Research

The School has wide-ranging, comprehensive and exciting research activities. Our research is carried out in five

Research Institutes:

• Instititute for Materials and Processes (IMP)

• Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems (IMNS)

• Institute for Digital Communications (IDCoM)

• Institute for Energy Systems (IES)

• Institute for Infrastructure and Environment (IIE)

Each of these Research Institutes is a major centre of expertise and between them they span much of modern engineering. We take a broad and imaginative view of the scope of engineering in the 21st Century. Taken as a whole, the School is a leading international provider of engineering research.

We place great value on collaborative industrial and external ventures and have an outstanding record in commercialising our discoveries, inventions and innovations.

Research Partnerships

The School is also a partner in a number of important interdisciplinary centres within the University:

• Centre for Biomedical Engineering at Edinburgh (CBEE)
• Centre for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE)
• Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions (CSEC)
• Scottish Mechanotransduction Consortium (SMTC)
• Edinburgh Materials Microanalysis Centre (EMMAC)

The Edinburgh Research Partnership in Engineering and Mathematics (ERPem) is a research consortium involving the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University & Napier University. Four of the research institutes at the School of Engineering & Electronics (IMNS, IDCOM, IES & IIE) are partners in this consortium.

Business Development & Knowledge Transfer

Contact: Dr John Jeffrey, ERI Business Development Executive

The role of Business Development within the School is to facilitate the formation of industry partnerships, to assist in commericialisation of University intellectual property and create successful technology transfer.

Models of collaboration include:-

• Consultancy
• Sponsored research
• Studentships
• Licensing
• Technology transfer e.g. KTP's

Edinburgh Research and Innovation (ERI) provides a complete range of pre-award research and commercialisation services for researchers, inventors, consultants and entrepreneurs within the University's academic community.

SERS

SERS - The School of Engineering Research Staff society.

The SERS society exists to:

• give the School of Engineering research staff a unified voice
• provide personal and career development opportunities for research staff
• improve dissemination of development opportunities to research staff
• provide help, information and encouragement to new members of research staff (particularly those from outwith the university and from abroad)

Research Ethics