A team behind new thermal energy storage technology that could help replace fossil fuels has been awarded £3.6 million by the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero for a trial at a whisky distillery in Scotland.
Co-design to deliver Scalable Tidal Stream Energy (CoTide) will bring together three multi-disciplinary teams from the universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Strathclyde.
A research team developing enzyme replacement therapies for people with rare diseases has been awarded £74,600 in funding from Scotland’s national economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise.
PhD student Rui Zhang has won the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers (WCSIM) Freeman Scholarship for her work to develop an advanced sensor which could help reduce harmful emissions from gas turbine engines.
Professor Conchúr Ó Brádaigh has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), in recognition of his place among leading thinkers and practitioners in Scotland today.
A team of researchers based in the School of Engineering have developed electronic skin that could pave the way for soft, flexible robotic devices to assist with surgical procedures or aid people’s mobility.
The School’s former PhD student Pedro Sáenz has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship, which is among the most prestigious awards given to early-career scientists.
Professor Markus Mueller has been awarded a Chair in Emerging Technologies by the Royal Academy of Engineering, in recognition of his status as a global leader in his field.