University researcher recognised for contribution to European aerospace technology
A University of Greenwich postgraduate research student, has won the Best PhD Research Prize at the IMPRESS Project meeting held in Budapest, Hungary.
It is Universities' Week this week and Dr Hong Wang, a student at the university’s School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, has been recognised for the quality of her research work on casting complex turbine blades for use in the aerospace and power generation industries. Her work formed part of the €40 million IMPRESS Project, which was funded by the European Union and the European Space Agency to overcome current limitations in materials technology. The initiative involves over 40 industrial and academic research organisations across Europe.
Hong received a cheque for €500 and a cast model of the European Space Station. She says: “I was delighted to receive such a prodigious award. It came as complete surprise to me, and is recognition of the value of my work to the overall IMPRESS initiative.”
Professor Koulis Pericleous, Hong’s PhD supervisor, adds: “Hong’s award is well deserved and is a clear recognition that postgraduate research at Greenwich makes a real contribution to addressing complex problems on an international scale.”
Since obtaining her PhD, Hong has gone on to become a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Greenwich where she is currently researching into problems surrounding casting technology.
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Caption: Dr Wang with her PhD supervisor, Professor Pericleous, and her award.
Notes for editors: IMPRESS - Intermetallic Materials Processing in Relation to Earth and Space Solidification.
http://www.spaceflight.esa.int/impress/
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