CDT SIS PGRs and academics started this year with a bit of artistic inspiration. On the 21st January 2022 we visited the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton City centre to see the Derek Jarman exhibit “Modern Nature” John Hansard Gallery | What’s on | Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature (jhg.art) Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature draws on Derek …
Category Archive: CDT SIS Students
Dec 13
CDT team meals
The CDT SIS students have enjoyed a couple of team meals at local restaurants recently, whilst allowed. We enjoy the time together to meet new students, catch up with friends and celebrate success. In November we went to the Ancient Viceroy in Portswood for a curry to celebrate Boni Hima and Toshan Rampat passing their …
Nov 22
The response of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) to insonified bubble curtains
The response of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) to insonified bubble curtains Nicholas Flores Martin1,a), Timothy G. Leighton2,b), Paul R. White2,c), and Paul S. Kemp1,d) The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 150, 3874 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0006972 Available online 22.11.21 ABSTRACT Acoustic bubble curtains have been marketed as relatively low cost and easily maintained behavioural deterrents for fisheries …
Nov 01
Net Zero Futures 2021 conference
Net-Zero Futures took place at the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 27th October 2021 delivered by the Energy Research Accelerator and the Centre for Postdoctoral Development in Infrastructure, Cities and Energy. Eight CDT Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities and Sustainable Infrastructure Systems postgraduate students and the CDT Manager travelled to this event and two more took …
Oct 11
Go Ape! Team building event
A group of PGRs and staff headed to Go Ape at Itchen Valley Country Park for a team building event on 8th October to welcome new students to CDT Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities. We completed the Treetop Adventure and some brain teaser games. Treetop Adventure course included two loops. Loop 1 was made up of …
Sep 30
River Restoration Design
On Thursday 30th September 2021, Dr Daniella Montali-Ashworth gave a presentation to CDT SIS and CDT SICities students online. Daniella was in the first cohort of PGRs for CDT SIS and she graduated in 2019. She now works as an Ecohydraulic Engineer for Five Rivers – website Five Rivers is a specialist in the consultation, …
Sep 16
2021 UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme All Hands Meeting
2021 UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme All Hands Meeting UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub held the 2021 All Hands Meeting (AHM) from 14-16 September 2021 as a virtual meeting. Hameed submitted a pre-recorded video presentation of his PhD research, Optimising the design of highway infrastructure systems for Connected Autonomous Vehicles, for the meeting (https://vimeo.com/showcase/8775391/video/588391329). …
Jul 24
Future Cities online course run by Smallpeice Trust
Presenting research and supporting delegates at Future Cities online course Hameed and Georgios took part in a 3-day Future Cities online course run by Smallpeice Trust in collaboration with the University of Southampton, 21-23 July 2021. The course content was to help Year 12 pupils understand the role of civil engineers in developing cleaner, safer …
Jun 11
Festival of Doctoral Research Awards 2021
The Festival of Doctoral Research went online this year. In the two-day conference-style event on the 9th and 10th June considering the unique challenges that have faced PGRs this year, celebrating PGRs’ achievements in the face of these, and reflecting upon what PGRs’ experiences during the pandemic mean for their future and that of doctoral research. …