Dr Orla Williams
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Dr Orla Williams
@drorlawilliams.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the Dept M3 @uniofnottingham.bsky.social: Milling expert researching low carbon fuels, mechanochemistry, critical raw materials and life cycle analysis. Rocket science is simple; it's the engineering that's hard
Today I am doing a talk on sustainability and #EV #batteries at #xiamen university in #KualaLumpur
🧪🔋🚙🔌 this is a @britishcouncil.bsky.social funded ISPF International Research Seminar on Lithium Battery Recycling - Nov 11 2025 with @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, #WMG, XMU and #UniofAdelaide
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Very excited to be at the #Selectbio #flowchemistry #conference in #kualalumpur today and tomorrow where I will be present my PhD students research on leaching P and K from #moon #rocks! 🧪🌑🌱
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
This week and next I am in #kualalpur for a project meeting for a @britishcouncil.bsky.social funded #ISPF project on #batteryrecycling with @warwickuniucu.bsky.social, #XUM, and uni of #adelaide. As the #sustainability expert for the project, it’s a fantastic opportunity to est. new connections!🧪🔋
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A good news story about an injured #peregrinefalcon rescued by @uonresearch.bsky.social staff & released back on campus

blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/sustainablen...

There is at least one breeding pair of peregrine falcons on #UniversityPark hanging around the tower, chimney & other tall buildings. 🧪
September 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#berlin by night
September 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Some great #mechanochemistry talks this morning at @incomeofficial.bsky.social. It’s also raining 🐱 and 🐶 so good to be inside! 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Dinner at the base of the #BerlinerFerstrum at @vapiano.bsky.social. Always a decent meal 🥘
September 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Today we picked up 16 bags of #miscanthus for our #biochar project funded by #pbc4ggr @aberuni.bsky.social. A big thank you to #Terravesta for organising this! 🧪🚜🔬
September 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🎆After just over 20 years, I have finally cleared my student load balance! 🎉💰

I "only" had ~£17K when I graduated (5 years inc 1 in london), but with doing a PhD and 2 maternity leaves, it has taken a loooong time to clear. 🤑
September 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Happy #pancakeday 🥞
March 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m at the #bbnet Thermal and bioprocessing conversion technologies workshop #LSBU in #London today and tomorrow exploring the latest developments in industry and academia in bioprocessing 🔌🔬🧪⚒️💡🔌
February 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bramcote Tower is a lovely place which has great free kids and Christmas events. They are looking for nominations for the Movement for Good £5000 award. This funding would help protect the colony of Long-Eared Bats that call the Tower’s belfry home. 🦇 🧪

animal.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
February 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
During my trip to the lab this morning I found loads of these little #paw prints in the #concrete floor outside the lab which must have happened during construction 🧪🔬🐾🐈‍⬛ the L3 lab building in the #factultyofengineerinh is quite old too! @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Thoughts for an unproductive day #catmind #dogmind
February 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It’s good to see when your research is making and impact 🧪🔬💡🔌
February 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@asmedotorg.bsky.social: When it comes to closing the gender gap in engineering, not all disciplines are equal: www.asme.org/topics-resou...
🔌🧪💡
February 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Badger admiring art wins wildlife photographer of the year public vote @nhm-london.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Happy Friday post
January 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This image isn't the whole picture - you can't forget the bit that shows the losses before the electricity gets to the heat pump though... www.gov.uk/government/s...
January 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#christmas presents waiting for the kids this morning. #merry #christmas 🎄🎅
December 25, 2024 at 8:43 AM
End of year #success - getting vintage @retsch.bsky.social grind control ball mill to live again! 🧪🔬
December 18, 2024 at 10:32 AM
I used to live in Bath and they have a wonderful council owned spa there with a roof top pool - in winter it would be lovely and warm pool whilst being rained on your head 😆 ☔️ great for after work relaxing www.thermaebathspa.com/spa-sessions...
November 22, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Today I’ve been giving a presentation on #LCA and #TEA of a #MOF carbon capture system at the UKCCS knowledge exchange conference at the University of Sheffield 🧪🔬
November 5, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Women in chemical sciences! 🧪 This survey is part of a funded project to Identify Barriers Faced by Female Academics in the Chemical Sciences. You can access the survey through the link or the QR code on the image below.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 23, 2024 at 7:23 AM
📢 Cyfle allgymorth anhygoel! Mae Anna Ploszajski
yn rhedeg prosiect gyda Royal Academy of Engineering yn De Cymru. Mae Straeon Peirianneg Cymru eisiau trochi cymunedau lleol yn Abertawe â gorffennol, presennol a dyfodol peirianneg Gymreig trwy stori. @angharadw.bsky.social
September 2, 2024 at 7:39 AM