Professor Lindsay Beevers has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). Professor Beevers is among 57 new fellows selected to join the RSE for their individual excellence and thought leadership in their respective fields, across the sciences, arts, business, professions, and the third and public sectors.
The School of Engineering is to lead two doctoral training centres (CDTs) to equip PhD students with key skills needed by the defence and security and renewable energy sectors.
The University is set to establish two research hubs that will focus on developing AI tools to help revolutionise the fields of electronics and healthcare.
Engineering researcher Dr Michael Chen is working on a new project led by the Earlham Institute, to explore whether the justice system could use single DNA cells to create DNA profiles from complex crime scene evidence.
A state-of-the-art tidal turbine blade has been manufactured in Scotland for the first time and more cheaply than before, which, engineers say, could reduce the levelised cost of tidal energy.