News and events
2020/21
Alumnus Dr Miodrag Vidakovic awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Enterprise Fellowship
2019/20
Deviations in segmented cladding fibre: published May 2020
Research by Professor Aziz Rahman and Dr Arti Agrawal of City's Photonics Modelling Group in School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, published in Applied Optics, has indicated that small deviations in segmented cladding fibre arising from the manufacturing process do not significantly alter the beam-splitting properties of the fibre.
2018/19
Professor KTV Grattan was awarded OBE in Queen’s 2018 Birthday Honours List for services to science
Professor T Sun was awarded OBE in Queen’s 2018 Birthday Honours List for services to engineering
Professor T Sun was awarded Faiveley Brecknell Willis/RAEng Research Chair for the project entitled ‘Smart Railway Electrification: Evolvable from Contact to Contactless’, 2018-2023
Professors Grattan and Sun are the Innovation Award Winner 2017 by Australian Water Association, in collaboration with Sydney Water to achieve better management of sewers – exploiting photonics sensors research through its introduction to the Water Industry.
International Conference – XXII IMEKO World Congress 2018 organized by UK Member organization and led by Professors Ken Grattan and Sanowar Khan.
Plenary talks by Prof. B. M. A. Rahma
- MUET, April 2018, iMTiC conference
- Cancun Mexico, November 2018, 19th ISOT
- MIST, iCEEiCT 2018
- British Council GREAT talks in Kolkata, Ahmedabad, India, February 2018
- ElectriTek, Jordan, April 2019
2016/17
The Research Centre of Photonics and Instrumentation has been a runner up for the 2016 Royal Society Athena Prize in recognition of their position as a role model for inclusiveness by promoting good practice and addressing cultural barriers through active academic connections with groups not just at City University but widely across the Middle East and Asia.