D. Wood and L. E. Dodd, “A Multipurpose Microgripper Device for Individual Cell Capture and Analysis“, Micro Matters, Spring 2015, p 15, available online.
Leidenfrost Effect
A very interesting phenomenon, which involves heating a water droplet significantly past its boiling point, beyond which the droplet does not evaporate, but is instead supported on the vapour which is locally formed below the liquid.
L.E. Dodd, S.C. Ward, M.D. Cooke and D. Wood, “The static and dynamic response of SU-8 electrothermal microgrippers with varying thickness” Journal of Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 145, pp. 82-85, September 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2015.03.028.
Lubricating Channel and Tube Flows
Linzi’s newest project will involve optimising the internal surface of pipes to improve fluid flow. This is a 3 year EPSRC project, and will take place under the guidance of Prof. David Wood and in collaboration with Northumbia and Nottingham Trent Universities
L.E. Dodd, S.C. Ward, M.D. Cooke and D. Wood, “The static and dynamic response of SU8 electro-thermal microgrippers of varying thickness”, Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE), Lausanne, Switzerland, 22-26 September 2014, paper P2-10-Th, p. 426. (poster presentation)
L.E. Dodd, M.D. Cooke and D. Wood, “Single Cell Manipulation using a Multifunctional Microgripper”, Regener8 Conference, Leeds, UK, 17 September 2014 (poster presentation)
Do I need a signature in my emails?
This is not vital, but is commonplace amongst researchers and academics, it simply ensures that all of your contact details are automatically included during correspondence, so you don’t have to worry about it.
Should I write my thesis in LaTeX? Also, what’s LaTeX?
In my opinion, YES! LaTeX is a text editing software rival to Microsoft Word. Unlike Word, you don’t get a real-time representation of what you document will look like but it gives you absolute control over you document through the use of packages which you can include. You type you formatting and text into a document, then compile it to give yourself a preview of your document. For a large document, such as a thesis, I’d recommend splitting it into multiple files, perhaps one for each chapter, as they can easily be combined (unlike in Word, where formatting usually suffers as a result).
It is worth noting that there is a tough learning curve with LaTeX to start with but it’s certainly worth it. If you can acquire a format file from someone else, this process becomes much easier. I have my formatting files, which you are welcome to, just ask me for them. I can also discuss how to get started, as once you have compiled a document successfully and added a figure and a table, you’ve pretty much got it!
I’d recommend TeXstudio as an editing package, which can be found here. This does handy things like format highlighting and such, compared to the more common but less user-friendly TexWorks, which is more basic but less helpful. There are also many useful packages that I’d recommend you using (ask me for more details) but a special mention must go to the siunitx package, which is simply amazing. It sorts out the correct size space between numbers and their units and allows a very user friendly method of adding units. It can also display number ranges with ease, and is generally epic!
What is the group walk?
Once a year we go on a team bonding group walk, the location of which is usually different each year. It’s an opportunity to get to know everyone within the group outside the university environment, and it’s usually great fun! This walk usually takes place in September or October.
Dr Linzi E. Amers-Dodd 