Energy research development manager at Imperial College London (Linked to EP/E011705)

Completed

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas)
Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 storage)
Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics)
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy)
Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission)
Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fusion)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells)
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution)

Basic and strategic applied research

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

Not Cross-cutting
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy)

Professor NP Brandon
Earth Science and Engineering
Imperial College London

Standard

EPSRC

01 August 2006

31 July 2009

36 months

£193,377

Energy

London

Energy -- Energy Research Capacity

Professor NP Brandon, Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London

Professor S Macchietto, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London

The need to address global warming, combined with concern about availability and security of energy supplies, has led to renewed interest in energy research from governments and industry, including the recognition of energy as a key theme within the EPSRC strategic plan, along with the need for interdisciplinary working.Imperial College has unique capabilities to deploy in meeting the challenges of interdisciplinary energy research. It offers the combination of one of the world's leading science and engineering research organisations together with internationally renowned business and medical schools, all based on a compact campus located in one of the world's most innovative metropolitan areas close to government, international finance and some of the worlds largest energy companies. The College houses centres of expertise in many key energy technologies, including hydrocarbons, carbon sequestration, nuclear energy, fuel cells, bioenergy, photovoltaics, fusion, and others, and it attracts the most able staff and students internationally. As the host for the UK Energy Research Centre headquarters it is in a pivotal position to help develop the national energy agenda, while also maintaining broad international links through research collaborations across the globe from China to the USA.Imperial College has recently launched a major integrated cross-College initiative, the Energy Futures Lab. Its goal is to develop new inter-disciplinary research programmes thatwill meet global energy challenges and facilitate the transition to a sustainable energy future. The Lab will enable Imperial to bring together its existing strengths in technology development with its proven track record in innovation and entrepreneurship, and will work in collaboration with other organisations in the energy sector, e.g. UKERC, Carbon Trust, Research Councils, industry, EU programmes and UK Government. To realise these goals, this proposal seeks EPSRC support for an energy research manager who will support the management team and play a key role in implementing the Lab's mission

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