Development of a next generation, highly efficient, low cost and building integrate-able solar PV/thermal system for building space heating, hot water and power supply Apr 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2019
Through a close collaboration between the leading UK/Chinese universities and the top Chinese/UK companies, the proposed UK-China collaborative R&I project will develop a novel building integrate-able solar PV/T system for space heating, hot water an...
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All Projects (26)
Citizen Science - environmental analysis with paper microfluidics Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018
Citizen Science is a concept that allows non-scientists to contribute to scientific research. We are aiming to apply this concept to environmental analysis, where non-professionals can carry out locally a simple to operate analytical measurement of a...
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Viral and Bacterial Adhesin Network Training Sep 1, 2017 - Jun 22, 2022
The vision of Viral and Bacterial Adhesin Network Training (ViBrANT) is to bring together world-leading European scientists on interdisciplinary research into viral and bacterial adhesins for xxx to do yyy. The project will deliver doctoral training...
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Energy from Waste and Biomass Dec 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2024
Sandeel population in Runswick Bay Apr 24, 2017 - May 31, 2017
A planning application is being prepared for works in Runswick Bay involving the addition of rock revetment to protect the existing sea wall. A sandeel survey has been required by Scarborough Council to support the planning application to assess the...
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Pathogen point-of-care diagnostics Jan 1, 2018 - Feb 28, 2019
Rates of maternal sepsis, still births, premature delivery, new-‐born sepsis and new-‐born deaths are high in Kenya. A strong contributing factor is maternal infection with pathogens such as Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, Bacteroides s...
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Alkborough Flats Fish Monitoring (2018-19) Aug 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2019
ABP requires fish monitoring to be undertaken at Alkborough Flats and including fish surveys to be carried out between 2017 and 2018 (spring and autumn) and associated data analysis and reporting. This is to satisfy monitoring requirements of the Env...
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Study of magnetic fields for technological and bioanalytical applications Aug 1, 2016 - Jul 31, 2018
Magnetophoresis describes the separation of magnetic entities from a sample matrix. Magnetic particles with tailored surface chemistry (chemical functional groups, antibodies, ssDNA) to bind molecules of interest are commonly used in biochemical and...
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Evaluation of the thermo-mechanical pulping of biomass to facilitate release of fermentable sugars for advanced biofuel production Aug 1, 2016 - Apr 1, 2017
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The project will evaluate a strategy for lowering the production cost of C6 and C5 sugars from lignocellulosic biomass, which could be fed directly into the current infrastructure for conversion to advanced bioethanol. Continuous pressurise...
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Citizen-led pre-concentration and analysis of water pollution at the point-of-need Jun 4, 2018 - Jul 27, 2018
ACTF summer studentship (eight weeks, £200 stipend per week).
Ensuring everyone across the globe has access to clean water and sanitation is one of UN Sustainable Development Goals. The contamination of water by toxic metals (such as As, Pb, Cu, C...
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Holyhead Port Reclamation: Marine Ecological Survey & Assessment May 1, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018
Provision of a range of marine surveys as part of the wider EIA process for works relating to the upgrade of the Holyhead port infrastructure and capacity.
Tyne Estuary and MetroGreen Edges Softening Aug 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2019
Holderness MCZ Aug 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2019
Analysis of benthic macro-invertebrate samples, and subsequent data analysis and reporting.
Natural England have collected 34 x 0.01m² intertidal core samples from the Holderness MCZ and these samples will subsequently require analysis for specie...
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ACTF - Developing World Scholarship Jul 15, 2019 - Oct 14, 2019
ACTF - Development World Scholarship to host a researcher from Nigeria for a period of three months (1 May 2019 - 31 July 2019)
CAMS PostDoc Nov 1, 2019 - Jan 31, 2022
Pollution of freshwaters from industry, agriculture and urban settings is a major pressure on human and ecological health. Effective and robust monitoring of water quality is vital to safeguard supplies but traditional monitoring has relied on expens...
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A Super Performance Dew Point Cooler for Data Centres Jul 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2022
The proposed project aims to transform a lab-validated, super-performance, and award-winning dew point air cooling technology into a specialist Data Centre air conditioning unit. This will involve a number of key activities: (1) Survey to the selecte...
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Development of point-of-care and wearable sensors for Hepatitis C diagnostics Sep 1, 2020 - Aug 31, 2023
PhD studentship application for full PhD studentship as part of Netwon Mosharafa Fund, allows for £25k per annum for registration and bench fees.
Survey of Humber Estuary SAC Lagoons Aug 12, 2019 - Feb 29, 2020
Natural England (NE) wishes to commission a baseline survey of the biota and selected physical attributes of two lagoons (Northcoates and Humberstone Fitties lagoons) that are features of the Humber Estuary SAC. The lagoons are located in the outer H...
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Newton Bhabha - PhD placement - IIT Patna (carbon dots for study of reactive oxygen species) Apr 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2021
PhD placement for period of 4 months to host student from Indian Institute of Technology in Patna