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
Category: Energy and Environment
Shaping the future of clean tech with additive manufacturing
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
Emissions-busting morphing blades for helicopters
Emissions-busting morphing blades for helicopters
There’s a huge amount of innovation taking place in the aeronautical sector.… Read more
New research facility to help reduce aircraft noise
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
Making light work
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
Can Flying Go Green?
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
Cooking With Electricity In Nepal
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
Earthquake-Proofing Schools In Nepal
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
9 Ways Our Engineers Are Building A Greener World
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