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Research sheds new light on how floating ocean plastic travels

A joint team from Oxford, Edinburgh, and Plymouth universities have investigated how waves transport floating ocean debris while including, for the first time, the effect of an objects’ size, buoyancy, and inertia on its transport.

Floating ocean litter [GettyImages by solarseven]

Powderblade (EU Project)

Powderblade was a collaboration of The University of Edinburgh, Eirecomposites Teo, Suzlon Energy and WestBIC. It was a research and development project that used novel engineering methods to modernise the way large wind turbine blades are manufactured and installed.

Research Themes:

Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation

Teaching Awards: Congratulations to our nominees and shortlist!

We are delighted that three of our teaching staff were shortlisted in this year’s Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) Teaching Awards. In total, 86 of our staff were nominated in the Awards with many receiving multiple nominations across different categories.

Left to right: Dr Francisco Garcia Garcia, Dr Jeff Steynor and Dr Dimitri Mignard who were shortlisted in this year's Teaching Awards

Reusable facemasks made using smartphones and 3D printers

A collaborative group of multidisciplinary academics and entrepreneurs led by Dr Adam A. Stokes have devised a system to create personalised facemasks for healthcare workers that include 3D-printed components designed using photos taken with smartphones.

Computer simulation of a reusable facemask produced by the School of Engineering

School of Engineering Research Conference 2021

Date:

Friday, April 16, 2021 - 08:30 to 17:30

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online event

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School of Engineering Graduate School

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EngGradOffice@ed.ac.uk

Fatigue Effects in Composite Tidal Turbine Blades caused by Discrete Point Loading during Service

Closing Date:

Thursday, May 27, 2021

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Microfluidics with flexible liquid walls

Closing Date:

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Microfluidic systems allow precise control and manipulation of geometrically constrained liquids to a small scale and underpin Lab-on-a-Chip applications.

Advanced laser diagnostics for flame-wall interactions in turbulent boundary layers

Closing Date:

Friday, December 31, 2021

Flame-wall interactions (FWI) play an important role for the design of cleaner propulsion systems such as aero- and automotive engines.

Dr Matjaz Vidmar

Full Job Title:

Lecturer and Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching for Interdisciplinary Courses

Engineering Discipline:

Mechanical Engineering

Research Institute:

Materials and Processes

Email:

matjaz.vidmar@ed.ac.uk

Telephone:

+44(0)131 6507792

I am Lecturer in Engineering Management, based in Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Materials and Processes.

Investigating the Automated Redesign of Mechanical Components with Convolutional Neural Networks

Closing Date:

Monday, March 15, 2021

The aim of this research project is to use recent advances in image analysis and classification to automate the process of adapting the design of mechanical designs for production by particular man

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Reusable facemasks made using smartphones and 3D printers

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Investigating the Automated Redesign of Mechanical Components with Convolutional Neural Networks

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