Fellows at Poster Day in the University of Liverpool
The oPAC fellows at University of Liverpool Blain Lomberg and Sehar Naveed have participated in a Poster Day organised by the Postgraduate Researchers Development office and the University’s Centre for Lifelong Learning.
The event took place the 26th of March at the Liverpool University Guild of Students, and it offered all postgraduate students in the 2nd and 3rd year the opportunity to present their work and interact with academic staff from across all faculties. The aim of the Poster Day was to present and discuss ongoing R&D work with academic colleagues from outside everyone’s own field and obtain feedback from senior academics and fellow research students.
Blaine Lomberg used the event to discuss his research and present initial results in beam halo monitoring and how optical beam diagnostics are very important for the optimization of particle accelerators. He commented: “I was very surprised of the research carried out in the three different faculties and how the studies are very novel and at the cutting-edge.” Sehar also described the day as a stimulating event to share opinions and to discuss research freely.
Around 300 postgraduate students showcased their work at the 2015 poster day which was judged by academics from three Faculties.
The event organiser and Head of PGR Development, Dr Richard Hinchcliffe, said: “The excellent quality of all the posters on exhibition is an indicator of the quality of research at the University. The variations between subject areas and the differences in approaches to communicating research to the public are a great fascination.”