Selected Presentations
Complete list | Public Understanding | Superhydrophobicity & Superspreading | Soil & Sand | Materials & Surfaces | Abhesion & Slip | Liquid Marbles, EWOD & DEP | Superhydrophobicity & Acoustic Waves | Acoustic Wave Sensors | SAW Theory | Selected OthersSelected Presentations 2013
A research talk to the US Materials Research Society, Boston, USA. December 2013.
File: "Materials Research Society Drag Reduction Models.pdf"
A research talk to the US Materials Research Society, Boston, USA. December 2013.
An invited talk public understanding talk to the Institute of Physics NE Branch, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. February 2013.
A research poster at the EU COST Action MP1106 meeting, Cargesi, France. November 2013.
A research talk at the European Coatings Symposium, Mons, Belgium. September 2013.
An invited research talk at Biosensors, Heraklion, Crete. August 2013.
A research talk at Droplets 2013, Marseille, France. June 2013.
A research poster at Droplets 2013, Marseille, France. June 2013.
An invited research talk at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. March 2013.
A research poster at the EU COST Action MP1106 meeting, Prague, Czech Republic. March 2013.
A research talk at US Adhesion Society 2013, Savannah, US. February 2013.
A research poster at US Adhesion Society 2013, Savannah, US. February 2013.
An invited research talk at the University of Oxford, UK. January 2013.
Selected Presentations 2012
An invited talk as part of the RCUK Olympics Grand Debates, Portland, UK. May 2012.
File: "RCUK Olympics Grand Debate.pdf"
Video: "RCUK/Royal Institution Cutting Edge 2012 Debate: Behind Sailing"
An invited talk at the 8th International Electrowetting Workshop, Athens, Greece. June 2012.
File: "8th International Electrowetting Workshop June 2012.pdf"
A public understanding talk at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. October 2012.
File: "Public Understanding at Northumbria October 2012.pdf"
An invited research talk at the Loughborough University, UK. October 2012.
An invited research talk at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. October 2012.
A research team talk at the EU COST Action MP1106 Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland. September 2012.
An invited research talk at the University of Western Scotland, Paisley, Scotland. August 2012.
A research talk at Bubble and Droplet Interfaces, Krakow, Poland. May 2012.
An invited research talk at MIT, Boston, USA. March 2012.
Selected Presentations 2011
A research talk at the Ostwald Kolloquium, Darmstadt, Germany. May 2011.
A research talk at the US Adhesion Society, Savannah, USA. February 2011.
An invited research talk at the Centre for Smart Interfaces, Darmstadt, Germany. February 2011.
A research talk at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. September 2011.
A research poster at the 8th Liquid Matter Conference, Vienna, Austria. September 2011.
A research poster at the 8th Liquid Matter Conference, Vienna, Austria. September 2011.
A research poster at the US Adhesion Society, Savannah, USA. February 2011.
A research talk at the University of Alberta, Canada. February 2011.
A research talk at AMNOPLOC, Singapore. January 2011.
Selected Presentations 2010
A research talk at the US Adhesion Society Meeting, Daytona Beach, USA. February 2010.
An invited research overview talk, at Honeywell Technology Solutions Research Centre, Bangalore, India. January 2010.
File: "Honeywell January 2010.pdf"
Selected Presentations 2009
An invited talk focused on acoustic wave-fluid interactions, at MicroNanoAcoustics workshop, Prato, Italy. September 2009.
A keynote talk discussing experiments on plastrons and underwater respiration, protein adsorption and slip, at Biomimetic FSFI international workshop, University of Nottingham, UK. September 2009.
File: "Drag Nottingham September 2009 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
An invited keynote talk on superhydrophobicity and superspreading, at the Biomimetic FSFI international workshop, University of Nottingham, UK. September 2009.
File: "UoN Keynote September 2009 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
A talk on the definition of hydrophobic/hydrophilic surfaces and their relationship to adhesion, and explaining droplet wrapping when smooth or rough solids have low bending energy, at the Bubble & Droplets Workshop. Thessalonika, Greece. September 2009.
File: "Hydrophilic B and D September 2009 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
An invited talk discussing how superhydrophobic principles can be used to create anti-adhesive surfaces, for the Society for Adhesion and Adhesives, at The Society of Chemical Industry, London, UK. April 2009.
A public understanding of science discussion at the Café Scientifique, Nottingham, UK. March 2009.
An invited talk discussing how surface topography can be used to create anti-adhesive surfaces, for the Annual Meeting of the US Adhesion Society. Savannah, USA. February 2009.
Selected Presentations 2008
A public Professorial talk at Nottingham Trent University, UK. November 2008.
File: "Professorial Talk November 2008 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
A talk on the excitation of vibrational modes of liquid marbles using an electrowetting type configuration. Electrowetting Workshop, Los Angeles, USA. August 2008.
File: "EWOD UCLA August 2008.pdf"
A seminar for researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Capri, USA. July 2008.
A talk on the theoretical concepts underlying superhydrophobic surfaces, at the 6th International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability & Adhesion, at the University of Maine. July 2008.
A talk on wetting and the use of NMR for microarrays at the Institute of Physics, Printing and Packaging Group Meeting. London, UK. July 2008.
File: "Printing and Packaging July 2008 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
A talk on gas adsorption measurements using bench-top one-sided NMR given at an international symposium on the characterisation of porous solids. Edinburgh, UK. June 2008.
A talk to the IEEE-FCS on the response of a quartz crystal resonator with a superhydrophobic surface, Geneva, Switzerland. June 2007.
An introduction for researchers at the EU Cost P21 Physics of Droplets Training Meeting, Capri, Italy. May 2008.
An invited talk to the IEEE-FCS on the decoupling of acoustic wave and quartz crystal resonator responses induced by a superhydrophobic surface state, Hawaii, USA. May 2008.
A talk describing work on developing an integrated acoustic wave sensor on a multifunctional chip for determining physical properties of ionic liquids. Hawaii, USA. May 2008.
A talk at the US Electrochemical Society meeting describing quartz crystal microbalance measurements of viscosity-density products of ionic liquids. Phoenix, USA. May 2008.
File: "ECS IL QCM May 2008.pdf"
An outreach talk at Grantham & Kesteven School, Nottinghamshire, UK. March 2008.
File: "Grantham School March 2008 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
A research seminar at Leeds University, UK. February 2008.
File: "Leeds Seminar February 2008.pdf"
An invited overview talk describing NTU work on acoustic wave sensors at a company in the UK. January 2008.
File: "Acoustic Wave Sensors Overview January 2008 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
Selected Presentations 2007
An talk on measurements of liquid penetration into super-repellent fabrics given at an international conference on magnetic resonance microscopy. Aachen, Germany. September 2007.
A talk on the NTU research on superhydrophobic surfaces, at a meeting on Mesoscale Modelling of Complex Fluids, Oxford, UK. June 2007.
File: "Mesoscale Modelling June 2007 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
An invited talk on superhydrophobicity on reconfigurable surfaces, at the Bouyoucos Conference, Florida, USA. April 2007.
A talk on the use of gradient superhydrophobic surfaces and electrowetting of droplets and liquid marbles to move droplets/marbles. EU COST P21 meeting, Granada, Spain. March 2007.
File: "Droplet Actuation B and D Granada March 2007 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
A research seminar at Oxford University, UK. March 2007.
Selected Presentations 2006
A short overview talk of research in the Nottingham group given at the inaugural COST P21 meeting in Darmstadt, Germany. December 2006.
A talk on superhydrophobicity on reconfigurable surfaces, at the European Science Foundation Solid-Fluid Interfaces Meeting, Obergurgl, Austria. September 2006.
File: "ESF Solid Fluid Interfaces September 2006 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
Weblink: European Science Foundation
A talk to the IEEE-FCS describing an acoustic wave system for cancer vaccine screening. Florida, USA. June 2006.
An invited tutorial at the BioSensors Pre-Congress Workshop on "The Practise of Microarray Technology" describing how wetting properties might influence microarray accuracy. Toronto, Canada. May 2006.
A talk on the electrowetting response of droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces and of liquid marbles in an electrowetting type configuration. Electrowetting Workshop, Rochester, USA. May 2006.
File: "EW Rochester May 2006.pdf"
A presentation of ideas on how an applied voltage will cause a deformation of a liquid marble. IoP Biodielectrics meeting, Leicester, UK. April 2006.
File: "Biodielectrics Electrowetting April 2006 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
Selected Presentations 2005
A talk on the evaporation of droplets from superhydrophobic surfaces given at an EU COST D19 meeting in Istanbul, Turkey. September 2005.
A research seminar at Southampton University, UK. September 2005.
File: "Soton Seminar September 2005.pdf"
A talk at Eurosensors on early attempts to perform electrowetting on a superhydrophobic surface, Barcelona. August 2005.
File: "EWOD Eurosensors August 2005.pdf"
A discussion of how superhydrophobicity might relate to naturally occurring extreme water repellency, at the European Geoscience Union Congress, Vienna, Austria. April 2005.
A talk to the Acoustic Wave Based Sensors Workshop describing possible hydrophobic effects on acoustic wave sensor response, Germany. April 2005.
An invited talk describing acoustic wave sensors at the Biosensors & Biomaterials Workshop in Tsukuba, Japan. March 2005.
Selected Presentations 2004
A presentation of ideas about the possibility of electrowetting of droplets ona range of different types of superhydrophobic surfaces. Blaubeuren, Germany. September 2004.
File: "EWOD on SH September 2004.pdf"
A year 1 Physics taster seminar at Nottingham, UK. March 2004.
Selected Presentations 2003
A progress talk on superwetting at a EU COST D19 working group meeting at NTU, UK. December 2003.
File: "NTU COST Superwetting December 2003 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
A talk on sol-gel approaches to superhydrophobic surfaces given at a COST D19 working group meeting, Nottingham. December 2003.
A talk on lithographic and electrochemical approaches to superhydrophobic surfaces given at a COST D19 working group meeting, Nottingham. December 2003.
File: "NTU COST Lithography and Electrochemical December 2003.pdf"
A talk on sol-gel approaches to superhydrophobic surfaces given at Mulhouse, France. October 2003.
File: "Mulhouse October 2003.pdf"
A talk to the Acoustic Wave Based Sensors Workshop speculating on hydrophobic effects on acoustic wave sensor response, Paris. April 2003.
A talk at a European Science Foundation sponsored meeting on Solid/Fluid Interfaces in Spain. March 2003.
An invited talk on Acoustic Wave Based Sensors given at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA. January 2003.
A research seminar on acoustic wave sensors given at Surrey University, UK. January 2003.
File: "Surrey Seminar January 2003.pdf"
Selected Presentations 2002
A talk on the NTU research on superhydrophobic and superwetting surfaces at an NTU COST D19 working group meeting in Istanbul, Turkey. December 2002.
A talk at the US Electrochemical Society meeting on an Electrostatic Precipitator Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor for particulate monitoring. Salt Lake City, USA. October 2002.
A talk describing NTU work on the theory of Love wave and layer-guided acoustic wave sensors at Eurosensors. Prague, Czech Republic. September 2002.
File: "Eurosensors September 2002 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
A talk describing NTU work on the theory of Love wave and layer-guided acoustic wave sensors at the Electrochemical Society. Salt Lake City, USA. October 2002.
File: "McHale ECS Salt Lake Layer Guided for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
A talk describing NTU work on the theory of Love wave and layer-guided acoustic wave sensors. USA. May 2002.
Selected Presentations 2001
A talk to the Institute of Physics Physical Acoustics Group describing acoustic wave sensor principles. London, UK. December 2001.
File: "IOP Acoustics December 2001.pdf"