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November 2025

QMCUR Showcase at the November 2025 Industrial Liaison Forum 7 November 2025 A team of our student researchers marked QMCUR's fourth consecutive presence at the Industrial Liaison Forum (5th November 2025) by presenting 11 research posters on a wide range of topics, reflecting the breadth of activities conducted at our Centre. Approximately 20 students participated as authors and co-authors of the posters and enthusiastically engaged ... [more]

October 2025

Excellence on Display at the Undergraduate Research Forum 2025 22 October 2025 The Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (QMCUR) successfully hosted the second Undergraduate Research Forum: Engineers Meet Gene Editors (URFEMGE 2025). Building on the previous year's success, the forum was again held in collaboration with the University of Westminster's Gene Editors of the Future group, led by Dr Kalpana Surendranath. The ... [more]

September 2025

Ruxandra Cocu secures RS Student Fund 4 September 2025 Congratulations to Ruxandra Cocu, soon to begin her second year in biomedical engineering, for securing the RS Student Fund. Her project will focus on developing oxygenation membranes for wearable artificial lungs, aiming to make respiratory support more accessible beyond hospital intensive care units. Ruxandra's innovative design is based on a ... [more]

June 2025

Mr Arvin Tharumalingam and Mr Hashir Hamid presented a poster at the Hamlyn Medical Robotics Symposium 2025 26 June 2025 Mr Arvin Tharumalingam (3rd Year in Robotics Engineering) and Mr Hashir Hamid (2nd Year in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence) presented a poster at the Hamlyn Medical Robotics Symposium 2025, held at Imperial College London. The poster showcased their undergraduate research activities conducted under the direct supervision of Dr Abu Dawood ... [more]

April 2025

QMCUR students presented their research at the British Conference of Undergraduate Research 15 April 2025 Five representative students of our team participated in the prestigious British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR), marking QMCUR's second presence at this national event. The conference, held at Newcastle University on 9–10 April, hosted over 300 students from across the UK and abroad, including participants from the US, Canada, UAE, Ghana, and ... [more]

Applause for Ms Michaela Lastovickova on securing an internship at CERN among over 10,000 applicants! 3 April 2025 Ms Michaela Lastovickova, a third-year Materials Engineering student has been selected for CERN's prestigious Summer Student Program. With a deep passion for radiation detectors and subatomic particle interactions, Michaela stood out in this highly competitive selection process, earning her place among over 10,000 applicants! The paid summer program, running from June ... [more]

March 2025

Ms Kiane Johnson co-authors an article accepted for publication 27 March 2025 Ms Kiane Princiss Johnson, a 3rd-year student in Biomedical Engineering, hosted by the Personalised Cardiac Modelling Lab (https://pcmlab.co.uk) and supervised by Dr Alexander Zolotarev and Dr Caroline Roney, has co-authored an article accepted for publication in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. The article, titled: "Synthetic Fibrosis Distributions for ... [more]

QMCUR participation in the Posters in Parliament event 5 March 2025 Two posters from our team were presented at the prestigious Posters in Parliament event, alongside highly selected undergraduates from other UK universities. This annual conference brings together the best undergraduate researchers from various universities across the UK, with each institutions selecting the two best projects to be showcased through poster ... [more]

Research activities showcased at the Industrial Liaison Forum 5 March 2025 Our undergraduate researchers have actively participated in the Industrial Liaison Forum, presenting approximately 30 posters and reinforcing our presence in research dissemination events. This strong participation provided an opportunity to share some of the ongoing research activities with academic staff, industrial collaborators, and visitors. Students from the first to third year ... [more]

February 2025

Ms Michaela Lastovickova and Ms Fasika Bekele Shine at the IoM3 Annual Young Persons' Lecture Competition 27 February 2025 Michaela Lastovickova (3rd-year Materials Science and Engineering) and Fasika Bekele (3rd-year Chemical Engineering) successfully passed the highly competitive first selection stage with two high-quality abstracts and attended the local heat of the competition, hosted by the London Materials Society (LMS) at Imperial College London. They delivered the following lectures based ... [more]

Six QMCUR students in Dr Shah's group present their education research at two national conferences 26 February 2025 A team of six undergraduate students, all working on co-creational education research projects with Dr Rehan Shah, represented QMUL at two national student conferences, namely the evasys Student Engagement Conference and the London Student Sustainability Conference, both held at the University of Westminster on Wed 26 Feb 2025. The diverse range of ... [more]

Yash Vaghela wins the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award 24 February 2025 Yash Vaghela (Second-Year student in Mechanical Engineering) has been awarded the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award from the Queen Mary Academy for his significant contributions as a student research assistant on a co-creational mathematics and engineering education project supervised by Dr Rehan Shah. Yash was one of three ... [more]

December 2024

Allegra Celesia and Muhie Al Haimus have been awarded the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award 14 December 2024 Allegra and Muhie received the prestigious SEED award from the Queen Mary Academy for their significant contributions as student research assistants on co-creational mathematics and engineering education projects supervised by Dr Rehan Shah. Allegra gained experience with inclusive curriculum development, designed to improve students' educational experiences through facilitation of effective ... [more]

Our team participated in the "CRISPR VIP Symposium" organized by the Gene Editors of the Future at the University of Westminster 13 December 2024 A notable contingent of our team participated in the "CRISPR VIP Symposium," an event organized by our partners, Gene Editors of the Future, at the University of Westminster. The symposium was held on the 13th December 2024 at the historic Fyvie Hall and was attended by nearly 200 students, reflecting their commitment ... [more]

November 2024

Dr Rehan Shah's team members present their research at CREME-EECS Staff Scholarship Exchange Webinar 20 November 2024 In the first-of-its-kind entirely student-led CREME-EECS Staff Scholarship Exchange Webinar (a shared community-of-practice between the SEMS Centre for Research in Engineering and Materials Education and the EECS Educational Scholarship Centre), 5 member of Dr Sha's team presented their ongoing STEM education research work to academic staff from the scholarship centres of ... [more]

Six posters presented at the Industrial Liaison Forum 6 November 2024 Our students research team presented six posters at the Industrial Liaison Forum (ILF) on the 5th November 2024, marking their second participation in this bi-annual event, and demonstrating a strong commitment to advancing research alongside PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers at the School of Engineering and Materials Science. The quality of ... [more]

Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy has two abstracts accepted at prestigious international conferences 4 November 2024 Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy, who has been working on a joint cross-national education research project with Dr Rehan Shah from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Dr Alexandra Werth from Cornell University has had two of his abstracts for upcoming conference proceedings papers accepted at two prestigious global education conferences: IEEE ... [more]

October 2024

QMCUR Hosts Groundbreaking "Undergraduate Research Forum: Engineers Meet Gene Editors" 28 October 2024 We have recently hosted an innovative three-day event titled "Undergraduate Research Forum: Engineers Meet Gene Editors". This interdisciplinary gathering brought together outstanding undergraduate students from Queen Mary's School of Engineering and Materials Science and the University of Westminster's extracurricular program "Gene Editors of the Future", led by Dr Kalpana Surendranath. "... [more]

September 2024

Prestigious SEED Award Presented to Sunainah Amber, Third-Year Aerospace Engineering Student 9 September 2024 Sunainah Amber, a third-year undergraduate student in Aerospace Engineering, supervised by Dr Jae-Hwan Park, has been awarded the prestigious SEED Award. This honour recognizes her significant contributions to enhancing the learning experiences of students at Queen Mary University of London. Sunainah actively participated in the Student Consultancy Project (SCP), where ... [more]

Two posters presented at the international conference "BioMedEng2024" 6 September 2024 Our outstanding research students, Jake Seah and Enrico Gigantino, entering the third year of studies in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, showcased their research at the BioMedEng2024 international conference (5–6th September 2024, London) in form of poster presentations: Jake Seah, Davide Carta, Daniel Hayer, Hossein Heidari, Julien Gautrot: "DLP Printing of ... [more]

August 2024

Barbaros Zener and Hana Emma Habidi were hosted at King's College in Cambridge as part of the QMUL-Cambridge Long Vacation Scholarship. 30 August 2024 Barbaros Zeren supervised by Dr Rehan Shah, and Hana Emma Habidi mentored by Dr Jae-Hwan, received this prestigious scholarship, evidencing the high calibre of our research students. The award enabled them to spend four weeks at the King's College in Cambridge, during the July-August period. Barbaros remarked that the immersive ... [more]

Fasika Bekele gains the prestigious SEED Award 16 August 2024 Fasika Bekele, a 3rd-Year student in Chemical Engineering, was honoured with the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award by the Queen Mary Academy. This recognition came following her outstanding involvement in the Peer Assisted Study Support Sessions (PASS) scheme during her second year of studies. In her role as ... [more]

June 2024

Ava Dahlia Belafonte wins the SEED Award 19 June 2024 Ava Dahlia Belafonte, a second-year undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering enrolled in the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research, has secured the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award from the Queen Mary Academy for her significant contributions as a student research assistant on the co-creational mathematics education project titled ... [more]

May 2024

Participation in the British Conference of Undergraduate Research 7 May 2024 With a remarkable display of confidence, and professionalism, Barbaros Zeren (first-year student in Aerospace Engineering), Yash Vaghela (first-year student in Mechanical Engineering), Emma Nicolai (second-year student in Aerospace Engineering), and Xiang Li (second-year student in Materials Science), all enrolled as student researchers at the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (... [more]

April 2024

Barbaros Zeren receives the QMUL-Cambridge Long Vacation Scholarship award 8 April 2024 Barbaros Zeren has been awarded the QMUL-Cambridge Long Vacation Scholarship under the supervision and mentorship of Dr Rehan Shah. The scholarship provides an opportunity for eight students from across Queen Mary to attend Kings College Cambridge, and one student to attend St John's College Cambridge for a period of four ... [more]

March 2024

Outstanding Honors for Three Exceptional Students of QMCUR 12 March 2024 We are excited to share the remarkable achievements of three outstanding students from our QMCUR community: Jake Seah, Ava Dahlia Belafonte, and Emma Nicolai. Their recent recognition underscores their exceptional contributions and accomplishments. Jake Seah was awarded the Best Poster Award at the Industrial Liaison Event on March 6th, 2024. His ... [more]

Emma Nicolai wins 'Student of the Year' at UK space exploration conference 11 March 2024 Emma Nicolai, founder of the new student society, Queen Mary Students for Exploration and Development in Space society (QMSEDS), has had her leadership and initiative recognised by the national organisation, UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (UKSEDS). At their annual flagship event – the National Student Space Conference, ... [more]

February 2024

QMCUR students present at the Posters in Parliament event 28 February 2024 Two highly talented undergraduate students engaged in research activities at the Queen Mary Centre of Undergraduate Research have presented their research findings at the prestigious Posters in Parliament event. This conference offers a platform for outstanding scholars in the UK to share their insights with a wider audience and highlights ... [more]

Three abstracts accepted for the British Conference of Undergraduate Research 16 February 2024 Three undergraduate students from our QMCUR team have had their abstract accepted for an oral presentation at the prestigious UK-wide British Conference for Undergraduate Research, being hosted by the London School of Economics (LSE) on 25-26th April 2024. The students set to present at the conference are: Barbaros Zeren (1st ... [more]

January 2024

Inaugural Event of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research 25 January 2024 We are delighted to announce the successful hosting of the inaugural event of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (QMCUR) at Queen Mary University of London in the Octagon on January 24th. The event garnered attendance from both staff and students, who were thoroughly impressed by the insightful presentations ... [more]

SEMS students' research paper accepted for presentation at undergraduate mathematics conference 23 January 2024 QMCUR is proud to announce that two first-year SEMS undergraduate students, Mr Barbaros Zeren and Mr Yash Vaghela, supervised by Dr Rehan Shah, have had their research project paper accepted for presentation at the Institute of Mathematics' (IMA) Tomorrow's Mathematicians Today (TMT) undergraduate mathematics conference, being hosted by the University ... [more]

December 2023

Mr Noah Leigh features in a Kameron's Lab Dive In podcast 8 December 2023 Noah Leigh, a second-year aerospace engineering student and dedicated researcher at QMCUR, was recently showcased on "Kameron's Lab," an insightful podcast hosted by Kameron Young, a third-year biomedical engineering student at the School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary. During the podcast, Noah delves into the details of ... [more]

November 2023

Ms Emma Nicolai establishes the Queen Mary Students for Exploration and Development in Space society 20 November 2023 Ms Emma Nicolai, a 2nd-year student in Aerospace Engineering and a core member of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research, has received approval to establish the Queen Mary Students for Exploration and Development in Space (QMSEDS) society. QMSEDS proudly serves as Queen Mary's dedicated branch within the UK Students ... [more]