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Professor Ronald Pethig
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Ronald Pethig was recently appointed Professor of
Bio-electronics in the School of Engineering and Electronics at the
University.
Before his appointment at Edinburgh he held a Research Chair at the School of Electronic Engineering, Bangor University.
His research objectives are directed towards developing generic tools,
based on dielectrophoresis and related electrokinetic effects, for
applications in drug discovery, toxicology and cell therapy.
December 2008
Research Institute: IMNS
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The University of Edinburgh and EDF Group, one of the world's
largest energy companies, have signed a framework agreement to
collaborate in research and development of wave and tidal current
energy, as well as electricity network integration.
The signing of the five-year agreement will signal a long-term
strategic partnership for EDF Group, the parent company of EDF Energy,
one of the UK's largest energy companies. The partnership is through
EDF Group's Research and Development (R&D) department.
December 2008
Research Institute: IES
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Professor Xiaomin Ren handing the official certificate
of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication to
Dr Harold Haas
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Recently Harald Haas was invited by Professor Zhang Ping
(Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications – (BUPT)) to
join the Chinese “111 program”.
The Program is established and supported jointly by the
National Bureau for Foreign Experts of China and the Ministry of
Education of China. About 100 Guest Academic Talents Bases will be
established in some selected universities in China during the period
from 2006 to 2010.
December 2008
Research Institute: IDCOM
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Japanese Logo from Radio Communications
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Professor Grant was invited and sponsored by UK Trade and Investment to
join a 12 company delegation to Japan in September 2008. He presented
keynote addresses on our MIMO IDCom research in both the Osaka and Tokyo
seminars. .
He also gave a press interview with Dempa Publications, to be
published (in Japanese) in their 15002 edition of “Radio and Data
Communications”.
September 2008
Research Institute: IDCOM
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The AASCOSA committee
(from left to right): Marcel Reuter, Martin Li, Laurence Wilson, Diana
Castro-Spencer, Chi Can and Ruby Raheem.
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Ms Ruby Raheem interviewed by the OSA
Ms. Ruby Raheem was interviewed for the newsletter of the
Minorities and Women of Optical Society of America as one of the
featured "2008 Up and Coming Women in Optics Interview Series."
The interview is the copyright of the Optical Society of America.
Research Institute: IMP
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Professor Jose Torero
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Congratulations to Prof Jose Torero who has received the 2008 Arthur B.
Guise Medal from the Society of Fire Protection Engineering.
The Arthur B. Guise Medal recognizes eminent achievement in
the advancement of the science and technology of fire protection
engineering and is named in memory of the achievements of Arthur Guise.
July 2008
Research Institute: IIE
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Edinburgh Fire Tartan
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"Edinburgh Fire" Official Tartan Launched with Prize Money
The BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering
has launched a corporate tartan. It is officially known as "Edinburgh
Fire" and has been approved by the world tartans register.
July 2008
Research Institute: IIE
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Fracture pattern of a slab avalanche triggered from a distance by a field worker.
[Photo A. Duclos, http://www.data-avalanche.org]
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Slab avalanches are often triggered by skiers and are the
cause of many skiing accidents each winter. Their main cause, according
to researchers based at the Institute for Materials and Processes of
the School of Engineering and Electronics, are subsurface fractures
which can be described as anticracks, because their fracture plane
grows under compression.
July 2008
Research Institute: IMP
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Mammalian neurons grown on pre-defined “stripes” on a silicon chip.
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Researchers in the school have developed a technology that
allows a variety of biological cells and therefore tissue types to be
grown along chosen pathways on silicon chips. Following a large
collaborative project with Glasgow and Stirling Universities, funded by
EPSRC, PhD work performed by Evangelos Delivopoulos, with Alan Murray,
has shown that neurons can be grown along pathways on silicon defined
as part of the chip's design process.
July 2008
Research Institute: IMNS
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L-R are: Professor
Hamish Simpson, Professor Graham Bullfield, Professor Andrew Miller,
Sir Lewis Robertson (sitting), Sir David Edward, Finn Donaldson and Dr
Pankaj Pankaj.
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Finn Donaldson, a PhD student in the Institute of
Infrastructure and Environment, has been awarded the Robertson Medal by
the Carnegie trust for submitting the most outstanding research
proposal in the 2007 competition. In addition to the Medal, he will
receive a Carnegie Scholarship to pursue his PhD at Edinburgh
University under the supervision of Dr Pankaj Pankaj and Prof Hamish
Simpson.
June 2008
Research Institute: IIE
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Dr Barbara Lane
Photograph courtesy of Ove Arup
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Dr Barbara Lane, now Associate Director, Arup, has been awarded The Royal Academy of
Engineering Silver Medal 2008. This award recognises outstanding
and demonstrated personal contribution to British engineering,
which has resulted in successful market exploitation. Barbara's
achievement is in establishing an innovative design skill based on
advanced analysis and the latest research knowledge which has led to
practical and commercially valuable solutions for Arup's major clients
worldwide.
June 2008
Research Institute: IIE
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Professor J. Michael Rotter
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from scientific principles to engineering applications
and also in celebration of the 60th birthday of
Professor J. Michael Rotter FREng FRSE FICE FIStructE FASCE FIEAust
The Royal Society of Edinburgh is organising a major two day
conference in Structures and Granular Solids. The event will bring
together a significant group of eminent researchers from around the
world for an important scientific meeting in these two related and
interacting fields, with a unique theme of bridging the gap between the
development of new scientific understanding and its application to
solve practical engineering problems. The conference will be held at
the Royal Society of Edinburgh, in the heart of the city's New Town.
June 2008
Research Institute: IIE
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Britain’s Electronics/Electrical Engineering sector is
set to benefit from a new scholarship scheme that will make it easier
for leading companies to recruit gifted students.
Ten companies are backing the University of Edinburgh’s
scholarship ‘pooling’ scheme – the first of its kind
in the United Kingdom – which offers financial support to
high-performing electronics and electrical engineering students.
Unlike conventional scholarship schemes – where
companies sponsor students and then offer them work experience –
the pooling initiative seeks to guide each participating student to a
work placement most suited to his or her skills set.
June 2008
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Across the four subjects in Engineering, Edinburgh was
consistently ranked within the top six in the Guardian University
Tables, achieving second place in Electronics. The tables, based
on graduate surveys as well as statistical data, show that students in
Engineering at Edinburgh have a high chance of getting a job, are
satisfied with the teaching and achieve excellent degree qualifications.
June 2008
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John Gormley, Irish Minister for
Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and Dr Miklas Scholz,
Senior Lecturer at The University of Edinburgh, inspecting the first
large-scale Integrated Constructed Wetland treating domestic wastewater
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John Gormley, Irish Minister for Environment, Heritage and
Local Government, visited the first large-scale Integrated Constructed
Wetland (ICW) treating domestic wastewater at the Castle Lesley Estate
near Monaghan, Ireland. The Irish ICW Concept is a novel
environmentally friendly and sustainable ecological engineering
technique that provides effective, robust, economical and low
maintenance systems for the treatment of all water-vectored pollution
including effluents and runoff. In fundamental contrast to traditional
wastewater treatment plants, which are cut-off from the public and
wildlife, ICW are also designed for sustainable drainage, good
landscape fit, and biodiversity, habitat and amenity enhancement.
June 2008
Research Institute: IIE
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Professor Mike Lowe
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Mike Lowe, a former student at the University of Edinburgh,
has just been promoted to a Personal Chair in Mechanical Engineering at
Imperial. He received a BSc degree from the University of
Edinburgh in Civil Engineering in 1979, and an MSc and PhD in
Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College in 1987 and 1993
respectively.
June 2008
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Children with clean drinking water
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Clean water for children in the poorest places on earth could
become a reality if engineers tackled the problem in new ways, an
expert claims.
Professor Andrea Schäfer of the University of Edinburgh
claims that in many countries, one in five children die before their
fifth birthday because of a lack of clean water, and many more, often
girls, miss out on school because they have to walk for miles to fetch
water or use a toilet.
May 2008
Research Institute: IIE
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Dr Luke Bisby
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Buildings could be better designed against the dangers of fire thanks to research at the University of Edinburgh.
Structural engineer and fire expert Dr Luke Bisby will join
the University in May and is to focus on improving the fire safety of
both traditional and new building materials and methods of building
repair.
May 2008
Research Institute: IIE
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Professor Janusz Bialek
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Professor Janusz Bialek from Research Institute of Energy Systems,
School of Engineering and Electronics, has been appointed a member of
the Dispute Resolution Panel for the Single Electricity Market Operator
in Ireland.
The Panel aims to resolve any disputes arising in the newly-formed energy market in Ireland.
April 2008
Research Institute: IES
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Mr Henry Jeffrey
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Mr Henry Jeffrey, a Research Associate in the Research Institute of Energy Systems,
School of Engineering and Electronics, has been appointed to an
international panel of renewable energy and business experts to
evaluate applications for funding to develop marine energy in New
Zealand.
April 2008
Research Institute: IES
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Professor Robin Wallace
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Two members of the School of Engineering and Electronics,
Professor Robin Wallace and Iain Roberts, will be giving talks at the
Edinburgh International Science Festival 2008.
March 2008
Research Institute: IES
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Iain Roberts
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Professor Robin Wallace
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Congratulations to Professor Robin Wallace the Head of the
Research Institute for Energy Systems, and Professor Jose Torero, BRE
Trust/RAEng Prof. of Fire Safety Engineering, who have been elected as
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
March 2008
Research Institute: IES and IIE
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Professor Jose Torero
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Foreign students have rated the University of Edinburgh as one of the best places to study in the world.
In a survey of more than 80 international institutions by the
International Graduate Insight Group, known as i-graduate, Edinburgh
was placed third internationally and first among the Russell Group of
leading British research universities.
March 2008
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An image of the drug release chip showing its dimensions
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Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are developing a
device that could be permanently implanted into the body and would be
capable of delivering daily doses of a drug for up to one year.
Patients who need regular medication could have it delivered
by a microscopic implant controlled by wireless technology, according
to research published in the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Nanobiotechnology journal.
February 2008
Research Institute: IMNS
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From left to right:
Lord Broers, FREng, FRS; Professor Wang; Professor Lu; Dr Renshaw; Professor Denyer; The Earl of Selborne, KBE, FRS
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Four researchers from the University of Edinburgh who played a
key role in the development of the mobile phone camera will be honoured
at a ceremony in London on Monday, 4 February.
The electronic engineers will be awarded the Rank Prize for
their work in developing and commercialising technology which is used
every day by millions of people.
Peter Denyer, David Renshaw, Wang Guoyu and Lu Mingying will
receive the £80,000 prize - set up by the late Lord Rank to
recognise scientific advances that have benefited mankind - for their
camera design work which began in the early 1980s.
February 2008
Research Institute: IMNS
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