Research Events

My Research Makespace: Pancake Making for Glaucoma Surgery

Tuesday 25 February 2020 6:00pm - 7:00pm

This month Dr. Yann Bouremel will be explaining the relationship between glaucoma surgery and cooking pancakes in honour of Pancake Day! Yann used the Materials Library to learn more on material properties for his research and now regularly uses its facilities.

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My Research Makespace: Laser-scanning for PHX [X is for Xylonite]

Tuesday 19 November 2019 6:00pm - 7:00pm

At our event, Frances Scott, an artist working with moving image, will screen her new film work PHX [X is for Xylonite]. Frances worked at Institute of Making over a number of weeks to produce specialist laser scans, which would become animated forms in the final film. Following the screening, she will discuss how she made use of the Institute of Making to further her research through making.

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Sensory Preference in Prosthetics Study: London

Saturday 26 January 2019 9:00am - 8:00pm

Are you aged over 18 and do you wear a prosthetic limb? We would like to hear about your experiences of materials in your prosthetic!

Part of Research Events

Sensory Preference in Prosthetics Study: Glasgow

Thursday 29 November 2018 10:00am - 8:00pm

Are you aged over 18 and do you wear a prosthetic limb? We would like to hear about your experiences of materials in your prosthetic!

Part of Research Events

Member Masterclass: Recycling Roman Ruins

Monday 19 November 2018 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Join archaeologist Beth Munro, glassworker Shelley James and metalsmith Necole Schmitz to explore how ancient craftspeople transformed Roman glass mosaics and metal pipes, then mimic these methods to make your own creations! This event will highlight recent archaeological research on Roman villa recycling and investigate the properties of ancient materials through exciting hands-on making.

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Public Masterclass: Recycling Roman Ruins

Monday 19 November 2018 10:00am - 12:00pm

Join archaeologist Beth Munro, glassworker Shelley James and metalsmith Necole Schmitz to explore how ancient craftspeople transformed Roman glass mosaics and metal pipes, then mimic these methods to make your own creations! This event will highlight recent archaeological research on Roman villa recycling and investigate the properties of ancient materials through exciting hands-on making.

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Focus Group for Prosthetics Wearers

Saturday 20 October 2018 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Are you aged over 18 and do you wear a prosthetic limb? We would like to hear about your experiences of materials in your prosthetic!

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My Research Makespace: Building for Virtual Reality

Tuesday 13 March 2018 6:00pm - 6:00pm

This month’s My Research Makespace features Janneke van Leeuwen, artist and neuropsychologist. She is currently working on her PhD research within the Created Out of Mind Hub residency at the Wellcome Collection, which aims to challenge perceptions of dementia through scientific and creative experimentation.

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Member Evening: My Research Makespace

Tuesday 10 October 2017 6:00pm - 7:00pm

The inaugural edition of our new informal research event series. Each evening will feature a researcher and how they navigate the Makespace to develop their academic work, starting with Ben Oldfrey, PhD student at UCL CoMPLEX.

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Design-Led Materials Finale: Talk, Show & Tell and Discussion

Monday 14 March 2016 10:00am - 2:30pm

Five collaborative teams of researchers with partners from UCL, Manchester, Leeds, the Crick Institute, Goldsmiths, CRI, the London College of Fashion and Dundee have been working on design-led materials research and community-building projects over the last 6 months.

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Exploring Curious Materials

Monday 07 December 2015 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Are you a designer, architect, engineer or maker looking for new materials to incorporate into your work? Are you interested in getting hands-on with conductive and thermochromic inks, low-melt and impact protection polymers and shape-memory metals?

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Members’ Masterclass: Stone as a Material

Tuesday 12 May 2015 6:00pm - 9:00pm

In this masterclass you will learn about the properties of different marbles, hard stones and gemstones, and get a chance to get hands-on with pierre dure panel-making, faceting, cabochon cutting and sawing with diamond saws.

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Research Event: Hidden Histories of Things

Monday 26 January 2015 9:00am - 5:30pm

Are you interested in the fascinating hidden histories of things as diverse as turpentine, pesticides, seaweed, apples and red squirrels?

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Research Event: Materials at the Centre

Friday 19 April 2013 5:45pm - 11:07am

Materials at the Centre brings together researchers from across the arts, sciences and humanities to interrogate the relationship between the cognitive and the material in research.

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Tasty spoons and drinkable clouds: the art of engineering

Wednesday 05 December 2012 5:45pm - 10:00pm

On Wednesday the 5th December Mark Miodownik will be co-hosting an evening at the Royal Academy of Engineers, showcasing some culinary delights that have emerged from the creative dialogue between disciplines.

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Animal Materials & Architecture

Tuesday 08 November 2011 10:00am - 6:00pm

Tucked away in the Hodgkin building on Guy’s Campus of King’s College London, the vast and eclectic collection of the Life Sciences Museum brings to light the wonders of materials and making in the natural world.

Part of The Festival of Materials & Making - Kings College London, Research Events

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