Dr Francesco Giorgio-Serchi has worked with scientists at the University of Southampton to develop a flexible underwater robot which mimics the quick, efficient movements of squid and jellyfish - nature’s most efficient swimmers.
The student start-up Robocean - which works on robotics projects with an environmental focus - was recently named ‘wildcard’ winner in the Red Bull Basement 2020 competition. The annual competition calls on entrepreneurial university students around the globe to pitch ‘next-generation’ ideas which drive positive change through technological innovation.
Alliance Niyigena has become the first engineering alumna from the University of Edinburgh to be accepted onto the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship programme.
A collaboration between the School of Engineering, University spin-out ENIAN
and the Data Lab will revolutionise the way renewables projects predict grid
connection costs.
Dr Ignazio Maria Viola, Reader in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant, worth €2M over five years for his Dandidrone project.