CDT-SIS returned to BBC Countryfile Live for the third year in a row on the 2nd August – 5th August 2018. This year we had some fantastic new volunteers in our first years who started in September 2017 as well as some brilliant familiar faces from other CDT outreach events. All of the volunteers did …
Category Archive: CDT SIS Students
Sep 02
Bournemouth Airshow
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Infrastructure Systems attended the Bournemouth Airshow on the 31st August-1st September 2017. Two of our iPhD researchers, Helen Currie and Gerardo Espindola Garcia, attended the event to showcase the CDT’s research into fish passage, fish migration, hydroelectric power and the reintroduction of the European or Eurasian Beaver into …
Aug 07
BBC Countryfile Live 2017
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Infrastructure Systems attended BBC Countryfile Live 2017 as part of the University of Southampton’s Roadshow team, continuing our presence at the event from the beginning (BBC Countryfile live is only in its second year). The event this year was held from the 3rd August to the 6th August …
Sep 30
Engaging Future Students
CDT-SIS students come from a diverse range of backgrounds and subject specialisms. Richard Deacon who is studying ‘Mitigating Range Anxiety and Reducing Energy Consumption by Drivers in Electric Vehicles’ completed his BSc in Psychology prior to starting on the CDT-SIS iPhD course. Alongside his PhD studies Richard has been regularly busy with public engagement showing …
May 29
Bright Club
Bright club is: Impact – Public Engagement – Reaching a Wider Audience – Communication – Presentation Skills and developing Self-Confidence. All that rolled into one in the relaxed atmosphere of a local pub or bar with a few drinks and a good laugh! Bright Club brings post graduate research to a wider audience through the …
May 21
World Fish Migration Day
World Fish Migration Day is a one day global celebration to create awareness of the importance of migratory fish and the challenges they face. Our CDT students joined this global effort with the goal of promoting their work on the development of environmental impact mitigation technology such as fish passes which are being developed to ensure …