Advanced Technology Institute

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ATI newsletter December 2023

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Professor Ravi Silva

Director, Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) Interim Director, Pan University Institute for Sustainability and Head of NanoElectronics Centre

Ravi Silva is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) at the University of Surrey. He also Heads the Nano-Electronics Centre (NEC), which is an interdisciplinary research activity. The ATI has over 160 active researchers working on multidisciplinary programmes with the NEC being a major research group within the institute.Short ...

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