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

Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (ACAES)
all IES research themes

Research Projects

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all IES research projects

Our People

Prof Vengatesan Venugopal
Professor and Head of Research Institute
Miss Karen Brocklehurst
Research Institute Services Administrator
all IES staff and students

Seminars

IES Seminar - Advanced Power Engineering Final Projects
30/04/2021 - 13:00
School of Engineering Research Conference 2021
16/04/2021 - 08:30
IMT seminar: Dr Thane Campbell - Open Innovation Challenge: A Data-Driven Entrepreneurship Programme
12/02/2021 - 14:00
all IES seminars

PhD Opportunities

A bio-inspired drone for swarm sensing
A dandelion-inspired insect-scale drone
Advanced Marine Renewable Energy Harvesting via Added-mass-variation Control
Aerodynamics of Offshore Wind Farms
all IES PhD opportunities

Vacancies

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Engineering Research News

Professor Sotos Tsaftaris appointed Fellow of ELLIS
Dr Katherine Dunn awarded Fellowship of Institute of Physics
New study reveals potential of tidal stream energy
Recognising the School’s Covid-19 heroes
Professor Luke Bisby elected Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow
...more research news

Research Events

11th International Conference On Boiling & Condensation Heat Transfer ICBCHT11