Projects
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| Reference Number | EP/H045139/1 | |
| Title | Energy Futures DTC | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency 20%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal 10%; Renewable Energy Sources 10%; Nuclear Fission and Fusion 10%; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 10%; Other Power and Storage Technologies 20%; Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research 20%; |
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| Research Types | Training 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 20%; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) 20%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 25%; Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 25%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Professor NP (Nigel ) Brandon No email address given Earth Science and Engineering Imperial College London |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 07 April 2010 | |
| End Date | 06 April 2015 | |
| Duration | 60 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £443,507 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Energy : Energy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor NP (Nigel ) Brandon , Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London (99.997%) |
| Other Investigator | Dr A L Heyes , Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London (0.001%) Professor S Macchietto , Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London (0.001%) Dr S Buckle , Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | We propose an Energy Futures Doctoral Training Centre that provides depth and breadth in PhD training in energy and its role in climate change mitigation. This will integrate with other energy DTCs recently awarded by EPSRC, but will not offer the full 12 month training programme associated with other fully funded DTCs. Our DTC will focus on future energy generation and distribution, aimed in particular on the role of the energy sector in achieving the UK's ambitious mitigation goals required to meet the challenge of climate change. It will accept 10 of the very best science and engineering graduates annually, funded by a strategic investment from Imperial College, and supported by industry. Breadth will be provided by our existing energy-wide training experience at MSc level, and established links between the Energy Futures Lab and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College, and by the inter-department and inter-faculty research linkages forged through existing and future interdisciplinary research projects. Depth is provided by our energy research networks and the research teams behind them, which we link by collectively addressing critical and cross-cutting research questions, such as "how can we improve the energy efficiency of cities of the future", and "how can we decarbonise energy generation". We will further develop this integrating approach within our Energy Futures DTC to link students across our energy themes, and ensure that students are given exposure to the broad energy, climate change and sustainability context | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 20/11/09 | |
