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Category: Energy and Environment

Building a better world: My journey into sustainable engineering

Posted on 01/11/202315/10/2024 by rhiannon.williams

Building a better world: My journey into sustainable engineering

Fuelled by her childhood curiosity, Professor Kathryn Terzano’s journey into Engineering stems from a deep love for people and the planet.… Read more

Posted in Civil Engineering, Energy and Environment, Engineering Includes Me, Materials and Manufacturing, Women in engineering

Improving lives through engineering

Posted on 02/11/202214/11/2023 by Kathryn Bastow

National Engineering Day - 2022

Improving lives through engineering

This National Engineering Day, we’re celebrating staff and students at the University of Bristol who are improving lives through engineering.… Read more

Posted in Design Engineering, Energy and Environment, Health and Living, Health and Society, Outreach, Robots and Autonomy, Transport and Infrastructure

Shaping the future of clean tech with additive manufacturing

Posted on 19/06/202214/11/2023 by Kathryn Bastow

Composite image of Nick Simpson and 3D printed part

Shaping the future of clean tech with additive manufacturing

Electrical machines will play a major role in breaking our dependency on fossil fuels, but they need to be lighter and more efficient to properly meet our future demands.… Read more

Posted in Energy and Environment, Net Zero

Emissions-busting morphing blades for helicopters

Posted on 30/05/202214/11/2023 by Clare Lapworth

Dr Benjamin King Sutton Woods at Glastonbury Festival

Emissions-busting morphing blades for helicopters

There’s a huge amount of innovation taking place in the aeronautical sector.… Read more

Posted in Energy and Environment, Materials and Manufacturing, Net Zero, Transport and InfrastructureTagged Aerospace Engineering, atmosphere, helicopter blades, rotor, Sustainability

New research facility to help reduce aircraft noise

Posted on 18/02/202115/11/2023 by Clare Lapworth

left: highly equipped nozzle exit at aeroacoustic jet facility, right: microphone array for acoustic holography made using adapted cycle rim

New research facility to help reduce aircraft noise

As debate continues over the future of air travel, researchers at the Faculty of Engineering are working with industry to mitigate its environmental impacts.… Read more

Posted in Energy and Environment, Student Stories, Transport and InfrastructureTagged Aerospace Engineering

Making light work

Posted on 09/06/202016/11/2023 by Clare Lapworth

Suzie Collins using lab equipment

Making light work

It’s easy to take electricity and electronic devices for granted, but they’ll have a big role to play in making the planet cleaner and greener.… Read more

Posted in Electrical Engineering, Energy and Environment, Networks and Security, Research, Student Stories, Sustainability, Tech, Transport and InfrastructureTagged Sustainability

Can Flying Go Green?

Posted on 18/11/201916/11/2023 by h.jones

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Can Flying Go Green

With BBC Panorama questioning if airlines are doing enough to go green, we thought we’d find out from our engineers how they’re making aviation greener.… Read more

Posted in Advanced Computation and Quantum, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Energy and Environment, Engineering Maths, Materials and Manufacturing, Net Zero, Transport and InfrastructureTagged Aerospace Engineering, Sustainability

Cooking With Electricity In Nepal

Posted on 13/11/201916/11/2023 by h.jones

Cooking With Electricity In Nepal

PhD student Will Clements tells us how switching from cooking with biomass to cooking with electricity is saving time and saving lives in Nepal.… Read more

Posted in Design Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Energy and Environment, Health and Society

Earthquake-Proofing Schools In Nepal

Posted on 05/02/201920/11/2023 by sophie.paterson

Earthquake-Proofing Schools In Nepal

Professor Anastasios Sextos explains how his group have developed a new method for building earthquake-proof schools in Nepal.… Read more

Posted in Civil Engineering, Energy and Environment, Health and Society, Research, Transport and Infrastructure

9 Ways Our Engineers Are Building A Greener World

Posted on 19/10/201820/11/2023 by Clare Lapworth

close up of green leaves

9 Ways Our Engineers Are Building A Greener World

As part of Green Britain Week we’ve been looking at how engineers are helping to work towards making the UK and the world a greener place.… Read more

Posted in Energy and Environment, Materials and Manufacturing, Transport and InfrastructureTagged Sustainability

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