Engineering & Physical Sciences Events

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Wed 11th March

EPS Green Impact Team Litter Picking
1pm - 2pm
Outside Old Engineering Building - Y3
Come and do your bit with EPS' Green Impact Team's Litter Pick!
Old Joe against a blue sky with fluffy clouds Looking for exact solutions
3pm - 6pm
Watson building
Professor Alessandro Sfondrini's inaugural lecture will share with you his fascination for the surprising number of models that describe interesting physical phenomena and can be solved exactly, long regarded beacons of mathematical certainty.

Mon 16th March

Textured white fabric Learn something new about plastics and how they are used in textiles
11am - noon
Room 111, University House
Come along to learn something new about how plastics are used in textiles, the environmental implications of this and what we can do as consumers to reduce the environmental harms caused by the textiles we use in daily life!
EPS Green Impact Team Litter Picking
1pm - 2pm
Outside Old Engineering Building - Y3
Come and do your bit with EPS' Green Impact Team's Litter Pick!

Tue 17th March

Physics Green Week bag decorating
noon - 2pm
Vinen Room (room 125), Physics West
Physics students are welcome to come on join us on Tuesday 17th March to celebrate Green Week!

Wed 18th March

Three people in hard hats and safety gear look through a window at campus Implementing solar power in a hospital in Nigeria and measuring the impact on surgery
noon - 1pm
Murray Learning Centre UG10
Join us for this talk to hear about how a project last year implemented on-site solar power at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Nigeria, overcoming the impacts of power outages.

Thu 19th March

Two students stand on a bridge between buildings, looking down Build a dome with Project DOME
1pm - 4pm
The Quad, Metallurgy and Materials building
Can you build a build out of redundant conference posters? The Postgraduate Researchers from Project DOME can! Drop in to see their research in action and if you're feeling inspired, sign up to build your own dome as part of UoB Xtra in June!
A close up of a yellow plastic crate Driving positive plastics policy action
2pm - 4pm
Room G46, Molecular Sciences building
Join Birmingham Plastics Network to consider how we can use research evidence to support us in communicating our own plastics concerns to influence sustainable policy in the UK.

Wed 25th March

Students in a lecture audience Birmingham Popular Maths Lecture - The Small World Problem: Six Degrees of Graph Theory
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Lecture Theatre B, Watson building
Join us for our Birmingham Popular Maths Lecture on The Small World Problem: Six Degrees of Graph Theory by Professor Ryan Martin, open to all interested in the study of Mathematics!

Fri 27th March

EPS Green Impact Team Litter Picking
1pm - 2pm
Outside Old Engineering Building - Y3
Come and do your bit with EPS' Green Impact Team's Litter Pick!

Mon 8th June

Students sat on a wall chatting Capgemini Community Challenge
8th June midnight - 12th June midnight
Off campus
The Capgemini Community Challenge is one of the most exciting opportunities on offer to undergraduates at Birmingham Business School. It is an immersive consultancy experience like no other.

Thu 11th June

Students sit at a table with notepads, chatting and laughing EPS Leading in Science & Engineering workshop with Industry Leaders
11th June 1pm - 12th June 5pm
On campus
This interactive, day long workshop will introduce you to some of the key leadership skills that are required for effective careers in Engineering and Physical Sciences, delivered with industry experts.

Fri 12th June

Students sit at a table with notepads, chatting and laughing EPS Leading in Science & Engineering workshop with Industry Leaders
11th June 1pm - 12th June 5pm
On campus
This interactive, day long workshop will introduce you to some of the key leadership skills that are required for effective careers in Engineering and Physical Sciences, delivered with industry experts.
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