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 Vengatesan Venugopal there are seven integrated research areas involving 26 academic staff, 28 research staff and around 70 postgraduate students.

Research Themes

The energy trilemma
all IES research themes

Research Projects

Tidal Turbine
all IES research projects

Our People

Prof Vengatesan Venugopal
Professor and Head of Research Institute
Dr Jonathan Shek
Senior Lecturer and Discipline Programme Manager
Miss Karen Brocklehurst
Research Support Secretary
all IES staff and students

Seminars

School of Engineering Research Conference 2020
11/09/2020 - 08:30
John Brightling Keynote (Johnson Matthey)
26/11/2019 - 13:00
Prof Ian Metcalfe Keynote (Newcastle University)
19/11/2019 - 13:00
all IES seminars

PhD Opportunities

Advanced Marine Renewable Energy Harvesting via Added-mass-variation Control
Aerodynamics of Offshore Wind Farms
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails
Aerodynamics of porous wings for unsteady load alleviation of micro aerial vehicles
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

Innovate UK Grant Awarded to University of Edinburgh Spin out for Renewable Evergy Research
Dr Ignazio Maria Viola wins €2M ERC Grant for Dandidrone Project
Detecting hateful memes using AI
Understanding the chaotic motion of particles: Dr Prashant Valluri leads international research collaboration breakthrough
School success in Scottish Green Energy Awards 2020
...more research news

Research Events

TCES 2021 Conference
UDRC-EURASIP Summer School 2021
11th International Conference On Boiling & Condensation Heat Transfer