Jul 10
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) have launched a report regarding Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges. CDT SIS PGR Rebecca Presswood was involved in one of the roundtable discussions in Jauary forming part of the consultation for the report, representing PhD students within CDT Sustainable Infrastructure Systems. The consultation also included engineering professionals, early career …
Sep 16
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). …
Jun 17
CDT SIS PhD researcher and amateur artist Toby Roberts won the People’s Choice award at the Doctoral College Festival of Research Awards on 10th June 2021. The Research Awards and Director’s Awards are part of the Festival of Doctoral Research which recognises and celebrates exceptional achievements and contributions of the University’s postgraduate researchers. Creative Representations of Research Competition challenged postgraduate researchers …
Jun 11
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.  ​​​​​​​ …
Mar 19
Alireza Shamkhalchian devoted his PhD on the computational simulation of (in particular high-scale) flood inundation problems, where the simulations are a powerful tool for the risk mapping of floods as a central part of decision-making in the field of environmental management. The motivation of his research can be described as follows. Over the past decades …
Mar 11
Theresa Schoetz focused her PhD on a new concept of a non-aqueous rechargeable energy storage technology based on aluminium and a conductive polymer as the active electrode materials in a chloroaluminate ionic liquid. The principle is outlined on the left Figure. The motivation of the project was the study of an energy storage technology which …
Mar 09
Diego Panici conducted his PhD through the CDT-SIS at the University of Southampton focusing on the accumulations of woody debris at bridge piers. Woody debris can exert structural forces on bridge piers, block a substantial portion of the channel causing increased flood risk, and can exacerbate scour at the pier foundation that can result in …
Mar 09
Daniella Montali-Ashworth commenced her CDT-SIS studentship project by adapting a theoretical concept related to fluid dynamics interactions with aquatic plants to better understand fluid mechanics associated with a cylindrical cluster of bristles. From the desk, she moved into the laboratory to test her assumptions, before moving into a highly interdisciplinary realm to explore how …
Mar 09
CDT SIS Student Georgios Rempelos, supervisor Prof John Preston, Transportation Group. One area which has proven particularly controversial is the question of which sleeper material minimises whole-life greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as wood tends to be viewed as being a less carbon-intensive material than concrete. In terms of both environmental and economic performance, it is …
Mar 02
Southampton Science and Engineering Festival 2021 This year, the University of Southampton’s award-winning science festival has gone online, allowing everyone to explore and discover the world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics). https://www.sotsef.co.uk/ ICER students are hosting three exciting outreach events at SOTSEF 2021. To find out more and to access the activities, use …
