Researchers present posters at SET for Britain

Early career researchers from the Faculty of Science and Engineering were part of a select group chosen to present their research at the SET for Britain event which took place in the House of Commons. Tianyuan (Nina) Ni, Meng (Simon) Wang, Stewart Haslinger and Jane O'Neill, all from Mathematical Sciences , and Reino Niskanen from the Department of Computer Science were shortlisted from hundreds of applicants to present their research to politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of SET for Britain. SET for Britain is an annual poster competition held in the House of Commons - involving more than 200 early stage or early career researchers - judged by professional and academic experts. It also provides MPs an opportunity to speak to some of the country's best young researchers. Earthquake-vulnerable Only 30 mathematicians were chosen to present their posters at the event and the University had four representatives present in this category. Stewart Haslinger said: "In my poster, I used mathematics to model elastic metamaterials - which are artificially engineered super-lattice materials designed with periodic arrays so that their function is defined through structure rather than being limited by their chemistry. "In particular, a thin elastic wave is patterned in specific ways to control the direction of flexural waves - there are potential applications in the design of shielding systems to redirect waves in earthquake-vulnerable areas.