Dr Christopher Ness, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a RAMP Early Career Investigator Award (RECIA) by the Royal Society for his role as Administrator of the RAMP Forums.
A joint team from Oxford, Edinburgh, and Plymouth universities have investigated how waves transport floating ocean debris while including, for the first time, the effect of an objects’ size, buoyancy, and inertia on its transport.
Climate change is already exacerbating water scarcity bringing uncertainty in the future of the water availability vs. abstraction (water stress), especially in delicate eco-systems.
We are delighted that three of our teaching staff were shortlisted in this year’s Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) Teaching Awards. In total, 86 of our staff were nominated in the Awards with many receiving multiple nominations across different categories.
![Floating ocean litter [GettyImages by solarseven]](https://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/sites/eng.ed.ac.uk/files/styles/medium-2/public/images/news/Ocean%20plastics%20-%20GettyImages-1193095410%5Bsolarseven%5D.png?itok=EIsMCBKB "Floating ocean litter [GettyImages by solarseven]")
