Our PhD student Shima Ghanaatian, was selected as the Scotland’s finalist (1st place) in the Young Persons’ Lecture Competition (YPLC)-2020 Local Heat held on 28th February at University of St Andrews. She also won 3rd place in the UK national final which was held virtual on 23rd of September. YPLC is an annual competition to recognize the best young person in delivering a lecture on a subject related to one of the areas of materials, minerals, mining, packaging, clay technology and wood science. Candidates competed in a series of heats across the UK organised by local affiliated societies of the Institute, from which six regional candidates are selected.
Shima was selected as the Scotland’s finalist (https://www.iom3.org/event/2020-yplc-uk-final) to compete with other finalists from six different regions within the UK. She successfully delivered her presentation on “How can we securely store CO2 in geological formations to address the global warming challenge?” and could achieve 3rd place in this prestigious competition among seven finalists across the UK (https://www.iom3.org/young-persons-lecture-competition). The competition was sponsored by The Armourers & Brasiers’ Company, the Midland Institute of Mining Engineers (MIME) and the East Midlands Materials Society (EMMS).
The Research Centre for Carbon Solutions is an interdisciplinary world-leading engineering centre, inspiring and delivering innovation for the wider deployment of technologies needed to meet net-zero carbon targets. Utilising our extensive suite of research equipment (including x-ray CT scanner, core flood rig, sorption, and thermogravimetric analyzers, chromatography and spectrometry systems, along with several bespoke engineering rigs) we facilitate numerous multi-national research projects in CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 Utilisation, Low Carbon Systems, and Negative Emissions Technologies.
The RCCS lab welcomes collaborative research projects, contract analysis, and open access use. For further information, facility tours, or equipment demonstrations, please contact the RCCS Laboratory Manager, Dr. Sean Higgins.