Fire safety engineering researcher Professor Luke Bisby has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), in recognition of his exceptional contributions to his sector.
In July, Moretonhampstead Parish Council unveiled a bronze bust of George Parker Bidder, who studied mechanical engineering at Edinburgh in the early 1800s and gained recognition for his prodigal mathematical abilities.
Professor Sean Smith has proposed a new technical taskforce to retrofit millions of Scotland’s homes, as part of a proposed strategy to slash greenhouse gas emissions recently published by the Scottish Government.
Our BRE Chair of Fire Safety Engineering, Professor Grunde Jomaas, has received the John L. Bryan Award in recognition of his dedication to supporting and educating fire safety engineers.
Dr Adam Stokes of the School of Engineering has won the University’s first Data Driven Entrepreneurship Academic Entrepreneurship Award, presented to a member of academic staff who has shown outstanding leadership in driving entrepreneurship among students and fellow researchers.
George Serghiou in the School of Engineering together with colleagues from the School of Geosciences and three other leading research institutions in Germany and France have identified a surprising new experimental route to bulk solid solution formation.
Microwave engineers, infectious disease specialists and polymer scientists from the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University and the University of Strathclyde have teamed up to create a novel microwave sterilisation method that could revolutionise the way ambulances and hospitals are being disinfected.
A cluster of comet fragments believed to have hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago may have shaped the origins of human civilisation, research led by Dr Martin Sweatman suggests.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh and a specialist Chinese materials company have launched a collaborative project to develop graphene-based materials for use in waste treatment and purification applications.
Four academics from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Engineering have today been named in the Top 50 Women in Engineering by the Women’s Engineering Society.
