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.
Postgraduate research students from the School of Engineering took home the top prizes at the Institution of Structural Engineers Young Researchers Conference on Wednesday 17 March.
Professor Jin Ooi has been awarded a €4.1M grant from the European Commission for a new European Innovative Training Network (ITN) specialising in particle science for large-scale industrial applications.
Dr Zeynep Karatza has reached the top 10 engineering finalists in STEM for Britain – a major scientific poster competition organised by the UK government’s Parliamentary & Scientific Committee.
Wildfires are a growing threat to ecosystems and communities globally. Improved understanding of the processes which drive wildfires is essential to develop tools to mitigate their impacts.
Applications are invited for postgraduate research leading to a PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering within the subject area of Biomechanical Modelling.
The University of Edinburgh and University College London are inviting applications for two PhD positions in the area of fire toxicity and pyrolysis chemistry.
Infrastructure is the backbone of a healthy economy. Transportation and specifically roads connect people, goods, and services. However, the many positive benefits of infrastructure development m
Nikolas Ringas is a current PhD research student at the School of Engineering, The University of Edinbugh, under the supervision of Dr Yuner Huang and Prof Dilum Fernando.
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