Kieran Cowan

Having started in September 2022, I am now a final year PhD student as part of the Centre for Metamaterial Research and Innovation (CMRI) under the supervision of Dr Alex Powell, Professor Alastair Hibbins and Dr Simon Berry (QinetiQ). The work contributing to my thesis focuses on two subject areas: dark modes and the Kerker effect. Through the research of these I have had regular experience with: FEA software, prototyping, in-house and externally made samples, the collection of experimental data and its analysis, presenting at internal and external events. The outcomes from this research are currently available in papers both published and on arxiv.

During an interruption to my final year of study, I am undertaking a short-term research role funded by Royce ICP and working in collaboration with SME, Technical Composite Systems Ltd. Under the supervision of Dr Cameron Gallagher, I have put together a design process via both coding and modelling to obtain samples that can be made by the SME. This work contributing towards the potential commercial manufacturing of metamaterials.

In 2022 I graduated from the University of Exeter with a masters degree in physics after doing a computational (DFT) theoretical project. That explored the use of 2D overlayers for enhancing a material's passive water splitting capabilities in order to obtain hydrogen.

If you have questions about my work then feel free to get in contact via my email in the sidebar.