Dr Colin Axon
Honorary Reader

Topics

I supervise projects in energy and sustainability. The main application areas are energy security, risk, transport, electric vehicles, buildings, and urban energy use. I use a range of methodologies, though mostly modelling.

PhD projects for research students

• The sustainability of hydrogen production for future energy uses

Research supervision

Current PhD students:

Sarah Davenport: Identifying Risks for Security in Food Supply Chains (UK Food Systems CDT).

Former PhD students:

Dardan Rrustemi: The thermodynamic limits to IC engine efficiency.

Ramon Granell: Data analytics and machine learning for energy use in supermarkets.

Andra Stancu: Measuring innovation supporting the net-zero transition.

Tom Smith: Sustainability of the UK car fleet.