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MacDiarmid Institute - Annual Report 2019
9 April, 2020
Tangata whakawhanake - to improve people’s lives
We are a network of leading researchers united in a common goal: to create and explore innovative, sustainable materials that will improve the lives of people in Aotearoa and around the world.
We work together and partner with industry and government to address global challenges such as renewable energy and climate change mitigation.
From 2002 - 2019
656 PhD graduates
852 research alumni
4000+ AMN conference attendees
73 inventions patented
19 affiliated start-up companies created
Annual Report 2019 - HTML version
Introduction
Out of the lab
- Dr Pauline Harris, from Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Rakaipaaka and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa
- Dr Jenny Malmström
- FLEET collaboration
- Moiré patterns
- Taking essential metals into a zero-carbon future
- Fuelling NZ’s future with smart catalysts
- Building better bioelectronics
- Researcher profiles
- New Associate Investigators
- The changing face of the MacDiarmid Institute
- Awards and funding
Into the marketplace
- KiwiNet Awards
- An integrated research commercialisation approach
- Affiliated start-ups
- Growing the next generation of entrepreneurs
- Bridging academia to industry
- Tech Tasters
- Engaging with Māori business
- Materials science in the new Energy sector
- Disruptive science for sustainable fertiliser
- Patents and spinouts
Into the community
- Building capability at the intersection of science with mātauranga Māori
- How can materials science offer a greener future for our planet?
- AMN9 Conference
- DiscoveryCamp and NanoCamp
- DiscoveryCamp alumni
- Nanogirl
- Kõrero partnership with NZEI
- Cluster Hui
- Partnering with The Spinoff
- Te Papa Nature exhibition
- House of Science
- James Shaw visit
- Mighty Small, Mighty Bright
- MESA
Into the future
- Alumni survey
- Alumni event
- Future Leaders Programme
- Sustainability report
- Business scholarship recipients
- Government and industry internships
Annual Report 2019 - PDF version
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