Research Projects

A novel solar heat harvesting technology enabling the full-spectrum capture and enhanced building performance Mar 31, 2022 - Mar 30, 2024
This staff exchange scheme aims to carry out the fundamental research on the solar full spectrum direct absorption collector by the joint effort of the researchers at the University of Hull（UK）and Harbin Institute of Technology (China). The researc... Read More about A novel solar heat harvesting technology enabling the full-spectrum capture and enhanced building performance.

Turning the Tide – Hull’s part of the ‘Women’s movement 100 – Angels of the North’ project Jul 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2022
Women are still severely underrepresented in engineering professions, despite growing skills shortages and ambitious gender targets as highlighted in the recently published ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Engineering’ report by the AURA t... Read More about Turning the Tide – Hull’s part of the ‘Women’s movement 100 – Angels of the North’ project.

Differentiating between hedgerows gaps: Natural or for access? Dec 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022
Following on from the Hedgerows: Mapping the Gap project, this element of work will utilise existing datasets and collect primary data to create methods able to differentiate between natural gaps and access gaps within hedgerows. Three methods are pr... Read More about Differentiating between hedgerows gaps: Natural or for access?.

BLOWN: Biomimicry to Lessen Offshore Wind impact on the Natural environment Mar 1, 2023 - Feb 28, 2026
Due to exponential growth, offshore wind farm developments have moved into deep stratified waters, which are governed by fundamentally different processes to shallow coastal waters, and are disproportionately biologically rich. Yet the impact of larg... Read More about BLOWN: Biomimicry to Lessen Offshore Wind impact on the Natural environment.

NERC Discipline Hopping: Pursuing a Climate Resilient AND Net Zero Future Mar 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022
This project aims to bridge the growing gap between Net Zero and Climate Resilience policy.

Climate change is the most urgent societal concern. However, climate policy is typically focused on either climate mitigation (through Net Zer... Read More about NERC Discipline Hopping: Pursuing a Climate Resilient AND Net Zero Future.

Protected Cultivation of Horticultural Crops: Setting a New Standard Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
Our project proposes the design of a novel greenhouse structure which maximises the incidence of natural light on the crop.

The climate within the structure is managed by HVAC principles to deliver a climate around the crop which is ve... Read More about Protected Cultivation of Horticultural Crops: Setting a New Standard.

NERC: Supporting Interdisciplinarity in Discovery Science 2022 Oct 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
The NERC Discipline Hopping for Discovery Sciences (DHDS) funding provide our academic community with the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge across disciplines in encouraging new research perspectives and methodologies through innovative act... Read More about NERC: Supporting Interdisciplinarity in Discovery Science 2022.

Diversity to Decarbonise: Promoting EDI in the future workforce Jan 1, 2023 - Feb 29, 2024
Project to promote EDI in the industrial decarbonisation sector.

Establishing a Real-time Meander Observatory Dec 1, 2022 - Feb 1, 2026
Observing the real-time response of meander morphology to the full-range of annual flow conditions is inherently difficult due the rapidity at which these changes occur, and the logistical limitations imposed by the weather and channel flow dynamics.... Read More about Establishing a Real-time Meander Observatory.

Mapping Flood Recovery Gaps 2: Scaling up and creating legacy May 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2025
This proposal for transitional funding builds on and extends previous work supported by the Foundation: the Mapping the Flood Recovery Gaps project (Phase 1) “MFRG 1”. This proposal (Phase 2 - Transition) is to evaluate the demand for the outputs dev... Read More about Mapping Flood Recovery Gaps 2: Scaling up and creating legacy.

NERC Discipline Hopping: Arts, Culture, Community and Climate Resilience: A Creative Policy Workshop Dec 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
This project builds on the cultural policy recommendations of the Risky Cities project and the need to address the growing gap between climate resilience and cultural policy.

Community arts groups and cultural organisations across the... Read More about NERC Discipline Hopping: Arts, Culture, Community and Climate Resilience: A Creative Policy Workshop .

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