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MacDiarmid Institute - Annual Report 2018
10 April, 2019
Our focus is materials science research and technologies, especially the unexplored territory where chemistry, physics, biology and engineering meet.
We collaborate to create new knowledge addressing the big problems of our time, and bring innovations to the marketplace and contribute to the New Zealand Economy. Our ultimate aim is to create technologies that can improve our lives and our environment.
From 2002 – 2018
656 PhD graduates
852 research alumni
3,500+ AMN conference attendees
64 inventions patented
15 spinout companies created
Annual Report 2018 - HTML version
Introduction
Out of the lab
- Beyond lithium
- When physics meets biochemistry
- Annual symposium poster series
- Feeling the force of fungi to stop it killing our forests
- Biomaterials as surgical tools
- Virtual materials
- Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
- Examining the nano-environment between cancer cells
- Connecting with researchers at UCLA
- New Associate Investigators
- New Stakeholder Relations Partner Iwi
- New Principal Investigators
- Independent Postdoctoral Fellows
- MacDiarmid Institute publication trends
- The changing face of the MacDiarmid Institute
- The continued impact of our research
- Funding successes
- Awards
Into the marketplace
- Impact data
- Spinouts
- Case studies
- Meeting unmet technology needs in the industrial sector
- Patents and spinouts
Into the community
- Partnering to deepen and further our engagement
- Cluster hui
- Public engagement events 2018
- Exploring synergies between two knowledge systems - mātauranga Māori and western science
- Showcasing science for future sustainability at Te Papa
- Taking hi-tech stories to museums around the country, with MOTAT
- MATERIALise - a sustainable future forum
- Gaming a way to a sustainable future
- Doors to a sustainable future
- Existing partnerships
- House of Science
- Nanogirl and Nanogirl Live! stage show impact summary
- INSPIRE Festival 2018
- Kōrero partnership with NZEI
- Dancing With Atoms
- Sunsmart science for schools
- Space and Science Festivals
- DiscoveryCamp and NanoCamp
- DiscoveryCamp Alumni Research Assistantships
- Industry pathways for science graduates
- German delegation
- Science of Surfaces bootcamp
- MESA 2018
- Partnering with The Spinoff
Into the future
- Future Leaders Programme
- Alumni stories
- MacDiarmid alumni videos
- Business Scholarship recipients 2018
Into the metrics
Annual Report 2018 - PDF version
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