b'18 Member News November 2022Awards seasonIET Postgraduate Research AwardsKrishanu DeyHudswell International Each year, the IETs Postgraduate ResearchResearch ScholarshipAwards celebrate excellence and innovation Krishanu Dey is a PhD in engineering and help the winningscholar in physics at the researchers to share their knowledgeCavendish Laboratory, throughout the global science, engineering,University of Cambridge. Krishanus research focuses and technology community. Ronnie Smith on using a host of optical IET Postgraduate Prize spectroscopy and electrical We give up to sevenmethods to unravel Postgraduate ResearchRonnie Smith is a PhD studentvarious fundamental Awards annually with prizesat the Edinburgh Centre foroptoelectronic properties from 2,500 to 10,000; theRobotics; part of the EPSRCof mixed lead-tin halide funding allows researchersCentre for Doctoral Trainingperovskite materials. to further their work in ain Robotics & Autonomous variety of subject areas. Xianghao Zhan Systems at Heriot-WattI am extremely delighted The awards are open to ourIET Postgraduate University and the Universitythat my PhD research has members at universitiesScholarship for anof Edinburgh. Ronnies researchbeen recognised with this around the world whoveoutstanding researcherfocuses on enabling pro-activeprestigious award from started their researchrobotic assistance for peoplethe IET. Supported by the programme. Xianghao Zhan is a PhDwho need support during dailyCambridge India Ramanujan candidate in the Departmentlife activities at home.Scholarship, my time at Find out more about someof Bioengineering at StanfordCambridge over the last few of our 2022 winners; howUniversity, USA, focusingI am pleased to have myyears has really enriched me winning the prize has helpedon the optimisation ofwork on enabling pro- as an independent thinker further their research andcomputational modelling active robotic assistanceand provided me with great what they plan to do withof traumatic brain injury (TBI).acknowledged by the IETopportunities to broaden the money. through their postgraduateand sharpen my research Winning this award isprize. I hope that the prize willskills. Halide perovskites the motivation for me tohelp in stimulating interestremain one of the most start another journey onin my work, particularlyexciting semiconductors my TBI research work,with stakeholders in theof the current decade with which I want to tellcare sector whose inputand I am eagerly waiting anyone around me who areand feedback is incrediblyto explore some of the sports fans that a worldvaluable in our work. The prizeless-chartered territories without any fear of TBIwill also help me disseminateinvolving these materials is just on the horizon! the results of my work. in the next few months.Find out more aboutOur previous winnersthe 2022 winners Where are they now?Learn how each of ourRead more about our winners are planning previous winners andon using their prize what theyre doing nowIf youve been inspired by our winners and would like to apply, applicationsfor our 2023 awards are now open. Visit: theiet.org/postgrad'