spectrometers in addition to lower field equipment such as Earth's field NMR
Earth's field NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance in the geomagnetic field is conventionally referred to as Earth's field NMR . EFNMR is a special case of low field NMR....
equipment .