Bio-derived and Bio-inspired Advanced Materials for Sustainable Industries (VALUED)

Started

Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research
Energy Efficiency(Other)
Not Energy Related

Basic and strategic applied research

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Biological Sciences)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Professor M Titirici
Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London

Standard

EPSRC

01 January 2023

31 December 2027

60 months

£6,139,080

Mechanical engineering

London

NC : Engineering

Professor M Titirici, Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London

Professor P Dupree, Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Professor S Eichhorn, Engineering Computer Science and Maths, University of Exeter
Dr J P Hallett, Chemistry, Imperial College London
Dr MJ Heeney, Chemistry, Imperial College London
Dr JR Jones, Materials, Imperial College London
Dr A Lapkin, School of Engineering, University of Warwick
Professor K Lee, Aeronautics, Imperial College London
Dr C Mattevi, Materials, Imperial College London
Professor J Nelson, Department of Physics (the Blackett Laboratory), Imperial College London
Dr C Petit, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Professor N Shah, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Dr I E L Stephens, Materials, Imperial College London
Professor S Vignolini, Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Project Contact, Johnson Matthey Plc
Project Contact, The Faraday Institution
Project Contact, Toyota Motor Europe, Belgium
Project Contact, PV3 Technologies Ltd
Project Contact, Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering Ltd (SFEL)
Project Contact, National Composites Centre
Project Contact, Bio-Bean Limited
Project Contact, Fiberight Limited
Project Contact, University of the Highlands and Islands
Project Contact, Loughborough University
Project Contact, University of Milan
Project Contact, Consciously Aware
Project Contact, Domino Printing Sciences
Project Contact, Futamura Chemical UK Ltd
Project Contact, Harrison Farms
Project Contact, L'Oreal
Project Contact, Lixea Limited
Project Contact, SUPERGEN bioenergy hub
Project Contact, Biomimicry Institute
Project Contact, University of British Columbia
Project Contact, C4Ware Ltd.
Project Contact, BP International Ltd
Project Contact, Freeland Horticulture
Project Contact, Faradion Limited
Project Contact, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB
Project Contact, BASF SE
Project Contact, Deregallera Ltd

The UK Government recently set targets for "net zero emissions" and "zero waste" as well as a 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution. Even so, the UK currently sources, processes and deploys advanced materials based on unsustainable practices, including the use of fossil fuels and scarce, geologically hindered raw materials. This contributes to over 30% of the UK CO2 emissions, especially considering the import of raw precursors and materials.Our vision is to build our most important functional materials from bio-based resources which are locally available. These materials will lower CO2 emissions, helping the UK to reach the targeted zero emissions by 2050 while boosting high-performance, locally available technologies and creating new industries. They will form the cornerstone for a modern technology-dependent economy.This programme grant brings together the best UK academics and key industrial partners involved in the development of a new supply chain for sustainable materials and applications. We will accelerate novel pathways to manufacture advanced materials out of available UK bioresources while boosting their performance working with stakeholders in key industrial sectors (chemical industry, advanced materials, energy, waste, agriculture, forestry, etc).The combined food, forestry and agricultural waste in the UK amounts to approx.26.5m tonnes each year. There is no valuable economic chain in the UK to allow waste valorisation towards high value-added materials. Yet, by mass, functional materials provide the most viable route for waste utilisation, preferable over waste-to-energy. This Programme Grant will thus enhance the UK's capability in the critical area of affordable and sustainable advanced materials for a zero carbon UK economy, providing multidisciplinary training for the next generation of researchers, and support for a nascent next generation of an advanced materials industry

15/02/23