Two promising early career researchers from our School have been awarded Chancellor’s Fellowships for innovative research. Dr Lucia Bandiera and Dr Colin Robert were among a select cohort of researchers across the University of Edinburgh to receive the prestigious five-year tenure track fellowship in the latest round of awards.
A team of engineering researchers led by Dr Aristides Kiprakis have conducted a study that challenges the rules which currently govern the layout of tidal turbines.
We recently celebrated the achievements of students who took part in our Summer Internship Programme 2020 at a virtual prize-giving event. Now in its fourth year, the summer internship programme offers paid, project-based work experience to undergraduate students across a range of our research and teaching activities over the summer.
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.
Student start-up Robocean - which develops robots to restore environmentally precious seagrass environments - was recently named ‘wildcard’ winner in the Red Bull Basement 2020 competition.
