Institute for Energy Systems

An underwater view of the turbines in the Flowave tidal and wave tank

The Institute for Energy Systems, IES, is one of seven multi-disciplinary research institutes within the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. Led by Professor David Ingram there are seven integrated research areas involving 26 academic staff, 28 research staff and around 70 postgraduate students.

Research Themes

Scotland's Wave Resource (Scottish Executive Matching Study, 2006)
all IES research themes

Research Projects

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all IES research projects

Our People

Prof Vengatesan Venugopal
Professor and Head of Research Institute
Miss Karen Brocklehurst
Research Support Secretary
all IES staff and students

Seminars

John Brightling Keynote (Johnson Matthey)
26/11/2019 - 13:00
Prof. Ian Metcalfe Keynote (Newcastle University)
19/11/2019 - 13:00
Seminar: An Alternative Geometry for a Galloping Energy Harvester, Sam Harvey
10/09/2019 - 12:00
all IES seminars

PhD Opportunities

Aerodynamics and Control of Offshore Wind Farms
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails
Aerodynamics of porous wings for unsteady load alleviation of micro aerial vehicles
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine
all IES PhD opportunities

Vacancies

There are currently no vacancies within the Institute for Energy Systems, please view all School of Engineering job vacancies below.

Teaching Assistant

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Engineering Research News

Professor Peter Grant sheds light on historical development of the ohm
INITIATE project calls for collaboration to spearhead internet research
International research collaboration develops sensor to measure fast-flowing marine currents for ocean renewable energy applications
University relaunches world-first carbon capture and storage free online course
School spin-out Pure LiFi receives £14m funding boost
...more research news

Research Events

SSPD Conference 2020