Announcements

This time around, we`d like to hear what MaterialsMatrix thinks about "Which energy would you like to see gain more traction?" Please submit your vote during the month of March. 

As always, please feel free to contact the MaterialsMatrix team directly with suggestions for future polls.

The results are in for the MaterialsMatrix`s February poll:

" What are your major challenges to tackling Net Zero?"

🔸 Gaining buy-in (28%),🔸 Competing with other business priorities (57%) 🔸 Data collection and reporting (15%).

Many thanks for your participation.

Good Morning MaterialsMatrix, Monday has arrived!
We wanted to let you know that we've launched our February poll 👇 about your NetZero challenges, so please take a look and submit your vote. We'd also love to hear from you about future polls, or if you have any MaterialsMatrix questions about features, need a demo or anything else, drop us an email at contacts@materialsmatrix.org.

The results are in for the first of our 2022 polls! We asked MaterialsMatrix "Which of these workplace goals will be on your list for 2022"?

60% of you will be learning a new skill this year. 

If you are after some skills based inspiration, then take a look at some of the previous posts on MaterialsMatrix:

• Global Skills Report 2021
• Tips & Tricks: How to transfer your Skills from One Industry to Another
• Monday's Question of the Week: Transferable Skills

Wishing you all a peaceful and joyous start of the year and looking forward to see all the citizens here over 2022!

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As we start November, the world's attention will be on the COP26 climate summit, bringing together governments from around the world to agree coordinated action to tackle climate change. What do MaterialsMatrix want to happen at COP26?

You can watch the live stream at: https://unfccc-cop26.streamworld.de/program. 

Good Morning! We've had a busy month at MaterialsMatrix HQ with some great webinars including 'Cell & Gene Therapy' and 'How Additive Manufacturing is Revolutionizing Ceramics'. Thank you to everyone involved for making these such a success!

What would you like to learn more about for future events? Tell us by tagging or replying to this post. 

Happy Friday to all MaterialsMatrix citizens.

Just to let you know not to worry if you missed our latest Healthcare Matrix Event, 'Cell & Gene Therapy: An Industry and Academia Diagnosis', you can now catch the recorded webinar here!

Breaking the Wheel: How Additive Manufacturing is Revolutionizing Ceramics

During this live event, the panellists will be exploring Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics by analysis of different technologies in this field. You will learn about potential opportunities, suitability of various ceramic materials and also about current challenges within this area of AM. Moreover, you will have the chance to ask your questions at the end of this live session.

Find out more here.

CompoTech series features insights/news from technical sources/minds on Composite Materials. The series is being published weekly on MaterialsMatrix`s General subcommunity. 
The first 3 posts of this series can be found using #CompoTech​​​​

From our new TechTalk Series, where citizens of our community share their professional experties with their fellows, we are bringing you a talk by @Hongtao Zhang.
In this 1st Episode, Hongtao explores some of his research experiences and shares his areas of interest for potential future collaborations.
If you`d like to nominate yourself or a colleague for our next episode of TechTalk, please get in touch 👉 @Sherry Ghani​​

Hi all, hope you're doing well on this Friday!

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Keir Joynson
MaterialsMatrix Moderator

The Women's Matrix Advisory Committee is officially up and running 💪

A huge thank you to our new Women's Matrix Advisory Committee listed below!
👉 @Kimberley Walley (Also Lead Podcast Host for the Women's Matrix)
👉 @Anne Wagner
👉 @Zoe Chu
👉 @Maria Chiappelli
👉 @Gozde Altug Peduk
👉 @Nicole Desmond
👉 @Nikolena Christofi

They already have some exciting monthly themes and events planned, so keep an eye out 👀

The Women's Matrix and the Advisory Committee is open to EVERYONE, so if you'd like to get involved, just head over to their subcommunity!

There is a new subcommunity created for all glass enthusiasts: "International Year of Glass 2022". We'll be doing our part to celebrate IYOG2022 by hosting exciting events with amazing guest speakers, sharing the latest news and research, and featuring some great projects from our very own citizens! Stay tuned...

We just updated our "Job Postings" subcommunity, listing various opportunities in both academia and industry sectors.

Have a job vacancy in your organisation to advertise? Get in touch to list it on your subcommunity.

#JobPosting
#JobVacancies


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The results are in for our July poll:

Which of these contents is the one you would like to see more on MaterialsMatrix community?

Live stream discussions (57%), Interview videos (29%), Podcasts (14%).

The new poll for August is now open and can be found below.

Thank you for your participation.

Please feel free to contact the MaterialsMatrix team directly with suggestions for future polls. 

October theme will be "Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics" in relevant subcommunitites. Our FIRST Joint live event, Ceramics & Additive Manufacturing subcommunities, is planned for this month. Please help MaterialsMatrix to prepare the best contents for its citizens and set aside a few seconds to choose max two of the options on the polls posted on each of these subcommunitie`s wall.

Thank you.​

Happy Friday. We hope you’re all ok in this warm weather. As we draw to the end of NetZero Week, you may want to catch up on the posts that have been included on MaterialsMatrix. Just click on the following hashtag #NetZeroWeek2021. Let us know which you find the most useful by clicking 'recommend' on the post. 

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On Thursday 15th July 2021, the Women's Matrix hosted it's second live event, 'Attracting New Opportunities: How Women in STEM Get Heard in a Male-Dominated Environment and Generate Momentum in their Careers'. The workshop, ran by Dr. Nicole Tschierske was a huge hit with a great group of attendees and some insightful questions!

100 citizens and counting in the ceramics subcommunity -  thank you for your amazing support!

To celebrate, we'll be organizing monthly 'ceramic materials' themes on the topics that you'd like to hear about.  Get in touch if there's something that you would like to see.

The new poll for July is now open and can be found below. Thank you in advance for your participation.
Please feel free to contact the MaterialsMatrix team directly with suggestions for future polls.

The results are in for the June poll:

As a Materials Expert/Scientist/Engineer is it practical for you to work from home?

Rated from 1 (Not practical at all) to 5 (Highly practical):

1 (14.3%), 2 (14.3%), 3 (28.6%), 5 (42.8%)

Thank you for your participation. 

Start your day with listening to Lucideon Exchange podcast "A conversation with a confidence coach", where Angie McQuillin (confidence coach and physiologist) answered questions about confidence, communication styles, and the psychology behind them.

Good Morning MaterialsMatrix! We hope you are having a great week.

We’re excited to share that we now have a redesigned library! Our Library Entries page now has a fresh, modern look with a variety of options and features.

Please do share your files (including multimedia), and feel free to view, download, comment on and recommend other files.

Start your week by watching our latest citizen spotlight, where we meet "Jon Binner" Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering at University of Birmingham and President of the European Ceramics Society (ECERS). 

Did you know that you can follow Materials Matrix on most of social media platforms including LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook?
If interested, just click on the relevant tab. They can be found at the bottom right of our home page.

Did you know there is an existing subcommunity for posting and discussing collaboration opportunities? Become a member of this group now to bring academia and industry closer together and open up new channels for potential collaborations.