# Event Details - **Event Name**: UCL Engineering Inaugural Lecture Series | Professor Feng Ryan Wang - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Join us to recognise, celebrate and showcase the achievements of Professor Feng Ryan Wang!About this EventEngineering net-zero materials through X-ray diagnosticsUCL Engineering Inaugural Lecture Series | Professor Feng Ryan WangDon't miss the opportunity to explore groundbreaking research that is shaping the future and transforming the world!Date: Tuesday, 28 April 2026Time: 17:30 - 20:00Location: UCL Bloomsbury Campus, Roberts Building, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JEAbstractModern engineering depends on materials that perform reliably in harsh, changing environments, from reactors and engines to batteries. The challenge is that we usually test performance without seeing what the material is doing internally while it works. In this lecture, I will show how advanced X-ray measurements act like non-invasive “engineering diagnostics”, revealing how catalysts and energy materials change in real time under operating conditions. With examples from cleaner chemical manufacturing, CO2 conversion, and battery recycling, I will explain how these measurements identify failure modes early, guide design choices, and shorten development cycles.About the speakerFeng Ryan Wang is Professor of Chemical Engineering at UCL and leads a programme in operando and time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy for catalysis and energy materials. His team combines a range of X-ray techniques to track active materials, intermediates and degradation under realistic conditions, linking electronic structure to performance. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry from Peking University (2012) and was an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung (2013–2015). He has published more than 80 papers, secured over £7M in funding, and holds patents with industrial partners, working closely with Johnson Matthey, Toyota and major synchrotron facilities.Everyone is welcome!Our Inaugural Lectures are free to attend for all students, staff and members of the public.Lectures are typically one hour long. A reception will follow to which everyone is welcome to join.Booking is essential to secure your space.LivestreamingThis will be an in-person event and open to the public. 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