Centre of Doctoral Training
Inter-generational influences on households heating controls Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Gauthier & Prof Patrick James Research Group: Energy and Climate Change Our environment is the most important thing there is. And with more people now living in urban than rural areas,
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Postgraduate Researcher: Gregory Sewell Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Gauthier; Prof Patrick James Research Group: Energy and Climate Change Project Description Previous research has shown significant differences in the adoption and the use of technology between generations; defined as ‘silent’, ‘boomers’, ‘generation
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Postgraduate Researcher: Jack Morton Supervisor: Dr Yongqiang Liu Research Group: Environmental Engineering Project Description To achieve sustainable wastewater treatment in the context of circular economy, various technologies have been studied to harness resources in wastewater such as anaerobic digestion for
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Supervisor: Dr Christina Vanderwel Postgraduate Researcher: Tomos Rich Project description Two PhD students will shortly begin work on “Simulating urban air pollution in the lab”. The aim of this research is to apply novel laboratory techniques to simulate wind patterns
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Primary Supervisor: Prof Ling Wang, nCATS Co- Supervisor: Prof Andy Cruden, Energy Technologies Group, Mechanical Engineering Dept. Sponsor: Centre of Excellence RE4EM Project Description While the zero emissions and energy efficiency advantages of electric cars compared with conventional internal combustion
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Supervisor: Tiina Roose Co-supervisor: Bharath Ganapatrhrisubramani Project description Soil is one of the most complex self assembling organo-mineral composites in the world. All human food supply, ecosystem and infrastructure services depend on soil. However, surprisingly, especially for the UK, very little
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Supervisor: Tiina Roose Co-supervisor: William Powrie Project description Soil is one of the most complex and important self-assembling organo-mineral composites in the world. All human food supply, ecosystem and infrastructure services depend on soil. Movements of water into, within and out
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Supervisor: Tiina Roose Co-supervisor: William Powrie Project description Soil is one of the most complex and important self-assembling organo-mineral composites in the world. All human food supply, ecosystem and infrastructure services depend on soil, yet we have very little understanding of
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Supervisory team: Prof Paul Kemp and Prof Paul White Centre of Excellence: In-situ and Remote Intelligent Sensing (IRIS) Project description The project aims to help develop more environmentally sensitive hydropower for developing nations in South America, Africa and Asia by
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Postgraduate Researcher: Luocheng Wu Supervisor: Prof Paul White, Prof Paul Kemp Project description This project will develop advanced tracking method for the analysis of fish behavior. There will be two main aspects to this research. The first based on developing
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Postgraduate Researcher: Philip EricssonSupervisor: Prof Paul Kemp Co-supervisor: Prof Paul White Research Group: International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research Project Description Fish have significant economic, ecological and cultural value. Freshwater ecosystems are the most degraded of all environments, and as a consequence, freshwater
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Supervisors: Professor Paul Kemp & Professor Paul White Project Description The project aims to help develop more environmentally sensitive hydropower for Europe and developing nations (e.g. in South America and Asia) by advancing and translating sensor technology in two key
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Postgraduate Researcher: Matt Hatfield Supervisors: Dr Andrew Vowles, Prof Paul Kemp Research Group: International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research (ICER) Project Description The world has undergone wide-scale urbanisation in recent decades. From 1950-2018 the number of people living in cities grew
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