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Rising to the challenge of 2020

Posted on 16 December 2020 by Peter Rawlinson

https://youtu.be/3OZ_gb2qC3E Despite the stark trials of 2020, innovation at Cardiff maintained continuity. Partnerships thrived, talented people secured funding and future innovation places headed skywards towards completion.   HEFCW’s Research Wales Innovation Fund provided welcome additional resources to support our spin-out pipeline and enterprise ecosystem, aligned to a refreshed strategy, The […]

Double first for electronics forum

Double first for electronics forum

Posted on 24 August 2020 by Heath Jeffries

Cardiff University recently broke new ground as it hosted a global conference on high frequency electronics. The event notched up two major ‘firsts’ as it was hosted in the UK […]

Connecting the Compound Semiconductor Cluster

Connecting the Compound Semiconductor Cluster

Posted on 20 July 2020 by Peter Rawlinson

Compound Semiconductors are tiny electronic chips that drive tomorrow’s technologies. Faster and more versatile than silicon, they are found in a range of leading-edge products, from mobile phones to electric vehicles. Along the M4 […]

A New Era for Electron Microscopy at Cardiff

A New Era for Electron Microscopy at Cardiff

Posted on 13 July 2020 by Peter Rawlinson

Cardiff University’s Translational Research Facility (TRF) - currently under construction on Cardiff Innovation Campus - is set to transform the research capability of two of the University’s leading centres: the Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) and the Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS).   The impressive five-story structure, alongside the sbarc ǀ spark building and ICS Cleanroom, is a monument to the […]

New EPSRC Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Centre for Doctoral Training

New EPSRC Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Centre for Doctoral Training

Posted on 5 February 2019 by Heath Jeffries

They’re tiny devices with enormous impact. Behind almost every modern electronic gadget, from smart phones to tablets, lie Compound Semiconductors (CS). Here, Professor Peter Smowton, Managing Director of the Institute of Compound […]

Chinese delegates visit Institute for Compound Semiconductors

Chinese delegates visit Institute for Compound Semiconductors

Posted on 5 November 2018 by Heath Jeffries

Cardiff’s Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS) has played host to officials from Chongqing Municipal Government in south western China. The party of ten delegates visited the University to get to […]

Guest Post – HOK: Designing the Translational Research Facility

Guest Post – HOK: Designing the Translational Research Facility

Posted on 28 September 2018 by Laura Kendrick

Great universities are more than centres of learning and research. They are innovation engines that drive the development of new products, processes and services that go beyond business. They embrace […]