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CUEN Conference 2014 – Poster Session - Call for Abstracts – deadline 25 May 2014

This year the conference entitled: Gas – An (Un)Conventional Pathway Towards Our Energy Future? will focus on the challenges associated with natural gas technology and the role it will play as an energy source in the future. For the first time there will be a poster session aimed at early career researchers and sponsored...

SET for Britain

Dr Lorna Ayton, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, won the SET for Britain Silver Award for a poster on Reducing the Sound Generated by Aeroengines.

Energy@Cambridge hosts Professor Steven Chu

On 10 November 2014 Energy@Cambridge organised a lunch and round table meeting in honour of Professor Steve Chu, Professor of Physics and Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Nobel Laureate and Former US Secretary of Energy, which was hosted by Professor Lynn Gladden, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research...

UK and China Collaboration on Sustainable Materials for Infrastructure

Professor Abir Al-Tabbaa and Dr Janet Lees from the Department of Engineering and Dr Yun Bai from Civil Engineering University College London (UCL) have been successful in the first ever EPSRC/NSFC call for collaborative UK/China research projects on Sustainable Materials for Infrastructure. Together with their...

EPSRC Energy Team visit

On 6 May 2015 Energy@Cambridge hosted a visit from the EPSRC Energy team at the Hauser Forum. The morning session focussed on EPSRC strategy and the spending review. EPSRC led break-out groups on future funding scenarios with academics and EPSRC funded Fellows. In the afternoon EPSRC ran sessions on Impact and Developing...

Senior academic promotions announced 2015

The senior academic promotions take effect from 1 October 2015. 39 Professorships have been announced, together with 41 Readerships and 23 Senior Lectureships. These include Professorships for 11 Energy@Cambridge members, including the following: Dr James Haseloff in the Department of Plant Sciences; David Howarth in the...

ERC Advanced Grants: €445 million from the EU to 190 senior research leaders

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced today the award of its prestigious Advanced Grants to 190 senior researchers. The funding, worth in total €445 million, will enable them and their teams to pursue ground-breaking ideas. These are the first ERC Advanced Grants awarded under the 'excellent science' pillar of...

Professor Ann Dowling President of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Royal Academy of Engineering celebrates its first female President